Lead for Good
Lead for Good
Podcast Description
Welcome to the ”Lead for Good” podcast, designed for nonprofit leaders at every level. Join us as we connect with top nonprofit professionals, diving deep into the traits, strategies, and actions that drive successful leadership in the sector. Our mission is to empower you with the knowledge and insights needed to elevate your leadership skills and maximize your impact. In each episode, our host, Chris Looney, interviews an inspiring leader committed to making a difference. Get ready for an enlightening conversation that will inspire you to lead for good!
Don’t forget to like and share this video with fellow nonprofit leaders! #nonprofitleadership #leadershipdevelopment #nonprofitpodcast #inspiration #leadforgood
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast centers around themes of nonprofit leadership, empowerment, and impactful strategies. Specific episodes cover topics such as future-ready leadership with Robert Santana and insights on inclusion and unconscious bias with Dr. Stefanie Johnson.
Welcome to the ”Lead for Good” podcast, designed for nonprofit leaders at every level. Join us as we connect with top nonprofit professionals, diving deep into the traits, strategies, and actions that drive successful leadership in the sector. Our mission is to empower you with the knowledge and insights needed to elevate your leadership skills and maximize your impact. In each episode, our host, Chris Looney, interviews an inspiring leader committed to making a difference. Get ready for an enlightening conversation that will inspire you to lead for good!
Don’t forget to like and share this video with fellow nonprofit leaders! #nonprofitleadership #leadershipdevelopment #nonprofitpodcast #inspiration #leadforgood
Lead for Good with Burgandie Kuuipo Onekea
Episode Title: Confusion Is Expensive: The Leadership Discipline of Clarity
In this episode of Lead for Good, Chris Looney sits down with Burgandie Kuuipo Onekea, Chief Regional Officer and Executive Director of Junior Achievement of Southern California, for a candid and deeply practical conversation about one of the most underused leadership advantages in the nonprofit sector: clarity.
With more than 30 years of nonprofit leadership experience, Burgandie shares lessons from her journey from fundraising at March of Dimes in Hawaii to executive leadership roles with the American Cancer Society and now Junior Achievement. Along the way, she discovered a powerful truth: many of the problems leaders attribute to people, culture, or performance are often rooted in something far more basic and far more costly, a lack of clarity.
In this episode, you will learn:
• Why confusion is expensive and how it silently drains time, morale, trust, and momentum
• The warning signs that your team or board may be operating without clarity
• How unclear expectations, not disengagement, often cause boards to pull back
• The difference between verification and micromanagement
• Practical steps leaders can take immediately to strengthen priorities, alignment, and ownership
• The one question every CEO should ask their leadership team this quarter
Burgandie challenges leaders not to rush to fix people, but to first examine whether priorities, expectations, and pathways to success are truly clear. She explains how clarity builds speed, confidence, ownership, and trust, while reducing second guessing and micromanagement.
If you are leading a nonprofit team, serving alongside a board, or navigating underperformance, this conversation will help you rethink where to start. Before assuming culture is broken, ask whether clarity is missing.
Unlock performance. Strengthen engagement. Lead with clarity.
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