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Leading Organizations That Matter

A weekly podcast covering topics of interest for those who lead, support, or simply care about "organizations that matter". These include mission driven, nonprofit health care and social service organizations that exist in order to improve the lives of those who experience great challenges. Profitability is obviously important... but so too is the recognition of the other forms of value generated in these settings. Podcast topics include how we finding meaning, purpose, and impact in our work,

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36. The Three Reasons Decisions are Difficult

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/09/24

Making difficult decisions is the job of leaders. In this week's episode, I describe the three reasons that decisions can be difficult and suggest that understanding this can be helpful to not only making the decision but also to how you communicate it down the line.

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5:23

35. What Exactly is a Mission Driven Organization...

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/09/17

I use the term "mission driven organization" a lot. And when asked, I'm always happy to define what I mean by that. But... I've learned through the years that my definition is not the one that matters.

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4:48

34. What The Beatles and Alec Baldwin Can Teach Us...

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/09/10

I often find interesting (and unexpected) inspiration and lessons from the most unlikely of places. In this week's episode, I draw from the world of art, specifically music-making and film directing.

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33. When Proactive is Really Reactive

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/09/03

All leaders want to be proactive, not reactive. But here's the thing: Just because you want to be proactive, be considered by others to be proactive, and do proactive seeming things, that does not mean that it’s true. In this week's episode, I point out a simple way to frame up a discussion that can help leaders make sure that everyone is on the same page for critical organizational decision making.

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32. When Optimism Becomes Denial

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/08/27

Optimism is a good thing, right? Absolutely! But... and this starts innocently enough... a sincere desire to be (and seem) optimistic can, over time, give way to something that is... not so good.

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31. We all have blind spots

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/08/20

You have blind spots. I have blind spots. And they can impact our approach and our success. Remember, blind spots are only problematic when we ignore them.

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30. Make sure you know what your Board really wants....

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/08/13

I've seen it happen and often to tragic effect. Boards will hire a leader to bring about substantive change... only to find out later that the process of creating that change caused more friction and tension than anticipated. This week's brief episode is a reflection on how best to prevent this sort of unpleasant surprise from happening. Thanks for listening.

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29. The importance of external feedback

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/08/06

Some of us kittens look into a mirror and see a mighty lion staring back at us. Some of us lions see little kittens. Honest and clear-headed self evaluation is important... but alas this is a podcast about leading mission driven organizations and I'm no pop psychologist. Nevertheless, I believe that the parallels to leadership are worth thinking about. In this week's episode, I describe how gaining external feedback can be helpful.

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28. How to Storytell the Mission

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/07/30

In my book, Saving Organizations That Matter, I describe the importance of "storytelling the mission", that is, describing the work of an organization and its mission in a compelling and even emotionally stirring manner. In this week's episode, I describe three quick tips for improving your ability to storytell the mission.Thanks for listening. And please consider leaving a review on your podcast platform of choice. It helps others find us here. Thanks!

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27. Six Reasons For-Profit Medicine is Bad for Your...

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/07/23

For-profits... non-profits... what's the difference? In this episode, I provide six reasons that the movement toward for-profit health care has had some negative impacts on all of us. I suspect this is going to be a bit controversial but... I've seen what I've seen.

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26. Why mergers and acquisitions FAIL: They were set...

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/07/16

For many nonprofit organizations, merger and acquisition strategies are viewed as desperation moves, as a proverbial Hail Mary scenario. This is... quite different... from their for profit counterparts who see M&A options as a way of cashing out of the business or as a means to grow and increase shareholder value. In this week's episode, I argue that many nonprofit mergers fail because they were set up to do just that from the start.Thanks for listening!And please consider telling your fr...

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25. Where does DEI "Belong" When Creating Your...

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/07/09

You're preparing your strategic plan and hoping to reflect your organization's top tier priority around DEI and anti-racism... so, you make it one of your named top tier priorities or "strategic pillars". Hm... not so fast. This week's episode offers an alternate approach and, as I state, I have come to believe that this is a best practice.

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24. What's Your Strategic Disposition?

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/07/02

If you are the leader of an organization, what do you see when you "look in the mirror"? In this episode, I discuss that awkward situation when you realize that everyone else sees something different.

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23. Tolerating Uncertainty

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/06/25

We all have differing levels of tolerance for uncertainty. Organizations are the same. Unfortunately, however, some leadership teams and boards of directors are SO uncomfortable with uncertainty that they will make rash and unhelpful decisions. I discuss this topic today and offer three potential remedies.

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22. The Three Surprising Ways Strategic Planning Can...

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/06/18

You don't expect surprises (or at least, pleasant ones) when you conduct a strategic planning exercise. However, in my experience... recent planning projects have resulted in some important and quite helpful "ah ha" moments for boards, leaders, and staff.

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21. Strategic Planning versus Strategic Doing

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/06/11

Strategic planning is important and I've certainly spent a lot of time talking, writing, and podcasting about that. Today, I address the topic of strategic DOING.

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20. It's Plateau Point and the Donkeys' Butts (when...

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/06/04

Many years ago, my son and I were hiking in the Grand Canyon when we learned a valuable lesson about hiking, life, and for me... years later... strategic planning.I'm serious.

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19. “You Lied to Me": The Perils of M&A

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/05/28

I recently saw that a former colleague from a company I once led posted on social media that he had fallen victim to an affiliation that was not accurately described to him as it was taking shape. Since I was the one responsible for messaging that affiliation, I took his comment as a blow. And that stung.But... some further reflection has led me to a few conclusions.

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18. Seeing the Invisible

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/05/21

Vision. Every organization should have one and every leader need to be able to articulate his or hers. But not all "visions" are the same. According to Jonathan Swift, “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.”So, do you help others see the invisible?

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17. The Era of the “Context Curious”

Leading Organizations That Matter ·

2024/05/14

When I was starting out as a young and relatively low-in-the-chain-of-command employee, I was highly focused on the task at hand. I was clear about my responsibilities and how to be successful and I didn’t worry about a great deal more than that. If someone back then had asked me how the company I was working for was doing financially or what its main threats were in the external environment, I don’t think I could have answered. More importantly, I would have thought that those were strange q...

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