The Social Leader Essentials

Learn the three essential skills of Social Leaders excelling in business and making a social impact in their community.

100% of the proceeds from this course goes to support the work of Reconciliation Services a non-profit in Kansas City offering Social and Trauma Therapy Services and working towards racial and economic reconciliation to reveal the strength of all.

About the Course Author

Fr. Justin Mathews, Executive Director of Reconciliation Services, lives and breathes this work EVERY day and he is a true content expert!

In this course Fr. Mathews expertly delivers foundational, timely, and engaging content that is accessible to people at all levels of leadership and in any organizational context. The leadership skills he teaches in this course are desperately needed right now to safely and comprehensively address the tangled roots of complex social problems in our communities and to equip participants to learn to lead with greater social impact in every aspect of life.

Fr. Mathews, The Social Leader Essentials e-Course author and facilitator, is passionate about educating and inspiring individuals and organizations to lead with greater social impact and operationalize their diversity, equity, and inclusion priorities sustainably. He is a well-known podcaster, public speaker, and author, addressing the critical leadership topics and community issues covered in this e-Course. He brings over two decades of experience in the non-profit and for-profit sectors as a social-entrepreneur, founder, consultant, and executive leader. He has made his life’s work racial and economic reconciliation, serving in struggling communities, leading as well as participating in offering caring, transformative services to those who need them most. 

Fr. Mathews holds a BBA in Business from Belmont University (TN), a Masters in Divinity from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (NY), and has completed fundraising certifications from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Fr. Mathews completed the “Trauma-Informed Community Development” training with the Neighborhood Resiliency Project at Duquesne University; holds a certificate in “Mental Health First Aid”; and has completed multiple de-escalation, cultural sensitivity, trauma-informed care, and diversity and inclusion trainings. He also completed the Racial Equity Institute training in Kansas City, which involved surveying historical, cultural, structural, and institutional analyses of racism in the United States.

In 2020, Fr. Mathews was awarded the “Ace Award” from the KC Chamber of Commerce as a champion of diversity and inclusion and Reconciliation Services received the “Excellence In Impact” Award from Nonprofit Connect. In 2019, he was recognized as a Buck O’Neil Honoree by the Royals baseball franchise, and in 2018 he completed the two-year Greater KC Centurions Leadership Program. In 2018, Fr. Mathews was appointed by the Mayor of Kansas City to the Heart of the City TIF Advisory Board and serves as the Vicechair. He is a Board member of the Fellowship of St. Moses the Black, and serves on the Kauffman Foundation “Forward Cities” Advisory Council.