What community managers do can seem thankless and like our goals are forever out of reach, but we can support well-being and find success. There are low-cost, high-impact steps we can take to improve culture, restore meaning, and improve community associations and management companies.
There’s no shame in acknowledging mental health challenges. Reducing the stigma surrounding them is essential to healing and living a healthy and full life. We should seek out mental health professionals who can help us find our path back to being the best versions of ourselves.
Since the 1970s, the community association housing model has grown exponentially. And while compensation within the community management profession also continues to grow, data from the Foundation for Community Association Research’s Attracting Talent to the Community Association Management Industry report reveals the demand for professional community management is outpacing the number of individuals entering the profession. Enter the four-day workweek.
How we choose to respond to traumatic situations greatly impacts our emotional state of mind, not just in the moment, but years later. With my continued focus on promoting wellness in all aspects of one’s lifestyle, the awareness to a positive mindset is key.
A community association management company executive shares her mental health journey. She argues that managers need to give themselves permission to reshape their roles because success isn’t always linear. It needs to take the shape that makes them happy.
