Molly Terbovich-Ridenhour spent 15+ years in nonprofit arts organisations holding all the pieces - creative, human, operational, financial. When she left, she didn't just change jobs. She redesigned how she leads.

In this episode, she's honest about what she learned the hard way: the skills that made her excellent in-house become a trap in consulting if you don't actively work against them.

Key Takeaways

• The overfunctioning pattern from nonprofit leadership follows you into consulting unless you name it and actively work against it
• Boundaries are a practice, not a policy - especially for people who said they had them but didn't hold them
• Structure your calendar before other people fill it - time is the most important boundary of all
• The story you're telling yourself about client urgency is usually wrong - clients have more patience than you think
• Organisations often ask for X but actually need Y - naming that clearly is part of your job as a fractional consultant

Guest Bio

Molly Terbovich-Ridenhour is a fractional consultant with 15+ years in nonprofit arts leadership. She runs AMR, supporting small and mid-sized nonprofits through strategy, fundraising, and organisational complexity, from San Diego, California.

Resources + Links

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/molly-terbovich-ridenhour/
• https://nonprofitfractionals.com/

Connect with Molly

Website: mollyterbovich.com | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/molly-terbovich-ridenhour

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