The Leadership Window

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.

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 ... Read entire article...

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?

Ron Harvey returns to the show for an impromptu conversation about leadership with Patrick.

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 ... Read entire article...

Patrick talks with Succession 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 building enterprises that would outlive them.

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.

Patrick talks with Shawna Schuh about the value of asking the right questions of our team as we coach them for success.

Patrick and Sophie McLean discuss self-awareness, the ego, and the choice to end our own suffering.

How do you measure your leadership capability? Leadership specialist Michael Tanner talks with Patrick about his mathematical leadership equation for it in this episode.

Patrick talks with branding expert Natasha Davis about how nonprofits should approach the concept of branding.

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.

Patrick talks about having an abundance mentality. Sophisticated funders want to support success. The Law of Abundance impacts nonprofits' development efforts.

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.

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.

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.