Leading with Resilience: Strategies for Sustainable Impact for Nonprofits

Nonprofit leadership has always required a lot. Right now, it’s requiring more than ever. Between staffing challenges, funding uncertainty and growing expectations from boards, funders and communities, many leaders feel like the only way to keep up is to carry more. Over time, that approach becomes unsustainable.

This full-day, interactive workshop — open to nonprofit leaders at the director level and above — is designed to help you lead with resilience, so you can strengthen your impact without sacrificing your energy, your team or your long-term sustainability.

In a collaborative setting with peers, you’ll step back from the day-to-day demands of your role and focus on what will make leadership feel more manageable, and more effective.

Facilitated by Kim Fabian, this workshop draws on her experience as a former nonprofit executive, board chair, grantmaker and consultant to organizations across the Southeast. She brings a practical, real-world perspective on what it takes to lead through complexity without burning out.

The day includes a panel discussion with nonprofit leaders sharing how they’ve built strong, effective partnerships between executives and boards. You’ll learn practical insights to create clarity between governance and operations, build trust and alignment in the boardroom, and support leader and team resilience through stronger board engagement.

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About the workshop

Target Participants

• Nonprofit leaders at the director level or above

Learning Outcomes

• Identify what’s draining your time and energy, and a plan to delegate, streamline or eliminate it
• A simple approach to uncover operational bottlenecks and engage the right people to solve them
• Assess new opportunities so they are aligned with your organization’s priorities
• Greater awareness of the internal pressure you may be carrying, and how to shift it so it doesn’t drive your leadership
• One realistic, sustainable habit you can implement immediately to support your energy and focus
• Discover a clearer understanding of where you need support, and how to strengthen the relationships that help you lead effectively

Key Themes

• An intentional approach to impact helps you regain a greater sense of influence amidst the chaos
• You can make a meaningful difference in your community, even when you know you can’t do it all
• To bring out the best in others, you must first bring out the best in yourself
• Building support systems is essential for resilience and long-term success
• Directors do not have to carry the burden alone — effectively engaging others is key to achieving the mission