The Catholic Leaders Podcast

By: Leadership Roundtable
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  • The Catholic Leaders Podcast is a space where we host conversations with inspirational leaders to talk about their leadership and how faith informs it. The Catholic Leaders Podcast is hosted by Kim Smolik, an Executive Partner at Leadership Roundtable, and Kerry Robinson, CEO and President of Catholic Charities USA.
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  • Chris Lowney: Integrating Our Spiritual and Work Lives

    Chris Lowney: Integrating Our Spiritual and Work Lives
    Sep 30 2024
    Throughout his life and career in both corporate and nonprofit settings, Chris Lowney has learned that one of the most important pieces of leadership is avoiding what he calls “split life-ism,” where someone’s spirituality and personal life is left at the door when they enter the work place. “Nobody can live their whole life in a split way,” Chris shares. On this episode of The Catholic Leadership Podcast, Chris Lowney joins us to discuss integrating spirituality and work together, practicing love-driven leadership, and how to handle leadership transitions. Chris shares leadership lessons learned both from his unique life journey through Jesuit seminary, J.P. Morgan, and in his leadership coaching and consulting. About Chris Chris Lowney, a one-time Jesuit seminarian, now chairs the board of CommonSpirit Health, a Catholic hospital system that is the largest nonprofit healthcare system in the USA, with more than 140 hospitals and 150,000 employees. Previously, Chris served as a Managing Director of J.P. Morgan & Co. on three continents. He has authored some half-dozen books, including the bestselling, “Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World,” which has been translated into eleven languages. His other award-winning books include “Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads” and "Everyone Leads: How to Revitalize the Catholic Church." He also chairs the board of Commonweal magazine. His B.A. and M.A. are from Fordham University, and he holds eleven honorary doctoral degrees (But, Chris adds: "I don't have the intellect to earn one the real way!") He grew up in New York City, hates the New York Yankees, and roots for the New York Mets. You can learn more about Chris and his work and books at https://chrislowney.com/wp/ (https://chrislowney.com/wp/). You can follow Chris on: Facebook @ChrisLowneyAuthor (https://www.facebook.com/ChrisLowneyAuthor) X @chrislowney (https://x.com/chrislowney) You can learn more about CommonSpirit Health at https://www.commonspirit.org/ (https://www.commonspirit.org/) and on social media: Facebook @commonspirithealth (https://www.facebook.com/commonspirithealth) LinkedIn @commonspirithealth (https://www.linkedin.com/company/commonspirithealth/) Instagram @commonspirithealth (https://www.instagram.com/commonspirithealth/) X @commonspirit (https://x.com/commonspirit) McKinsey & Co. study: “Decoding leadership: What really matters” (https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/leadership/decoding-leadership-what-really-matters?cid=other-eml-mtg-mip-mck&hlkid=62271661ff5544e9b5cd28cf2ada7d70&hctky=1926&hdpid=2ac69b21-9396-4ba8-8c76-8904758e3278)
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    45 mins
  • Kendra Davenport: Living Your Faith in Leadership

    Kendra Davenport: Living Your Faith in Leadership
    Aug 30 2024
    Since getting her first job in development right after graduating from college, Kendra Davenport knew that the nonprofit sector was where she belonged. Kendra shared that early in her career, “[I] realized how difficult it would be for me to work for a private sector company, as opposed to a nonprofit that really had a mission of helping and serving people.” Kendra has dedicated her career to mission-based NGOs with the purpose of serving those marginalized and in need, all while keeping her Catholic faith at the core of her personal, professional, and family practices. On this episode of The Catholic Leaders Podcast, we welcome Kendra Davenport, President and CEO of Easterseals, a national organization leading the way to full equity, inclusion, and access through life-changing disability and community services. Kendra joins hosts Kim Smolik and Kerry Robinson and shares her story of faith, leadership, and service with our listeners. About Kendra Kendra E. Davenport, MPL, CFRE, is President and CEO of Easterseals. Kendra brings more than three decades of experience working exclusively in the nonprofit arena. She has managed several national development and communications portfolios, served as president of a nonprofit serving veterans’ families, and was a philanthropy and communications consultant to several national and international nonprofit organizations. Previously, Kendra served as the chief development officer for Operation Smile, where she managed multichannel global philanthropy efforts, including domestic and international corporate fundraising, mass market and direct response, digital fundraising, major gifts and planned giving, community engagement, special events and partnerships, private sector grants, and government relations. Kendra possesses extensive management experience, having overseen more than 1,000 international staff across eighteen sub-Saharan countries while working for Africare, one of the largest African American founded and led nonprofits at the time. Much of Kendra’s career has been dedicated to facilitating the provision of critical services and interventions with organizations that include the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance, Goodwill Industries, and The Arc Montgomery County. Follow Kendra on: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendradavenport/) @kendradavenport Twitter (https://x.com/kendraedav) @kendraedav Learn more about Easterseals on their website, www.easterseals.com, or on social media: Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/easterseals) @easterseals Twitter (https://x.com/eastersealshq) @eastersealshq Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/eastersealshq/) @eastersealshq LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/easterseals/) @easterseals YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/easterseals1) @easterseals1
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    46 mins
  • Dr. Carol Zinn, SSJ: Responding to an Invitation

    Dr. Carol Zinn, SSJ: Responding to an Invitation
    Jul 31 2024
    “Have you ever thought about being a sister?” That simple invitation from a religious sister became a call to consecrated religious life for Dr. Carol Zinn, SSJ. Looking back on her life, Dr. Zinn, a religious sister with the Sisters of Saint Joseph, sees a series of invitations to which she responded “yes,” each of which shaped her vocation, career, and spirituality. On this episode of The Catholic Leaders Podcast, hosts Kim Smolik and Kerry Robinson talk with Dr. Zinn who today is Executive Director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). She draws back the curtain on the state of religious life in the United States and provides a candid look at how discernment, charism, and vocation are shaping the landscape of consecrated and religious life in the 21st century. Dr. Zinn also provides insight into her work at the U.N., working for global peace. About Sr. Carol Dr. Carol Zinn, a sister of St. Joseph from Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA has ministered in education as a teacher, professor, religious educator, sacramental coordinator, and music minister. Dr. Zinn holds a Doctorate in Curriculum Development and Education Foundations from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Dr. Zinn worked in grassroots-based international movements as consultant and facilitator. In particular, she worked on the United Religions Initiative and the Earth Charter. Dr. Zinn served as the main representative for the Congregations of St. Joseph, an NGO in General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council at the United Nations. She represented over 15,000 Sisters of St. Joseph who live and minister in 57 countries. Dr. Zinn also worked as the Education Program Director for Global Education Associates, a non-governmental organization working to further global systemic change. Dr. Zinn served on her Congregation’s leadership team and in the Presidency of Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) from 2012-2015. Currently, Carol serves as the Executive Director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. You can learn more about the Sisters of Saint Joseph on their website (https://ssjphila.org/), www.ssjphila.org, and on social media: Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ssjphiladelphia/) @ssjphiladelphia X (https://x.com/ssjphila) @ssjphila You can learn more about LCWR on their website, www.lcwr.org (http://www.lcwr.org), and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/lcwr.org) @lcwr.org.
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    45 mins
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