Reduce Nonprofit Burnout with Employee Engagement

Nonprofit employees are some of the most caring workers, as they tend to connect to their work both in emotion and action. This is arguably why employee engagement is more important for nonprofits than corporate entities.  

Increasingly, employees want to work for an organization whose mission they believe in and where they feel their work has purpose. While this is a powerful draw for recruitment, the downside of this deeper emotional connection to their work is that it can cause employee burnout. Employee engagement programs are vital for nonprofits to nurture and sustain a healthy relationship with their workforce.  

Consider these engagement actions: 

Volunteering

When the day-to-day actions begin to feel far from the mission, volunteering can offer a hands-on experience to directly deliver impact. Through partnerships, nonprofits can expand their volunteer offerings to include projects that are mission adjacent so that employees can support other interest areas.

Workplace Giving

People care about a variety of causes and workplace giving allows employees to champion the work of other organizations that are making a difference they want to see in the world.

Break with Purpose

Bringing in other nonprofit organizations working alongside your organization, either directly advancing your mission or serving in your local community, offers employees greater awareness of their work’s impact and deeper understanding of how the broader community is working together.

Employee engagement can start with just one action that strengthens the relationship between employer and employee. CHC: Creating Healthier Communities offers a suite of solutions that allow nonprofits to build and bring together different employees engagement activities at the pace and scale that works best for them.