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Trauma-Informed Supervision Training

No matter how passionate a staff member is about your mission, a bad experience with a manger or supervisor can drive even the most talented staffer out of your organization. Without a team you can rely on, your important mission work isn’t possible.

Too often, team members are promoted to the position of manager or supervisor without having the vital skills they need to guide and support their team well.

Let me help you develop a trauma-informed supervisory / management style that will help you create and maintain a healthy work environment for your team based on trust, compassion, and connection. This supervisory approach is known to help reduce burnout, increase productivity, and increase job satisfaction. Get the tools you need to help your staff provide excellent, professional, and compassionate service to your community!

This training is ideal for new or current supervisors / managers who are looking to build or develop their management skills. Can be combined with my Building a Trauma-Informed Workplace Training for additional value.

What to Expect:

• We’ll do an initial assessment to determine current management strengths and opportunities for growth

• Learn fundamental management tools such as providing direct feedback, employee evaluations, and addressing work performance issues

• Learn how to incorporate a trauma-informed lens to your current or new management style

• Optional: Regular check-in meetings to discuss progress, roadblocks, individual employee challenges, and how to move past them

• Optional: I can attend and/or help develop agendas for supervisory meetings and provide post-meeting debriefs and coaching

Customize your experience:

• Choose your service model (one time 2-hour workshop OR workshop + ongoing retainer)

• Choose your contract length (month-to-month, 6 months, or 12 months)

Building a Trauma-Informed Workplace Training

A lot of nonprofit work involves direct care to community members who have experiences trauma. Because of this, your organization’s employees are at risk of things like compassion fatigue and secondary trauma that can have a negative impact on their mental health and job satisfaction.

It is the responsibility of every nonprofit to prioritize the health and safety of their staff members, in addition to the clients we serve, and learning how to create a work environment that protects and cares for our team is the first step.

Let me help your organization create a culture of care that helps your employees thrive in high-stress work environments through things like policies, allocation of resources, and trauma-informed supervisory / management techniques.

This 2-hour training is ideal for organizations that provide direct care and services related to mission work for populations who have experienced things like living outside, family disruptions, abuse, and violence. This training is best competed with an entire leadership team (example: all managers or directors) who are looking to build or develop a more caring and compassionate workplace. Can be combined with my Trauma-Informed Supervision Training for additional value and ongoing implementation of these concepts.

What to expect:

• Choose your service model (one-time 2-hour workshop OR workshop + ongoing retainer)

• Receive best practices on creating a trauma-informed workplace

• Receive sample materials and resources you can use right away

• Learn best practices for recognizing situations or signs that indicate your staff might be experiencing trauma or burnout and how to help mitigate the negative effects of this

• Optional add-on: Receive recommendations custom to YOUR organization for next steps to improve your workplace environment after a full review of your current processes, policies, and procedures

Building and Sustaining Engaged and Productive Boards Workshop

The relationship between a nonprofit’s staff and their board of directors is vital for a functional nonprofit, yet there is no finite guidebook on how to do this well. By definition, board members are normally volunteers, and may not have a full understanding of what their role is. At the same time, nonprofit staff often struggle to understand the board’s role and how to engage them in a meaningful way. Without help, this important relationship can at best be confusing, and at worst, create additional stress and tension.

Let me help your team understand both the legal mandate your board must play for your organization in terms of governance, as well as how the board can work together with your staff to work towards your organization’s mission.

This 2-hour workshop is designed for nonprofit staff who are seeking ways to work more collaboratively with your board and to engage with them meaningfully. Can be combined with my Board Governance Package for ongoing support and direct board member mentorship / training / coaching.

What to expect:

• Choose your service model (one-time 2-hour workshop OR workshop + ongoing retainer)

• Learn what the legal mandate is for your board, best practices, ideas for engaging your board members, and advice for maintaining a positive and collaborative long-term relationship between your board and staff members

• Walk away with ideas and strategies to build trust and collaboration with your board members, and how to take your board’s work to the next level!

Build Your Own Training, Workshop, or Boot Camp!

Interested in receiving a training or workshop with me, but not seeing exactly what you need? Contact me and let’s create something together!

What to expect:

• Choose one or more of your priority focus areas: fundraising, leadership development, board management, or staff management, DEI, trauma-informed supervision, or other

• Choose your session length (60, 90, or 120 minutes)

• Choose your session frequency (one-time or a series of weekly, quarterly, monthly, or annually)