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Life & Leadership with Kim Williams

Kim Williams is a multi-faceted woman. She is an introvert who loves to write and podcast. A happy wife of 28 years to her husband and best friend, Rawleigh, and the proud mom of her three accomplished children, Rawleigh III, Brian, and Alyssa. Professionally, Kim is a nonprofit CEO and executive coach with over 30 years of leadership experience. She"s raised nearly $50 million dollars to fight poverty and homelessness in Dallas as CEO of Interfaith Family Services while simultaneously running

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Episode 39 | Vision & Leadership

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2025/01/20

In this episode, I reflect on the challenges of casting a vision in the face of uncertainty. At first, I hesitated to create a long-term strategic plan for the next five years—a practice we’ve traditionally followed—due to the unpredictable landscape shaped by the pandemic and a new administration.However, I recognized that the absence of a clear and compelling direction could harm organizational culture and productivity. To address this, I immersed myself in research, studying industry trends,

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Episode 38 | Identity & Leadership

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2025/01/14

Do you know your leadership superpower? Most leaders struggle to confidently and quickly articulate what they bring to the table—myself included, even a decade into being a CEO. In this episode, we’ll explore why this is a problem and how getting clear on your unique strengths can transform not just your confidence but your entire organization. I’ll share my journey and help you step into 2025 with a stronger sense of who you are as a leader. Don’t miss this game-changing conversation about identity

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Episode 37 | Anxiety & Leadership

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2025/01/07

Let me let you in on a little secret. Not everyone is optimistic at the start of the new year. Social impact leaders in particular may be overwhelmed with the sense of uncertainty, lack of clarity, and even self-doubt regarding whether or not you have what it takes to lead your agency into the unknown. Your first instinct may be to hide that insecurity by putting on a brave face for your team, board, and donors. I've done that before and I'm going to tell you something it's a mistake. In this week's

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Episode 36 | Lessons & Leadership Part II

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/12/10

As we approach the end of the year, I’m taking a moment to reflect on the incredible journey of leadership that 2024 has been. The thing about leadership is that no two years are alike — each year brings its own unique challenges and valuable lessons. And 2024 was no exception.In this final episode of the year, I'm excited to share lessons 6 through 10 of myTop 10 Leadership Lessons for 2024. Whether you’ve been on this journey with me throughout the year or you’re just tuning in, these insights

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Episode 35 | Lessons & Leadership Part I

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/12/03

In this powerful episode, leadership expert Kim Williams shares hertop 5 leadership lessonsto help you navigate the challenges and opportunities of 2024. These lessons are designed to foster growth, clarity, and authenticity—empowering leaders to thrive both personally and professionally in the year ahead.Whether you’re in a leadership role or aspiring to be, Kim’s insights are filled with practical advice for leading with integrity, self-awareness, and a deeper connection to your team.Tune in to

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Episode 34 | Weariness & Leadership

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/11/26

If you are visionary social impact leader who is committed to making a real and significant change in your community, now is NOT the time to faint. I know you may be tired, discouraged, and may even a little afraid of what the future holds.I know you want a break from the relentless and continuous fight for change. I get that. Believe me, I feel that.It’s okay.Take a break my friend. But, whatever you do, don’t quit.Now is not the time.We often talk about the burden of leadership, but today, I want

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Episode 33 | Turnover & Leadership

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/11/23

Ask any leader, and they'll tell you: managing people is one of the toughest parts of leadership. And it’s only getting harder. Recruiting and retaining great team members is a growing challenge. In fact, according to the National Nonprofit HR survey, nonprofit turnover is averaging between20-25%annually, and development professionals, on average, stay in their roles for just18 months. So, how can we as leaders create a stable, thriving culture when the workforce is so unpredictable? It’s stressful,

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Episode 32 | Despair & Leadership

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/11/12

The thing about leadership is that we are expected to lead regardless of what we are experiencing.We have to lead on good days and lead on bad days. I had to lead during times of family crisis. I had to lead during times of personal illness. I had to lead while my mom was dying and lead during my grief. We have to lead when we are optimistic and lead when we are in despair.In fact, many of you are smiling on the outside during your board meetings, media interviews, and donor meetings while battling

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Episode 31 | Leading Through Uncertainty

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/11/05

Change is on the horizon for social impact organizations and change is always challenging for leaders.But here is the good news: We’ve been here before and not too long ago.Just five years ago, we lead through a once in 100 years worldwide pandemic.If we spend a little time reflecting on that and other challenging times, we can develop an agile game plan for moving forward.This episode explores how to lead through uncertainty.

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Episode 30 | Delivering Bad News

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/04/17

One of the most difficult things about being a leader is sharing bad news. It is stressful and frankly, it sucks. However, it is a part of the job, and it requires sensitivity and strategy. In the last podcast, we talked about how to deal with significant funding loss strategically.In this episode, we will talk about how to deal with it publicly.

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Episode 29 | Surviving Significant Funding Loss

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/04/03

After over 25 years in the nonprofit industry, I’ve experienced sudden funding loss several times throughout my career and as a consultant I’ve helped dozens of clients navigate it as well.As a consultant, far too many organizations, contact me when it’s nearly too late to reverse the course.Far too few have contingency plans in place for sudden funding loss.It is my hope that this episode will help you to either quickly minimize the impact of sudden funding loss or create a contingency plan to do

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Episode 28 | What To Do When Life Takes a Turn

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/03/05

It's been a while since my last episode.Why the absence? Well, life took a turn.Listen to this mini-episode to hear my brief explanation and receive a little encouragement in the process.With that being said, I am taking a break and I will be back with new content and new podcasts on April 2nd.- Kim

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Episode 27: Reclaiming Your Leadership Identity

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/02/14

Leadership draws criticism, most of which comes from people who have never led. They don’t see what you see from the leader’s vantage point, nor do they understand the pressures you face. They don’t know that every “yes” means saying “no” to something else. They don’t know that you were up when they were sleep and that you were working when they were resting. They don’t accept that leaders are people with feelings, faults, bad days, and breakdowns. When we express the discomfort of leadership, they

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Episode 26 | To Fire or Not to Fire

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/01/30

Today, we are going to talk about one of the most difficult yet common questions that every leader faces, “To fire or not to fire.”No matter how many questions you ask in an interview, no matter how great a candidate’s references are, and no matter how much you thought you knew about the candidate before you hired them, employees will surprise you.Whether it is the inability to get to work on time, excessive absences, poor work quality, or the inability to get along with coworkers, issues will arise

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Episode 25 | To Expand or Not Expand

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/01/23

After over 25 years in leadership, I know that growth, without the infrastructure, systems, and culture to support it, will ultimately lead to disaster.So, how do you know when to expand and when not to expand?In today's episode, we will discuss five questions that Kim ask herself and her clients before considering expansion.Let’s talk about it.

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Episode 24 | To Lead or Not to Lead

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/01/16

Everyone wants to lead . . . until they have to lead.Leadership is not for the faint of heart. There is a critic and counterpoint for every choice that you make.There is an opposing opinion for decision.There are risks associated with every strategy and new stressors that come with every success.Sure, perks, privileges, and good pay that come with promotion. But, every leaderswho has sat in the C-suite will tell you that benefits of leadership will not always outweigh its burdens.In good times, it

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Episode 23 | To Stay or Not to Stay

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2024/01/09

Happy New Year everyone!I am so excited to be back in my office recording podcasts.I can’t believe that this is my 23 episodes. I have really enjoyed sharing my leadership journey with you and I’ve been so appreciative of your support and feedback.I am honored that you would listen and join me for discussions on life and leadership.Your questions have inspiredthe theme for January’s episodes which is Crucial Questions. That’s right, I am dedicating this month’s podcasts to answering the four most

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Episode 22 | What Do You Do When the Problem Is You?

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2023/10/31

Have you ever pondered why things have been feeling off at the office? Have you felt like things were out of rhythm and you didn’t feel that your team was productive as it could or should be?Have wondered what the problem is?Asked others and asked yourself, only to realize that the problem is you. Let's talk about it.

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Episode 21 | Is It Me or My Employee?

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2023/10/03

Contrary to popular employee belief, most leaders are not sitting in their offices dreaming of ways to make your life difficult. We don’t prefer to do things the long way. We don’t enjoy the time we spend writing policy, creating guidelines, or giving instructions and we certainly get no thrill out of disciplinary conversations. We just want to get things done as quickly, efficiently, and effectively as possible in a manner that aligns with our mission and mitigates risks.As nonprofit leaders, we do

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Episode 20 | How Do You Know You Are Making A...

Life & Leadership with Kim Williams ·

2023/09/26

It is the responsibility of the nonprofit organization or social enterprise to provides a path to the fulfillment of its mission in a manner that is appealing to the client, aligned with their goals for themselves, and accountability-driven to help increase the likelihood of reaching the goals.So, where do you begin? Let's talk about it in today's episode.

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