Helping Nonprofits Create Twice the Impact in Half the Time at a Sustainable Pace
hap·pi·ness /ˈhapēnəs/ noun the state of being happy. We all spend A LOT of time at work and with our colleagues. We often develop friendships with some of our colleagues that influence our personal happiness, but in this webinar, we will look at our happiness with our team as a whole and how that influences our team performance. Team happiness is a leading…
Each one of our team members at DH Leonard Consulting have attended the Scrum Master Credential course through Agile in Nonprofits and became a Scrum Master. Why you might ask? So glad you asked! There are numerous reasons. One of the most important is that each of our Writing Team members helps each client’s grant team focus on improving their efficiency and team happiness, a…
Do you ever get overwhelmed by ALL the things you have going on? I adopted a philosophy about five years ago that I no longer wanted to use the word “busy” to describe myself or especially to use as an answer to the question, “How are you?” I decided to reframe my approach and think of my days full of things that I am…
As you would imagine, I commit to a weekly workout backlog for myself and yes, it looks different each week…broken toe recovery, still snowing outside, gorgeous forecast, etc. This week, when I committed to the backlog, I forgot that it was going to be nearly 70 yesterday and to plan for an outdoor bike ride. My backlog said “cycling” for Sunday, and while I…
You’ve heard me say more than once how taking time to practice Agile values and the specific frameworks your team may/does use is a great idea. I recently had one of those days where it really tested the “Responding to Change OVER Following a Plan” Agile value. I wanted to work out at 5:30 am before getting started with my “official day” as…