Leadership Matters

How do you line up? Are you part of Martin Luther King’s dream, forging betterment for humanity or have you become part of the nightmare – got yours and are truly only concerned with keeping it and getting more. Join special guest California State Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber and our host Dr. Sheryl White, Consulting Psychologist and Vice President of Training and Organization Development at the Neighborhood House Association as they explore this critical topic. Join the conversation by emailing in your comments/questions or calling in today between 2 – 3 PM/PST! Don’t miss Leadership Matters: Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Got leadership challenges? Call or email your concerns and tune into Leadership Matters, Wednesday, April 6 from 2-3 PM Pacific Time. Our host Dr. Sheryl White, Consulting Psychologist and Vice President of Training and Organization Development/InnoVisions at the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA and special guests Verna Jaggers, Coach/CEO of Jaggers n Harmony and Dr. Donald Chick, CEO of New Synergist Consulting look forward to hearing from and responding to you. Don't miss this opportunity to ask questions and receive updates on Leadership Matters! Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Join us for this interview with Sharmeela Mediratta, LCSW, Vice President for Community-Based Services and Kimberly (Kym) Hardy Watson, Vice President of Prevention, Foster Care & Adoption Services at Graham Windham to learn how they work together as part of a wider strategy to cultivate the development of Graham’s leaders through the Directors Network, an intra-agency approach to equip and support Graham's emerging and developing directors. During this episode, Sharmeela and Kym will share challenges and successes, and will provide advice to other nonprofit, human-serving organizations seeking to develop its internal leaders. Sharmeela earned her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MSW from Columbia School of Social Work, and Kym holds a Bachelors degree from Fordham University and a Masters degree in Public Administration from Baruch College.

Got Leadership Challenges? Call or email your concerns and tune into Leadership Matters, Wednesday, March 2 from 2-3 PM Pacific Time. Our host Dr. Sheryl White, Consulting Psychologist and Vice President of Training and Organization Development/InnoVisions at the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA and special guest Jenni Furmer, CEO of Alpert Jewish Family & Children’s Services in West Beach, FL look forward to hearing from and responding to you. Don't miss this opportunity to ask questions and receive updates on Leadership Matters! Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Dr. Derenda Schubert, Executive Director at Bridge Meadows, is on the leading edge of an emerging national conversation around intergenerational living. Bridge Meadows successfully brings together families raising foster children with older people of modest means. Elders receive reduced rents in return for volunteer work with the adoptive families living in the community: everything from babysitting and playing catch with children to working on arts-and-crafts projects and making meals. This model of building communities brings individuals together to form a healthy and life-giving community that will pay dividends in the lives of all who live there. Through her innovative leadership of Bridge Meadows, Schubert has challenged the status quo and traditional ways of “doing business” by integrating child welfare, foster care, and elder services, rather than addressing these needs separately.

Email/call-in your concerns and tune into Leadership Matters, Wednesday, Jan 6 from 2-3 PM Pacific Time to Leadership Matters. Our host Dr. Sheryl White, Consulting Psychologist and Vice President of Training and Organization Development/InnoVisions at the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA; Terry Wayne Brooks, Senior Pastor of Bayview Baptist Church in San Diego, CA; and Valerie Wright, CEO of Wright Ideas Unlimited in Palm Beach, FL look forward to sharing tips and hearing from and responding to you. Don't miss this opportunity to ask questions and receive updates on Leadership Matters! Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Dr. Albert L. Reyes, President and CEO of Buckner International, joins us today to discuss the significance of spirituality in change leadership. While Buckner International is a Christ-centered organization that delivers redemptive ministry to the most vulnerable, Dr. Reyes explains that being a spiritual leader is not necessarily connected to religion but more so focuses on being mindful of the higher purpose and higher calling that brings human-serving leaders into a field which aims to better the lives of the world’s most vulnerable individuals and communities. Join us to hear how Dr. Reyes applies spirituality to his work and develops the spiritual capacity of his staff.

Got Leadership Challenges? Call or email your concerns and tune into Leadership Matters, Wednesday, Nov 4 from 2 -3 PM Pacific Time. Our host for the hour Dr. Sheryl White, (formerly Gee) Consulting Psychologist and Vice President of Training and Organization Development/InnoVisions at the Neighborhood House Association; Mr. Harold Tuck, Senior Fellow at the Center for Digital Government and Retired County of San Diego Chief Information Officer; and Dr. Jeffery Carr, Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice President at Point Loma Nazarene University look forward to hearing from and responding to you. Don't miss this opportunity for updates on Leadership Matters! Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Father Steven Boes has served as Executive Director of Boys Town since 2005, where he continues to carry the vision and legacy of Father Edward J. Flanagan to make the world a better place for children. Boys Town is nationally recognized for its Integrated Continuum of Care program and model for success, impacting over 2 million people across the country every year. During this interview, Father Boes will discuss how the nonprofit landscape has evolved during his time at Boys Town and how he continues to reinvent himself as a leader. He will also talk to the success of his organization in achieving a $1 billion endowment and what it takes not to just get bigger, but better, as an organization over time. Tune into this interview to hear more about the impact Boys Town is making for children and families and how Father Boes lives the mission and dream that first came to be in 1917 by its original founder, Father Flanagan.

Is health care reform presenting a critical sustainability issue for charitable nonprofit service organizations and can these organizations withstand the fundamental changes that are taking place as a result of the emerging health care reform landscape? What new business models will be required by nonprofit organizations in the short-term to ensure long-term sustainability and to take advantage of key new opportunities available via health care reform? Please join host Gerald McFadden, President & CEO of Volunteers of America Southwest, Mr. Thomas Bierbaum, President & CEO Volunteers of America of Massachusetts, Mr. Karen Dale, Market President, AmeriHealth District of Columbia, Mr. James LeBlanc, President & CEO of Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans, and Ms. Susan Bower, Deputy Director with the San Diego County Department of Health and Human Services as they talk through issues and strategies for addressing “The Dynamic Transformation of the Nonprofit Landscape”

Ever thought about being a CEO? What path you might take to get there or challenges you might encounter or have to overcome along the way? Tune in for a journey into the mind of a CEO. Mr. Rudolph A. Johnson, III, President and CEO of the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA will share his story and respond to your questions on what it takes to become a CEO and successfully navigate through good and turbulent times.

Over the past 30 years, Dom Betro, president and CEO of Family Service Association (FSA), has led his agency to tremendous growth and diversification. Once very clinically-focused, FSA now builds communities with communities through a variety of services and initiatives, including Mobile Fresh, an innovative social enterprise that takes on the problem of food deserts and food insecurity in our communities. During this episode, Dom will discuss what it takes to build and sustain authentic community partnerships, and why he believes the social entrepreneurship business model can take nonprofits and communities to a new level of impact, which is evident in how FSA is touching and transforming communities today.

What are the keys to improving organizational and personal effectiveness, and how do I create a sustainable path for a high performance culture for my corporation or business unit are two key questions business leaders of for profit and not-for-profit corporations struggle with as they work to optimize the performance of their business enterprise. There is no shortage of ideas being shared today by current authors of new publications and periodicals on these topics, but what effective and pragmatic strategies will provide the best ah ha opportunity for your corporation and your team? Please join host Gerald McFadden, President & CEO of Volunteers of America Southwest, Dr. Karyn Trader- Leigh, CEO of KTA Global Partners, Mr. Brandon Jackson, Vice President, Information Technology with the College Board, and Dr. Sheryl White, Vice President of Training and Organizational Development with the Neighborhood House Association as they talk through techniques and strategies.

In recent months, challenges regarding domestic violence and organizations’ responsibility to expect and support ethical behavior of their employees has made its way into the media and policy platforms. Additionally, the potential danger associated with escalated spousal/family disputes that can find themselves spilling over into incidents of violence in the workplace has made it clear that turning a blind eye to this concern can lead to unexpected volatile and hazardous situations. What is a leader’s role and what are their responsibilities related to the issue of domestic violence? What is the point of difference that employers can and increasingly are being expected to play in this field that historically has been largely viewed as a social taboo limited to one’s personal life and not the business of employers?

Let’s face it – failure is terrifying. There is nothing attractive or noble about it. Not surprisingly, if you’re an organizational leader, there’s an unstated expectation that you just don’t fail. Unfortunately, our views on failure, making mistakes and falling short are inhibiting our ability to innovate, learn and adapt. In fact, it’s arguable that if you don’t have a basic comfort with failing, your future may be in peril. Put simply – always succeeding can be silent killer for organizational change. In this interview, you’ll hear how one epic fail opened a new horizon of opportunities for one CEO of a large social service organization. You’ll hear the challenges of exporting his learning about the importance of failure to an organization accustomed to success, and how he is intentionally cultivating a culture that embraces risk, learns from failure and capitalizes on unexpected successes.

Is the current education system properly preparing our children to the next generation of scholars? One survey after another indicates that overall students in the United States continue to rank lower in areas such as mathematics, science, and reading when compared with our international counter-parts. This pattern of academic underperformance would raises the question of what type of transformation leadership in education will be needed to significantly improve academic performance in schools and whether the current educational system in the United States will be able to properly prepare the children of this country to be the next generation of scholars. Please join host Gerald McFadden, President & CEO of Volunteers of America Southwest, Dr. Ann McKenzie, Superintendent of Schools, Hadley MA and Ms. Doreen Mulz, School Superintendent of Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences as they discuss Educating the Next Generation of Young Scholars.

Want ideas on ways to engage your team in developing and implementing an accountability system they’ll own? How about being able to top it off with an easy to implement performance conversation process that aligns everyone’s goals directly with the most significant goals of your organization? Join Special Guest Chris McIntyre, Author and Peak Performance Expert and Host Dr. Sheryl White, Vice President of Training and Organization Development with the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA for ideas and frameworks to put in your toolkit to support you having more options on ways to inspire accountability and peak performance.

Pat Lawler has served as CEO of Youth Villages since its inception in 1986. Recognized as the gold standard for a successful nonprofit organization by Harvard Business School, Youth Villages has grown extensively, both in terms of revenue and impact. During this interview, Pat Lawler will discuss the ideas and challenges that led to the incredible transformational growth of Youth Villages.