Leadership Matters

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...

Nancy Biberman, President and Founder of Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) in New York City will tell of her 25 year journey of community development. She will name the changes in the neighborhood and the challenges she encountered with this experience. Creating sustainable livable neighborhoods with safety and health, commercial revitalization and affordable housing ar...

Looking for ways to meet your leadership challenge? Tune in for this discussion on Kouzes and Posner's five practices of exemplary leadership with special guest Edward Condon, Executive Director of Region 9 Head Start Association and our host Dr. Sheryl White. Running a public or nonprofit organization means juggling the needs of many constituents as well as the myriad of tasks needed to operate a...

Managing persistent performance issues is one of the biggest challenges for executives and managers. Because the conversation seems highly critical if not disrespectful, most managers soften the message. The result is that team performance decreases, conflict increases and the team loses respect for the manager. In this episode, our host Dr. Sheryl White will discuss with Executive Coach, Jordan G...

Managing persistent performance issues is one of the biggest challenges for executives and managers. Because the conversation seems highly critical if not disrespectful, most managers soften the message. The result is that team performance decreases, conflict increases and the team loses respect for the manager. In this episode, our host Dr. Sheryl White will discuss with Executive Coach, Jordan G...

Join host Dr. Sheryl White, Cultural Psychologist with the Neighborhood House Association and guest Mr. Gregg Ward, author of The Respectful Leader: Seven ways to influence without intimidation for proven strategies on ways to become and coach others to be more respectful and influential. Join the conversation! Call-in or email your thoughts or questions to 1-866-472-5790 or LeadershipMattersQuest...

Want to know how you can save on worker's compensation and heath care premiums; escape "high hazard" business mandatory OSHA fees; and co-create a healthier, more energized, and more productive workforce? Well, wonder no more! Tune in to this week's episode of Leadership Matter and hear the case study on how the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA has saved almost $400,000 in Workers C...

Join several leaders from the nonprofit human serving sector who will discuss their respective organizations transformation efforts. Through the transitioning of their operating model, they are making a transformational shift towards more home- and community-based models which are evidence-based. These organizations have transitioned from traditional residential care to a new model that emphasizes...

What are the common characteristics and transformational qualities found in America's best urban schools? What sets the leaders of these outstanding performing urban schools apart? Join host Dr. Sheryl White for this special episode with co-author of "Leadership in America's Best Urban Schools" Dr. Joseph F. Johnson, Jr, Dean of Education and Executive Director of the National Center for Urban Sch...

Many 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 this week's episode of Leadership Matters, Dr. Sheryl...

Nonprofit organizations exist to serve the public's interest. Many are aware of the good they do to help meet the needs of underserved populations. What is often overlooked and not discussed is the positive impact that they have on businesses and the local economy. Special guests Rudolph A. Johnson, III, President and CEO of the Neighborhood House Association and Gerald McFadden, President and CEO...

How do you line up? Are you part of Martin Luther King's dream, forging betterment for humanity or have you become part of the nightmare – got yours and are truly only concerned with keeping it and getting more. Join special guest California State Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber and our host Dr. Sheryl White, Consulting Psychologist and Vice President of Training and Organization Development at t...

Got leadership challenges? Call or email your concerns and tune into Leadership Matters, Wednesday, April 6 from 2-3 PM Pacific Time. Our host Dr. Sheryl White, Consulting Psychologist and Vice President of Training and Organization Development/InnoVisions at the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA and special guests Verna Jaggers, Coach/CEO of Jaggers n Harmony and Dr. Donald Chick, C...

Join us for this interview with Sharmeela Mediratta, LCSW, Vice President for Community-Based Services and Kimberly (Kym) Hardy Watson, Vice President of Prevention, Foster Care & Adoption Services at Graham Windham to learn how they work together as part of a wider strategy to cultivate the development of Graham's leaders through the Directors Network, an intra-agency approach to equip and suppor...

Got Leadership Challenges? Call or email your concerns and tune into Leadership Matters, Wednesday, March 2 from 2-3 PM Pacific Time. Our host Dr. Sheryl White, Consulting Psychologist and Vice President of Training and Organization Development/InnoVisions at the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA and special guest Jenni Furmer, CEO of Alpert Jewish Family & Children's Services in Wes...

Dr. Derenda Schubert, Executive Director at Bridge Meadows, is on the leading edge of an emerging national conversation around intergenerational living. Bridge Meadows successfully brings together families raising foster children with older people of modest means. Elders receive reduced rents in return for volunteer work with the adoptive families living in the community: everything from babysitti...

Email/call-in your concerns and tune into Leadership Matters, Wednesday, Jan 6 from 2-3 PM Pacific Time to Leadership Matters. Our host Dr. Sheryl White, Consulting Psychologist and Vice President of Training and Organization Development/InnoVisions at the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA; Terry Wayne Brooks, Senior Pastor of Bayview Baptist Church in San Diego, CA; and Valerie Wrig...

Email/call-in your concerns and tune into Leadership Matters, Wednesday, Jan 6 from 2-3 PM Pacific Time to Leadership Matters. Our host Dr. Sheryl White, Consulting Psychologist and Vice President of Training and Organization Development/InnoVisions at the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA; Terry Wayne Brooks, Senior Pastor of Bayview Baptist Church in San Diego, CA; and Valerie Wrig...

Dr. Albert L. Reyes, President and CEO of Buckner International, joins us today to discuss the significance of spirituality in change leadership. While Buckner International is a Christ-centered organization that delivers redemptive ministry to the most vulnerable, Dr. Reyes explains that being a spiritual leader is not necessarily connected to religion but more so focuses on being mindful of the...