Leadership Matters

UGA J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development

A podcast on where leadership matters, hosted by the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership and the University of Georgia’s Small Business Development Center, units of Public Service and Outreach at the University of Georgia. In this podcast, we talk with public and private sector leaders from around the state about leadership and how it factors in to their communities and their businesses.

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Changing Trends for Georgia Nonprofits

Moderator: Milton J. Little, Jr. - President, United Way of Greater Atlanta Panelists: Rodney Bullard - Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, Chick-fil-A, Inc.; Executive Director, Chick-fil-A Foundation Kathryn Dennis - President, Community Foundation of Central Georgia Janine Lee - President and CEO, Southeastern Council of Foundations Betsy Verner - Associate Director, J. Bulow Campbell Foundation Full biographies of the participants can be found by clicking here...

May 27, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 3

Episode 2 - Business Not As Usual: Virtual Leadership, Webinars and Consulting

In this episode, Fanning Institute Director Matt Bishop and SBCD Continuing Education Specialist Molly Knight talk with guests from throughout Georgia about how their businesses and leadership programs adapted to the virtual world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Roundtable Guests include: Deborah Cottle: SBDC Client Deborah Cottle is the owner and operator of retail store Cottle and Gunn in downtown St. Marys. Celebrating seven years this spring, Cottle and Gunn offers the wares of 27 loca...

Mar 24, 2021•46 min•Ep. 2

Business Recovery and Community Resilience: How Does a Pandemic Fit into the Plan?

In this first episode, Fanning Institute director Matt Bishop and Rob Martin, area director in Albany with the UGA Small Business Development Center, talk with guests from middle and south Georgia about the challenges faced by both public and private sector leadership while rebounding - and rebuilding - in their communities.

Nov 23, 2020•51 min•Ep. 1

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