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Life & Leadership with Kim WilliamsFor C-Suite leaders who seek to serve others without sacrificing themselves. Author: Kim Williams
Kim Williams is a multi-faceted woman. She is an introvert who loves to write and podcast. A happy wife of 28 years to her husband and best friend, Rawleigh, and the proud mom of her three accomplished children, Rawleigh III, Brian, and Alyssa. Professionally, Kim is a nonprofit CEO and executive coach with over 30 years of leadership experience. She's raised nearly 50 million dollars to fight poverty and homelessness in Dallas as CEO of Interfaith Family Services while simultaneously running Kim Williams Consulting, an executive coaching and consulting firm that specializes in change management for nonprofits. She is a two time-finalist for CEO of the year and her organization is the local outcomes leader in its field. Kim is also a woman who has battled insecurity, self-doubt, and high levels of stress for many years. She understands what is like to be a woman whose public persona does not always match her personal struggles. She shares how she overcame insecurity and found the power and peace of authentic leadership in her book, Diary of An Insecure CEO. Kim created the Life and Leadership with Kim Williams to share her stories and strategies to help you to successfully serve others without sacrificing yourself. While anyone can listen, learn, and be inspired by this podcast, it is specifically designed for leaders who work in the nonprofit and ministry sectors. We spend our days valiantly serving others while secretly struggling not to sacrifice ourselves, our happiness, physical health, and mental health in the process. Kim believes our situation is unique and our voices deserve to be heard in a safe space that is curated especially for us. That space is Life & Leadership with Kim Williams! Language: en Genres: Business, Management, Non-Profit Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Episode 89 | The Real Risks of Nonprofit Leadership Transitions
Episode 89
Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
Leadership transitions are inevitable, but they are also risky. When a long‑tenured CEO or key executive leaves, nonprofits can face a decline in donor confidence, disruption to organizational culture, and real financial instability—especially when the response is to “launch a search” without first assessing risk and readiness. In some cases, organizations see a significant drop in donor revenue during poorly planned transitions, not because the mission changed, but because the process lacked clarity and strategy.In this episode of Life and Leadership with Kim Williams, The Transition Strategist explains why traditional executive search is no longer enough for nonprofits and why search must begin with clarity, not urgency. Kim walks through three core risks of leadership transitions—donor confidence, culture, and financial stability—and outlines how boards and CEOs can approach search as a risk‑management and future‑positioning process, not just a hiring task.If you are a board member or senior leader anticipating a transition, or simply want to be better prepared for the day it comes, this episode will help you think differently about how your organization approaches executive search. Kim also previews a new service from Kim Williams Consulting, launching May 1, designed specifically to help nonprofits reduce or eliminate these transition risks.
