For Not-for-Profits & B-Corps
Thrive
Sustaining the people who sustain your mission.
The Diagnostic
Built around your people, not a template
Generic wellbeing training rarely reflects the realities of mission-driven work. Before we design a single session, we work with your organisation using the full principles and protocols of the ECM to elicit:
- Pre-existing strengths already present in your people and teams
- Developmental needs specific to your context
- The relative priority of those needs
- How these strengths and needs intersect with the ECM offering — so we can craft a bespoke programme for your organisation, built to facilitate the most coherent teamwork possible
Why this, why now
The case for investing in your people, even on a tight budget
90% of nonprofit leaders are concerned about staff burnout — and the share naming it their #1 concern doubled in a single year.
Candid, 2025
Nonprofits see 19% annual voluntary turnover vs. 12% across US industries — over 40% of departures are linked to a lack of leadership development.
Johnson Center / Bridgespan
Median nonprofit spend on staff development is $500–$2,000 a year — well under the for-profit benchmark. Most teams are stretched further, with less support.
Bridgespan / SHRM / Nonprofit HR
Thrive is priced and designed for organisations doing more with less — without asking your people to do it on empty.
A six-week wellbeing and resilience pilot for mission-driven organisations stretched thin by funding cycles and rising demand.
On a human level, the organisation gains a workforce that feels more supported, resourced, connected, and capable of sustaining its mission without burning out.
Designed to improve and measure how your people regulate stress, stay connected to purpose, communicate effectively under pressure, and sustain their capacity to serve.
The Programme
Our core offering
A hybrid programme combining:
- 3 in-person half-day workshops (opening, midpoint, closing)
- 3 live digital sessions (integration, Q&A, habit support)
- Guided support community for reflection, behavioural integration, and micro practice tools
- KPI review + impact report answering: what is this pilot positively impacting in our people, our teams, and our ability to deliver on mission — evidence you can also share with funders
Impact
What your organisation will gain?
This programme develops human life skills that underpin high-performing teams and healthy workplace cultures.
The Journey
The Six-Week Integration Journey
Each week combines practical tools, experiential learning, and structured reflection to transform insight into sustainable behavioural change.
- Week 1: Foundation & Awareness
- Week 2: Self-Regulation
- Week 3: Focus & Attention
- Week 4: Relationships & Communication
- Week 5: Resilience & Sustainable Performance
- Week 6: Integration, Measurement & Next Steps
Impact Tracking
Measurement — The Experience Template (Weekly)
To ensure meaningful, trackable impact throughout the programme, participants complete a short weekly self-rating (1–5 scale) at the end of each week. This provides a simple but consistent way to observe changes in experience over time.
Weekly Measures
Participants reflect on:
- Perceived stress levels
- Sleep quality and recovery
- Focus and attention stability
- Communication confidence
- Creativity and problem-solving capacity
- Engagement and motivation
- Early indicators of burnout or reduced wellbeing
- Ability to manage mind, emotion, and attention under pressure
- Confidence in navigating difficult conversations
- Perceived quality of task completion
- Sense of alignment with organisational mission
End-of-Pilot Reflection (Week 6)
At the conclusion of the programme, participants complete a short written reflection to capture deeper qualitative shifts:
- What has changed in how you respond under pressure?
- What has changed in your relationships at work?
- What feels more sustainable now than six weeks ago?