Presentation by Susan Kenney Stevens, Ph.D. at the 2010 RWJF LFP Annual Meeting in St. Paul, MN. How many hours in a 24-hour day do you spend taking care of others … your nonprofit organization and clientele, your employees, your board of directors, your family? And, what proportion of the same 24-hours do you devote to the renewal of your own body, mind and spirit? Healthy organizations require healthy leaders This session will highlight the relationship between self-care and well-functioning organizations. Using key principles of organizational capacity development and personal self-renewal, Stevens will provide skill-building tools along with time for personal reflection on conference insights to take forward to your work and personal life.

1. ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
LOCAL FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS
CLOSING PLENARY
OCTOBER 15, 2010
SUSAN KENNY STEVENS, PH.D.
Now More Than Ever

2. Copyright © 2001 Susan Kenny Stevens. Excerpted from Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity. All rights reserved.. Used with author’s permission.
Now More Than Ever
Healthy Organizations
Require Healthy Leaders
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3. Copyright © 2001 Susan Kenny Stevens. Excerpted from Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity. All rights reserved.. Used with author’s permission.
Session Objectives
Key elements of organizational health and capacity
Application to personal well-being
Annual Meeting take-aways
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4. Copyright © 2001 Susan Kenny Stevens. Excerpted from Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity. All rights reserved.. Used with author’s permission.
Organizational Capacity
Administrative
Systems
Management
Governance
Financial
Resources
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PROGRAMS
Healthy
organizations
have “table legs”
solid enough to
support and
sustain mission
and programs
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Nonprofit Lifecycle Stages
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Lifecycle Capacity Placement6

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Healthy Leaders …
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Take Care of Themselves
Healthy Leaders
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Personal Well-being
Personalrenewal
Family/Friends
Work/Career
Community/
Church
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YOU !!
Starts with
defining your life-
purpose and living
that purpose
intentionally
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Purpose Across the Adult Lifecycle
20’s - 30’s - 40’s - 50’s - 60’s - 70’s - 80’s
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Balancing Table-legs
Personal
Renewal
Family/Friends
ork/Work/Career
Community/
Church
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S
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YOU !!
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12. Copyright © 2001 Susan Kenny Stevens. Excerpted from Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity. All rights reserved.. Used with author’s permission.
Personal Renewal Activities
DAILY
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OCCASIONALLY
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13. Copyright © 2001 Susan Kenny Stevens. Excerpted from Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity. All rights reserved.. Used with author’s permission.
Healthy Organizations Require Healthy Leaders
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Personal Renewal Commitment
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15. Copyright © 2001 Susan Kenny Stevens. Excerpted from Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity. All rights reserved.. Used with author’s permission.
Conference Takeaways
What did you learn about the brain’s function that
will stick with you after this conference?
What technical skills from the workshops will you be
able to apply?
What areas of personal renewal will you commit to
practice?
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16. Copyright © 2001 Susan Kenny Stevens. Excerpted from Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity. All rights reserved.. Used with author’s permission.
Susan Kenny Stevens, Ph.D.
www.susankennystevens.com
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