Leaving Well: nonprofit leadership guidance for workplace exits and transitions

Erin Fairchild, MSW, is the founder of Collective Action Consulting where she works with local and national partners to deepen our collective responsibility to prevent and intervene in all forms of violence and trauma. Erin obtained her Masters in Social Work from Portland State in 2009, and has worked with children, families, and communities impacted by trauma for over 20 years, in roles ranging...

Kelly is the co-founder of Harp Design Co, has worked on several television projects with her husband, Clint Harp, and is finishing up a master's degree in Clinical Psychology. Kelly is a lover of just about anything on NPR, an avid reader, coffee drinker, foodie, and quasi cultural & political commentator.  With a creative spirit, love for all things beautiful, and an eye for design, she is hopin...

Carrie Melissa Jones is an author, entrepreneur, and strategist whose work is dedicated to  the world of digital community and belonging. Named by Salesforce as one of the three community experts to follow, Jones has been building online communities since the early days of web forums and chat technology. Today, her work influences the world's leading brands and organizations, including Airbnb, Dis...

Nkem Ndefo is the founder of Lumos Transforms and creator of The Resilience Toolkit, a model that promotes embodied self-awareness and self-regulation in an ecologically sensitive framework and social justice context. She brings an abundance of experience as a clinician, educator, researcher, and community strategist to innovative programs that address trauma and inequity, build resilience, and sh...

Hannah is based in Manchester, UK and has worked in philanthropy, community activation, field building, and disability rights.     She's held various roles with one of the UK's largest funders over the past eight years, including designing and developing a wide range of funding programs and managing an extensive portfolio of complex and systemic grants.   Hannah is also the founder of the Particip...

Louisa "Weeze" Doran first began her community oriented work as an equity and liberation educator, strategist, and speaker with a healing centered and humanity first ethos. Featured in the New York times, Forbes, Buzzfeed, and many more. She's a multifaceted and multi hyphenated person, which gives her the wiggle room to be all that she is and any one piece of herself at any given moment. Weeze is...

Kera Rolsen is a United States Air Force officer, strategist, and B-52 aviator. She has a broad range of experience from the tactical to strategic levels of planning across multiple regions of the world and is a graduated commander.    She holds masters degrees in Intelligence, Military Operational Art and Science, and Military Strategy. Her professional writing has been featured on the Over the H...

Louise is based in London and constantly exploring what it means to live change. She's a loyal friend, partner, mother and curious human who loves adventure. Louise play multiple roles in different parts of the change ecosystem. and sees herself as a changemaker, facilitator, systems change designer, coach, process doula . In her current 10 year cycle she's wanting to make a contribution to refram...

Sharmon Lebby has been the President of the Ethical Network of San Antonio, and COO of the Africa New England Chamber of Commerce. For over 20 years Sharmon has helped organizations set the foundations of their digital media presence and define their brands as a Creative Director and Brand Strategist. Sharmon holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of South Carolina. To support her passions, S...

KELLY CERVANTES is an award-winning writer, speaker, and advocate best known for her blog Inchstones, where she shared the stress, love, and joy that came with parenting her medically complex daughter, Adelaide. Since Adelaide's passing, Kelly has continued to write candidly about her arduous and, at times, contradictory grief journey. She has been published in the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun...

Karyn Paige is a Certified Informed Practitioner of Human Design, a mindset coach, facilitator and speaker.  Her work approaches personal and professional development from a place of anti-oppression, centering the intersectional experiences of Women of Color. Her own career has evolved from working as a nightclub singer to freelancing as a Wordpress developer, to mentoring women in business and no...

Jaja Chen is a 2nd generation Taiwanese American who grew up in China and Taiwan. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Supervisor, private practice therapist, and co-owner of Cha Community (formerly Waco Cha) - a boba tea cafe based in Waco and Temple, TX. Spring 2021, Jaja had the honor of representing Cha Community at the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the U.S House of Represent...

Jerry Jones is fascinated by all things culture and loves watching when cultures blend. He is a cross-cultural trainer and coach who offers support and develops resources for global people. He goes deep with expats and repats and locals who are wading through the mess of cross-cultural challenges and helps them move forward. He works with great people all over the world who want to understand how...

In this article in The Cut, 10 Things You Need to Do Before You Resign , Alison Green provides ten recommendations on what to do before you resign. I took a few of those and added a Leaving Well twist. Four of those recommendations from The Cut are provided here, and I've shared my Leaving Well take as a follow-up set of suggestions. "Going one step beyond simply knowing about those policies means...

Arlan is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, has raised more than $30M, and has invested in over 200 companies led by people of color, women, and/or folks from the LGBTQ community. In today's episode, Arlan shares her take on fear, change, and courage, and how to manage this trio of realities we all face. We also discuss making decisions on how we want our life to look, and the...

Marti Carrington has over 20 years of corporate and nonprofit human resources and operating experience and has a passion for changing organizational culture from the inside out. She believes this can be done in partnership with activism, political change, and social reconstruction. Marti serves on the Board for Nebraska AIDS Project (NAP) and Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska. Marti is a mother of th...

Tanya Geisler is a Leadership Coach (CPCC) with a penchant for clarity and an abhorrence of the Imposter Complex. She's worked with thousands of high-performers combat the Imposter Complex so they can lead with impeccable impact and achieve their ultimate goals. She is a TEDxWomen speaker and writer who teaches high-performing leaders how to combat their Imposter Complex and lead with impeccable i...

Navigating the loss of a job, being fired from employment, being laid off, or in any way suddenly dealing with the loss of income (and benefits) can bring up an immense spectrum of emotions. Because we don't normalize talking about these emotions, we perpetuate and further harm from the experience. In this episode, I'm helping you navigate through this period of life with lists of things to expect...

Katie Panciera serves as an Assistant Professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communications Department. She teaches a wide range of classes, primarily in the User Experience Program, and left a career as a Senior User Experience Researcher at Google to teach at MSOE. Her research interests lie at the intersection of gender, race, and disability...

Networking expert + coach, J. Kelly Hoey is the author of Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Relationships In A Hyper-Connected World (Tarcher Perigee/Penguin Random House).  She's embarking on her second book which focuses on the unique networks women need for professional success.   Kelly's career has evolved from law to management to entrepreneurship. Being invited to lead a global busi...

Kelly Connolly is a Licensed Master Social Worker, passionate about pursuing equity and the common good, by addressing issues of systemic injustice. Her work has led her from the frontlines of humanitarian aid crises to the council chambers of local government. Her steadfast belief is, as Fyodor Dostoyevsky says, "Beauty will save the world", and that together we can co-create communities where al...

Shannon Watts is widely known as a "summoner of women's audacity." As the Founder of Moms Demand Action, Watts was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, a Forbes 50 over 50 Changemaker, and a Glamour Woman of the Year. She is the author of Fight Like a Mother: How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World.   This episode was recorded one we...

Naomi is passionate about community building, equity, and accessibility, and consults on inclusive program design, leadership effectiveness, and communications. Naomi also owns 8th & Home, a network matching folks on the move with Realtors who chase communities not commissions. After living across the US, her family moved overseas to India where she learned to thrive in the midst of chaos. Followi...

Coming on September 6, 2023, Leaving Well: A Navigation Guide for Workplace Transitions podcast will be live! Leaving well is the art and practice of leaving a job, role, project or title with intention, and when possible … joy. In this podcast, you can expect to find conversations with experts on topics such as grief, leadership, confidence, career development, and more. We'll talk with those who...