How Biofeedback Breathing Improves Staff Wellness
Try to imagine the last time you had a stressful moment at work. Maybe you spilled your coffee leaving for work, realized you missed an important deadline, or tripped over your words in a presentation. How did your body feel at that moment? Did you feel your heart skip a beat or speed up? Did your breathing accelerate?
Breathing Exercises for Resilience and Productivity: Lessons from a Resilience Coach
Do you ever suddenly experience intense emotions in your day-to-day life? Maybe something happens at work that makes you feel anxious or upset.
Why ROI Says Thank You With Gift Cards
Imagine you did a favor for a trusted friend. You are happy to do the favor, even if it means you have to go a little out of your way. However, imagine that your friend never acknowledged or thanked you for helping them out.
User-Centered Design at ROI
At ROI, we love processes. Many people are intimidated by the idea of creating processes, afraid that it may stifle their creativity by implementing rigid rules or slow down a project. However, we find that whether it’s a checklist, template, or duplicatable process, creating structure enables us to be more creative and productive.
3 Ways to Improve Team Productivity Through Resilience Training
In an ideal world, your workplace would always function perfectly. Your coworkers would get along great, new hires would learn quickly, and everyone could keep their cool when a crisis occurs. Your numbers would always be excellent and your company would show exponential growth year after year. (Or, your nonprofit would attract abundant unrestricted dollars).
Creating Impactful Language: ROI’s Definition of Innovation
Words can carry immense meaning. When we choose our words carefully, we can clearly convey complex ideas, describe deep emotions and express our needs effectively. But the way we use a word—or misuse it—can affect the accuracy of our communication.
Shifting The Paradigms of Nonprofit Work Culture
Being a community worker can come with hefty implicit expectations.
8 Ways to Help Children Manage Stress at School
It’s no secret that children today face a lot of stress. Stress isIt’s a natural response to events that make us feel overwhelmed or threatened. From pressure to succeed in school to the ever-growing demands of social media, it’s no wonder that so many kids struggle to cope with it all.
Quotes and Codebook_The Resilient Leaders Initiative
Rural Opportunity Institute’s Resilient Leaders Initiative (RLI) program is the first social innovation accelerator program of its kind.
Examining the Current State of Disciplinary Practices in the Education Alternatives to Exclusionary Punishment in Schools
During the 2013-2014 school year, more than 2.7 million students in the United States received at least one in School Suspension.
