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Underdog Leadership Podcast

Jenny Mitchell, Executive Coach for Women in Leadership

A podcast to help #2"s become #1"s in life and work. Meet your host, Jenny Mitchell, an executive coach, and professional fundraiser. Jenny believes in the power of the underdog - the person who has overcome hardship, stereotyping, typecasting, or debilitating self-doubt to step into the best version of themselves. Underdogs lead with compassion and kindness. These leaders are hard-wired to make the world a better place for everyone. Join Jenny in this podcast to grow your skills, step into who you

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41:31

5.5: Trends in the Nonprofit Space that Impact Everyone

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2024/11/14

In this episode, Jenny Mitchell and nonprofit expert Dr. Patton McDowell dive into shifts redefining the sector, from evolving financing models to the rise of contract work and organizational mergers. These changes aren’t just relevant for nonprofits - they offer lessons for leaders everywhere about adaptability and innovation. A central theme of the episode is women’s leadership, where Patton and Jenny discuss the challenges women face in amplifying their voices and fully stepping into their roles

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5.4: Beware of Mothering our Teams To Incompetence

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2024/10/31

Have you ever found yourself stepping in to protect your team from failure, only to realize that your well-intentioned actions might be holding them back? In this episode of the Underdog Leadership Podcast, host Jenny Mitchell dives deep into the intriguing concept of 'mothering' in the workplace. Discover how many women leaders parallel their career milestones with family stages, leading to protective behaviours that can stifle growth. Jenny passionately argues that allowing team members to learn

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21:43

5.3: 7 Ways to Stop Sabotaging Yourself

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2024/10/17

In this episode, Jenny Mitchell takes you behind the scenes of leadership struggles we all face and specifically, her own personal battle with self-sabotage. She shares 7 powerful strategies to stop undermining yourself and step into your leadership potential. A recent coaching call with a promising young leader inspired this episode, where Jenny explores the subtle yet significant behaviors that hold us back, often without us realizing it. These habits of self-sabotage prevent us from being

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40:42

5.2: What Leaders Can Do About The Looming Talent...

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2024/10/03

In this episode, Dave Hutchinson and Jenny Mitchell dive into the talent crisis shaking up the non-profit world, especially in Canada. With boomers retiring and Gen X mysteriously under-engaged, who’s going to step up? Their answer: millennials in their mid-30s to early 40s! But it’s not just about filling seats - organizations need thoughtful, values-driven succession planning to secure the right people for leadership roles. This episode highlights the power of mentorship, internal talent

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46:48

5.1: How to go from $1.4M to $19.7M in revenue with...

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2024/09/19

The Underdog Leadership Podcast is BACK with Season 5! In this eye-opening first episode of Season 5, host Jenny Mitchell sits down with Christina J. Schoemaker, MBA, CFRE, Senior Vice President for Advancement at Valley Youth House. Get inspired by Christina’s journey from health care to leading the development team at a local youth-focused nonprofit. Over 10 years, Christina transformed her department, the impact in the community and the revenue and donations received. With her help, Valley

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38:13

4.8: Goodbye to Perfection, Hello Flourishing with...

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2024/05/23

You are going to LOVE Jenny’s conversation with Homaira. In her quiet, thoughtful way, Homaira will capture your attention and your imagination on this podcast! An author, a researcher, a former psychotherapist, a mother, a mental health advocate. Homaira brings a unique blend of expertise and empathy to her coaching practice focused on helping women thrive and flourish. Homaira isn't just an author; she's a guiding light in the realms of personal and leadership development for women. With a

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26:54

4.7: How to Leverage the Enneagram for Crucial...

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2024/05/09

I was on the hunt for a tool that I could use to support my coaching clients to help them figure out how they want to show up in the world and to better understand themselves. And that’s when I came across the Enneagram. The Enneagram focuses in on core motivations: what drives people’s actions and why they choose their behaviours. Knowing your Enneagram profile helps inform your conversations around conflict in your teams and how you show up at your workplace. It’s a gamechanger for team

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51:22

4.6: How to Brag About Your Accomplishments Without...

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2024/04/25

It’s the hardest thing for women leaders to do: to talk about their wins in a way that doesn’t feel icky. Lisa Bragg, the author of "Bragging Rights," joins us for this not-to-be-missed conversation to help women (re)claim their narrative and assert their personal self-worth in both personal and professional spaces. Lisa’s story began as a journalist where she learned how to “stay behind the camera” and keep her brand out of the story. Fast forward to her current role as a business owner and author

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38:35

4.5: How to Bring Magic to Your Work with Amy Lynn...

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2024/04/11

It all started when Amy went into a knick knack store and saw a magnet that said, “Leap and the net will appear.” This led Amy to leave the corporate world, and reimagine her future with a different perspective and a new guiding compass: a mission to Create Magic At Work. Amy Durham is a seasoned business leader and Executive Coach, with the vision of transforming workplaces into vibrant hubs of creativity, productivity, and fulfillment. Her journey is not linear, it has a lot of twists and turns

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21:53

4.4: How to Get (More) Comfortable Doing New Things

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2024/03/28

Listen up and loosen up those tight shoulders! Today, we're diving deep into the art of stepping out of your comfort zone and embracing new experiences. Jenny’s got seven powerful techniques, from both her personal experience and her years of executive coaching, designed to help you break free from the confines of your comfort zone. This episode is a reminder that success isn't just about achieving big milestones; it's about continuous improvement. You’ll learn how to reframe situations, normalize

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34:14

4.3: How Mentorship Can Fix your Talent Retention...

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2024/03/14

It’s every leader’s worst nightmare: the moment when their best talent signs a contract with someone else. Or worse: the competition. Why did they leave? One of two reasons: they hated their boss, or they didn’t see a path forward for professional advancement. Both of these challenges can be addressed by bringing in a solid mentorship program to your organization. If you haven’t figured it out yet, let me spell it out to you. People are your organization’s most valuable asset. If people don’t

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24:06

4.2: For The Love of God, Will You Please Lead!

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2024/02/29

Leadership Vacuums. It’s when everyone is polite, doesn’t say the hard things that need to be said, and meetings start to look like merry-go-arounds. Is this you? Are you leading from behind, afraid to step out and say what needs to be said? From personal decisions to workplace dynamics, being unclear in your leadership role can lead to a host of problems. This podcast is all about stepping up and taking charge in your life and at work. There are consequences for avoiding leadership

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29:21

4.1: Giving Yourself Permission to Do The Big Thing

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2024/02/15

Welcome to Season 4! I am celebrating consistency today! It would have been easy to stop the Underdog Leadership Podcast after Season 1 or 2. Shiny object syndrome kicks in, or we become inconsistent with where we put our energy. But I stuck to it. I stuck with the podcast and kept going. In every episode I got a little better with the technology, my interview skills, and my messaging. The power of sticking to something matters. Growing and learning through the process matters. The main

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38:05

3.13: The System with Janet Donovan

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2023/12/07

Janet’s story is about personal integrity and being a part of the system as a lawyer. It’s about recognizing that there is a wide variety of people engaging in the system in different ways and it’s on us to exercise moral courage in the way that we engage with the system. Not only was Janet a lawyer, but she was also a lawyer in the military in the United States Navy. Janet’s story starts with her wanting to be in this honourable profession that is all about strength and integrity of character

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41:31

3.12: Failing Forward with Mojdeh Cox

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2023/11/23

This is not a story about the drama of what happened to Mojdeh Cox. This is a story about what she did afterwards and how she reclaimed her path and her power. This is a story all about choice. Mojdeh Coz is an award-winning consultant and convener and the founder of Cox & Co., a family-run full scale values-based consulting firm aiming to build better institutions and communities that thrive with intention, specializing in organizational effectiveness through good governance and transformational

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35:47

3.11: Perception with Delphine Haslé

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2023/11/09

Delphine Haslé wasn’t always in a #1 leadership position. She worked hard to grow from a #2 supporting role into the #1 position she holds now as the Executive Director of the Perley Health Foundation. This podcast episode is all about Delphine’s transition from the #2 to #. She talks about the recruitment process as an “internal candidate,” about her experience working in the healthcare sector during four long years of COVID, how she changed her mindset, all things fundraising, and her conscious

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26:03

3.10: Boxes with Onome Ako

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2023/10/26

Embracing Ambition - that’s the TITLE of the collaborative book. It now has a name! Today’s guest is Onome Ako, CEO of Action Against Hunger. In her language, Onome’s name means “one who is cherished, one who is loved, and my special one.” And that is the kind of love she brings every day to her work as CEO. Onome’s story is about her leadership journey as a black female immigrant, a story about resilience in the face of perceptions, and a story about community and family. She often found herself

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36:20

3.9: Collective Vision with Heather Nelson

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2023/10/12

Heather Nelson is the Founder and President at BridgeRaise, a company that helps charities and not for profits build corporate partnerships based on mutually beneficial and long term relationships. She is a colleague, a friend and has always been a cheerleader for Chavender. As an entrepreneur who works with charities, Heather has a unique lens to view the collaborative book project. Her story is about her time when she worked for Food Banks Canada as the corporate partnership lead. She covers

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28:52

3.8: Identity with Heather Bach

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2023/09/28

Heather Bach’s day starts with slow mornings.. But once she gets to work, it’s go go go and she doesn’t stop. Heather is currently the Executive Director of the Medicine Hat Health Foundation but philanthropy wasn’t always her journey. Believe it or not, Heather started her career in retail and transitioned to where she is today. Heather didn’t always see herself as a leader: she was always doing things for someone else but was never the decision maker. Once she decided to face challenges and

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30:52

3.7: Carley Schelck - Now What?

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2023/09/14

Carley Schelck is the owner and CEO of the Urban Element, an Ottawa based boutique culinary experiences and event management company. But, she was stopped in her tracks when Jenny called her out of the blue one day to tell her she had an idea, an idea about a Women’s Leadership book. Intellectual legacy are the two words Jenny used that intrigued Carley and ultimately convinced her to come on board and be a part of an upcoming Collaborative Book. As someone who operates her own business, Carley

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