{"id":4402231126396,"date":"2025-06-17T13:31:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philanthropy.com\/bhhypcmjisrc\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T17:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:38:53","slug":"listen-now-navigating-leadership-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philanthropy.com\/solutions\/listen-now-navigating-leadership-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen Now: Navigating Leadership Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As leaders at every nonprofit \u2014 no matter the size or cause \u2014 grapple with challenges to their missions and finances, it\u2019s especially important to tap into the wisdom of executives who have helped their organizations weather previous threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Barron Segar is one of those leaders. He took over as head of World Food Program USA just a few months before Covid ripped across the globe.<\/p>\n

Before that, he worked as executive vice president and chief development officer at Unicef USA, and he is a founding executive board member of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, serving more than 30 years on the National Board of Directors.<\/p>\n

In our new episode of Nonprofits Now: Leading Today, Segar walked host Stacy Palmer through the ways he is persevering through current leadership challenges. He discussed how he is talking to his staff and leaders about preparing contingency plans in case funding gets tight; how he decided to call staff back to the office a few days a week and explained his rationale; and why he put into the budget money for each staff member to take advantage of professional development.<\/p>\n

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