Essential Leadership and Bench Strength Development during Turbulent Times, Part 1
Release Date: 07/02/2025
Encore: Passing the Torch: Mastering Succession Planning
Leadership Matters
Succession planning is a rich topic that touches on leadership, legacy, strategy, and organizational resilience. In this episode, we dive into the critical yet often overlooked process of succession planning. Whether you are an executive, team leader, organizational effectiveness or human resources professional, preparing for leadership and other key role transitions is essential for long-term success. We will explore strategies to identify future leaders, mitigate risk, and ensure business continuity—plus examples of what works (and what doesn’t). Tune in to learn how to build a legacy...
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The Succession Question: Essential Conversations Every Nonprofit CEO Needs to Have
Leadership Matters
Succession planning remains one of the most avoided conversations in the nonprofit world, yet this critical episode explores the essential questions every board member, executive coach, and nonprofit leader should be asking about leadership transition—from building internal pipelines to preparing boards for their transition role, transforming succession planning from a dreaded risk exercise into an opportunity for organizational renewal and strategic growth. We'll dive deep into both practical and emotional dimensions of leadership transition, including preserving organizational culture...
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Passing the Torch: Mastering Succession Planning
Leadership Matters
Succession planning is a rich topic that touches on leadership, legacy, strategy, and organizational resilience. In this episode, we dive into the critical yet often overlooked process of succession planning. Whether you are an executive, team leader, organizational effectiveness or human resources professional, preparing for leadership and other key role transitions is essential for long-term success. We will explore strategies to identify future leaders, mitigate risk, and ensure business continuity—plus examples of what works (and what doesn’t). Tune in to learn how to build a legacy...
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Finding Funding—Making a Way Out of No Way!
Leadership Matters
Like a car without gas, a mission without funding typically is not going too far. Seeing one’s way forward when traditional revenue streams seem to be vanishing can feel daunting. Tune in for our discussion with Wendy McKinney a mission-driven executive, former chief development officer, author, co-pastor, and trusted leader in business, nonprofits, and ministry to explore creative options and ways nonprofits and businesses from all sectors are faced with shifting their thinking and fund development efforts. Discover new possibilities for “finding funding” to continue advancing your...
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Keeping the Doors Open: Sustaining Nonprofits through Funding, Partnerships, and Mergers
Leadership Matters
Join us as we continue this month’s series on “Keeping the Doors Open” with special guest John P. Lydon - Director of Strategic Projects/CEO Emeritus – Auberle/Ward Home/Pauline Auberle Foundation John has decades of experience practicing civil law in Pennsylvania’s federal and state courts—as well as the Supreme Court of the United States—he has represented everyone from local businesses to major insurance carriers and government agencies. Beyond the courtroom, John brought communities together by organizing municipal consortiums and serving on a range of nonprofit boards. ...
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Keeping the Doors Open
Leadership Matters
This October, join us as we dive deep into the critical world of nonprofit strategic partnerships. In an era of tightening budgets and fierce competition for donor dollars, nonprofits are reimagining survival—and thriving—through mergers, acquisitions, and innovative collaborations that strengthen their missions without compromising their values. This week we welcome special guest Mary Mulliet, President and CEO, Battle Creek Community Foundation as we explore the delicate balance of preserving organizational identity while pursuing strategic alliances, explore how to maintain donor...
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Encore - Being Hired and Held Accountable: An ED/CEO’s Guide to Board Relationships
Leadership Matters
What's it really like to be hired by a nonprofit board, and then work under their ongoing oversight and evaluation? In this candid conversation, we sit down with an experienced Executive Director to explore the unique dynamics of leading an organization while being accountable to a volunteer board. Matt Obert is President and CEO of Chaddock, an internationally recognized leader in trauma and attachment-based services for children and families shares personal insights into the hiring process from the candidate's perspective - from understanding what boards are really looking for to navigating...
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Encore: Effective Board Governance and Development
Leadership Matters
Service on a nonprofit board is commendable and can be a rewarding experience. One of the many reasons people serve on nonprofit boards is the desire to contribute to the achievement of the mission and influence the direction of the organization. Board of directors are charged with providing oversight to ensure an organization’s policies, strategic direction, financial solvency, and executive leadership support successful accomplishment of an organization’s mission. Engaged board members who are effective in carrying out their duties and responsibilities can make a critical difference to...
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Effective Governance: Community Engagement and Advocacy
Leadership Matters
Join us as we continue this month’s series on “Effective Governance” with special guest Martha Collins - Nonprofit Policy & Advocacy Leader | Builds Coalitions, Develops Leaders, Delivers Legislative Results Martha Collins is a seasoned public affairs professional with extensive experience in legislative communications, advocacy, and nonprofit leadership. She currently serves as Communications Director and Advanced Legislative Assistant for a Wisconsin State Senator, where she manages media relations, crafts press releases, oversees digital communications, and provides in-depth...
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Being Hired and Held Accountable: An ED/CEO’s Guide to Board Relationships
Leadership Matters
What's it really like to be hired by a nonprofit board, and then work under their ongoing oversight and evaluation? In this candid conversation, we sit down with an experienced Executive Director to explore the unique dynamics of leading an organization while being accountable to a volunteer board. Matt Obert is President and CEO of Chaddock, an internationally recognized leader in trauma and attachment-based services for children and families shares personal insights into the hiring process from the candidate's perspective - from understanding what boards are really looking for to navigating...
info_outlineThe strongest leaders don't just react to crises—they use challenging moments to forge resilient organizations. While others focus solely on immediate problems, exceptional leaders simultaneously invest in their people and build capacity for what's ahead.
This conversation reveals how to maintain high standards and drive results when uncertainty threatens to derail progress. We'll examine proven strategies for developing talent at every level, keeping teams engaged during turbulent times, and creating cultures where people perform at their best regardless of external pressures.
You'll discover how to balance competing demands: delivering today while preparing for tomorrow, maintaining team morale while pushing for excellence, and fostering growth when resources feel stretched thin.
This isn't about survival mode leadership—it's about transformation. Whether you lead a small team or an entire organization, you'll walk away with concrete tools for building the leadership depth and organizational strength that separate thriving companies from those that merely endure.