CollectivePromise LLC

From supporting staff and stabilizing culture to cultivating relationships and strengthening internal processes, the period between executives can be fertile ground for an organization and provide a leg up to an incoming leader. Thanks to my Interim Executive Solutions, LLC colleagues Jamie Bearse for writing this piece and David C. Harris for sharing it!

Shanelle Matthews issues a compelling call to action for social justice activists that centers the power of voice and narrative.

In founding CollectivePromise, my goal was to help organizations navigate major transitions such as leadership shifts and staff unionization. My new interim CEO role at Please Touch Museum hits squarely in that sweet spot - supporting the Museum and its dedicated team as the?search for its next CEO continues, and ensuring faithful first-year implementation of the Museum's new collective bargaining agreement with its staff union. I'm honored to serve and excited for the work ahead! https://lnkd.in/erZcY7-a

As 2024 draws to a close, I am full of gratitude for all the folks who have helped me launch my next chapter. Whether you listened to my ideas and helped me refine my vision, shared your own entrepreneurial story, helped me create my website, made a connection or referral for me, hired me, or let me know you had faith in me and CollectivePromise - know that your support has meant the world to me. With thanks and best wishes for good things to come in 2025!

“For us to be of any use in a Trump world, we have to pay grave attention to our inner states, so we don’t perpetuate the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion or constant disorientation.” With thanks to Waging Nonviolence for this grounding piece. https://lnkd.in/dqiq6BRJ

I led a progressive organization through the last Trump Administration. I remember walking to work the day after that election, trying to find words, feeling like I needed to give meaning or hope or direction to others, all while feeling more than a little broken inside myself. If you are a leader in a progressive space trying to take care of yourself and your team today, and you want an ear or a sounding board, please reach out - no fee or business agenda - just peer to peer love and support. ??

Thanks,Therapy Center of Philadelphia, for this important election survival guide in support of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities. Please share!

Sharing a resource for mission-driven leaders as we head into an intense election week(s).

During our session today on housing as a social determinant of health, it became abundantly clear that a core need is to address and protect the health and wellbeing of folks doing this work - especially Black women. Let’s talk together about ways to support progressive leaders!

I just returned from hiking the Via Degli Dei – a 130 km trek from Bologna to Florence across the Apennines. This is my third thru-hike, and the one with the most relentless, steep, rocky climbs and descents. I’d conquer an extended intense section only to look up and see there was more coming. I found at those times that it was important to keep my mind firmly committed to my end goal – arriving safe, happy, and hungry in Florence. And also, that it was critical not to stare wearily up the hill with its uncertain end point, but to set my focus on the footing I needed to move effectively from one step to the next. I aim to apply this thinking to my work at CollectivePromise, and to help mission-driven organizations push past feeling panicked or overwhelmed so they can face new and daunting challenges the same way -- with an eye toward the end goal, and a focus on the clear, manageable, immediate steps needed to get there. Reach out if I can be of service!