{"id":1861,"date":"2020-06-27T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T11:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/2020\/12\/23\/why-cultural-leaders-need-to-talk-about-well-being\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T07:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T02:18:44","slug":"why-cultural-leaders-need-to-talk-about-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/why-cultural-leaders-need-to-talk-about-well-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Why cultural leaders need to talk about well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\">\n<p>Social entrepreneurs are disruptors in the services of others, especially in situations where the traditional actors or the market have failed. The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_Schwab_Foundation_2020_Impact_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schwab Foundation Impact Report<\/a>, showed how social entrepreneurs in the Foundation community alone have made an impact on the lives of 622 million people in more than 190 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Social entrepreneurs are tackling the world&rsquo;s most urgent issues, but they often work under intense pressure in chronically under-resourced environments. As they seek to address the needs of the most vulnerable, marginalized, and forgotten, social entrepreneurs and their staff often overlook their own well-being, which in contrast can seem trivial.<\/p>\n<p>The result: <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2018\/12\/why-social-entrepreneurs-are-so-burned-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">high incidences of burn-out<\/a>, serious mental health issues, and personal relationship breakdowns, which have a severe impact on organizations and the whole social change sector.<\/p><div class=\"idron-article-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" id=\"idron-795448893\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/what-is-idr-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png\" alt=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png 1250w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-1024x205.png 1024w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-150x30.png 150w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-768x154.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"1250\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>This is an excerpt from the article<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/06\/this-is-how-wellbeing-drives-social-change-and-why-cultural-leaders-need-to-talk-about-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This is how wellbeing drives social change and why cultural leaders need to talk about it<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><em>by Pavitra Raja.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article is a part of a special series on the connection between inner well-being and social change, in partnership with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wellbeing-project.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wellbeing Project<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ssir.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stanford Social Innovation Review<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schwabfound.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schwab Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Economic Forum<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/skoll.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skoll Foundation<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"idron-troublemakers-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\" id=\"idron-2027115352\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"donate banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"donate banner\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-1024x205.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-150x30.jpg 150w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-768x154.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"1250\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social entrepreneurs are disruptors in the services of others, especially in situations where the traditional actors or the market have failed. 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