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.
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.
Stress and mental health issues in the workplace are a pandemic that is far larger than COVID-19 or any other disease currently or recently dealt with in the world. Stigma about mental health still exists, but progress is being made, and there are strategies that can be taken to mitigate it.
