Biggest Challenges Faced By A Manager, Strategy And Impact At Meals On Wheels America
Morgan's biggest challenge as Manager, Strategy & Impact at Meals on Wheels America is the ever-increasing need for services, leading to potential burnout; a helpful shift in perspective for Morgan has been to focus on "what you've done...to make a difference," rather than "what you haven't done."
Nonprofit Management, Resource Allocation, Burnout Prevention, Strategic Planning, Impact Measurement
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Morgan Hultquist
Manager, Strategy & Impact
Meals on Wheels America
University of Arizona 2014
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Political Science, American Studies
Nonprofit, Foundations & Grantmaking
Business Strategy
Scholarship Recipient, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. The constant and growing need for services in the nonprofit sector, especially within Meals on Wheels.
2. The challenge of balancing the desire to help everyone with the reality of limited resources, leading to potential burnout.
3. A helpful mindset shift: focusing on accomplishments rather than unmet needs to manage the emotional toll of the job.
Transcript
What is your biggest challenge in your current role?
It's a really great question. I think this is probably the case in many different fields within the nonprofit industry, but overall, the need for services is always great.
I think especially now, the need feels very great, perhaps even greater than during normal or pre-COVID times. It's easy to want to come into a role and approach it with a desire to fix everything and ensure everyone who needs support has access to resources.
I think it's really tough and frustrating when you hit roadblocks and aren't able to help everybody. That kind of approach can often lead to burnout very quickly.
I've found that focusing on what you have accomplished in your own work to make a difference, instead of focusing on what you haven't done or what should have been done, has been a helpful mind shift. It's not a perfect solution, but approaching it in that way can quickly drain your energy.
This has been difficult for me to work with, but it's also nice that I've found a challenge to help with that.
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