Leadership Matters

In this week's episode Dr. G and guests, Dr. Joseph Johnson, Jr., Executive Director of the National Center for Urban Schools, Dr. Alfonso Rodriguez, Director of Training and Staff Development with the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA, and Troy Bell, Local Government and Educational Consultant will continue the dialogue on impact leadership focusing on education. Guests will share w...

In this week's episode Dr. G and guests, Peter Jeff, Author/Consultant, The Leadership Mints Guy and David Harris, Vice President, Iowa Foundation will continue the discussion on impact leadership. Guests will share what they are doing to advance in their organization's vision and make a critical point of difference in touched lives and systems; lessons learned; skills required; and strategies the...

Impact Leadership is both catalytic and transformative. It is about mobilizing change in ways that advances the mission and makes a critical point of difference in touched lives and systems. On this week's episode, Dr. G and guests Susan Dreyfus, President/CEO of Families International in Milwaukee and Jenni Frumer, Associate Executive Director with Alpert Jewish Family & Children Services in West...

Impact Leadership is both catalytic and transformative. It is about mobilizing change in ways that advances the mission and makes a critical point of difference in touched lives and systems. On this week's episode, Dr. G and guests Susan Dreyfus, President/CEO of Families International in Milwaukee and Jenni Frumer, Associate Executive Director with Alpert Jewish Family & Children Services in West...

Millions of nonprofits do not reach their full potential because greater engagement, support, and vision are needed from their boards. Boards that are able to offer not only oversight of what is, but vision and support for what could be can make a significant difference in an organization's ability to positively impact communities and exceed goals. On Wednesday's show, Dr. G and guests Vic Baker w...

Millions of nonprofits do not reach their full potential because greater engagement, support, and vision are needed from their boards. Boards that are able to offer not only oversight of what is, but vision and support for what could be can make a significant difference in an organization's ability to positively impact communities and exceed goals. On Wednesday's show, Dr. G and guests Vic Baker w...

Staying calm, of sound mind, and gracious can be effortless when times are good, needed resources are available, and things are going as planned. Conversely, maintaining composure, focus and sound leadership can be difficult when things are not going as planned, resources are scarce, and mounting challenges produce daunting pressure. During this episode, Dr. G and guests Rudolph A. Johnson, III, P...

Each year millions of people spend substantial amounts of resources, time and energy voluntarily helping and working tirelessly to make our communities and nation stronger. They make valuable contributions and many nonprofits depend on volunteers and donor contributions to deliver critical client services. On today's show, Dr. G and guest, Retired Air Force Major, Christopher Herring will discuss...

Staying calm, of sound mind, and gracious can be effortless when times are good, needed resources are available, and things are going as planned. Conversely, maintaining composure, focus and sound leadership can be difficult when things are not going as planned, resources are scarce, and mounting challenges produce daunting pressure. During this episode, Dr. G and guests Rudolph A. Johnson, III, P...

People who achieve truly great things in life know that true accountability makes all the difference between success and failure—on both a personal and organizational level. Sam Silverstein, author of No More Excuses, will join Dr. G and Valerie Wright, President and CEO of Wright Ideas Unlimited to discuss the five accountabilities outlined in No More Excuses. These principles and traits are comm...

"Leadership is a Relationship." (Kouzes and Posner, 2009) A leader's ability to build effective relationships is a critical quality that assists in influencing and building teams. The success and quality of work relationships will negatively or positively impact every aspect of an organization from customer satisfaction to goal accomplishment to product quality. When people are able to work well t...

During the month of September, we will continue to explore the 5 practices of exemplary leadership put forth by Kouzes and Posner in one of the best-selling leadership books of all time: The Leadership Challenge. This 4th episode in the series highlights the practice of "enabling others to act." According to Kouzes and Posner, "To get extraordinary things done in organizations, leaders have to ena...

A decade of new research is now showing that success actually comes from happiness rather than causing it. On today's show, Dr. G and guest Valerie Sheppard, a former corporate executive and Sherpa of Happiness, continues the discussion on the eight principles/suggestions for creating a more happy work environment and offers additional tips for ushering in the new year with happiness in the workpl...

During the month of September, we will continue to explore the 5 practices of exemplary leadership put forth by Kouzes and Posner in one of the best-selling leadership books of all time: The Leadership Challenge. This episode will focus on the practice of "challenging the process." Kouzes (2007) states, "Leaders search for opportunities to innovate, grow, and improve." Leaders change the future by...

A decade of new research is now showing that success actually comes from happiness rather than causing it. On today's show, Dr. G and guest Valerie Sheppard, a former corporate executive and Sherpa of Happiness, will discuss tips for ushering in the new year with happiness in the workplace for improved performance, results, and success.

Happy Holidays! We want to thank our listeners, staff and Board members for a fabulous 2011 and wish all a prosperous 2012 filled with love, joy, peace, and happiness! Tune in Wednesday, December 28 at 2 PM/PST for an hour of our favorite relaxing holiday music selections. Also, during this hour we invite our listeners to call in with questions, 2011 Reflections and/or your 2012 New Year's Resolut...

More and more coaching is being used to support people in moving from where they are to where they want to be. Supervisors at all levels, human resources professionals, organization development practitioners, and others in the life helping arena are called upon to coach others to greater effectiveness. In this episode Dr. G and guests Jordan Goldrich, Partner-Leadership and Organization Developmen...

More and more coaching is being used to support people in moving from where they are to where they want to be. Supervisors at all levels, human resources professionals, organization development practitioners, and others in the life helping arena are called upon to coach others to greater effectiveness. In this episode Dr. G and guests Jordan Goldrich, Partner-Leadership and Organization Developmen...

The current climate requires special leadership skills to address today's challenges. Leaders must embrace uncertainty and develop new approaches to navigate in nowadays' turbulent conditions. The hardest kinds of challenges are adaptive ones requiring shifts in values, attitudes, and habits of behavior. Under these kinds of demands, organizations and leaders need the capacity to adapt their appro...

We received numerous comments and additional questions from last week's show on Managing Performance: Achieving Results so we have decided to continue the conversation this week. Thank you to all that provided feedback and request for further dialogue. Performance management focuses on an organization's performance—results delivered in service, product, and/or revenue. Performance management is of...

According to Peter Drucker, "The ultimate test of management is performance!—achieving results." In today's highly dynamic business environment, managing performance is about developing employees' capacity to perform and adapt to a variety of situations, and ensure the goals are consistently being met in an effective and efficient manner. Performance management focuses on an organization's perform...

During the month of September, we will continue to explore the 5 practices of exemplary leadership put forth by Kouzes and Posner in one of the best-selling leadership books of all time: The Leadership Challenge. This 4th episode in the series highlights the practice of enabling others to act. According to Kouzes and Posner, To get extraordinary things done in organizations, leaders have to enable...

According to Kouzes and Posner, renowned authors of The Leadership Challenge, inspiring leaders envision exciting and ennobling possibilities and enlist others in a common vision. Successful leaders are effective at presenting their vision as an inspirational, positive picture of the future with a clear path for getting there. Visionary leaders are able to consistently deliver strong messages of t...

No matter what or how big or small an issue, challenge or goal is the answer lies within. The clearer one is about their own identity, needs, values and vision the more effective one can be as they use their self as a tool to organize and lead their own life and to influence and bring positive outcomes to fruition for themselves and others. In this upcoming episode, Dr. G and guests, Stedman Graha...

During the month of September, we will continue to explore the 5 practices of exemplary leadership put forth by Kouzes and Posner in one of the best-selling leadership books of all time: The Leadership Challenge. This 5th episode in the series highlights the practice of encourage the heart. According to Kouzes and Posner, compassionate supervision has become a critical part of successful managemen...