Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers: A Conversation with Shirronda Almeida, Director, Mel King Institute
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
Maria Elena Letona: Moving Beyond the 24-7 Leader (End of Summer Re-Release)
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
Not So Fast: Aaron Tanaka On The Long And Winding Road From Criminal Injustice To Community Control
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
Sharing Leadership: A Conversation with Sheerine Alemzadeh
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
Beyond Chit Chat: Robbie Samuels on Authentic, Effective Networking
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 (part 2): Leadership As Jazz
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
Penn Loh (part 1): From Electrical Engineering to Environmental Justice
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
Beyond the Brainstorm: Joanne Brunn on Creativity Tools
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
