joyful Leadership builds transformative teams

Those of us most likely to ensure our species’ survival - those of us in regenerative agriculture, economic justice, human rights, and social change - are consistently overwhelmed and burning out (especially women).

Non-profit organizations and social impact businesses often find leadership, team and organizational development inaccessible, even though we need it more than most. Facing society’s biggest problems provokes fear and grief, which shows up as conflict, attrition, and self-sabotage within leaders and on teams.

The diversity of experience and thought required to design solutions that work for all is simple to advocate for in rhetoric and very hard to maintain in practice.

Clarity that diversity, equity and inclusion work IS leadership, team and organizational development. Conflict avoidance, deliberate miscommunications and other conflicts amongst teams are often fractals of systemic discrimination and histories of exploitation. Seeing the bigger, interconnected picture allows for holistic addressing of root problems within social impact spaces and work.

Straightforward organizational/business culture interventions that prevent overwhelm and build social impact initiatives that cultivate emotional intelligence, respect the dynamic relationship between high productivity and rest, and encourage joy to combat hopelessness.

The radical personal power that results from radial personal accountability. Within the controversial growth mindset that every human is accountable for the human story, each of us has the power to alter ourselves, and thus the outcome of our species’ behavior.