Lead For A Change!™ is for progressive public leaders. These portable 2-3 minute audio sound clips are designed to fit into your day over that first cup of coffee or as you run between meetings.Centered on the experience, scholarship, bestselling writings and award-winning speaking of Hank Rubin, these brief coaching sessions offer thoughtful reflections, hard-learned lessons, smart advice and provocative questions.For our most challenging questions like: How can I make change happen? How can I become a more effective collaborative leader? How can I work to be a more effective antiracist leader?

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Don’t let anybody fool you: It’s not charisma! It’s not oratory! Questions are the most important tools of leadership!

EPISODE 10: It's the Questions, Stupid!

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We’re in the throes of profound national change. The principles of Collaborative Leadership give us the tools to strengthen and broaden the relationships we’ll need to face this challenge and achieve our missions.

EPISODE 9: Remapping Our Leadership Journey

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We aim to achieve our collaborative missions ... so, as times and conditions change, how and with whom we work to achieve our missions should change, too.

EPISODE 8: Collaborative leadership is more than we thought it was!

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What is it if you&#39;re not doing it on purpose? Whatever it is ... it&#39;s NOT LEADERSHIP!

EPISODE 7: What Is It If It's Not Intentional?

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Like the concept of &#34;love thy neighbor&#34;, leadership is complex and multidimensional only in its impact, but simple in its implementation.

EPISODE 6: It Just Isn't That Difficult!

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Leading and teaching through questions is as old as Socrates … and perhaps as enduring! Maybe because, when you’re asked a thoughtful question, the truthful answer you give is yours-and-yours-alone. And, if the question is one you never thought of before, then your answer may be new to you as well. This is how we inspire learning and lay the foundation for inspired leading.

EPISODE 5: Starting With The Right Questions

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Experience counts! Here&#39;s your chance to meet Kim McKinsey-Mabry. She&#39;ll be joining us here once in a while. Kim brings terrific experience as a coach, trainer and education leader with keen insights, especially, on How To Be An Antiracist Leader.

EPISODE 4: There's two of us~Introducing Kim

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So, what kind of leader are you … and what kind of leader do you want to be? These are two of the three most important questions we need to tackle on our personal leadership development journeys.These are the questions we each need to answer … if we hope to be effective. No one can answer thefore you. So let&#39;s get to work!

EPISODE 3: What kind of leader are you?

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Every leader needs that trusted mentor and friend who’s experience and advice comes at just the right moment … who’s faced your challenges and has wisdom to share. You want a great coach!Take a moment with Hank to reflect on what makes a coach great … it’s important to know what to look for!The right one will be there when you need them … as if they travel with you, sitting on your shoulder, whispering in your ear right when you need them most.

EPISODE 2: That voice on my shoulder

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Welcome to a very different kind of podcast! A weekly retreat and timely coaching for progressive public leaders. Just 2 - 3 minutes ... as you run between your back-to-back meetings. Just enough time to give busy nonprofit, education and government leaders like you a chance to clear your heads, think hard and think differently about the important work you&#39;re doing. Your host, Hank Rubin. has been there, done it, taught about it and written a bestseller about how to do it better. Join Hank here each week for quick insights, strategies, new ideas and answers to help you lead better.

EPISODE 1: Welcome to Lead For A Change!

Lead For A Change!™ is for progressive public leaders. These portable 2-3 minute audio sound clips are designed to fit into your day over that first cup of coffee or as you run between meetings.

Centered on the experience, scholarship, bestselling writings and award-winning speaking of Hank Rubin, these brief coaching sessions offer thoughtful reflections, hard-learned lessons, smart advice and provocative questions.

For our most challenging questions like: How can I make change happen? How can I become a more effective collaborative leader? How can I work to be a more effective antiracist leader?