Get ready for an insightful conversation with Dr. Nancy Fournier, a leadership coach specializing in women in the nonprofit world. Host Kimberly Benoit and Nancy dive straight into the real challenges facing female leaders and the tough lessons learned on the way to success.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• The unique hurdles women face in nonprofit leadership roles
• How loneliness and isolation impact leaders at the top
• Strategies for challenging internal narratives and building support networks
• The importance (and difficulty) of setting boundaries and holding others accountable
• Nancy’s biggest career takeaway: embracing what makes you different as a true leadership strength

Nancy Bio

Nancy Fournier Ph.D. is the principal of Relish Your Role and has 30+ years of leadership experience with nonprofit, academic, legislative, and local government organizations. She is passionate about supporting the work of nonprofit organizations by addressing all aspects of nonprofit leadership with a focus on Executive Coaching, and Executive Directors &; Performance
Evaluations.

Her coaching practice with women nonprofit executive directors is focused on strengthening their relationships as they manage up, down, and across their agencies for maximum effectiveness. Executive Director performance evaluation work is done in partnership with the nonprofit Board and agency leader. In addition to her consulting practice, she is a trainer with a number of state Councils of Nonprofit affiliates in Louisiana, Massachusetts, Texas, New Hampshire and Vermont as well as an instructor in Nonprofit Management with the University of
Richmond. She is a Vassar College graduate with an M.A. in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.

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To learn more about Kimberly J Benoit or how you can work with her, check out her website, kimberlyjbenoit.com, or find her on LinkedIn.

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