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Nourishing body, mind, and soul: Lessons from my SabbaticalBy: Monisha Kapila This week I returned from a two-month sabbatical, my first long break since I started ProInspire in 2009. Earlier this year our Board approved a new policy through which all full-time employees are eligible for a sabbatical after five years with ProInspire. As the longest-serving …
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How to talk about Migrant Family Separations at workThis past week, we have been overwhelmed seeing migrant families separated at the border and children sleeping in cages. While many people are thinking about what they can do as individuals, you should also consider how this issue impacts your colleagues at work. Here are three things to consider: C…
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Harmony for the Holidays: Advice on holding difficult conversationsBy Kristen Lucas and Andrew Plumley Stephen Colbert and SNL have joked about them; NPR has asked listeners to call-in about them. At home or in the workplace, we’ve all found ourselves in conversations where disagreement is sure to follow the introduction of certain topics. While conventional wisd…
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How to talk about white supremacy at workThis weekend, the country was focused on Charlottesville, VA, as white supremacy was overtly on display with a white nationalist rally, counter-protests, and domestic terrorism. We are still processing these events — what they mean for us as individuals, for our work in the social sector, and for…
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Moving Forward into 2017By Laura Chen, 2016 ProInspire Fellow Over the past few weeks, as we have once again changed our calendars to mark the beginning of a new year, the annual tradition of making resolutions surfaces. Whether relevant and necessary or antiquated and enforced, the habit and conversation of reflections …
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Strength in CommunityBy Marley Leitner, 2016 DC ProInspire Fellow Julie Beck recently wrote an article in The Atlantic about how to cope with stress. In it she states that “strengthening connections with families, communities, and organizations is the most important preventive approach.” My experience with the Pro…
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The Importance of Creating a Digitally Balanced Workplace Culture: Lessons from an HBR webinarWe are immersed in a digital world. It impacts how we learn, how we play, and how we work. While our omni-connectedness certainly has its advantages (think: enhanced communication and collaboration, greater flexibility, time-saving efficiencies), it also has deleterious effects on our physica…
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Power in being the “only”By Shala Marks, 2014 ProInspire Fellow Hello, my name is Shala Marks and I am the only ________. My experiences have allowed me to fill in that blank with a myriad of examples. It seems like all of my life I have been the only something. Let’s see, I was the only… African-American female writer …
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ProInspire CEO, Monisha Kapila shares her take on how to be successful with IdealistWant to be a successful nonprofit manager? Master these 3 key relationships: Becoming a manager is an exciting and challenging step in one’s career. In addition to taking on new responsibilities, you have to shift how you view yourself and how others view you. As a manager, you have to manage down…
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Can you have stability and passion?This post was written by Kathryn Gray, 2011 ProInspire Fellow, for the Social Citizens blog. If you had asked me two years ago where I would hope to be on February 27th 2012, I would have never imagined the career and personal satisfaction I have today. Originally from Southern California, when aske…
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“Treat” YourselfToday is Blog Action Day 2011, which happens to coincide with World Food Day. Being the passionate food advocate that he is, 2010 Inspire Fellow David DeVaughn reflects on his early memories of food. My parents separated soon after my younger sister was born when I was two years old. Once the legal …