The Leadership Window

How do you measure your leadership capability? Leadership specialist Michael Tanner talks with Patrick about his mathematical leadership equation for it in this episode. Michael is a leadership veteran with more than 28 years of highly engaged and practical experience. Through successful leadership positions of increasing scope, ranging from the U.S. Marine Corps infantry to C-suite executive, Mic...

Patrick talks with branding expert Natasha Davis about how nonprofits should approach the concept of branding. Natasha E. Davis, MBA-M, RN-BSN, CEME, CSMA affectionately known as “The Chief Visionary” is a baccalaureate prepared Registered Nurse and practiced Emergency and Trauma nursing for over 12 years; prior to emerging as a Brand Strategist and Corporate Trainer in 2007. She holds a Masters i...

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are hot terms these days. What do they even mean, and what do Chief Diversity Officers do? Why is this work important? How do we get past the political rhetoric and into the actual work? Patrick talks with The Citadel’s Chief Inclusive Excellence Officer, Dr. Shawn Edwards,  to find out. Dr. Edwards is a diversity, equity and inclusion, human resources and ma...

Are you leading an excellent nonprofit organization that funders and donors should want to support? Is that the mindset when you raise money? Are you selling the problem (desperation) or the solution (aspiration)? In this episode, Patrick talks about having an abundance mentality. Sophisticated funders want to support success. The Law of Abundance impacts nonprofits’ development efforts. To contac...

What can we learn about leadership from the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team and organization? It turns out, a lot! Listen to Patrick Jinks’ story of his recent time with the Cardinals and the leadership lessons he took away.

Learn the research on how 12 life values embraced by a historically black college fraternity lead to career success. Patrick talks with Dr. Kaliym Islam, an agile training expert and author. Learn the 12-Inch Rule of Leadership and the fascinating research on how they accelerate a career in leadership. For more information, visit www.thetrainingproacademy.com . To purchase the book, click HERE

Organizations everywhere are putting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) language in their strategic plans and values statements. But what does it mean? How do we get to the action? Patrick shares a simple framework for thinking about your organization’s work in DEI. Patrick references the Mary Black Foundation framework for health equity. Click HERE for more information. To see the Perspective...

Is your nonprofit growing? What kind of leadership is required to pull off a major expansion through a capital project? In this episode, Patrick engages three nonprofit CEOs who have done it well. Tricia Richardson is CEO of SC Thrive Dr. Lila Anna Sauls is CEO of Homeless No More Andrea Smith is CEO of Senior Action . Learn from these leaders what leadership tenets they called on to grow their or...

Board members across the country roll their eyes when you tell them we are holding a strategic planning session — especially when we tell them we are going to start with building our mission, vision, and values statements. In this episode, Patrick shares a way to have a more meaningful and engaging conversation that leads to clarity and inspiration as well as true substance. Patrick shares a 4-que...

Patrick’s guest is one of the country’s leading executive coaches, Dr. Jim Smith. Jim and Patrick talk about what managers can learn about adding a coaching tool to their leadership tool kit. Jim has coached and trained coaches for the Center for Creative Leadership for 3 decades. As founder and president of  Leadership Systems, Inc.  (LSI), he coaches executives, designs leadership development pr...

Your organization is much like a sports team in many ways. Your job may very well be to manage the talent inside the organization for success. To do that, you have to play within your own game.

Your host, Patrick Jinks takes time for a solo episode to bring a few thoughts about leadership on his mind lately. In this Memorial Day episode, Patrick discusses being dependable, showing up for your people, and being your best self as a leader.

Patrick and Ron share an unscripted conversation about unscripted leadership. Ron Harvey is the founder and president of Global Core Strategies and Consulting  through which he helps leaders create a winning culture that is aligned with the vision of the organization. Ron is a retired U.S. Army Veteran, with over three decades of leadership experience. His purpose is to “Make A Difference” by insp...

Tricia Richardson serves as the Chief Executive Officer of SC Thrive , a statewide nonprofit offering efficient solutions to help South Carolinians access resources through technology and training. Tricia is a community involvement and development specialist with over 30 years of experience in capacity building, community and fund development, events management, volunteer training, and consulting...

Patrick chats with the Blonde Scientist herself (her Twitter handle)! Heather M. Brandt, Ph. D. is director of the HPV Cancer Prevention Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and co-associate director for outreach in the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center. She also serves as a full member of the cancer center in the department of epidemiology and cancer control. As a social and behavi...

Patrick Jinks shares his Success Live speech from Universal Studios in Orlando. In this brief speech to business leaders and entrepreneurs, Patrick drives at the heart of leadership — others.

Patrick recently sat down with SC Thrive’s Shannon Simmons on Real People, Real Conversations YouTube Show to discuss leadership, strategy, and the theme of this year’s SC Thrive Annual Training, the social determinants of health. SC Thrive makes critical resources accessible to people across South Carolina through a network of nonprofit providers. To view the video version of this episode, click...

This week, Patrick sits down with Monroe Free to talk about leading with head and heart. Monroe is President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County (SC). To say that Monroe felt a calling to help those who are socially and economically disenfranchised would be a severe understatement. Many of his waking hours, and indeed his entire career have been devoted to improving the lives and...

Heather Adams, 2020-2021 President of The Blue Ridge Institute (BRI) , talks with Patrick about the institute as a haven for nonprofit executives, and about leadership in the social sector. Heather currently serves as the Director of Engagement and Literacy Initiatives for Ready for School, Ready for Life , an early childhood systems building initiative in Guilford County, NC. She joined the team...

What does riding a motorcycle have in common with leading an organization? Your host, Patrick Jinks shares his experience in becoming a proficient rider and what his lessons learned can tell us about leadership. The Leadership Window is a Feedspot TOP 20 Podcast!  Check out the list HERE !

Patrick and Dr. Brian Simmons, Associate Provost at Columbia International University, discuss the value of a Ph. D. in leadership, some core tenets of leadership, and the academics of leadership, among many other topics. Dr. Simmons is a visionary builder with a personal mission to further the kingdom of God through Christian education, teaching, and influencing others. Currently, he is leading O...

Daniel Andrews is a networking and relationship specialist, helping business leaders make meaningful connections. He joins Patrick to discuss networking in the pandemic, the ups and downs of technology for relationship and connections, and much more. Daniel is a South Carolina native, and spent most of that in Columbia. He has been self-employed in one form or another, since 1988, as both an indep...

Tom Keith joins Patrick in the studio to discuss leadership challenges and opportunities in the social sector. Tom is the president of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina , a position he has held since March of 1996. Under his leadership, the Foundation has awarded more than $70 million through over 2,100 grants across South Carolina since its inception. Its current assets exceed $...

Patrick talks about coaching and learning to become a coach with Michael Wallace, the Lead Coach Trainer for Leadership Systems, Inc. (LSI), and the owner of Creative Branding Designs, which focuses on social media marketing and branding. Michael holds a BS in Communications from Appalachian State University and a Master’s degree in Education from Dallas Seminary. He also serves as an Adjunct Prof...

In Part 1, Patrick shared 5 key learnings from his PhD experience. In this second part, Patrick shares 5 leadership lessons he did not get in school, but from life experience. Presence, self-accountability, assumptions, and more are covered in this episode.