Practical learning for people-centered mission impact
What everybody knows and nobody says: Leadership accountability as a two-way exchange
The purpose of this session is to look at leadership accountability as essentially an information exchange—and to explore the factors that get in the way of the transmission and receipt of that information. Together we’ll work through both positions in this exchange: what leaders can do to ensure that this information is reaching them, and what’s possible for staff who have insights or feedback that they haven’t found a way to share.
Office Hours
Sometimes the most helpful thing is another perspective. That's why I offer pro-bono office hours once a month – an opportunity to drop into my calendar and talk through what's on your mind.
Use this confidential space to explore new angles on problems, work through limiting assumptions, unpack root causes, or get feedback on ideas and processes.
Past Webinars
New structures, old habits: Why change doesn’t stick and what we can do about it
The purpose of this session is to help nonprofit leaders understand why organizational changes so often fail to produce the outcomes they were designed for — and to explore the practical, people-centered work that makes the difference between a change that's been designed and a change that's actually taken hold.
Authority on Paper: Why delegating decisions doesn’t change how they actually get made
The purpose of this session is to help nonprofit leaders understand why decision-making authority often stays concentrated at the top even when there's a genuine intention to distribute it, and to explore what it actually takes to build an organization where people use their authority and agency.
Participatory on purpose: Inclusive planning doesn't have to mean that everybody decides everything
The purpose of this session is to help nonprofit leaders move past all-or-nothing approaches to participatory planning and learn how to make deliberate, transparent choices about who participates in planning processes, how, and why.
Safety isn’t accidental: Practical, everyday approaches that build psychological safety
In this session, I’ll be joined by friend and colleague Deb Judge where we’ll explore what psychological safety is, why it matters for organizational health and effectiveness, and how leaders can intentionally shape the conditions that allow it to grow. Participants will leave with a clear, practical framework and concrete practices they can apply immediately within their organizations.
Managing change that never stops: Supporting your team, reducing overwhelm, and staying aligned when the ground keeps moving
The purpose of this session is to equip nonprofit leaders and teams with practical, people-centered approaches for navigating ongoing, compounding organizational change. Together, we’ll explore how different types of change impact people, how cognitive load and emotional transitions shape behavior, and how leaders can create clarity, stability, and shared meaning even when the ground keeps shifting.
The problems that never go away: Working with the tensions that shape your nonprofit
Some of the most persistent conflicts inside our organizations aren’t caused by personalities or poor communication — they’re built into the structure of how we work. Finance is asked to protect stability while programs are pushed to innovate. Leaders are told to move quickly while staff call for more inclusion. These competing priorities aren’t failures; they’re tensions to be managed with care and shared understanding. In this 90-minute interactive session, we’ll explore a simple framework for recognizing and managing these “both/and” dynamics.
