The Leadership Window

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 Intraprene...

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 b...

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 i...

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...

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 Proj...

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, Mic...

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 i...

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 ma...

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 contac...

What can we learn about leadership from the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team and organization? It turns out, a lot! Listen to Patrick Jinks’ story of his recent time with the Cardinals and the leadership lessons he took away.

Learn the research on how 12 life values embraced by a historically black college fraternity lead to career success. Patrick talks with Dr. Kaliym Islam, an agile training expert and author. Learn the 12-Inch Rule of Leadership and the fascinating research on how they accelerate a career in leadership. For more information, visit www.thetrainingproacademy.com . To purchase the book, click HERE

Organizations everywhere are putting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) language in their strategic plans and values statements. But what does it mean? How do we get to the action? Patrick shares a simple framework for thinking about your organization’s work in DEI. Patrick references the Mary Black Foundation framework for health equity. Click HERE for more information. To see the Perspective...

Is your nonprofit growing? What kind of leadership is required to pull off a major expansion through a capital project? In this episode, Patrick engages three nonprofit CEOs who have done it well. Tricia Richardson is CEO of SC Thrive Dr. Lila Anna Sauls is CEO of Homeless No More Andrea Smith is CEO of Senior Action . Learn from these leaders what leadership tenets they called on to grow their or...

Board members across the country roll their eyes when you tell them we are holding a strategic planning session — especially when we tell them we are going to start with building our mission, vision, and values statements. In this episode, Patrick shares a way to have a more meaningful and engaging conversation that leads to clarity and inspiration as well as true substance. Patrick shares a 4-que...

Patrick’s guest is one of the country’s leading executive coaches, Dr. Jim Smith. Jim and Patrick talk about what managers can learn about adding a coaching tool to their leadership tool kit. Jim has coached and trained coaches for the Center for Creative Leadership for 3 decades. As founder and president of  Leadership Systems, Inc.  (LSI), he coaches executives, designs leadership development pr...

Your organization is much like a sports team in many ways. Your job may very well be to manage the talent inside the organization for success. To do that, you have to play within your own game.

Your host, Patrick Jinks takes time for a solo episode to bring a few thoughts about leadership on his mind lately. In this Memorial Day episode, Patrick discusses being dependable, showing up for your people, and being your best self as a leader.

Patrick and Ron share an unscripted conversation about unscripted leadership. Ron Harvey is the founder and president of Global Core Strategies and Consulting  through which he helps leaders create a winning culture that is aligned with the vision of the organization. Ron is a retired U.S. Army Veteran, with over three decades of leadership experience. His purpose is to “Make A Difference” by insp...

Tricia Richardson serves as the Chief Executive Officer of SC Thrive , a statewide nonprofit offering efficient solutions to help South Carolinians access resources through technology and training. Tricia is a community involvement and development specialist with over 30 years of experience in capacity building, community and fund development, events management, volunteer training, and consulting...

Patrick chats with the Blonde Scientist herself (her Twitter handle)! Heather M. Brandt, Ph. D. is director of the HPV Cancer Prevention Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and co-associate director for outreach in the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center. She also serves as a full member of the cancer center in the department of epidemiology and cancer control. As a social and behavi...

Patrick Jinks shares his Success Live speech from Universal Studios in Orlando. In this brief speech to business leaders and entrepreneurs, Patrick drives at the heart of leadership — others.

Patrick recently sat down with SC Thrive’s Shannon Simmons on Real People, Real Conversations YouTube Show to discuss leadership, strategy, and the theme of this year’s SC Thrive Annual Training, the social determinants of health. SC Thrive makes critical resources accessible to people across South Carolina through a network of nonprofit providers. To view the video version of this episode, click...