The Leadership Window

Ron Harvey returns to the studio to discuss his new book, Turning Point Leadership. Ron leads Global Core Strategies and Consulting and serves on The Jinks Perspective Advisory Board . He is a frequent guest on the show and provides rich insights into the art of leadership.

In this short episode, Patrick challenges the conventional wisdom that says an organization’s mission is its ‘why’. Patrick makes the case that mission is the ‘what’ — not the ‘why’.  Mission is the charge, and it should be simple, clear, limited in scope, and measurable.

The Jinks Perspective spends a significant amount of time coaching nonprofit boards and staff leaders on driving greater board engagement. But what exactly IS board engagement? In this episode, Patrick shares some critical tenets for CEOs to consider when thinking about how to create healthy board engagement. Also, Patrick promotes two organizations as resources for nonprofit leaders: For more inf...

Patrick sits down for a conversation with Jada Willis about the current trends in HR, how HR in the nonprofit arena differs from other sectors, the multiple dimensions of HR, tips on leading a remote organization, and much more. Jada Willis is the founder and CEO of Willis HR , a Columbia, SC-based HR firm specializing in nonprofit and small business HR. She is the author of  Pantsless Nation: HR...

Does your nonprofit have a C-Suite of leaders? What is their role? In this episode, Patrick poses a couple of coaching questions for leaders to consider the power of a C-Suite of leaders. Also, Patrick discusses when — and when NOT — to engage in strategic planning.

Patrick chats with CPA Alex Romero about the things nonprofit leaders often miss when it comes to the financial operations and considerations of their nonprofit. Alex is an award-winning CPA who specializes in nonprofit finances and serves organizations remotely across the country. Visit www.betterwaycpa.com for more information about Alex and the Chris Hervochon firm.

Patrick chats with Ira Wolfe about the future of work, Googlization, and leading in a world of rapid change. If there is a crystal ball for what the future of jobs, work, and the workplace look like, it lies in the head of Ira S. Wolfe. Ira has emerged as one of the top 5 Global Thought Leaders in the Future of Work and HR. Heis a visionary thinker about what happens “when the shift hits your plan...

Patrick chats with Daniel Matalon about the problems with a scarcity mindset, and the power of agreement. Daniel Matalon is the founder of #IsThereEnough, a provocative new conversation about the intersection of survival economics and social justice. He is also the co-founder of Impact Launchpad, a UK-based venture studio for social impact incubation and development. Working from a book, a convers...

Gauri Manglik is CEO and co-founder of Instrumentl, a grant service software platform designed to assist nonprofits in prospecting, acquiring, tracking, and managing grants. Gauri talks with Patrick about the grant matching platform, but the conversation goes well beyond the software, and into the mindset many nonprofits struggle with regarding fundraising, scarcity, efficiency, talent, and more....

Patrick continues his conversation with Nike Anani about succession planning and leadership transitions. Since Episode 59 , Nike’s book Lifetime to Legacy has been released, and this episode covers some of the critical tenets of the book, such as: How to let go when it’s time How to have the difficult conversations What boards need to consider Intergenerational conflicts Nike is an international a...

Attention nonprofit executives! This episode is about an annual gathering and network of social sector leaders like none other — The Blue Ridge Institute (now simply known as BRI). Patrick (who is a past president of BRI) chats with the current BRI president, Carrie Hepburn-Brown, about BRI. Carrie is the Strategic Director of Engagement for the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg . In this ro...

In this episode, Patrick shares a few leadership tenets that have come up recently in some of his coaching sessions. From handling exhaustion to delegating more effectively, and from self-accountability to managing your emotional bandwidth.

Tom Keith revisits Patrick in the studio for a conversation about what leaving a legacy of servant leadership looks like. Tom is the soon-to-be-retired President of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina.

Charles Weathers joins Patrick in the studio for a conversation about nonprofit leadership. Charles and Patrick share with each other some of the trends and challenges they are seeing in the sector. Charles C. Weathers is a nationally recognized consultant and professional speaker known for helping leaders in the nonprofit, government, and private sectors facilitate courageous conversations and st...

It doesn’t have to be Carnegie Hall or TED.  Leaders are called on to speak every day — at Rotary meetings, conferences, or board and staff meetings. How do you prepare? How do you EXCEL? Eddie Rice is a professional speechwriter with over 10 years of experience in helping business leaders, keynote speakers, TED talk presenters, and everyday people, enhance the messages they tell through great sto...

Patrick sits down again with Habitat for Humanity leader Monroe Free to discuss what is really meant by “systems change”. How does your organization define it? And how do you articulate the specific work your organization does to influence that change? They also discuss organizational values. What do they really mean? Monroe is President and CEO of  Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County  (SC)....

Ron Harvey returns to the show for an impromptu conversation about leadership with Patrick. Ron is the founder and president of Global Core Strategies and Consulting . He is a member of The Jinks Perspective Advisory Board, and a John Maxwell Certified Leadership Coach.

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...