by Sarah Beaulieu | Jul 15, 2013 | Art of Intervention
When an injustice occurs, it’s human to be angry. Being angry is easy, and it feels good and cathartic. But in order to actually address systemic injustices, we need to be mindful of the ways in which we allow that anger to shape our response. Today, on a summer...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jul 10, 2013 | Career and Leadership
Here’s the story of Johnny: Poor Johnny didn’t know how to read. And now he does. Here are the things that helped him: Free breakfast at school so he wasn’t so hungry that he couldn’t learn Training provided to his teacher about supporting literacy Training...
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by Sarah Beaulieu | Jul 8, 2013 | Career and Leadership
Lately, the non-profit sector has been depressing me, which is a challenge because it’s the sector I have committed the last 15 years of my life to serve. And I feel like a traitor articulating this depression out loud. Non-profit folks are supposed to be eternally...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jun 25, 2013 | Career and Leadership
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, younger baby boomers have held, on average, 11 jobs between ages 18 and 44. This same cohort has experienced, on average, 5.2 spells of unemployment. While the numbers for Millennials might adjust slightly up or down, this...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jun 18, 2013 | Career and Leadership
Development professionals are a unique breed. We are a critical part of any nonprofit organization yet our work lives are necessarily externally facing. We face intense pressures and high expectations, and while we are (often) compensated well for it, it takes its...
