Maria Elena Letona: Moving Beyond the 24-7 Leader  

Shirronda Almeida grew up in affordable housing, Georgetowne Homes, in Boston, during the period of “white flight” and “urban renewal.” She experienced busing, the moving of the orange line, witnessed...

8 Sep 201929min

When Maria Elena Letona began her tenure as executive director at Centro Presente, she was confident her academic training had well prepared her for the job. She was wrong. In this episode Letona sh...

25 Aug 201929min

Aaron Tanaka was just twenty two, a recent Harvard graduate, when he was given a small fellowship grant and the chance to test his chops as an organizer in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. Acknowledging...

11 Aug 201937min

Is it healthy for an organization to have leadership centralized in one person — the executive director? Is leadership development “one size fits all”? Sheerine Alemzadeh and Karla Altmayer turned th...

28 Jul 201932min

Ever gotten to the end of an event or conference and wondered whether you had wasted your time? Ever collected business cards, only to find them months later in your drawer or wallet? Robbie Samuels h...

14 Jul 201939min

Penn Loh didn’t expect to become the executive director of the environmental justice nonprofit ACE. He felt most comfortable as a resource ally — and not the definition of a traditional leader. In thi...

30 Jun 201933min

Years before he became executive director at Boston-based Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE), Penn Loh was fulfilling his parents' dream: He was attending MIT to become an electrical eng...

12 Jun 201927min

How can you bring more creativity to your leadership in your workplace? Joanne Brunn is the CEO of a startup technology company who is also an innovator in using creativity to generate new ideas and p...

12 Jun 201935min