Leadership Matters

Health and Human Services Intersection – The Social Determinants of Health Jane Pirsig will share the leadership and change management challenges when a large family service agency merged with a growing healthcare system, and staff continued to long for the good old days 7 years later. After 15 years, Jane and the agency is now playing a major role in the Advocate Aurora Health's response to socia...

Abrasive Leaders: The Bad, The Good, A Unique Perspective and Solution! Join co-host Dr. Sheryl White and guest Jordan Goldrich, author of Workplace Warrior: People Skills for the No-Bulls_ _t Executive, as they discuss solutions for addressing executives and leaders that are identified as abrasive or bullies. Goldrich, a speaker, author, executive coach, and self-identified recovered abrasive exe...

Health and Human Services Intersection – The Social Determinants of Health Jane Pirsig will share the leadership and change management challenges when a large family service agency merged with a growing healthcare system, and staff continued to long for the good old days 7 years later. After 15 years, Jane and the agency is now playing a major role in the Advocate Aurora Health's response to socia...

Want to advance your or others' leadership effectiveness? Yes! Then, you will not want to miss this episode with our host Dr. Sheryl White and Verna Jaggers, Mindfulness Teacher/Personal and Professional Coach, on the what, why and how to advance leadership effectiveness through the artful use of listening and asking powerful questions.

Genshai is an ancient word that means, "Never treat another person in a manner that would make them feel small—including yourself." Genshai reminds us to check in with ourselves and do our best to right what is wrong within and do our best to impact the exterior forces that can seize us if we are not equipped to release their grip. Join our host Dr. Sheryl White, as she explores how to and the pow...

What is inclusive economics and what role do nonprofit organizations play as agents for good and economic engines within their local communities and beyond? What is the business case and benefit to having nonprofit leaders at the table to discussion economic development policies, practices, opportunities and community impact? Join host Dr. Sheryl White and, special guests from the Neighborhood Hou...

According to Verna Jaggers, Mindfulness Teacher/Personal and Professional Coach, kindness opens our hearts to suffering, so we can give ourselves what we need. Self-compassion provides emotional strength and resilience allowing us to admit our shortcomings, motivate ourselves with kindness, forgive ourselves when needed, relate wholeheartedly to others, and be more authentically ourselves. Mindful...

Join host Dr. Sheryl White and special guest Charlie Fleishman, Services to the Armed Forces Regional Director of the American Red Cross San Diego and Imperial Counties as they discuss resiliency and leadership. Tune into Leadership Matters: Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Why have a Chief Strategy Officer position? The biggest advantage is just having someone dedicated to the strategic perspective of the organization. For many leaders, strategic priorities compete for attention with the crises of the day, and that can lead to less than ideal execution of strategic ideas. Having someone dedicated to looking after those longer-range priorities is beneficial. The inte...

The Unconditional Education (UE) model seeks to disrupt the cycle of poor achievement and exclusion by transforming schools into communities where all students are welcomed and can thrive. UE was designed to support educational transformation within low-performing schools. This transformation is aimed at promoting the academic success of historically underserved student groups, based on the belief...

John Tropman, the Henry J. Meyer Collegiate Professor Emeritus of the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan, teaches nonprofit management courses at the School of Social Work and organizational behavior and human resources management courses at the Ross School of Business. John also teaches courses in effective decision-making and creativity for the University's Executive Education p...

"Business leaders believe a strong organizational culture is critical to success, yet … most executives manage it according to their intuition," asserts Lindsay McGregor and Neel Doshi in the Harvard Business Review. In most cases, organizational outcomes are clearly defined and measured, while organizational culture is left up to "good intentions." This lack of intentional focus on the design and...

Valerie Wright hosts this segment with guests Michael Pinkney, Director, Salvation Army Community Center and Teresa Johnson, Northwest Community Consortium, Inc. as they discuss leadership, collaboration, and community change in marginalized communities. These leaders will discuss how they navigate multiple constituencies, organizational priorities while engaging residents for effective change? Wh...

To continue building upon successful talent, Linda Scott, Vice President of Child & Family Solutions and Gerald Peters, Director of Training and Development at JFCS, will discuss why JFCS chose to develop a Leadership Academy to develop human capital within their organization. They will provide an overview of the Leadership Academy's curriculum, structure, staff involvement, impact on the organiza...

What is the Impact When Innovation and Creativity are an Organization's Core Values? Auberle, a nonprofit human serving organization in the Pittsburgh area, recently received the Innovation Award from the Pittsburgh Business Times. The award speaks to the talent and creativity of their staff and their partnership with the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities headquartered in Washington, DC...

Bestselling author, educator, and entrepreneur Stedman Graham has developed a 9 step process to realize your leadership potential through Identity Development. His process to success challenges fundamental assumptions of leadership in the 21st century. Join host Dr. Sheryl White as she discusses with New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller author Stedman Graham the nexus between Identity...

David Duea is president/CEO of Lutheran Community Services Northwest, a non-profit human services agency serving communities throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho. He has lead his organization to receive the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities 2017 Commitment Award for the Commitment Engaging All Voices. Lutheran Community Services NW exemplifies that when people are at the center of id...

Claude Robinson, Executive Vice President, External Affairs & Diversity of UCAN on the west side of Chicago, has been recognized for his work by the city of Chicago on several occasions. Claude specializes in the personal development, education and motivation of youth and children. A staunch advocate for youth, Claude continually challenges adults to examine their perspectives about youth and dili...

Claude Robinson, Executive Vice President, External Affairs & Diversity of UCAN on the west side of Chicago, has been recognized for his work by the city of Chicago on several occasions. Claude specializes in the personal development, education and motivation of youth and children. A staunch advocate for youth, Claude continually challenges adults to examine their perspectives about youth and dili...

What is executive coaching and who needs it? Recently retired from a $30 million organization with 500 employees, Howard Garval has been successful in coaching employees for many years. As a certified facilitator, he will present the key elements to coaching executives in a variety of settings. He will also address what leadership development programs he has implemented in his long history of serv...

Adair Mosley, interim president and CEO of Pillsbury United Communities in Minneapolis, is overseeing a $6.7 million-dollar capital campaign. The project involves the development of a grocery store and wellness center in North Minneapolis. His comments will include the why and how of establishing this social enterprise, the eighth for the organization. Adair will also identify how his leadership s...

Join host Dr. Sheryl White and special guest Cynthia Burnham, coach and author of The Charisma Edge: A How to Guide for Turning on Your Leadership Power, for a discussion on enhancing executive presence. Practical tips will be shared on ways to look, act, and feel authentically powerful and master the skills to be confident and charismatic. Tune in to Leadership Matters: Informing Leaders. Inspiri...

John Jeanetta, President and CEO of Heartland Family Services in Omaha NE participated as a Cohort Member in one of the Alliance's Transformation Projects. He will explain the project related to residential programs for youth, how it has changed the organization and how the staff responded to these changes. For John, continuous learning is key to success and growth, resulting in greater impact wit...