Season 6 | Episode 06

“I've always been very mission-driven in what I've wanted to do with my life and I just have found so much joy and excitement in working with organizations where you're having a difference in people's lives” – Rob Harter

This week, Matt sits down with Rob Harter — host of the Nonprofit Leadership podcast, coach, consultant, recovering executive director, and self-described "hopeless romantic" who still believes you can change the world. (We checked. He means it.) Rob spent three decades in the social impact sector, most recently leading a humanitarian organization in Park City, Utah — yes, that Park City, the one where people ski and pretend they've never heard of a food pantry. Spoiler: they have one. A really good one.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Why the nonprofit world is harder than it looks (and why that's kind of the point)
• A community garden that thrived for two years and then... didn't (RIP, solar pump)
• Why your work and your worth are not the same thing — and why most of us need a therapist to actually believe that
• The three traits of great leaders: humility, listening, and a healthy ego check (two out of three ain't bad, but you really need all three)
• Why 75% of podcasts die before their first birthday — and what Rob thinks separates the survivors.