The Leadership Window

As we prepare Episode 100 for some special announcements, this “in-between” episode covers some “best of” highlights from the first 100 episodes. This gives a great (albeit small) sampling of the kind of content found on The Leadership Window.

Patrick sits down with Executive Career Coach Randi Roberts to discuss the challenges leaders face along their career path. From figuring out where your career is headed to getting unstuck when you lose your mojo, Randi covers the 8 pillars of career satisfaction and how she helps leaders navigate their careers effectively. Randi Roberts, MBA, PCC, is the President of Randi Roberts Coaching, LLC, and founder of the Fulfilling Career, Happy Life community. Randi is an Executive and Career-Life Coach, helping people love their work as they achieve their career goals. Before becoming a certified coach, Randi had a very successful 30+ year career as a Pharmaceutical Executive, working for both large companies and a small start-up. She has also founded two of her own businesses. She skillfully combines significant business leadership experience with exceptional coaching skills to help her clients love their work as they achieve their goals. Visit RandiRobertsCoaching.com for more information.

In this episode, Patrick shares some of the insights he gains when coaching leaders. Specifically, Patrick discusses: Room to fail and learn Finding an outlet for your gifts and talents (and those of your team). Caution: Beware the “other people are saying” syndrome. Control, Influence, Adaptation (CIA Model). You are not alone in the crisis. You are the model for your organization’s culture. YOU are the “master of your fate” and the “captain of your soul.”

We all experience times in our organizational leadership journeys when chaos seems to take over. One crisis after another creates stress and anxiety among the entire team. This can turn toxic quickly. In this episode, Patrick shares a helpful model for managing the environment during times of organizational crisis.

How do we “practice” as professional leaders? What drills do we go through to strengthen our leadership muscle? In this episode, Patrick shares a few with us. Take the challenge! Also, in this episode, Patrick refers to a YouTube video on “The 5-Point Plan”. You can access that video HERE.

School the World’s Founder and CEO Kate Curran talks with Patrick about leading with the mindset of a social entrepreneur. With an international footprint, School the World leverages education to mitigate extreme rural poverty in Central America. Now in its 13th year, School the World has built 127 schools, 64 playgrounds, stocked 725 libraries, trained 7,400 teachers and empowered 8,075 parents to be their child’s “first educators”. Kate is the author of School the World’s education strategy, a strategy that has earned praise from US AID, Ministers of Education and leading education experts. For more information, visit SchoolTheWorld.org

Patrick re-airs a radio interview from 2018 in which he discusses how nonprofits must SELL their work. Overhead is not the value proposition. Return on Investment (ROI) is. Nonprofit ROI is more difficult to measure than corporate ROI, but it is essential for landing big investments.

Patrick interviews the infamous AI bot, ChatGPT, hosted by OpenAI. In this episode, Patrick asks questions in real-time about leadership in the nonprofit sector, and publishes unedited responses through the use of text-to-speech technology. The audio in this episode is the result of this amazing interview! It was generated in Revoicer. The episode image is also generated in the AI image platform, Midjourney.

Ron Harvey (Global Core Strategies and Consulting) returns to the show for an impromptu conversation on leadership with Patrick. Patrick and Ron cover everything from DEI to AI. Deep conversation on critical topics affecting nonprofit leaders today and in the future.

Heartificial Empathy — where empathy meets artificial intelligence. Branding and empathy expert Minter Dial is back on the show from the UK with deep insights on the human element of empathy and its path crossing with AI. His latest book is Heartificial Empathy (2nd Edition), and it deals with building our own empathy as well as the trends of programming empathy into AI. Minter’s previous episode on The Leadership Window can be found HERE. For more information, visit minterdial.com

Mark Slabaugh is an executive coach with a unique background in non-profit leadership and entrepreneurship. These experiences taught him how to recruit, lead, and retain teams. He is a student of his surroundings and the people he meets. He brings expertise in a truth-telling conversation. He tenaciously chases his personal goals and enjoys helping others leverage their skills for the team. As an executive coach, he has the joy of coaching teams with crazy dreams. He has also sat in the leader’s chair and understands the pressures business owners face. This has brought some of the greatest joy in his professional career – helping leaders accomplish a crazy dream. Mark and his wife enjoy helping their kids chase their dreams. All four are engaged in activities and school pursuits that are unique to them. It’s been such a joy to cheer for them in sports and life. Visit Jinks — Strategy | Clarity (slabaughcoaching.com) for more information. Also referenced by Mark on the show: Charles Duhigg’s book, Smarter, Faster, Better

How does performance science factor into leadership? Patrick digs into this topic with Dr. Carla Fowler, executive coach and performance science expert. Dr. Carla Fowler is an MD, PhD, and elite executive coach. For the last decade, she has been a secret weapon for scores of CEOs, entrepreneurs, and other senior leaders. Carla’s unique approach combines the latest research from performance science with timeless best practices to help top performers level up and achieve their goals. Carla graduated from Brown University magna cum laude, earned her MD and PhD at the University of Washington, and completed her internship in general surgery at Stanford University. For more information, visit www.thaxa.com.

Patrick discusses principles of crisis leadership with Retired Army Colonel William Collier, author of Outnumbered 20 to 1, a true Vietnam war story and biography. WILLIAM P. COLLIER, JR., Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.), served 30 years as an artillery officer. His assignments included tours in Germany and Korea, two combat tours in Vietnam, and various stateside assignments, including staff and command duties with the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), the 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One), and the Army General Staff in the Pentagon. In addition to the Field Artillery Officers Basic and Advanced Courses, Colonel Collier is a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College and the Army War College. Col. Collier received the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars, four Meritorious Service Medals, the Air Medal, two Army Commendation Medals, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Gold Star, the Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal First Class, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Army Staff Identification Badge, and numerous service medals and ribbons. Following military retirement, he was employed in the South Carolina state government for 11 years and retired from the State Transport Police, where he was the program manager. Colonel Collier received his B.A. degree from the University of Richmond in Virginia and his master’s degree from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.

Patrick talks with Leigh Adams, Executive Director of the Ausherman Family Foundation. The Ausherman Foundation serves Frederick County, Maryland, through grantmaking, community convening, and large-scale community benefit projects. Adams has more than 15 years of experience in the marketing and public relations field with a background in the nonprofit sector. At the Ausherman Family Foundation, Adams focuses on connecting organizations, streamlining the grants process and working with other nonprofit entities to develop more robust fundraising that meets the Foundation and community’s vision for the future of Frederick County. She is on the committees for the Frederick Speaker Series, YMCA’s Marketing Advisory Group, the Nonprofit Alliance, and the Foundation’s annual Nonprofit Summit. Leigh serves on Hood College’s Board of Associates and is a member of the Woman’s Giving Circle.

Dr. Jinks interviews NAFCC President and CEO Nicole Lamoureux and Greenville Free Medical Clinic President and CEO Suzie Foley about their leadership of the Roadmap to Health Equity (RHE). The RHE is a national metrics initiative designed to lift the quality, equity, and impact of over 1,400 free and charitable clinics across the United States. The conversation covers the importance of measurement in a nonprofit, the challenges of leading a national metrics project, and the value of metrics for making the case for support.

In this episode, Patrick shares his proprietary framework for effective nonprofit leadership, the 5×5 CEO Leadership Perspective Matrix. The framework covers the 25 critical competencies of an effective nonprofit CEO. For more information about both the individual and the 360-degree versions of the assessment based on this framework, contact us HERE.

Patrick chats with Dr. Whitney Anderson about the challenges and opportunities presented when conducting a capital campaign. Topics include board engagement, peer-to-peer fund development, contracted RD professionals, and more. Whitney Anderson is the Principal for Campaign Services at Fox Advancement, a leading fundraising firm that provides capital campaign consulting, grant research and writing, and fractional development officer support. She is passionate about helping nonprofits clarify their vision, tell their story, and link their mission with generous donors. She is a skilled strategist and project manager who helps nonprofits manage major fundraising campaigns from conception to completion. Her areas of expertise include working with volunteers on peer-to-peer fundraising strategies, interviewing philanthropists, and facilitating major gifts solicitation training. Whitney holds a Ph.D. in Interpersonal Communication from North Dakota State University. For more information, visit www.foxadvancement.com

Patrick talks about leadership styles with Robert Jordan. Specifically, Jordan’s FABS framework, which helps leaders think about their unique value and leadership sweet spot. Robert Jordan is the CEO of InterimExecs, which matches top executives with companies around the world. Based on research with thousands of leaders and companies, he and Olivia Wagner wrote Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company, and have launched the FABS Leadership Assessment, a free assessment at RightLeader.com designed to help leaders and organizations perform better. Jordan also authored How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America, and helped publish Start With No, Jim Camp’s bestseller on negotiation.

In this first episode of the new year, Patrick shares why New Year’s Day is his favorite day of the year, and challenges us all with a deep question — Am I doing my best? This is not an episode about the usual list of resolutions. It is about a deeper look into the person we are bringing to the world each day. Who are we aspiring to be?

Patrick discusses burnout with Dr. Kim Hires. Dr. Hires is an international Keynote Speaker, Strategic Consultant, and Coach dedicated to leadership development and helping leaders achieve their highest potential. Her work focuses on burnout prevention and cultivating cultures of well-being which she has been doing for over a decade. Her client portfolio includes individuals and organizations across various industries and sectors that generate over $1 billion in annual revenue. Dr. Kim is also the host of the Leadership Antidote Podcast and author of The Leadership Innovation Manifesto. When not working with leaders, Dr. Kim enjoys spending time with her husband and son in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Visit www.drkimhires.com for more information.

Every board wants a succession plan. But there is far more to consider than most people think about. In this episode, Patrick sits down with Colleen Bozard, a certified expert in governance and succession planning, and a professional interim CEO. Colleen is president and owner of ccbozard consulting, a firm established in 1998 to help non-profit, community, philanthropic and government agencies strengthen their leadership and governance through services in board enrichment, strategic facilitation and executive transitions. Colleen is a widely sought-after trainer and is a BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer. She was one of the primary authors of all four editions of the Together SC (formerly South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations) Guiding Principles and Best Practices to help build the capacity of nonprofits throughout South Carolina. Before she established her consulting practice, Colleen served as the Executive Director of a several non-profit organizations, providing these agencies with critical leadership during organizational change, initiated new agencies, been responsible for budgets in excess of one million dollars, provided programmatic oversight, supervised staffs, and provided advocacy on a local and statewide basis. Since beginning her consulting, she has served as Interim Executive Director for a number of non-profits to help successfully navigate leadership transitions and has assisted many others in conducting a search for new leadership. In this role, Colleen assures ongoing effective and efficient agency operations by providing administrative leadership and management services while conducting a thorough organizational assessment to support the search for new leadership. Examples of the organizations she has worked with in this capacity include the SC Association of Nonprofit Organizations (now Together SC), SCCADVASA, Prevent Child Abuse SC (now Children’s Trust), Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies GA, SC Psychological Association, SC Children’s Advocacy Center, and many others. Colleen is a Nonprofit Certified Interim Executive Director with Lift Connection.

Ron Harvey returns to the studio to discuss his new book, Turning Point Leadership. Ron leads Global Core Strategies and Consulting and serves on The Jinks Perspective Advisory Board. He is a frequent guest on the show and provides rich insights into the art of leadership.

In this short episode, Patrick challenges the conventional wisdom that says an organization’s mission is its ‘why’. Patrick makes the case that mission is the ‘what’ — not the ‘why’. Mission is the charge, and it should be simple, clear, limited in scope, and measurable.

The Jinks Perspective spends a significant amount of time coaching nonprofit boards and staff leaders on driving greater board engagement. But what exactly IS board engagement? In this episode, Patrick shares some critical tenets for CEOs to consider when thinking about how to create healthy board engagement. Also, Patrick promotes two organizations as resources for nonprofit leaders: For more information on BRI, visit www.blueridgeleaders.org. For more information on Together SC, visit www.togethersc.org. For Perspectives In Nonprofit Leadership YouTube channel, click HERE

Patrick sits down for a conversation with Jada Willis about the current trends in HR, how HR in the nonprofit arena differs from other sectors, the multiple dimensions of HR, tips on leading a remote organization, and much more. Jada Willis is the founder and CEO of Willis HR, a Columbia, SC-based HR firm specializing in nonprofit and small business HR. She is the author of Pantsless Nation: HR Guidance for Mastering Remote Work,

Does your nonprofit have a C-Suite of leaders? What is their role? In this episode, Patrick poses a couple of coaching questions for leaders to consider the power of a C-Suite of leaders. Also, Patrick discusses when — and when NOT — to engage in strategic planning.

Patrick chats with CPA Alex Romero about the things nonprofit leaders often miss when it comes to the financial operations and considerations of their nonprofit. Alex is an award-winning CPA who specializes in nonprofit finances and serves organizations remotely across the country. Visit www.betterwaycpa.com for more information about Alex and the Chris Hervochon firm.

Patrick chats with Ira Wolfe about the future of work, Googlization, and leading in a world of rapid change. If there is a crystal ball for what the future of jobs, work, and the workplace look like, it lies in the head of Ira S. Wolfe. Ira has emerged as one of the top 5 Global Thought Leaders in the Future of Work and HR. Heis a visionary thinker about what happens “when the shift hits your plan” and How to Thrive on the Never-Normal Journey. Visit www.irawolfe.com for more information.

Patrick chats with Daniel Matalon about the problems with a scarcity mindset, and the power of agreement. Daniel Matalon is the founder of #IsThereEnough, a provocative new conversation about the intersection of survival economics and social justice. He is also the co-founder of Impact Launchpad, a UK-based venture studio for social impact incubation and development. Working from a book, a conversation, and a unique social research experiment that has taken him to 22 countries, Mr. Matalon is asserting that humanity’s biggest existential threat is not climate change, tribalism, or inequality, but our inability to foster agreement with each other at the level we require to address our challenges. For more information visit www.isthereenough.org

Gauri Manglik is CEO and co-founder of Instrumentl, a grant service software platform designed to assist nonprofits in prospecting, acquiring, tracking, and managing grants. Gauri talks with Patrick about the grant matching platform, but the conversation goes well beyond the software, and into the mindset many nonprofits struggle with regarding fundraising, scarcity, efficiency, talent, and more. Gauri has dedicated her career to building intuitive and delightful user experiences. Seeing the opportunity to force multiply the nonprofit sector’s ability to create impact through software led her to her work at Instrumentl. As CEO and a co-founder, she has led Instrumentl to serve over 2,000 nonprofits today, making it a favorite tool among grant seekers for bringing grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place. Before Instrumentl, Gauri was CEO and co-founder of Fondu, an online community for sharing bite-sized restaurant reviews. After Fondu was acquired by Airbnb, Gauri led their mobile and special projects teams. Promo code WINDOW50 will let you save $50 off your first month or year of Instrumentl. You can sign up for their 14-day free Instrumentl account at www.instrumentl.com/r/TLW.

Patrick continues his conversation with Nike Anani about succession planning and leadership transitions. Since Episode 59, Nike’s book Lifetime to Legacy has been released, and this episode covers some of the critical tenets of the book, such as: How to let go when it’s time How to have the difficult conversations What boards need to consider Intergenerational conflicts Nike is an international award-winning entrepreneur, succession specialist and legacy planning expert for future-focused business families. She is on a mission to help businesses move from lifetime to legacy, such that they build family enterprises of the future. She has over a decade of family enterprise expertise as a second-generation owner and family office pioneer. She is the host of The Connected Generation, a top 10 podcast for family enterprises globally. She is co-Founder of African Family Firms, a non-profit community of family enterprises. Visit www.NikeAnani.com for more information.

Attention nonprofit executives! This episode is about an annual gathering and network of social sector leaders like none other — The Blue Ridge Institute (now simply known as BRI). Patrick (who is a past president of BRI) chats with the current BRI president, Carrie Hepburn-Brown, about BRI. Carrie is the Strategic Director of Engagement for the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg. In this role, Carrie establishes and facilitates the execution of the listening framework and manages the listening portfolio for the organization, including coordinating key convenings that emerge from community ideas. Carrie has the responsibility to strategically expand the advocacy and antiracist networks on behalf of the Foundation and serves as the lead staff member for the Pinellas Race Equity Leadership Council and other key initiatives. Carrie also serves as the CEO & Principal Consultant at Onyx Strategic Consulting, LLC, a boutique firm committed to creating a more equitable world. Carrie has vast experience working with organizations to advance racial justice and develop and execute strategies to reduce health inequities. Her scope of work includes designing and implementing impactful programs, coordinating engaging events, cultivating meaningful relationships, facilitating, and training. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry/Molecular Biology and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science – both from Florida A & M University.

In this episode, Patrick shares a few leadership tenets that have come up recently in some of his coaching sessions. From handling exhaustion to delegating more effectively, and from self-accountability to managing your emotional bandwidth.

Tom Keith revisits Patrick in the studio for a conversation about what leaving a legacy of servant leadership looks like. Tom is the soon-to-be-retired President of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina.

Charles Weathers joins Patrick in the studio for a conversation about nonprofit leadership. Charles and Patrick share with each other some of the trends and challenges they are seeing in the sector. Charles C. Weathers is a nationally recognized consultant and professional speaker known for helping leaders in the nonprofit, government, and private sectors facilitate courageous conversations and strengthen organizational performance. As the founder of The Weathers Group, a management firm based in Columbia, S.C., he has provided more than 15,000 hours of facilitation to over 1,100 leading organizations internationally in the last 19 years. Charles is known for his signature keynotes, captivating audiences with his contagious energy, insight, and humor. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, certified mediator, and American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow. Charles is also a member of the National Speakers Association, the Institute of Management Consultants, and a regular contributor to Forbes.com as a member of the Forbes Coaches Council. His thought leadership is frequently featured in publications nationwide.

It doesn’t have to be Carnegie Hall or TED. Leaders are called on to speak every day — at Rotary meetings, conferences, or board and staff meetings. How do you prepare? How do you EXCEL? Eddie Rice is a professional speechwriter with over 10 years of experience in helping business leaders, keynote speakers, TED talk presenters, and everyday people, enhance the messages they tell through great storytelling and structure. He started out as an 8th-grade science teacher but turned his love of rhetoric into a profitable freelance career. He also made the transition from freelancer to fully employed. As a speechwriter, he has worked with CEOs, college presidents and trustees, superintendents and principals, business owners, authors, politicians, organization leaders, nonprofit executive directors, and everyone in between. Public speaking and speechwriting are equalizers: we all want to say just the right words whether it’s small groups or large audiences. His new book was just released on Amazon last week – Toast: Short speeches, Big Impact. For more information or booking Eddie Rice, visit www.ricespeechwriting.com

Patrick sits down again with Habitat for Humanity leader Monroe Free to discuss what is really meant by “systems change”. How does your organization define it? And how do you articulate the specific work your organization does to influence that change? They also discuss organizational values. What do they really mean? Monroe is President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County (SC). To say that Monroe felt a calling to help those who are socially and economically disenfranchised would be a severe understatement. Many of his waking hours, and indeed his entire career have been devoted to improving the lives and futures of those who need a helping hand. From running Knox Area Rescue Ministries and the Christian Community Foundation in Knoxville, TN, and as CMO of Christian Blind Mission US to founding of the Monroe Free Group, a consulting firm for non-profits, Monroe has a depth of experience and caring conscience that’s second to none. Monroe has served in numerous volunteer leadership roles including Chairman of the Knox County Homeless Coalition as well as Chairman of the Knox County Family Violence Commission, Chairman of the Board of SC Association at Habitat Affiliates, and is currently the Chairman of the Board of TogetherSC. As the CEO and President of Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County, Monroe continues to lead this critically important organization as it implements policies designed to positively change lives and the landscape of this fast-growing and burgeoning part of the country. Monroe is married to Kim and together they have three children.

Ron Harvey returns to the show for an impromptu conversation about leadership with Patrick. Ron is the founder and president of Global Core Strategies and Consulting. He is a member of The Jinks Perspective Advisory Board, and a John Maxwell Certified Leadership Coach.

What IS organizational culture? How do you define it? How would describe the culture inside YOUR organization? In this episode, Patrick challenges listeners with 5 coaching questions about their culture.

In this episode, Patrick shares a 3-level framework for increasing the engagement of team leaders toward taking more initiative in their leadership.

Patrick talks with Change Leadership expert Nancy Murphy about what it takes to make change stick inside organizations, how to address resistance to change, and how to build a culture of intrapreneurship. Nancy’s spent her career saying what others are afraid to – and learning to say it in ways that others will listen. She’s the founder and president of CSR Communications and creator of Intrapreneurs Influence Lab. Her passion is teaching leaders how to make organizational change stick. From challenging stereotypes of girls in her Catholic school more than 40 years ago, to her first job after college convincing nonprofits to engage youth volunteers, or her role as board chair of a global nonprofit transforming the way we do international development… Nancy’s worked in philanthropy for Steve and Jean Case’s family foundation, as a federal government program officer with the Corporation for National & Community Service, and as a global consultant for APCO Worldwide, where she designed and implemented sustainability, community engagement and philanthropic strategies for companies such as UPS and Johnson Controls, and nonprofit organizations including W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Annie E. Casey Foundation. Nancy mentors and advises executives from local governments, federal agencies, global nonprofits, foundations and Fortune 100 companies. As a trainer and speaker, Nancy has shared her expertise from Kuala Lumpur to Kansas City and London to Las Vegas. She holds a master’s degree in public affairs from University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School, a master’s in health communication from Boston University, and a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from University of Dayton.

Patrick talks with succession planning expert Nike Anani about the key factors in a successful leadership transition. With over a decade of family enterprise expertise in Nigeria, Nike helps owners lead their family organizations to long-term legacy and impact. Her inside experience as a second-generation family business owner and family office pioneer birthed a passion to help other families in building enterprises that would outlive them. Nike is the Author of “Lifetime to Legacy: A New Vision for Multigenerational Family Businesses” (to be released in Q2 2022). She is the co-founder of African Family Firms, a pan-African association of family businesses focused on promoting generational wealth and generational legacies on the African continent. She is the host of “The Connected Generation” podcast – a top-10 Family Business global podcast dedicated to NextGens that are seeking how to navigate building generational enterprises whilst leaving an impact. Nike has a global outlook, having lived and worked in three continents. She is a champion for diversity, passionate about improving age and gender diversity and inclusion in business families. Visit www.NikeAnani.com fr more information.

In this episode, Patrick shares the results of his doctoral research on how nonprofits measure their performance against their mission statements.

Michael and Audree Sahota join Patrick for an engaging conversation about organizational culture, accountability, transformational leadership, evolutionary leadership, self-awareness, and more. Michael and Audree are organizational leadership consultants, authors, trainers, and co-founders of Shift314, Inc., where they teach leaders to evolve themselves and their organizations. Their newest book is Leading Beyond Change: A Practical Guide to Evolving Business Agility Visit www.shift314.com for more information.

Patrick talks with Shawna Schuh about the value of asking the right questions of our team as we coach them for success. A lifetime adventurer, entertainer, and leadership expert, Shawna Schuh is an innovative thought-leader who can help you unpack the pesky problems you encounter when you lead people. With a curious mind, herself, and a Master’s Certificate in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Shawna is exceptionally skilled in the art of uncovering leadership blind spots through coaching, and catapulting leaders out of the leadership weeds and into leading teams effectively. Having worked with organizations like Nike and Columbia Sportswear to associations such as Fashion Group International and the National Speakers Association. Shawna shares a unique perspective so that the information and ideas she promotes stick and work. With two TEDx talks to her credit, as well as 3 decades of experience, you will be enlightened as well as entertained while shifting from the less stellar things most leaders do to focus only on what the best leaders do. For more information, visit www.ShawnaSchuh.com

Patrick and Sophie McLean discuss self-awareness, the ego, and the choice to end our own suffering. Born in Algeria, educated in Morocco and France, with a professional career in the USA and UK, Sophie McLean has been a helicopter pilot, a teacher, a designer, a relief worker, a war refugee, a CEO, and served as a United Nations representative on The Commission on the Status of Women’s Hunger Project. She has been shot at, shipwrecked, and widowed. She has lived on a farm, a boat, a penthouse, and in an ashram. As a wisdom teacher, Sophie has spent decades leading transformational seminars to over 80,000 people around the world, of all ethnicities, ages, religions, and social backgrounds – all engaged with the universal existential questions of “Who and what am I?” and “What is my life about?” Her book is The Elegance of Simplicity, a Wisdom Teacher’s epic journey to awareness. For more information, visit www.SophieMclean.com

How do you measure your leadership capability? Leadership specialist Michael Tanner talks with Patrick about his mathematical leadership equation for it in this episode. Michael is a leadership veteran with more than 28 years of highly engaged and practical experience. Through successful leadership positions of increasing scope, ranging from the U.S. Marine Corps infantry to C-suite executive, Michael is constantly increasing his knowledge and experience as a leadership practitioner. Michael earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a master’s degree in leadership. He prides himself on leveraging his unique combination of education, skills, and experience to harness the greatness within his clients and unleash the possibilities of their leadership potential. For more information, visit www.credibleleaders.com

Patrick talks with branding expert Natasha Davis about how nonprofits should approach the concept of branding. Natasha E. Davis, MBA-M, RN-BSN, CEME, CSMA affectionately known as “The Chief Visionary” is a baccalaureate prepared Registered Nurse and practiced Emergency and Trauma nursing for over 12 years; prior to emerging as a Brand Strategist and Corporate Trainer in 2007. She holds a Masters in Business, certification in marketing and is the CEO and founder of Impact Branding Consulting, Inc. and CRM software platform The Profit Enhancer Analysis. Natasha specializes in positioning companies to perform in alignment with the vision of the leader. Natasha has published three books focused on business development and branding, has been recognized by President Barack Obama with the Lifetime Achievement Award and featured in the “Big Grit” Entrepreneurial docuseries produced by Infusion Soft Keap. Her specialty is helping entrepreneurs, executives, and companies create brands that have a sustainable & profitable impact. She thrives on fixing problems, closing performance gaps, and eliminating frustrations for companies and their executives. She believes that every business owner should Think Big; Build Momentum and Scale Fast. Visit www.ImpactBrandingConsulting for more information.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are hot terms these days. What do they even mean, and what do Chief Diversity Officers do? Why is this work important? How do we get past the political rhetoric and into the actual work? Patrick talks with The Citadel’s Chief Inclusive Excellence Officer, Dr. Shawn Edwards, to find out. Dr. Edwards is a diversity, equity and inclusion, human resources and management professional and professor. She is also the CEO and Principal Consultant of Solutions by Shawn Edwards, LLC.

Are you leading an excellent nonprofit organization that funders and donors should want to support? Is that the mindset when you raise money? Are you selling the problem (desperation) or the solution (aspiration)? In this episode, Patrick talks about having an abundance mentality. Sophisticated funders want to support success. The Law of Abundance impacts nonprofits’ development efforts. To contact Patrick for a 2022 coaching seat, email: [email protected].