{"podcast":{"title":"Forward-Looking Leadership","slug":"forward-looking-leadership-6473861","podcast_index_feed_id":6473861,"rss_url":"https://feeds.zencastr.com/f/e6CIZ4Xj.rss","website_url":"https://forwardlookingleadership.com","image_url":"https://media.zencastr.com/image-files/64aff89f6e7cce741d1eae8a/941bba74-361b-4947-b662-627534348708.png","author":"team@contempusleadership.com","episode_count":33,"summary":"This is a podcast for visionary leaders building future-ready organizations. You’ll come away from each episode with fresh, in-depth insights on all things leadership and career development.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-09T02:19:08.959592+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forward-looking-leadership-6473861"},"episode":{"title":"BoardBridge Co-Founder Stephe McMahon on How to Join a Nonprofit Board, Why It Beats Traditional Leadership Development, and the Power of Your 'New Kid Card'","slug":"boardbridge-co-founder-stephe-mcmahon-on-how-to-join-a-nonprofit-board-why-it-beats-traditional-leadership-development-and-the-power-of-your-new-kid-card","published_at":"2026-06-16T14:22:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forward-looking-leadership-6473861/boardbridge-co-founder-stephe-mcmahon-on-how-to-join-a-nonprofit-board-why-it-beats-traditional-leadership-development-and-the-power-of-your-new-kid-card","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forward-looking-leadership-6473861","url":"https://zencastr.com/z/fAvihwN6","audio_url":"https://redirect.zencastr.com/r/episode/6a315c2f50805e441edd2f3e/size/64495434/audio-files/64aff89f6e7cce741d1eae8a/6d940bb4-9b73-4968-8b65-e07c8313629f.mp3","summary":"Stephe McMahon (boardbridge.com [https://www.boardbridge.com/], linkedin.com/in/stephe-mcmahon-3b2750/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephe-mcmahon-3b2750/]), co-founder and Chief BridgeBuilder at BoardBridge, which empowers corporate employees to serve on nonprofit boards, joins host Dan Freehling (contempusleadership.com [https://www.contempusleadership.com/]) to dig into why there are more than a million open seats on nonprofit boards and how to close the gap. Stephe explains why the on-ramp to board service is so unclear and how BoardBridge lowers the barrier for individuals and nonprofits alike (01:18). He shares his advice for aspiring board members (07:55) and gives a crash course on board service (14:20). Stephe and Dan discuss board service as a form of leadership development, including new Taproot Foundation and PwC research showing pro bono service outperforms traditional training on human skills (17:44). Stephe makes the case for using your \"new kid card\" and what good governance actually looks like (32:25) and walks through the BoardBridge process end to end (38:10). Recommended Reading: BoardSource's resources [https://boardsource.org/] and Taproot Foundation and PwC's \"Human Skills at Work [https://taprootfoundation.org/tools/human-skills-at-work-pro-bono-service-driving-development-in-a-changing-world-of-work/]\" report. Show notes at forwardlookingleadership.com [https://forwardlookingleadership.com/].","meta_description":"Stephe McMahon (boardbridge.com [https://www.boardbridge.com/], linkedin.com/in/stephe-mcmahon-3b2750/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephe-mcmahon-3b2750/…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2687,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/forward-looking-leadership-6473861/episodes/boardbridge-co-founder-stephe-mcmahon-on-how-to-join-a-nonprofit-board-why-it-beats-traditional-leadership-development-and-the-power-of-your-new-kid-card/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forward-looking-leadership-6473861/boardbridge-co-founder-stephe-mcmahon-on-how-to-join-a-nonprofit-board-why-it-beats-traditional-leadership-development-and-the-power-of-your-new-kid-card.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}