In this episode, Janice Cunning and Michelle Maloy Dillon are joined by Rickesh Lakhani and Nicole Thibideau from Future Possibilities for Kids. They share their inspiring experience working at a nonprofit organization that has at its core a coaching culture. We talk about the three pillars of listening, powerful questions and acknowledgements. Rickesh and Nicole [...]

In this episode David Langiulli and Silvia Bueso share the most common limiting beliefs that can hinder fundraising success. As a team leader, it is your responsibility to provoke your team to ensure they identify and then overcome these beliefs. We challenge leaders to open this important conversation with their team.

In this episode, David Langiulli and Janice Cunning are joined by Dawn Marie Schlegel and Steven Endicott who share their unique experience of co-leading a fundraising program. Dawn Marie and Steven share the impact of formally designing their alliance with a focus on asking what is best for the organization. We challenge our listeners to apply [...]

This scenario plays out frequently: top-performing professional gets promoted to lead a team but has never been trained to lead or manage. This is often a disaster results suffer, people head for the door, and the new manager flames out (and may even get fired). In this episode, David and Michelle offer a few hints on [...]

David and Janice are joined by Tahsin Alam, Associate Vice President for Talent Management and Organizational Development at the Rutgers University Foundation, to discuss Strategic Organizational Design for Larger Advancement Teams. Tahsin shares some real life examples that demonstrate why nonprofits need to pay attention to organizational structure and design. He then challenges leaders to ask [...]

In this episode, Janice and Michelle discuss what it means to powerfully “lead from behind.” It’s a leadership context most akin to being of service. And, they discuss how leaders who coach and mentor lead from behind when they do so. If you’re a leader who wants to integrate and apply coaching skills into your management [...]

In this episode, Janice talks to Kathy Archer, Leadership Development Coach, about her inner guidance cycle and the four steps to help you regain control and build your confidence. To learn more, read Kathy’s blog or join her Confident Women Leaders group on Facebook.

David Langiulli and Janice Cunning explore three leadership superpowers – listening, intuition, and curiosity – and talk about how to enhance them. We challenge our listeners to tap into their intuition and be willing to blurt and see what happens. To learn more read David’s blog or join us in June for Coaching Essentials, a four-week online course.

In this episode, David and Janice talk to Kristen Krista, Director of Major Gifts at Franklin & Marshall College, about how she applies leadership lessons to work and home. In other words, leading as a MoMGO. Kristen challenges our listeners to step into a “yes and” perspective and notice the impact. Kristen has participated in several of our online [...]

David Langiulli and Janice Cunning share their observation that most nonprofits mainly invest in fundraising training. And this creates a gap in growing leadership capacity. We offer some simple yet powerful steps you can take to close this gap. We challenge you to start by assessing your leadership capabilities with our free assessment. If you are committed to [...]