Leadership Matters
Leadership Matters, the forum of choice for current and emerging public and nonprofit leaders. Dr. Sheryl White and Guest Co-Host Dr. Undraye Howard, along with their guests, explore practical tips for issues management, human capital strategies, and improving leadership effectiveness. Leadership Matters, your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!
Episodes
Whether you're running a nonprofit, leading a healthcare team, or building an organization from the ground up, the old playbook is showing its age. The leaders who are winning right now aren't the ones with the most resources — they're the ones willing to question the rules, disrupt the dysfunct...
In this episode of Leadership Matters with the Peoples' Doctors, we continue our discussion on effective leadership and team building. Our focus today is on strategies for building and empowering teams to achieve lasting success. Our guest this week is Ms. Marcquilla Allen, Senior Director of Family Engagement and Health Services at Acelero. If you care about bringing out the best in others—and stretching yourself along the way—yo...
In this episode of Leadership with the Peoples' Doctors, we dive into the art and practice of team leadership with Mr. Rudolph A. Johnson, III. Mr. Johnson shares his views on what it really takes to guide a group of individuals toward a shared vision and more. Whether you're a seasoned manager, a new team lead, or someone aspiring to step into leadership, this conversation unpacks the habit...
What separates a good leader from a great one? It's not strategy. It's not credentials. It's self-awareness. This week on Leadership Matters with the People's Doctors, we sit down with a senior executive who has walked the halls of organizational power — and learned that the most important ...
What separates good leaders from great ones isn't always found in a strategic plan — it lives in the space between how you see yourself and how others experience you. It's the capacity to read a room before you speak, to stay grounded when the pressure is on, and to draw out the best in the people you lead. That's Emotional Intelligence — and it remains one of the most powerful, and most ove...
Tune into Leadership Matters with the People's Doctors' co-hosts' roundtable discussion on leadership and emotional intelligence. This episode explores how leadership and emotional intelligence intersect to shape trust, culture, and performance. Through a grounded conversation on self‑awareness, empathy, and the ability to navigate complex interpersonal dynamics, we look at why technical ski...
Want to learn more about becoming or supporting others in becoming a visionary leader? Tune into Leadership Matters with the People's Doctors' co-hosts roundtable discussion on visionary leadership. You don't want to miss the collaborative knowledge sharing discussion with Dr. Sheryl White, Dr. Undraye Howard, and Dr. Loretta Howard. Leadership Matters: Informing leaders. Inspiring solutions!
These leaders don't just protect what exists—they create su...
Join Dr. Sheryl White, Dr. Undraye Howard, and Dr. Loretta Howard—The People's Doctors—for an unfiltered year-in-review that confronts the leadership crises no one wants to discuss. Now, the three hosts turn the microscope on themselves and each other, asking the uncomfortable questions that emerged from the 2025 episodes of Leadership Matters.
The People's Doctors confront 2025's hardest leadership truths: Why 70% of nonprofits l...
Are today's constraints forcing the innovation nonprofits should have embraced years ago? Crisis pushed obvious changes—digital delivery, remote work, cross-sector partnerships—that the "old normal" resisted. Now organizations report that resource limitations actually revealed more effective operating models.
This isn't just crisis management anymore. While navigating workforce shortages and funding volatility, nonprofit leaders ...
In this essential episode, we dive deep into one of the most critical yet often overlooked aspects of organizational sustainability—succession planning. From an HR perspective, we explore how strategic succession planning goes far beyond simply filling vacant positions to become a cornerstone of organizational resilience and growth. We will examine why 70% of organizations lack formal succe...
Succession planning is a rich topic that touches on leadership, legacy, strategy, and organizational resilience. In this episode, we dive into the critical yet often overlooked process of succession planning. Whether you are an executive, team leader, organizational effectiveness or human resources professional, preparing for leadership and other key role transitions is essential for long-term success. We will explore strategies to...
Succession planning remains one of the most avoided conversations in the nonprofit world, yet this critical episode explores the essential questions every board member, executive coach, and nonprofit leader should be asking about leadership transition—from building internal pipelines to preparing boards for their transition role, transforming succession planning from a dreaded risk exercise into an opportunity for organizational re...
Succession planning is a rich topic that touches on leadership, legacy, strategy, and organizational resilience. In this episode, we dive into the critical yet often overlooked process of succession planning. Whether you are an executive, team leader, organizational effectiveness or human resources professional, preparing for leadership and other key role transitions is essential for long-te...
Like a car without gas, a mission without funding typically is not going too far. Seeing one's way forward when traditional revenue streams seem to be vanishing can feel daunting. Tune in for our discussion with Wendy McKinney a mission-driven executive, former chief development officer, author, co-pastor, and trusted leader in business, nonprofits, and ministry to explore creative options a...
Join us as we continue this month's series on "Keeping the Doors Open" with special guest John P. Lydon - Director of Strategic Projects/CEO Emeritus – Auberle/Ward Home/Pauline Auberle Foundation
John has decades of experience practicing civil law in Pennsylvania's federal and state courts—as well as the Supreme Court of the United States—he has represented everyone from local businesses to major insurance carriers and government...
This October, join us as we dive deep into the critical world of nonprofit strategic partnerships. In an era of tightening budgets and fierce competition for donor dollars, nonprofits are reimagining survival—and thriving—through mergers, acquisitions, and innovative collaborations that strengthen their missions without compromising their values.
This week we welcome special guest Mary Mulliet, President and CEO, Battle Creek Comm...
What's it really like to be hired by a nonprofit board, and then work under their ongoing oversight and evaluation? In this candid conversation, we sit down with an experienced Executive Director to explore the unique dynamics of leading an organization while being accountable to a volunteer board.
Matt Obert is President and CEO of Chadd...
Service on a nonprofit board is commendable and can be a rewarding experience. One of the many reasons people serve on nonprofit boards is the desire to contribute to the achievement of the mission and influence the direction of the organization. Board of directors are charged with providing oversight to ensure an organization's policies, strategic direction, financial solvency, and executiv...
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