Leading with Active Listening: Being Authentic and Building Inclusion with Sarah Blas | Women to Watch 2023

05/31/24 • 9 min

As a part of the series spotlighting Nonprofit HR’s 2023 Social Impact Women to Watch Finalists, Lindsey Otto, Marketing & Communication Associate, Editorial & Content for Nonprofit HR, sits down with Sarah Blas, Principal Consultant at Community Impact Strategies, for a conversation about her organization and incredible contributions to the sector!

Tune in to hear Sarah detail:

Why being open to learning from others through active listening is key for leaders
How to build inclusion through tailoring the work to the people doing it
Her advice to women and what authenticity really looks like

To learn more about Community Impact Strategies, visit www.communityimpactstrategy.com

Tune in to hear Sarah detail:

Why being open to learning from others through active listening is key for leaders
How to build inclusion through tailoring the work to the people doing it
Her advice to women and what authenticity really looks like

To learn more about Community Impact Strategies, visit www.communityimpactstrategy.com

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Engaging Mission-Driven Talent: Aligning Goals and Values for Employees and the Organization with Marilyn Edmunds Bowser | Women to Watch 2023

As a part of the series spotlighting Nonprofit HR’s 2023 Social Impact Women to Watch Finalists, Lindsey Otto, Marketing & Communication Associate, Editorial & Content for Nonprofit HR, sits down with Marilyn Edmunds Bowser, Vice President of People Operations at Vital Voices Global Partnership, for a conversation about her organization and incredible contributions to the sector!

Tune in to hear Marilyn detail:

How her background in education has inspired her focus on an inclusive learning environment for her people
The way leading by example brings others along and ensures alignment of goals and values at various levels
Why engaging mission-driven talent is about recognizing and nurturing their individual passion and purpose

To learn more about Vital Voices Global Partnership, visit www.vitalvoices.org.

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2024 Social Impact Women to Watch Panel: Human-Centered Leadership with Kimberly Corbin, Dr. DeLisha Tapscott & Dr. Nicole McKinney

In this episode of The Switch, Nana Atokatha Ashmond Brew, Managing Director for Marketing & Strategic Communication at Nonprofit HR, hosts a panel discussion on the topic of human-centered leadership with three extraordinary women named to our 2024 Social Impact Women to Watch list: Kimberly Corbin, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at Greater Washington Urban League; Dr. Delisha Tapscott, Interim Co-Executive Director and Senior Director of People & Culture at MADRE; and Dr. Nicole McKinney, Chief of Organizational Effectiveness & Culture at Upstream USA.

Tune in to hear these outstanding women discuss:

Creating positions around the brilliance of talent, rather than the other way around
Why you’re always onboarding, until your offboarding
Tangible ways to center your employee’s needs, lived experiences and well-being
How authenticity creates space, grace and greater retention
Enhancing leadership by understanding yourself as a leader

To learn more about the Greater Washington Urban League, visit gwul.org.

To learn more about MADRE, visit madre.org.

To learn more about Upstream USA, visit upstream.org.