# Oddball Leadership
> a leadership philosophy for those who disrupt the c-suite with belonging, gratitude, curiosity and joy
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## Pages
- [All Posts](https://www.oddballleadership.com/archive.md)
- [Let's Talk!](https://www.oddballleadership.com/contact.md) - Nonprofit leadership is a strange craft. One minute you’re celebrating a big win. The next minute you’re mediating a disagreement, chasing a funding gap, or wondering how humans became so complicated. If you’re leading a team, building a fundraising culture, or just trying to figure out a more inte…
- [✨ Welcome to Oddball Leadership Laboratories, Inc. ✨](https://www.oddballleadership.com/oddball-labs.md) - In my experience, most leadership advice exists in theory — without nuance, context, or lived experience behind it. So I have created an exclusive space for those of you who are ready to apply the principles of Oddball Leadership in your unique work environment. It's an online community hosted on D…
- [Looking for your next conference speaker? Look no further.](https://www.oddballleadership.com/request-a-speaker.md) - View my (soft, pudgy) body of work I am a career fundraiser with over 14 years of experience in the faith-based and social-service sectors, and I've been leading fund development teams since 2019. (Yes, only six months before COVID was officially a thing.) Because my management experience was almos…
- [Your Free Subscription is Waiting!](https://www.oddballleadership.com/subscribe.md) - Now here's what you're actually signing up for.
- [The Core Tenets of Oddball Leadership](https://www.oddballleadership.com/values.md) - Oddball Leadership is built on four core principles. Everything else grows from there.

## Posts
- ["THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!"](https://www.oddballleadership.com/think-of-the-children.md) - (and other guilt trips your nonprofit employer uses to farm your allegiance)
- [Triplash in Indianapolis](https://www.oddballleadership.com/triplash-in-indianapolis.md) - Where I learned very different rooms can teach the same lesson
- [Lutheran C-SPAN](https://www.oddballleadership.com/lutheran-c-span.md) - Ten days on a convention floor, missed opportunities, and belonging, gratitude, curiosity, and joy in the margins
- [An unexpected hiatus](https://www.oddballleadership.com/an-unexpected-hiatus.md) - And what two very different rooms taught me.
- [(Popsicle) pants ✨optional✨](https://www.oddballleadership.com/popsicle-pants-optional.md) - Loud, quiet, beige, or bog witch — the values of Oddball Leadership don't care.
- [A Tale of Three (Bad) Bosses](https://www.oddballleadership.com/a-tale-of-three-bad-bosses.md) - Or, why where you sit on the org chart doesn't make you a good leader.
- [My Year of No.](https://www.oddballleadership.com/my-year-of-no.md) - What I learned when I stopped saying "yes" to everything
- [Tenet Round-up: The JOY Issue 📰](https://www.oddballleadership.com/tenet-round-up-the-joy-issue.md) - Oddball Leadership is marked by four core values: belonging, gratitude, curiosity, and joy. Here's a round-up of past posts based on each value. And — if you're ready to level up your leadership skills — there are some open-ended questions at the end of the post for you to ponder this week! ICYMI:…
- [Tenet Round-up: The Curiosity Issue 📰](https://www.oddballleadership.com/tenet-round-up-the-curiosity-issue.md) - A round-up of content about the importance of curiosity in the every day life of an Oddball Leader.
- [Tenet Round-up: The Gratitude Issue 📰](https://www.oddballleadership.com/tenet-round-up-the-gratitude-issue.md) - A round-up of content about the importance of expressing gratitude as an Oddball Leader.
- [Tenet Round-up: The Belonging Issue 📰](https://www.oddballleadership.com/tenet-round-up-the-belonging-issue.md) - A round-up of content about the most important value of Oddball Leadership.
- [Check the Box? Or Change the Culture?](https://www.oddballleadership.com/check-the-box-or-change-the-culture.md) - What performance review season — and your team — actually requires.
- [The Oddball's Guide to Leading the Chronically Unenthused and/or Offended™️](https://www.oddballleadership.com/the-oddballs-guide-to-leading-the-chronically-unenthused-and-or-offendedtm.md) - A field guide to leading and working with people who definitely didn't ask for this
- [Spotted in San Diego: Oddball Leaders everywhere](https://www.oddballleadership.com/spotted-in-san-diego-oddball-leaders-everywhere.md) - I went to AFP ICON looking for practical takeaways and networking opportunities. I found the whole Oddball Leadership movement instead.
- [The Dungeon Master's Guide to Leading People](https://www.oddballleadership.com/the-dungeon-masters-guide-to-leading-people.md) - Spoiler alert: It's OddballLeadership.com LOL
- [Launch with Joy](https://www.oddballleadership.com/launch-with-joy.md) - A leadership lesson from outer space (and sung directly — and loudly — into a marshmallow skewer)
- [On pizza parties and crystal clocks](https://www.oddballleadership.com/on-pizza-parties-and-crystal-clocks.md) - Gratitude is meaningless without the actions to back it up.
- [A serious case for inviting whimsy](https://www.oddballleadership.com/inviting-whimsy.md) - Sometimes you need to combat the beige, joyless vacuum of a cubicle farm.
- [Stop calling it leadership when it's self-abandonment.](https://www.oddballleadership.com/leadership-is-not-self-abandonment.md) - Boundaries are not the opposite of leadership. They’re what keep you from losing yourself in slow motion.
- [In the Wild #1](https://www.oddballleadership.com/in-the-wild-1.md) - Check me out talking about Oddball Leadership on The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge Podcast on KFUO Radio
- [What Being Stuck in a Van for 16+ Hours with my Team Taught Me](https://www.oddballleadership.com/road-trip-lessons.md) - Because Oddball Leadership shows up beyond the board room.
- [The alarming paradox of leadership in philanthropy](https://www.oddballleadership.com/the-alarming-paradox-of-leadership-in-philanthropy.md) - We're spending too much time wooing donors and not enough time caring for our co-workers.
- [On 40.](https://www.oddballleadership.com/on-40.md) - Sit back, enjoy the journey, and trust the process! And wear a ridiculous hat!!
- [The Leadership skill we don't measure](https://www.oddballleadership.com/the-leadership-skill-we-dont-measure.md) - active presence is a gift. and i got dad jokes.
- [Do-Over: When Oddball Leadership demands sacrifice](https://www.oddballleadership.com/do-over-when-oddball-leadership-demands.md) - Let’s talk about what really happened in February 2025.
- [If you think you "deserve" to lead, then you probably don't. 😬](https://www.oddballleadership.com/if-you-think-you-deserve-to-lead.md) - 😬😬😬
- [Workplace grace](https://www.oddballleadership.com/workplace-grace.md) - Oddball Leaders uphold the dignity of ALL people
- [Professionalism: The Silent Killer of Team Culture](https://www.oddballleadership.com/professionalism-the-silent-killer.md) - Productivity, progress, and success are put on the back-burner when you prioritize decorum, etiquette, and propriety
- [Stop Worshipping at the Altar of The Grind](https://www.oddballleadership.com/stop-worshipping-at-the-altar-of.md) - Everyone's tired, and no one's getting saved.
- [A 2025 Year in R—SYKE!!!!!](https://www.oddballleadership.com/a-2025-year-in-rsyke.md) - How about a 2026 Year in PReview tho??? 👀👀👀
- [Oddball Leadership Update](https://www.oddballleadership.com/oddball-leadership-update.md) - A Valuable Holiday Lesson and a Hiatus Announcement
- [Dream big; do constructive delusion](https://www.oddballleadership.com/dreaming-big-as-virtue.md) - Oddball Leaders are kind of delulu — and that's a good thing.
- [The Courage of Being an Oddball](https://www.oddballleadership.com/the-courage-of-being-too-much.md) - Oddball Leaders are not for everybody, even though they’re FOR everybody.
- [Do You See What I See?](https://www.oddballleadership.com/do-you-see-what-i-see.md) - A Christmas Schmuck's Case for Holiday Empathy
- [A Little Thanksgiving Love from Your Resident Oddball 🦃✨](https://www.oddballleadership.com/a-little-thanksgiving-love-from-your.md) - gobble gobble, baybee.
- [Important reflections from a recovering know-it-all](https://www.oddballleadership.com/important-reflections-of-a-recovering.md) - Oddball Leaders don’t have all the answers, and they like it that way.
- [It's dangerous to go alone.](https://www.oddballleadership.com/its-dangerous-to-go-alone.md) - Oddball Leaders thrive in community.
- [But what about me?](https://www.oddballleadership.com/but-what-about-me.md) - Oddball Leaders set boundaries.
- [An Oddball Leader’s Recommitment](https://www.oddballleadership.com/an-oddball-leaders-recommitment.md) - strap in we’re friggin going
- [Clear as crystal](https://www.oddballleadership.com/clear-as-crystal.md) - Oddball Leaders value openness and transparency.
- [On the sleeve](https://www.oddballleadership.com/on-the-sleeve.md) - Oddball Leaders show emotion. Sometimes they cry, even.
- [“I’m sorry.”](https://www.oddballleadership.com/im-sorry.md) - Oddball Leaders apologize when they mess up.
- [Playing the part](https://www.oddballleadership.com/playing-the-part.md) - Oddball Leaders play everyday.
- [Seen. Heard. Valued.](https://www.oddballleadership.com/seen-heard-valued.md) - Oddball Leaders build a culture of belonging
- [Try a little tenderness](https://www.oddballleadership.com/try-a-little-tenderness.md) - I’m calling an audible to remind everyone that Oddball Leaders strive for kindness EVERY DAY.
- [Call me George](https://www.oddballleadership.com/call-me-george.md) - Oddball Leaders are curious.
- [Scattering a Hundred Griefs](https://www.oddballleadership.com/scattering-a-hundred-griefs.md) - Oddball Leaders choose joy.
- [There is strength in sweetness](https://www.oddballleadership.com/there-is-strength-in-sweetness.md) - Oddball Leaders are sweet.
- [Welcome to Oddball Leadership.](https://www.oddballleadership.com/oddball-leadership.md) - What even is it?

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