Michael and Audree Sahota join Patrick for an engaging conversation about organizational culture, accountability, transformational leadership, evolutionary leadership, self-awareness, and more. Michael and Audree are organizational leadership consultants, authors, trainers, and co-founders of Shift314, Inc., where they teach leaders to evolve themselves and their organizations. Their newest book is Leading …

Patrick talks with Shawna Schuh about the value of asking the right questions of our team as we coach them for success. A lifetime adventurer, entertainer, and leadership expert, Shawna Schuh is an innovative thought-leader who can help you unpack the pesky problems you encounter when you lead people. With …

Patrick and Sophie McLean discuss self-awareness, the ego, and the choice to end our own suffering. Born in Algeria, educated in Morocco and France, with a professional career in the USA and UK, Sophie McLean has been a helicopter pilot, a teacher, a designer, a relief worker, a war refugee, …

How do you measure your leadership capability? Leadership specialist Michael Tanner talks with Patrick about his mathematical leadership equation for it in this episode. Michael is a leadership veteran with more than 28 years of highly engaged and practical experience. Through successful leadership positions of increasing scope, ranging from the …

Patrick talks with branding expert Natasha Davis about how nonprofits should approach the concept of branding. Natasha E. Davis, MBA-M, RN-BSN, CEME, CSMA affectionately known as “The Chief Visionary” is a baccalaureate prepared Registered Nurse and practiced Emergency and Trauma nursing for over 12 years; prior to emerging as a …

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are hot terms these days. What do they even mean, and what do Chief Diversity Officers do? Why is this work important? How do we get past the political rhetoric and into the actual work? Patrick talks with The Citadel’s Chief Inclusive Excellence Officer, Dr. …

Are you leading an excellent nonprofit organization that funders and donors should want to support? Is that the mindset when you raise money? Are you selling the problem (desperation) or the solution (aspiration)? In this episode, Patrick talks about having an abundance mentality. Sophisticated funders want to support success. The …

What can we learn about leadership from the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team and organization? It turns out, a lot! Listen to Patrick Jinks’ story of his recent time with the Cardinals and the leadership lessons he took away.

Learn the research on how 12 life values embraced by a historically black college fraternity lead to career success. Patrick talks with Dr. Kaliym Islam, an agile training expert and author. Learn the 12-Inch Rule of Leadership and the fascinating research on how they accelerate a career in leadership. For …

Organizations everywhere are putting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) language in their strategic plans and values statements. But what does it mean? How do we get to the action? Patrick shares a simple framework for thinking about your organization’s work in DEI. Patrick references the Mary Black Foundation framework for …

Is your nonprofit growing? What kind of leadership is required to pull off a major expansion through a capital project? In this episode, Patrick engages three nonprofit CEOs who have done it well. Tricia Richardson is CEO of SC Thrive Dr. Lila Anna Sauls is CEO of Homeless No More …

Board members across the country roll their eyes when you tell them we are holding a strategic planning session — especially when we tell them we are going to start with building our mission, vision, and values statements. In this episode, Patrick shares a way to have a more meaningful …

Patrick’s guest is one of the country’s leading executive coaches, Dr. Jim Smith. Jim and Patrick talk about what managers can learn about adding a coaching tool to their leadership tool kit. Jim has coached and trained coaches for the Center for Creative Leadership for 3 decades. As founder and …

Your organization is much like a sports team in many ways. Your job may very well be to manage the talent inside the organization for success. To do that, you have to play within your own game.

Your host, Patrick Jinks takes time for a solo episode to bring a few thoughts about leadership on his mind lately. In this Memorial Day episode, Patrick discusses being dependable, showing up for your people, and being your best self as a leader.

Patrick and Ron share an unscripted conversation about unscripted leadership. Ron Harvey is the founder and president of Global Core Strategies and Consulting through which he helps leaders create a winning culture that is aligned with the vision of the organization. Ron is a retired U.S. Army Veteran, with over three …

Tricia Richardson serves as the Chief Executive Officer of SC Thrive, a statewide nonprofit offering efficient solutions to help South Carolinians access resources through technology and training. Tricia is a community involvement and development specialist with over 30 years of experience in capacity building, community and fund development, events management, …

Patrick chats with the Blonde Scientist herself (her Twitter handle)! Heather M. Brandt, Ph.D. is director of the HPV Cancer Prevention Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and co-associate director for outreach in the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center. She also serves as a full member of the cancer …

Patrick Jinks shares his Success Live speech from Universal Studios in Orlando. In this brief speech to business leaders and entrepreneurs, Patrick drives at the heart of leadership — others.

Patrick recently sat down with SC Thrive’s Shannon Simmons on Real People, Real Conversations YouTube Show to discuss leadership, strategy, and the theme of this year’s SC Thrive Annual Training, the social determinants of health. SC Thrive makes critical resources accessible to people across South Carolina through a network of …

This week, Patrick sits down with Monroe Free to talk about leading with head and heart. Monroe is President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County (SC). To say that Monroe felt a calling to help those who are socially and economically disenfranchised would be a severe understatement. …

Heather Adams, 2020-2021 President of The Blue Ridge Institute (BRI), talks with Patrick about the institute as a haven for nonprofit executives, and about leadership in the social sector. Heather currently serves as the Director of Engagement and Literacy Initiatives for Ready for School, Ready for Life, an early childhood …

What does riding a motorcycle have in common with leading an organization? Your host, Patrick Jinks shares his experience in becoming a proficient rider and what his lessons learned can tell us about leadership. The Leadership Window is a Feedspot TOP 20 Podcast!  Check out the list HERE!

Patrick and Dr. Brian Simmons, Associate Provost at Columbia International University, discuss the value of a Ph.D. in leadership, some core tenets of leadership, and the academics of leadership, among many other topics. Dr. Simmons is a visionary builder with a personal mission to further the kingdom of God through …

Daniel Andrews is a networking and relationship specialist, helping business leaders make meaningful connections. He joins Patrick to discuss networking in the pandemic, the ups and downs of technology for relationship and connections, and much more. Daniel is a South Carolina native, and spent most of that in Columbia. He …

Tom Keith joins Patrick in the studio to discuss leadership challenges and opportunities in the social sector. Tom is the president of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, a position he has held since March of 1996. Under his leadership, the Foundation has awarded more than $70 million through …

Patrick talks about coaching and learning to become a coach with Michael Wallace, the Lead Coach Trainer for Leadership Systems, Inc. (LSI), and the owner of Creative Branding Designs, which focuses on social media marketing and branding. Michael holds a BS in Communications from Appalachian State University and a Master’s degree …

In Part 1, Patrick shared 5 key learnings from his PhD experience. In this second part, Patrick shares 5 leadership lessons he did not get in school, but from life experience. Presence, self-accountability, assumptions, and more are covered in this episode.

In this episode, your host Patrick Jinks discusses the learning he has gained through his Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership studies at Columbia International University. If you are considering going back to school in leadership, you’ll appreciate this episode. If not, you’ll get the 30-minute version of a Ph.D. in Organizational …

Raven Solomon is a global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion thought leader and nationally recognized keynote speaker who helps organizations get future-ready by understanding generations, racial equity, and their intersection.  Raven’s mission is simple– to solve for racial inequity by breaking down generational and racial barriers in the workplace, replacing them …

In this episode, Minter Dial joins Patrick from the UK to discuss authenticity in leadership, as framed in his latest book, You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader. Minter Dial is an international professional and energetic speaker and a multiple award-winning author, specializing in leadership, branding, and …

What does it mean to have connected conversations? Why are they important? Charles Weathers joins Patrick in the studio for a conversation about authentic leadership. Charles C. Weathers is a nationally recognized consultant and professional speaker known for helping leaders in the nonprofit, government, and private sectors facilitate courageous conversations …

Hildy Gottlieb is a social scientist and asker of powerful questions.  As a student of successful social movements, the questions that have driven Hildy’s work are these: What factors lead to successful social progress? Why do some change efforts succeed while others struggle? The answer she found was simple yet …

Patrick discusses Marc Pitman’s new book, The Surprising Gift of Doubt with the author himself. Marc is the founder of Concord Leadership Group and has been leading organizations and teams for decades. His failures and successes have caused him to study leadership for over 30 years, including earning a Masters …

This week, Patrick talks with Fatima Ghzala, a certified John Maxwell Coach and Trainer who specializes in corporate training, and teams and individual assessments. Her business is Full Potential Development Coaching, whose clients include companies like Blue Cross Blue Shield and Michelin, as well as many small businesses. Before launching …

Patrick talks with Gregory Nielsen about the key elements of effective nonprofit board governance. Gregory Nielsen is an experienced nonprofit CEO and consultant committed to helping leaders and organizations excel. He is president and CEO of Nielsen Training and Consulting, LLC. Gregory has earned the prestigious BoardSource Certificate inNonprofit Board …

Research reveals that we ask tens of thousands of questions as our primary mechanism for learning in our early years. Why do we stop, and what happens when, as adults, we become more intentional about returning to our primal use of inquiry for learning, inspiring, and creating? Patrick creatively demonstrates …

Some universities are far more than institutions of higher education. Hear the leadership competencies needed to provide community leadership from Adrienne McNeil. As the Assistant Vice President for Community and Regional Affairs at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, Adrienne manages the partnerships between the university and the community. Previously she …

How do we move from planning to doing? How are they related? Author and strategic doer Liz Nilsen discusses the book and the framework with Patrick. Liz Nilsen is the Associate Director of the Agile Strategy Lab at UNA, following four years at the Agile Strategy Lab at Purdue. Liz’s …

In this episode, Patrick sits down with Michael Bryant to discuss the people skills required to be effective in leadership. Michael is Founder and President of Peak Harvest Coaching, a leadership development and coaching firm that was founded on cultivating the soil of leadership. He is an adjunct coach and …

Patrick’s address to entrepreneurs at the Global Entrepreneurship Initiative, hosted at The United Nations in June 2018. Patrick shares tips on how to make a social difference while making a profit.

Leadership is much more than management. It is more than strategy, models, and supervision. Great leaders live out worthy values. We must know who we are as leaders. In this episode, Bill Hudson shares the values that have made him a successful organizational leader and consultant. Bill Hudson is the …

Nothing makes a point more poignantly than a story. Listen to Patrick’s story of his encounter with evil spirits and his simple story of addressing homelessness.  Leaders must have stories. Leaders must be good storytellers. What is YOUR story?

A collaboration episode with Danielle Sangita, Grace-Anne Alfiero, and Phoebe Ezell – co-authors of Re-Activate Your Life: Living, Surviving, and Thriving – Lessons Learned from a Pandemic World.  Creative pivoting — persisting with exception — psychological immunity — all terms defined and described by this creative team of leaders, entrepreneurs, and authors. …

A different kind of episode – a moment of personal privilege to put out a call to action for all leaders to take personal accountability for leadership.

Marisel leads cross-sector collaborations to improve the education, health, and financial stability of her community. Marisel Losa is President and CEO of United Way of Greenwood & Abbeville Counties in Greenwood, SC. Her track record over three decades in the public and community health arena prepared her perfectly for her …

What is systems change? The term is often used, but rarely fully understood. Tom Klaus, Ph.D. gives an academic view of this and other leadership concepts. Tom is a Maryland-based nonprofit consultant, speaker, trainer, writer, and president of the consulting business, Tenacious Change, LLC. The mission of Tenacious Change is …

March of Dimes President and CEO Stacey D. Stewart discusses her leadership journey and the keys to success in leading a global organization. Stacey D. Stewart joined March of Dimes as its fifth President and CEO on January 1, 2017. In this role, Stewart heads the organization leading the fight …

What is the gravitational pull that leaders have to escape in order to take a team beyond the now? Patrick chats with Tim Ervolina on this and more. Tim is the Vice-President and CFO of Ervolina Associates, Inc., a Fort Lauderdale-based manufacturers’ representative firm serving the Florida kitchen and bath …

Founding John Maxwell Partner Steve Goble covers a segment from his co-authored book, Discover Your Team’s Potential — The 5 “L”s of Leadership. Steve is the owner/CEO of The Goble Group, a leadership development organization serving small to medium-sized businesses and their teams in Central PA and the surrounding areas. …

How fast is too fast in leadership? It depends on the speed of the culture you are in! TV Producer, CEO of The Yes Academy explains. Born in Hong Kong, raised in England, and now residing in Los Angeles, Didi Wong is an Award-Winning International Keynote Speaker, TV Producer, Business …

16x Emmy Award-Winning filmmaker Nick Nanton shares his views on servant leadership and the secrets to serial entrepreneurism. Nick helps brands tell their stories through media in real-time. An Emmy Award-Winning Director and Producer, Nick produces media and branded content for top thought leaders and media personalities around the world. …

Full circle, from leader to consultant, and back to leader — AS a consultant. Patrick talks with 1000 Feathers President Forrest Alton about the shift. What changes? What stays the same? Forrest has spent more than 20 years in the nonprofit and social service sectors in a variety of capacities. …

Leading social change is a complex, difficult job. The Mary Black Foundation in Spartanburg, SC is working to create health equity, and their CEO, Molly Talbot Metz is leading the way. In this episode, Molly and Patrick discuss why leading community change is challenging and rewarding, how leadership transitions are …

Culture is king. How does a leader create an authentic leadership culture? Ron Harvey is the founder and president of Global Core Strategies and Consulting through which he helps leaders create a winning culture that is aligned with the vision of the organization. Ron is a retired U.S. Army Veteran, …

Patrick’s first guest is one of the country’s leading executive coaches, Dr. Jim Smith. Jim and Patrick talk about the 8 leadership attributes today’s CEOs seek for their teams, the top leadership challenges leaders are facing, and the power of coaching. Jim has coached and trained coaches for the Center …

In this inaugural episode, Patrick Jinks introduces the show by challenging leaders to open the window of leadership — in other words, opening ourselves to learning and growing as a leader, no matter what field we are in. Patrick defines leadership and covers his 5 Tenets of Leadership. Patrick is …

Coming soon! The Leadership Window Podcast — This is the teaser episode. Stay tuned for the launch on Monday, October 5, 2020. Amazing guests are already lined up. If you are a leader, this podcast is a must. Subscribe and listen on your favorite platform, or simply listen on this …