Episodes

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 that whole-school interventions focused on improving outcomes for the most vulnerable students will...

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 program. During this podcast, he will describe the ways that the “Challenges of Leadership” have chan...

“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 creation of culture often leaves a disconnect between the stated values of the organization and the...

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? What is necessary for collaborating and remaining focused on the organizations’ mission? How does one ...

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 organization and on those participating in the academy, as well as lessons learned for steps moving forward ...

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. John Lydon, CEO, tells new employees that they are hired to make mistakes. What they have learned ...

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 Development, leadership, and success!

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 identifying their goals and aspirations and developing the plan to achieve them, they are more committ...

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 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 diligently strives to build positive youth and adult partnerships. He also is known for his exceptional ...

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 serving in a nonprofit human serving organization in Hawaii.

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 style has been influenced by attending human centered design at Stanford’s prestigious Institute of D...

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. Inspiring Solutions!

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 within the community.

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. Inspiring Solutions!

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 are some of the elements she addressed

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 any business organization. Meanwhile, organizations are experiencing enormous stress and additional u...

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 Goldrich a mindset and technique for having these conversations that Jordan has witnessed to yield 10...

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 Goldrich a mindset and technique for having these conversations that Jordan has witnessed to yield 10...

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 LeadershipMattersQuestions@InnoVisions.org.

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 Compensation premiums; reduced health insurance premium cost by 12.8% this year; escaped $10,000 in O...