305: 5 Steps for Balancing Leadership with Personal Wellness (Latoya Robinson)

305: 5 Steps for Balancing Leadership with Personal Wellness (Latoya Robinson) SUMMARY This episode is brought to you by our friends at Armstrong McGuire & Associates. Check them out for your next career opportunity OR for help finding an interim executive or your next leader. Are you constantly giving everything to your mission but feeling like there’s nothing left for yourself? In episode 305 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, Latoya Robinson shares why prioritizing wellness is essential for sustaining long-term impact and preventing burnout. Drawing on her leadership journey, she introduces five practical steps to help nonprofit executives balance their professional responsibilities while maintaining personal well-being. She discusses leading with empathy and self-compassion, building supportive relationships, setting boundaries, aligning leadership with purpose, and staying organized without overwhelming. Latoya also shares her personal strategies for maintaining balance, including morning routines, intentional goal-setting, and prioritizing time for reflection. ABOUT LATOYA Latoya Robinson is a Nonprofit Growth Architect dedicated to transforming service-based and community-focused organizations. She helps nonprofits, foundations, and corporations align their missions with sustainable strategies that drive measurable impact and long-term financial stability. As the founder of LUR Growth, Latoya provides innovative donor engagement and strategic growth services, leveraging her LUR 3D Strategy™—Data-Driven Direction, Donor Devotion Dynamics, and Dynamic Impact Orchestration—to foster capacity building, donor loyalty, and organizational growth. Since 2016, Latoya has served as Executive Director of Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods (NBN), where her leadership has expanded the budget from $310K to $1.2M. She previously co-founded SAVED Health and launched the SAVED4HOPE Therapeutic Summer Camp, growing both into multi-county initiatives.  EPISODE TOPICS & RESOURCESReady for your next leadership opportunity? Visit our partners at Armstrong McGuireThe Gifts of Imperfection by Brene BrownDon’t miss our weekly Thursday Leadership Lens