Ep 156: How Leaders Can Promote Belonging In the Workplace (with Rhodes Perry)
In this episode, guest Rhodes Perry joins me to uncover the role inclusive leaders play when it comes to building belonging cultures in the nonprofit workplace.
Ep 153: Supervision vs. Management – What’s the Difference? (with Rita Sever)
Is there really a difference between leadership and management? And what about supervision and management? In this podcast, Rita Sever and I discuss why these skills are actually quite different — and why nonprofit leaders need to be proficient in all of them.
Ep 146: Why Unbecoming Is the Key to Innovative Leadership (with Kerri Hoffman)
In this episode, my guest Kerri Hoffman (CEO of the nonprofit media company, PRX) and I discuss what innovative leadership really looks like in the post-Covid nonprofit sector.
Ep 143: Lollipop Moments and Everyday Leadership Lessons (with Drew Dudley)
In this episode, everyday leadership expert and inspirational TED speaker, Drew Dudley joins me to share some of the most dangerous leadership lessons you should unlearn and their impact on the nonprofit sector.
Ep 142: How Kindness and Community Empower Today’s Nonprofit Leaders (with John Hoffman)
Join me and my friend and six-time Emmy winner, John Hoffman, as we discuss his 2020 documentary film, The Antidote, and the role of kindness in the work of today’s nonprofit leader and our society as a whole.
Ep 139: Interpersonal Skills are Hard Work (with Carole Robin)
Nonprofit executive directors, join Joan Garry and award-winning Stanford professor, Carole Robin to learn how your interpersonal skills impact your org’s success.
Ep 135: Building the Resilience to Withstand a Disaster (with Nina Meehan)
Things were going great for Nina Meehan’s theater organization. Then disaster struck. Learn how she overcame huge challenges to emerge stronger than ever.
Ep 132: Let’s Make Program Evaluation Simpler (with Chari Smith)
One of the biggest achilles heels in the nonprofit sector is program evaluation. But it’s critical to funders. Let’s make it simpler.
Ep 130: A Powerful Approach to Keeping Remote Staff Motivated (with Dr. Paul White)
How do we continue to motivate and appreciate our staff in times of prolonged crisis? It has been over a year since the world shut down due to the pandemic and it has been challenging to stay motivated and connected in a virtual work environment. Dr. Paul White makes work relationships work. He is a …
Ep 129: Finding the Right Leader For Your Org (with Melissa Madzel)
An org is most vulnerable when the CEO decides to move on. In this episode, we discuss the right way to conduct a search for a new leader.
Ep 123: The Single Best Sign of a Healthy Nonprofit (with Carlos de la Rosa and Rosanne Siino)
Do you know the single best indicator of the health of a nonprofit? There is one KEY ingredient for a healthy nonprofit. And it’s even more important during a crisis. In this episode I talk with Carlos de la Rosa and Rosanne Siino, Executive Director and Board Chair of the Lindsay Wildlife Preserve. Hint: Notice …
Ep 120: Raising the Next Generation of Nonprofit Leaders (with Charlotte Alter)
Boomers are aging out of nonprofit leadership in droves. Many started organizations post Vietnam and there is a huge impending leadership void in the sector that needs to be filled. Nonprofit boards tend to skew old and are distrusting of youth and “inexperience”. And so the cycle continues. So who will fill this void? How …