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Join co-hosts Sheryl Gee and Jenni Frumer as we explore the Alliance for Children and Families’ Executive Leadership Institute’s (ELI). ELI alumni will discuss the extraordinary benefits of engaging in a relevant and highly valuable innovative leadership initiative and the impact it has made on their careers. ELI is a certificate program that prepares emerging senior leaders in the nonprofit human services industry to meet the existing and future needs of their organizations. In doing so, the institute benefits both attendees and their organizations. In partnership with the University of Michigan’s School of Social Work, the number one ranked social work school in the nation by U.S. News, and Ross School of Business ranked as the third best business school in the nation. ELI provides outstanding learning, networking, and leadership experiences. Sixty-four hours of content is delivered over two years during two concentrated sessions at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.

Sometimes, leadership calls for all-out strong advocacy and pushing against the tide. Leadership calls for conviction and the commitment to being a catalyst for change , to make a significant difference in the lives of those we serve. Join co-host Jenni Frumer and her guest, award winning Jeff Bauer from The Family Partnership in Minneapolis. Jeff is the Director of Public Policy and Civic Engagement and has extensive experience in representing the voice of the communities most vulnerable. Jeff demonstrates exceptional knowledge of how to move and negotiate systems and has significant experience in engaging and mobilizing the community, for social change. His leadership skills and exceptional political communication abilities are not to be missed! Leadership Matters with Dr. Sheryl Gee and Jenni Frumer, your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Sometimes, leadership calls for all-out strong advocacy and pushing against the tide. Leadership calls for conviction and the commitment to being a catalyst for change , to make a significant difference in the lives of those we serve. Join co-host Jenni Frumer and her guest, award winning Jeff Bauer from The Family Partnership in Minneapolis. Jeff is the Director of Public Policy and Civic Engagement and has extensive experience in representing the voice of the communities most vulnerable. Jeff demonstrates exceptional knowledge of how to move and negotiate systems and has significant experience in engaging and mobilizing the community, for social change. His leadership skills and exceptional political communication abilities are not to be missed! Leadership Matters with Dr. Sheryl Gee and Jenni Frumer, your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Got leadership challenges on identifying ways you can survive and even thrive working with a difficult supervisor? Call or email questions to become better informed and explore solutions with Dr. Sheryl G and guests. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear questions and responses to questions facing leaders across the globe. Leadership Matters with Dr. G your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Got leadership challenges on identifying ways you can survive and even thrive working with a difficult supervisor? Call or email questions to become better informed and explore solutions with Dr. Sheryl G and guests. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear questions and responses to questions facing leaders across the globe. Leadership Matters with Dr. G your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Millions of nonprofits do not reach their full potential because greater engagement, support, and vision are needed from their boards. Boards that are able to offer not only oversight of what is, but vision and support for what could be can make a significant difference in an organization's ability to positively impact communities and exceed goals. On Wednesday's show, Dr. G and guests Vic Baker with San Diego Gas & Electric/SoCalGas (an experienced nonprofit board member) and Mike Burns, Board

Increasingly, organizational volunteers want to get involved and get to engage their talents, skills and knowledge to “give back” to their communities. Mostly, they want to make a difference and are no longer willing to do back office, supportive kinds of activities. Volunteers want to work alongside professionals and be part of a team! Organizations are challenged to keep volunteers engaged and even professionals, with full time careers wish to offer pro-bono services to feel they are helping. Guests include, Mitchell Kitroser, Esq. from Lawyers for Special Needs of Families and Neil Newstein, CEO of Alpert Jewish Family & Children’s Service. Call or email questions to become better informed and explore this topic with co-host Jenni Frumer and guests. Leadership Matters with Dr. Sheryl Gee and Jenni Frumer, your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Got leadership challenges on bridging differences and having difficult conversations in the workplace? Call-in questions. Explore solutions with Dr. Sheryl G and guest co-host Undraye Howard with Alliance for Children & Families, Milwaukee; and guests Ian Bautista, United Neighborhood Centers of America (UNCA); Terri Howard with FEI Behavioral Health, Milwaukee; and Paula Purcell, Alliance for Children & Families. Gain perspective on what it takes to develop and sustain an inclusive workforce; what identity has to do with developing cultural competence; what an inclusive culture looks-like and how one goes about leading and sustaining culture change. Don’t miss this opportunity to ask questions and hear responses to questions facing leaders across the globe who are working to make the work environment an inclusive place where all team members have the opportunity for maximum contribution. Join the conversation by emailing or calling in your own leadership questions, challenges, concerns, and comments. Leadership Matters with Dr. G your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Got leadership challenges on ways you can prepare yourself and your team for success in the year ahead? Call or email questions to become better informed and explore solutions with Dr. Sheryl G and guests. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear questions and responses to questions facing leaders across the globe. Leadership Matters with Dr. G your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

In today’s fast pace “eWorld,” most of us are overwhelmed by the vast number of emails we receive daily and how many we leave sitting in our email inbox—many unopened and unanswered. On this week's episode, Dr. Gee, along with co-host Jenni Frumer, guest host Undraye Howard, and Randal Dean, the author of Taming the E-Mail Blast: 45 Key Strategies for Better Managing Your Email Overload, will discuss ways to increase effectiveness and reduce the amount of time and energy spent managing emails.

Got leadership challenges on reducing stress, stomping out evil and increasing the joy of the holidays in the workplace? Call or email questions to become better informed and explore solutions with Dr. Sheryl G and guests. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear questions and responses to questions facing leaders across the globe. Leadership Matters with Dr. G your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Join Co-host, Jenni Frumer and her guest Derek Hurwitch, the Senior Director of Marketing and Communications of a large non-profit social service agency for a lively and open discussion about their experiences with intergenerational issues in the workplace. Gen Xer’s and Millennials struggle to be included and accepted on agency teams and the workforce, in general. The US faces a serious upheaval as Boomers retire, leaving a 40 percent gap in the workforce. Organizations need to engage in strategic knowledge management – and plan now for the transfer of explicit and tacit knowledge. Furthermore and equally important is the need for organizations to transform and be more welcoming and collaborative, by integrating younger generations into teams.

Got leadership challenges on reducing stress, stomping out evil and increasing the joy of the holidays in the workplace? Call or email questions to become better informed and explore solutions with Dr. Sheryl G and guests. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear questions and responses to questions facing leaders across the globe. Leadership Matters with Dr. G your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Got leadership challenges on fostering commitments and follow through from others in the workplace? Call or email questions to become better informed and explore solutions with Dr. Sheryl G and guests. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear questions and responses to questions facing leaders across the globe. Leadership Matters with Dr. G your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Today’s organizations use technology for information management and communication and to help organizations operate efficiently and effectively. In the nonprofit and public sectors, information technology supports processes such as tracking, communication, public awareness, budget/financial management, human resource management, Internet-based marketing, and fundraising. Information technology is also a central component in organization’s planning for disaster recovery, virtualization, and continuity of services. In this episode our guests, W. Harold Tuck, Chief Information Officer for the County of San Diego and Ron Salazar, CEO of MR2 Solutions, Inc, will discuss ways technology can be used to support public and nonprofit organizations in achieving efficiencies, maximizing effectiveness, and managing through and recovering from human-caused or natural disasters. We will also discuss what it takes to be a successful leader in the information technology field

This episode, features co-host Jenni Frumer and guest Neil Newstein, the CEO of Alpert Jewish Family & Children’s Service. Neil is past Chair of Council on Accreditation of Family & Children’s Agencies and is currently on the Board and an officer of the Center for Guardianship Certification. Join us to discuss how critical it is to create a culture of support for organizational risk management, which is probably the most critical issue of leadership, at all levels. With all the horror stories we hear in the news, this is indeed, a timely topic. How we as leaders, go about defining risks and what we do to develop a system to track trends, can enhance or destroy organizations. Issues and challenges in creating a culture where people are proactive and manage risks will be explored.

Got employee performance review and/or evaluation challenges? Call or email questions to become better informed and explore solutions with Dr. Sheryl G, Vice President of Training and Organization Development with the Neighborhood House Association in San Diego, CA; co-host Jenni Frumer, Associate Executive Director with Alpert Jewish Family and Children's Services in West Palm Beach, Florida; Cedric Manley, Operations Manager at FedEx, San Diego, and Valerie Wright, CEO with Wright Ideas Unlimited based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Don’t miss this opportunity to ask questions and hear responses to questions facing leaders across the globe. Join the conversation by emailing or calling in your own leadership questions, challenges, concerns, and comments. Leadership Matters with Dr. G your forum for Informing Leaders. Inspiring Solutions!

Challenging economic times and massive uncertainty related to funding, and staffing resources, offer opportunities rife for innovation and creativity.  Increasingly, agencies are engaged in strategic collaborations with “unlikely” partners, to build organizational capacity and expand the scope, breadth, depth and reach of services. “Enterprising” business models are becoming increasingly popular as non-profit leaders search for new ways to serve their missions and generate funds for their organizations.  Join co-host, Jenni Frumer and guest, Scott Greenberg, President of ComForcare for an exploration of fundamental considerations in partnerships.  Scott has extensive experience in leadership positions on non-profit boards, is a volunteer consultant in the local business community and has embraced a leadership role in the aging network.