Nancy Murphy
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Social Change Leaders Podcast
Podcast Guest Updates: Supporting the ecoSystem for Social Change
The Social Change Leaders Podcast is 3 years old! To celebrate, some of our former podcast guests are back giving social change leaders updates, lessons learned and some inspiration. In this episode, we will hear from Nancy Murphy, Elaine Rasmussen, Brenden Kumasari and Ann Price to share updates on their work in the social change landscape and ecosystem to effectively do social change, fund it, communicate the value, and evaluate community efforts.

Training Unleashed
Mastering the Art of Change Leadership with Nancy Murphy
Evan Hackel recently sat down with organizational change consultant Nancy Murphy to discuss a topic that is on everyone’s mind these days: How can effective leaders bring about change in their organizations during these remarkably challenging times?
Nancy, Founder and CEO of CSR Communications, is a trainer, speaker, advisor, and mentor with a passion for teaching leaders of established organizations how to make change stick.
According to Nancy, the key to making change stick is by shifting our approach from managing people to leading people.
“Let’s stop talking about managing change because that implies that change is something that is predictable, controllable, linear, and logical . . . that you’re in certain stages for predictable periods of time and that if you have the right checklists, everything is going to be easy. As I said earlier, organizations are made up of people and people are messy, emotional humans. And especially when it comes to change, there are emotional triggers that make it hard. So, we can’t manage people. We can manage things, but we can’t manage people. We need to lead people.
“And so, the first mistake organizations make is to approach change as a purely scientific process, as though it’s a predictable, linear, manageable thing. Implementation of change might have some of those checklists, but we really need the change leadership first.”
If you are leading your organization through a process of change, you will want to listen to the entire episode of Training Unleashed with Nancy Murphy.

Dream Job with Danielle Cobo Podcast
Becoming a Credible Influence of Change with Nancy Murphy
Have you ever had an idea but didn’t know how to implement it? Whether leading people or not, we can all influence others and bring ideas on how to best manage through change. Nevertheless, how can you establish credibility for your new ideas if you don’t have the title? Whether you are an entrepreneur or an intrapreneur, this episode discusses how to overcome change and what it takes to succeed in business.
In This Episode You Will Learn About:
- Leading Change At Every Level
- 3 Types of Resistance to Change and How to Overcome Them
- Intrapreneurship and How is it Different from Entrepreneurship
- What Every Successful Intrapreneur Needs

The Alame Podcast: Change Your Company
How to Become a Credible Leader of Change: An Inspiring Conversation with Nancy Murphy, CEO CSR Communications
Great conversation with Nancy Murphy about how leaders can truly drive change and influence their organizations. Some of the takeaways:
- Empathy is one of the best tools to influence and instead of resisting, trying to see the world through others eyes and having compassion could help drive change faster
- People resistance to change could be used creatively to make it happen. It is an energy which should be channeled in the right way.
- Organizations need to nurture intrapreneurs which are the hidden soldiers who can make change happen.
- For a change to be a success, we need to move away from thinking that making a big announcement would make it happen. We need to be committed to the vision of it but flexible to the approach to make it happen.
- We don’t need a title to lead. We can influence and drive positive change wherever we are in the organization.

Workplace Warrior®
Nancy Murphy: Leading Change Like Indiana Jones
In this episode, Jordan and Nancy Murphy discuss:
- Paradox in leadership
- Identifying the artifacts of the previous culture
- The 4 influence styles
- The unsung heroes of organizational change
“ If we can’t get people to change, we can’t get organizations to change. People need to be led, not managed.” — Nancy Murphy

The Social Impact Show
Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Social Impact Professional
In today’s episode, we discuss the evolution of the social impact professional and corporate social responsibility including the impact of resources, the role and language throughout the decades. We chat with Nancy Murphy, Founder and CEO of CSR Communications and explore current gaps, opportunities and challenges of the profession, how to gain skills and education and where social impact is headed in the next several years.

Team Anywhere Leadership Podcast
Effective Leadership Strategies in Implementing Organizational Change
Leaders have the challenge of implementing organizational change. Typically team members react differently to change. The main question that leaders need to answer is how can they implement organizational change effectively, make it stick, and not lose key players in the process?
On today’s podcast episode we interview Nancy Murphy, CEO of CSR Communications and Creator of Intrapreneurs Influence Lab. Today’s topics are locked in on effective change strategies, best leadership characteristics for influencing change, and techniques for managing resistance.

Dancing in the Discomfort Zone
Change Leadership
Effective Leadership in itself is uncomfortable. (heck, ineffective leadership is uncomfortable too!) Leading through change takes the cake, and that’s why I welcome Nancy Murphy of CSR Communications to talk about change leadership and how we can show up as our best, especially in communication!
In this episode, we talk about:
- The 5 threats that make change so hard
- Common downfalls of leaders leading change
- Nancy’s big 2022 goal that will move her into the Discomfort Zone
- The secret for communicating in a way that others will listen
- The definition of an Intrapreneur and how CSR helps those people thrive

The Design Driven Life
An entrepreneur’s vision for global corporate social responsibility
This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Nancy Murphy. Nancy is the Founder & President, CSR Communications, she spent her career saying what others are afraid to say and learning to say it in ways that people will listen. As founder and president of CSR Communications, she teaches leaders how to influence and persuade others so they can realize their vision for change faster, with less frustration and resistance. She’s known as the “intrapreneurs evangelist” for her efforts to celebrate, support and champion the work of internal change agents.

HR Liftoff
What is an Intrapreneur and How Do I Become One?
We welcome Nancy Murphy, founder of CSR Communications and creator of Intrapreneurs Influence Lab! From challenging stereotypes of girls in her Catholic school more than 40 years ago, to her first job after college convincing nonprofits to engage youth volunteers or her role as board chair of a global nonprofit transforming the way we do international development…she shares her experience on how to become a credible leader of change, how to make change stick and 3 things on how to become an INTRAPRENEUR!

The Leadership Window with Dr. Patrick Jinks
Intrapreneurship – Leading Change From Within
Patrick talks with Change Leadership expert Nancy Murphy about what it takes to make change stick inside organizations, how to address resistance to change, and how to build a culture of intrapreneurship. Listen in to hear:
✅ The difference between pursuing your next big initiative and bright shiny object syndrome
✅ The hidden “artifacts” likely keeping you stuck, eroding trust and undermining the change you want
✅ Why it’s time to abandon the term “soft skills”
✅ How to move beyond grand gestures and bold statements to change that sticks

Change Management Review
The Being and Doing of Change Leadership
Whether you are a change leader, change practitioner, or a bit of both, Nancy Murphy offers valuable insights on how to be more successful in this podcast with Managing Editor Brian Gorman. Nancy provides insights into historical leadership traits that are no longer serving either leaders or their organizations. She also provides suggestions – some low cost and no cost – that can make a significant difference in whether or not your changes deliver.
The Being and Doing of Change Leadership

Lead to Greatness with Cedric Francis
Overcoming Resistance to Change
Nancy’s spent her career saying what others are afraid to – and learning to say it in ways that others will listen. She’s the founder and president of CSR Communications and creator of Intrapreneurs Influence Lab. Her passion is teaching leaders how to make organizational change stick. From challenging stereotypes of girls in her Catholic school more than 40 years ago, to her first job after college convincing nonprofits to engage youth volunteers, or her role as board chair of a global nonprofit transforming the way we do international development…

Social Change Leaders Podcast
Intrapreneurship – Leading Organizational Change From Within
Do you work within an organization and feel that making change is nearly impossible? Are there usually a lot of great ideas for making change but none of them stick? In this episode we talk with Nancy Murphy Founder & President of CSR Communications about intrapreneurship as a framework for creating change within an organization. Nancy shares some concrete examples of how this is done. It IS possible to disrupt and innovate from within! This conversation is especially inspiring for those who are in large organizations or work within government where they want to bring about lasting social change both within and outside of these places.

In Business Pod with Cass McCrory
Setting Yourself Up For Success in 2022
In this podcast, we cover…
✅ The ways in which the pandemic has helped intrapreneurs
✅ Why getting a seat at the table isn’t enough
✅ How to become more influential inside your organization
And Nancy shares her end-of-year mantra…

Leadership is Female
How to Create Change in Your Organization
On this episode, Nancy speaks directly to the three common types of resistance to change. 1. The “What if-ers” 2. The Status Quo Defender and 3. the “Yes” “No” Folks.
Nancy will teach you how to navigate the different types of people in your organization to make sure your ideas are not only heard but activated.

Game on Girlfriend
How to Be a Credible Change-Maker
So you may have noticed there’s quite a bit of change going on in the world right now… I mean, wow! We have the “Great Resignation” — 4.3 million people resigned from their jobs in September of 2021— and we know social change is a must.
It’s time for organizations, nonprofits, and corporations to catch up. And that means change from the inside out. Because of all this, I’m thrilled to announce this week’s guest on The Game On Girlfriend Podcast, Nancy Murphy.
If you’ve been searching for change and you’re ready to be a part of meaningful change, you’ll want to pop in those earphones and listen in.

Care More Be Better
Create Social Change and Influence People for Greater Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Have you struggled, navigating difficult and changing situations in your personal or professional life? In this interview, we learn how we can more effectively navigate change, especially as it relates to shifting dynamics at work, where we spend a bulk of our time.
We learn about the many pitfalls we confront, and how our actions directly or indirectly impact resistance to change. Nancy shares how embracing change and being a “change hero” can lead to more success, and greater acceptance. If you are pushing for more diversity, more equity, and more inclusion — then you’ll want to hear this episode.

Nonprofit Problem Solver
Why does organizational change usually fail?
Kev Khayat of Nonprofit Problem Solver interviews Nancy Murphy on tips to reduce failure when making changes within your organization.

Nonprofit Lowdown
Leading Change Without Pain
This episode will save you organizational change agents a lot of time and grief. Have you ever been charged with leading change? Ever wondered why the path was never as smooth as the plan? Short answer: humans. Nancy helps to identify some of the major blockers of change, and how we reframe it. She talks about empathy as the “Swiss Army knife” of change and how one little acronym (SCARF) can unlock your understanding of working better with humans. This episode is chockfull of useful advice!

Innovation Meets Leadership
Intrapreneurs
In this episode, Nancy Murphy, the Founder & President of CSR Communications, talks to us about what an intrapreneur is, how we can disrupt and make impactful change within organizations and established systems, and swaying change-resistant powers.

The Weekly Leadership Experience
Leading & Influencing Change
It’s no secret that change is difficult. Everyone wants change, no one wants TO change, and even fewer people want to LEAD change. If that’s not enough, most change is met with resistance, obstacles, buried artifacts, and a leader’s own challenges with influence.
So how do we overcome these challenges and effectively lead and influence change?
Nancy Murphy shares how we can uncover the artifacts that may be impeding change, how we can draw on the four types of influence, and how to address resistance to change efforts.

She Built it Experience with Melanie Barr
Intrapreneurship and the Experimenter’s Mindset
In business there are intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs. We all know that entrepreneurs influence and persuade others so that they can realize their vision for change faster with less frustration and resistance while intrapreneurs change established organizations from within.
Nancy Murphy, CEO of CSR Communications, believes intrapreneurs are really the unsung heroes of organizational change. Find out why, plus how you can improve your leadership on today’s episode of The She Built It™ Experience.

She’s Invincible with Kamie Lehmann
Leading Change with Less Resistance and Frustration
Nancy joins Kamie Lehmann as they talk about leading change with less resistance and frustration. Sometimes in business and life, we get stuck or fall on our faces. How do we, as human beings, avoid responding negatively to these things and instead take a step towards the good?


Wings of Inspired Business with Melinda Wittstock
Intrapreneurship and Overcoming Resistance to Change in Your Life and Business
As the Coronavirus Pandemic catapulted us into a fast-changing world, it became imperative to embrace change as your best friend. Today we talk about intrapreneurship, how to make a company more nimble, and how to leverage change for the best.

The Good Office Podcast
The Secret to Turning Your Employees into Passionate Intrapreneurs
When an organization undergoes change, some team members are on board, some fear the worst, and others struggle with knowing how to proceed. “Intrapreneurs” help advocate and usher in change within an organization – bridging together different concerns, uniting those resistant to change, and forging a path forward. While entrepreneurs disrupt the status quo to create their own business venture, intrapreneurs choose to disrupt from within an existing organization.
Nancy Murphy helps support these intrapreneurs as the founder and president of CSR Communications. This week she shares with Marie Mae Founder and CEO Jillian Ryan the 3 types of resistance to change, how to overcome them, and her top tips for using your platform for good in sustainable ways.

Social Entrepreneurship Now with Nikki Akparewa
What is an Intrapreneur? with Nancy Murphy
In this podcast, Nancy speaks candidly about:
- becoming a credible leader of change
- the types of resistance to change and how to overcome them
- how businesses are getting it wrong when changing DEI in their spaces

Honey & Hustle
Empowering Intrapreneurs to Be Change Agents

Relentless Life on Your Terms
Season 3, Episode 5

Rock the Podcast hosted by Jess and Margy
Leaders of Change with Nancy Murphy
Frenzied to Financial Freedom Podcast hosted by Stephanie Wankel and Kristen Beatty
E112: Pivot Successfully with Change Leadership Strategies with Nancy Murphy

Women Emerging Fearlessly Podcast hosted by Janelle Anderson
E59: Overcoming Resistance To Change With Nancy Murphy

Transformative Leader Podcast hosted by Amir Ghannad
The Intrapreneur’s Guide to Influence
This is a great discussion for leaders who are struggling to navigate change with their teams, and even for those leaders who are doing well, but simply want to make sure they’re focusing their change efforts for maximum impact.

ChangeMakers Podcast hosted by Jeremy C. Park
How to Influence and Persuade Others to Realize Their Vision for Change Faster, With Less Frustration and Resistance

The Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast hosted by Andrew Olsen, CFRE and Roy Jones, CFRE.
Leading Change with Nancy Murphy
This is a great discussion for leaders who are struggling to navigate change with their teams, and even for those leaders who are doing well, but simply want to make sure they’re focusing their change efforts for maximum impact.

The Positive Leadership Movement Podcast hosted by Alex Bratty
Episode #59: Common Mistakes Leaders Make During Change & How to Avoid Them to Set Yourself Up for Success w/Nancy Murphy
If you’re a leader, you’re a change agent, and you know that one of the most challenging aspects of change is persuading others to come along with you. This week’s guest is Nancy Murphy of CSR Communications. She’s sharing the common mistakes leaders make during change, and some simple strategies for how you can influence and implement change faster, with less resistance, and more lasting success.

Excellent Executive Coaching Radio Show hosted by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC
EEC 158: Becoming a Credible Leader of Change with Nancy Murphy
Change is hard for many leaders. Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC discusses with Nancy Murphy what leaders can do to overcome this and how to lead change.
SocialEx Podcast
Episode 13
On SocialEx, Humentum’s monthly podcast, George Miller sits down with Nancy Murphy, Founder and President of CSR Communications. Nancy has a wealth of experience working with associations, companies, foundations, government agencies, and various nonprofit organizations, helping conceptualize, articulate, realize, and problem-solve change. In this conversation, George and Nancy discuss her formative years in a Catholic education system before exploring her entry to the professional world and her subsequent journey to her work today. They also cover commonalities between sectors, psychological triggers that can make it hard to accept change, the battle between ‘systems’ and ‘culture,’ and more.