The Global Leadership Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Designed for curious, growth-minded, leadership enthusiasts like you—The Global Leadership Podcast brings you insightful, thought-provoking conversations with a diverse group of world-class leaders.
Leaders communicate constantly, but not everything they say is remembered, internalized, or acted on. In this episode, David Ashcraft talks with Emma Kuhl Pitts, CEO of PullSpark and, about how leaders can create messages and experiences that stay with people. Emma shares why attention is not the same as impact, how memory shapes influence, and why leaders should ask, "What do I want people to believe?" before asking, "What do I want people to do?" PullSpark is also the official creative partner of the Global Leadership Summit, and this conversation gives a behind-the-scenes look at how Emma and her team help shape creative moments at the Summit, from openers and story videos to the details that help leaders engage more deeply. For pastors, executives, communicators, and team leaders, this conversation offers a practical framework for creating moments people do not just consume, but remember.
Some of the most consequential leadership in an organization happens far from the stage. Lori Hermann has helped lead the Global Leadership Summit team for 14 years, drawing on more than three decades of experience creating events and experiences that serve leaders around the world.
In this conversation with David Ashcraft, Lori explains how she learned to recognize her influence even though she did not fit the image of an outspoken, visionary leader. She also offers a practical look at the leadership behind the Summit: assembling people with complementary strengths, developing a shared standard of excellence, encouraging honest collaboration and finding the courage to speak up when the work begins to drift.
Lori's approach demonstrates that excellence is not the same as perfection. It grows through continual learning, thoughtful preparation and leaders who care enough about the people they serve to ask difficult questions and keep improving.
When plans change, leaders still need to provide clarity, steady themselves internally, and help their teams keep moving forward. In this Q2 "Best Of" episode, Whitney Putnam and Eric Case revisit four leadership moments from recent conversations with Craig Groeschel, David Ashcraft, Chris McChesney, and Edgar Sandoval.
Together, these clips explore what leaders can do when strategy meets reality: stay flexible when plans shift, avoid comparison, define success by the right measures, create visible progress for their teams, and communicate with steadiness during pressure-filled seasons.
This episode is a practical look at the internal and external work of leadership. Whether you are navigating organizational change, team fatigue, personal self-doubt, or a season that feels unpredictable, these four lessons will help you lead with greater clarity, humility, and purpose.
Productive teams do not move faster because leaders push harder; they move faster because the goal is clear. In this episode, Whitney Putnam talks with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft about productivity from a team leadership perspective—not as a system of hacks, but as a question of clarity, initiative, accountability, and trust. David shares why he looks for initiative in team members, how clear guardrails help people move with confidence, and why leaders often stay busy with the wrong things while avoiding the work that matters most. The conversation also explores how accountability rhythms, like the 12-week year, can help leaders and teams stay focused on what they said they would do. For leaders who feel busy but not always effective, this episode offers a practical way to rethink productivity as a leadership responsibility.
Leaders are constantly presented with opportunities, expectations, and decisions—but not every open door is an assignment. In this episode of the Global Leadership Podcast, GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft talks with Priscilla Shirer about how leaders discern what is truly theirs to carry. Priscilla shares practical wisdom on calling, wise counsel, humility, accountability, and learning to say yes or no from a place of clarity rather than fear or guilt. She also reflects on how leaders can protect their families, carry public attention lightly, and create "green space" for rest, responsiveness, and deeper awareness of God's work. For leaders navigating full calendars, growing influence, or the pressure to keep saying yes, this conversation offers a grounded reminder: faithful leadership requires both courage and discernment.
Many leaders are trying to solve burnout with more inspiration, when their teams may actually need clearer progress. In this episode, GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft talks with Chris McChesney, author of The 4 Disciplines of Execution, about the difference between employee satisfaction and true engagement. Chris explains why people can have what looks like an ideal job and still feel disconnected from the work, while others can serve in demanding environments and remain deeply motivated. The difference often comes down to progress and purpose.
Through practical examples from manufacturing, creative work, ministry and leadership, Chris helps leaders understand how to create a "winnable, high-stakes game" for their teams. This conversation will help leaders translate big vision into visible wins, address burnout with greater clarity and give their people something meaningful to move toward.
Communication can make or break trust on a team, especially when the conversation gets tense. In this episode, Whitney Putnam and GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft talk about one of the most common leadership challenges: how to communicate with clarity, candor and care when the stakes are high. They unpack a real moment from a recent GLN all-staff meeting, where a public challenge created tension, required follow-up and ultimately helped sharpen strategy. Whitney and David explore why leaders often think they are being clear when others are hearing something different, how trust makes hard conversations possible, and why "keeping short accounts" can prevent tension from becoming toxic. This conversation gives leaders a practical look at how honest communication, handled with humility and follow-through, can strengthen both the work and the relationship.
Every leader eventually faces a moment when the plan stops working. A strategy fails, a team dynamic breaks down, growth creates new complexity, or an unexpected circumstance forces a change in direction. In this episode, David Ashcraft talks with Craig Groeschel, founder and senior pastor of Life.Church, about how leaders can respond when leadership does not go as planned.
Craig reflects on failed ideas, organizational pivots, team conflict, and the ongoing discipline of letting go as leadership expands. He also shares how humility, preparation, prayerfulness, candor and trust have shaped the way he leads through uncertainty. For leaders navigating disruption—whether external circumstances or internal challenges—this conversation offers a grounded reminder: the mission matters more than the method, and growth often requires the courage to release what you can no longer carry.
Every leader eventually encounters disruption—moments that challenge assumptions, redirect plans, and test resilience. In this episode, GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft talks with Edgar Sandoval, President and CEO of World Vision, about navigating what David calls "leadership hijacks": unexpected events that reshape both leadership and life.
Edgar shares his journey from immigrating to the United States as a teenager with little money and no English skills, to leading one of the world's largest Christian humanitarian organizations. Along the way, he reflects on lessons learned through personal hardship, raising children with special needs, leaving a successful corporate career at Procter & Gamble, and leading World Vision through COVID and global uncertainty.
This conversation explores how leaders can remain grounded during disruption, communicate hope without ignoring reality, and create healthy organizational cultures that help people thrive even in difficult seasons.
Leadership doesn't usually derail all at once—it gets hijacked slowly by subtle internal forces like comparison, self-doubt, and misplaced definitions of success. In this episode, Whitney Putnam sits down with David Ashcraft to unpack the internal and external "hijacks" that pull leaders off course. They explore how even confident leaders can fall into comparison traps, how self-doubt often disguises itself in different ways, and why defining success based on others' metrics leads to frustration. This conversation brings leaders back to what matters most: clarifying personal priorities, choosing the right voices to listen to, and aligning success with purpose rather than perception. If you've ever questioned your place, your progress, or your impact, this episode offers a grounded way to refocus and move forward with clarity and intention.
Leadership is often formed in the middle—when progress is slow, challenges persist, and outcomes are unclear. This episode highlights key moments from recent conversations to help you stay grounded in those seasons.
You'll hear insights on perseverance from Walker Hayes, practical wisdom on resilience from David Ashcraft, and a timely reminder from John Maxwell about embracing the season you're in. Whitney and Eric also share personal leadership challenges and what helped them keep going.
If you're facing pressure, uncertainty, or slow progress, this episode will help you focus on what you can control—and continue leading with purpose where you are.
Every organization has a culture—but not every leader is shaping it intentionally. In this episode, Jenni Catron explains why culture is one of the most important (and often overlooked) responsibilities of leadership.
In this conversation with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft, Jenni offers a practical definition of culture, along with clear ways to translate values into everyday behaviors and reinforce them through consistent rhythms.
Jenni also outlines what it actually takes to change culture—where to start, how long it takes, and why many efforts stall. Along the way, she highlights the subtle signs of an unhealthy culture and the role leaders play in either reinforcing or correcting them.
If you're responsible for a team, this conversation will help you take a more intentional, long-term approach to building a culture where people and performance can thrive.
Strategy can feel intimidating.
Maybe it brings up pressure to get it right. Maybe it feels restrictive. Or maybe it's something you've been avoiding because you're not quite sure where to start.
In this episode, Whitney Putnam sits down with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft to simplify strategy and make it practical. Together, they unpack why strategy matters at every level of leadership—and why waiting for perfect clarity might be the very thing holding you back.
If you've ever felt stuck trying to "figure it all out" before taking a step forward, this conversation will help you move.
Leadership isn't just about building something successful; it's about building something meaningful, aligning what you believe with how you lead and using what you've been given to make a difference. Today's guest is someone who has spent years helping leaders do exactly that.
Justin Forman is a strategist and leader working at the intersection of faith, entrepreneurship. He's the cofounder and president of Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Faith Driven Investor: global movements helping more than 1 million leaders integrate faith and how they lead and build businesses. Justin brings people together—entrepreneurs investors, and leaders—to move from good intentions to lasting impact. GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft recently sat down with Justin to talk about how faith, media and entrepreneurship can create meaningful change and what it looks like to build something that truly matters overtime.
Dr. Henry Cloud is a bestselling author, psychologist, and leadership expert whose work on boundaries, relationships, and emotional health has shaped leaders around the world.
If you are familiar with Henry, you know that he doesn't just diagnose problems—he helps leaders understand what growth actually looks like, and how we can take responsibility for it in real life.
Our President and CEO, David Ashcraft, recently sat down with Dr. Cloud for a conversation about his upcoming book Your Desired Future. This book is basically a masterclass in how to lead—yourself and other people and is exactly what we've come to expect from Henry: deep psychological insight with super practical application.
Whether you are just getting started in your leadership journey, or you've been at it for a while now, this conversation is an absolute game-changer, and we are so glad we can bring it to you today.
Today we're talking with GLN president and CEO David Ashcraft about resilience. Honestly, sometimes I love the word, "resilience." However, sometimes I kind of hate it: usually when I'm in the middle of a really challenging time that I just wish would end. This conversation will help you think about why resilience is necessary and the importance of celebrating small wins. With the right inputs, we can be resilient leaders.
In this episode, David Ashcraft sits down to do a live webinar with Walker Hayes, the singer and songwriter behind hits like "Fancy Like" and "Stetson", to talk about the faith and grit that it takes to create over the long-term, and how an attitude of gratefulness changes your perspective on just about everything.
Whether it's ideating from nothing, feeling pressure to be original or wondering if creativity is something you either have or you don't, most of us struggle with creativity at some level. However, for today's guest, to be creative is to be human. Author, speaker and "Creativity Explorer" Fredrik Heron has spent decades helping leaders understand that creativity isn't about talent or personality: it's about practice, environment and perspective. GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft sat down with Fredrik to talk about his new book The World of Creativity and together they unpack what it really means to lead creatively—even when the ideas don't come easily.
When the word, "innovation" gets mentioned, there tends to be two broad reactions: some people love pioneering and creating new things. However, a lot of people immediately think, "I am not creative; innovation is something that comes easily to other people and not me." If you find yourself in that latter group, today's interview with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft will hopefully dispel those thoughts and show how innovation doesn't mean creating something out of nothing. If you're ready to discover how to give yourself space for innovation, give this episode a listen.
Have you ever wished you could sit down with someone who has truly mastered their craft? Michael Jordan on winning; Mozart on music; Leonardo Da Vinci on creativity. Not just to review their highlight reels but to unpack all the lessons they learned across their lives? Well, that's what today's conversation feels like because today we get to listen to John C Maxwell talk about leadership.
John Maxwell is a world-renowned leadership expert and best-selling author who has trained countless leaders across industries and across the globe. It's no exaggeration to say that he has helped define the shape of modern leadership. John's life is an example of what can happen when someone stays curious, humble and committed to growth for decades, and there also something truly about getting to learn from someone who has run their race well and stayed faithful to growth over the long haul.
John was honored as a GLN Legacy Leader at the 2025 global leadership Summit, and he sat down with our president and CEO, David Ashcraft for a conversation in front of a live studio audience about what a lifetime of leadership looks like.
Today's episode is all about purpose and calling. As a leader who is rolling into a new year, you might be thinking about what's next. This conversation with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft will encourage you with the unique ways you've been called to lead and center you by reminding you what it's all about.
As 2025 wraps up and 2026 gets started, we thought we'd take a look back on all the great conversations we've had over the past year and pick a few of our favorites to share with you. Whitney and Content Producer Eric Case talk through their reactions to episodes with guests Marcus Buckingham, Joni Eareckson Tada, David Ashcraft and Gabe Salguero.
The end of the year is a natural time to look back and take stock on what we've done and how far we've come. In honor of that, GLN VP of Marketing and Communication Whitney Putnam sat down with President and CEO David Ashcraft to get his thoughts on reflection and celebration.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the people around you—your teammates, your friends, your spouse, your children—absolutely thriving?
Today's guest is Bradley Rapier. Bradley is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated choreographer with over three decades of experience in dance, production and leading teams and talent from Hollywood to Broadway. Whether dance and choreography is your thing or not, what Bradley teaches in this conversation with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft is what happens when people feel engaged and connected, and how we as leaders can facilitate that engagement.
So, whether you're leading your teenage children, a creative group, or you're simply part of a group of friends, when people deeply feel that they are a part of something, everything changes: productivity, creativity and well-being soar. Bradley calls it, "stepping into the Circle," and everyone is invited.
When the topic of rest comes up, most of us fall into one of two camps. Some of us welcome the conversation and immediately begin to think about when we get to ease off the gas pedal and relax a little. Others, however, just as quickly start to experience frustration and maybe even anxiety. Maybe you struggle to unplug and take some time for yourself; maybe you're not even sure why rest is necessary. Wherever you are, this podcast is for you, and we invite you to listen in as GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft shares what he has learned about the importance of rest in a leader's life.
If you're looking for some best practices around communicating in today's digital, virtual environments, this episode is for you. Today, we listen in on a conversation between David Ashcraft and digital body language expert Erica Dhawan. Together they explore how communication has changed, particularly over the past 5 years, and what leaders can do right now to communicate effectively with their teams to maximize collaboration and effectiveness.
What keeps you from accomplishing your goals? Jon Acuff is passionate about answering that question and helping people to become the best versions of themselves. Recently he sat down with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft to talk about some of the methods he uses to become one of INC's Top 100 Leadership Speakers, how he leverages positive self-talk and how leaders can help individuals on their teams to overcome procrastination.
There are few things more powerful than the culture of an organization. Culture has the power to enhance a leader’s vision, or it can be a powerful roadblock. The good news is that leaders have a strong influence on organizational culture, and in this episode GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft shares what he has learned about why culture matters and a few ways that leaders can begin to establish, maintain or correct their own team cultures.
Gabriel Salguero is a pastor and the founder and CEO of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition. Recently he sat down with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft, and together they had a vital and honest conversation about how leaders can learn to build bridges with those they lead. Gabe also shares the story of how he came to be a leader and talks about how leaders can balance their authority with the call to serve their followers. This is an episode that speaks to the challenges facing leaders in today’s world.
In this episode, David Ashcraft sits down with speaker, author and activist, Christine Caine. They explore what Christine’s path to leadership looked like, what it was like to overcome gender bias and prejudice, and how she moved from a moment of inspiration to building the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign. They also talk about what the mindset change that is necessary for a leader to build something that outlasts them. This episode is full of solid and hard-won leadership wisdom that can help leaders in all seasons.
As critical as “vision” is, if a leader fails to execute on that vision—and helps others to do the same—nothing ever changes. In this episode of the Global Leadership Podcast, GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft shares his wisdom and experience regarding the importance of execution, along with some practical tips on how to keep teams engaged while in the mundane work of getting things done.
As we kick off Season 9 of the Global Leadership Podcast, Whitney Putnam sits down with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft to hear about some of his favorite moments from the 2025 Global Leadership Summit. David also shares wisdom regarding why it’s so important for leaders to own their own leadership growth and development.
With the 2025 Global Leadership Summit just a few weeks away, GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft sits down with Senior Vice President, Summit Experiences, Lori Hermann. to talk about how she leads the people that create and execute the world’s premier leadership event year after year. They also explore how leaders can get the most out of an event like the Summit, and which speakers they are looking forward to hearing.
Dr. James Hewitt is a human performance scientist who works with some of the world's top businesses to bring about sustainable high-performance through science-backed strategies. In this conversation with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft, James shares the connection between knowledge work and high performance activities like professional cycling and Formula 1 racing, and some simple steps that we can take to meet the demands of leadership.
Developing, casting, and protecting an organization’s vision is one of the most critical functions of a leader. In this episode, GLN VP of Marketing Whitney Putnam asks President and CEO David Ashcraft to share what he’s learned about vision from his decades of leading. As always, you’ll find David’s insights to be practical, concise, and very clear. We hope you enjoy these tips on how to effectively share vision with your team.
How often do you struggle to navigate the desire to contribute high-impact, important work for your organization, and the seemingly constant demands on your attention from email, messages, and other activities? As a voice in the battle against busyness, Juliet Funt helps organizations release their people so that they can give themselves to their most important, high-impact work. In this conversation with David Ashcraft, Juliet explains some of the mindset shifts that leaders need to undergo in order to be champions for “white space,” and to minimize unnecessary busywork in their organizations.
In this second part of a two-part episode, GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft continues his conversation with author and consultant Les McKeown on the lifecycle stages of organizations, and the different ways leaders can respond in order to meet the unique challenges of each stage
What does it take for a new organization to succeed? After launching numerous companies, Les McKeown began to identify some common patterns that new ventures all seemed to go through, releasing his findings in his book, Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track—and Keeping it There. He recently sat down with the GLN’s own David Ashcraft to go deeper into the six stages in the lifecycle of an organization, and how leaders can respond in each of them. This is the first part of a two-part episode.
As a pilot of a U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter plane, Carey Lohrenz learned the importance of being able to focus when the stakes are high. In this conversation with Jason Jaggard, she shares some of the simple tools that can help leaders in every situation learn to pursue excellence, plan effectively, and gain clarity on their “span of control.”
Part of the work of leadership is about achieving and maintaining clarity: on your personal vocation, on your organization’s purpose and mission, and on the most important activities to achieve results. Moreover, clarity helps us navigate the curveballs and unexpected challenges that life inevitably brings our way. We are kicking off this month of talking about de-cluttering leadership by hearing from GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft. David shares some of the strategies and activities that help him to stay focused and lead with simplicity and clarity.
What does it truly mean to be resilient? In this episode, GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft interviews top management thinker, organizational psychologist and self-awareness expert Dr. Tasha Eurich. Together they unpack Tasha’s latest book, Shatterproof, and discuss how leaders today—she calls them “stressed-out strivers”—can move beyond mere resilience and learn to thrive in our modern world.
A quick survey of Jo Saxton’s life would tell you that she is deeply passionate about developing leaders. Whether it’s through speaking, her leadership of the Ezer Collective and Bethel University’s “The 25,” her podcast or her books, her mission is easy to see. Fresh off the stage at the 2024 Global Leadership Summit, she sat down with Jason Jaggard to talk about her work, and shared wisdom on what young leaders bring to the workplace and how seasoned leaders can engage this emerging generation.
Recorded live at last year’s Global Leadership Summit, Erwin Raphael McManus sat down to interview Harvard Business School Professor Arthur C. Brooks. Arthur takes us on a deep dive of science and physiology of happiness and gives us an introduction on how to leverage meta-cognition to start becoming happier people. As Erwin mentions in the interview, Arthur is a firehose of information, and you will definitely want to take notes as you listen in to this conversation.
How can leaders stay holistically healthy amidst demands for high-performance and the constant chaos of the modern world? GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft sits down with Whitney Putnam to share his thoughts on what leaders can do to care for themselves so they can stay in the game for the long haul.
Stephanie Chung spent her career in the aviation industry, rising from being a baggage handler to eventually making history as the first African American and second female president of a major private aviation company. During that rise, she was a top sales executive, generating $1B in revenue annually. Stephanie is now a highly sought-after speaker, and her most recent book, Ally Leadership: How to Lead People Who Are Not Like You, was released in 2024. In this conversation with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft, Stephanie shares about her leadership journey, and how all leaders of all kinds can learn to be allies of the individuals on their teams.
Dan Owolabi is a CEO, a sought-after speaker and an author. He founded Branches Worldwide based on the belief that faith-fueled entrepreneurs can transform communities. Branches Worldwide works diligently to raise up entrepreneurs around the world and to connect them with resources, mentors and community. At the 2024 Global Leadership Summit, Dan sat down with Jason Jaggard, CEO of Novus Global and Global Leadership Podcast team member, to talk about why entrepreneurship is so critical to local communities, and the importance of being an authentic leader.
At the 2025 Global Leadership Summit GLN President and CEO, David Ashcraft interviewed Joni Eareckson Tada—an internationally recognized speaker, author, and advocate who has spent decades leading with grace, resilience, and faith. After a diving accident left her quadriplegic at 17, Joni turned her pain into purpose, founding Joni and Friends, a global ministry serving people with disabilities. Her journey is a powerful testament to the kind of leadership that transcends circumstances—one marked by courage, service, and unwavering hope.
In this episode, we’ll dive into Joni’s journey to become the leader she is today, how leaders can better steward suffering, and other priceless pieces of wisdom from her life. Whether you're leading in business, ministry, or everyday life, Joni’s wisdom will challenge and encourage you.
This month, our focus at the GLN is on leaving a leadership legacy and today podcast host (and GLN VP of Marketing), Whitney Putnam interviews GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft on his experience with organizational transitions and successions. David shares gems from his 30 years of local church leadership, including how to get started planning a legacy, and the one thing that can absolutely derail a positive transition. Every leader should be thinking about what (or who) will follow them, and this episode is a great starting point for your plans.
A healthy and effective team culture is essential to organizational success, but building a culture of excellence is not automatic. Today’s episode is a live recording of a workshop led by GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft. In the workshop, David shares how to establish team culture in a practical and effective way and explains how values and behaviors help drive successful outcomes for a team. In addition, David also runs through some of the specific values and behaviors that currently define the culture at the GLN.
In this special live recording of the podcast, Craig Groeschel interviews former Duke University men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (“Coach K”): a Naismith Hall of Fame coach, five-time national champion at Duke, and six-time gold medalist as head Coach of the US Men’s National Team. Coach K shares essential ingredients that helped produce his extraordinary career, including how to keep leadership current and how to respond to unexpected challenges. Regardless of where you are in your leadership journey, this episode is a can’t-miss opportunity to learn from a master of longevity and excellence.
Today’s episode draws on the wealth of experience of GLN President and CEO, David Ashcraft, as he and GLN VP of Marketing Whitney Putnam cover a variety of topics related to working with teams. This conversation ranges from values, to empowerment, to conflict, and is absolutely full of practical leadership gems.
“Love” and “work” are not words that are usually thought of in the same context. For today’s guest, however, “love” has a measurable and positive impact on the metrics of work. Marcus Buckingham is known for starting the “Strengths Revolution.” He is also a global researcher and New York Times bestselling author, and he recently joined the GLN’s David Ashcraft for a conversation about the role that love plays—or should play—in our work. Whether you are a leader who wants to know how to bring the absolute best out of those you lead, or you are curious how to discover the things you truly love (and why they matter at work), we invite you to listen to this episode.
Paula Faris joins the podcast today to talk about the different ways leaders can “lead with heart.” Paula is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, podcast host and the founder of CARRY Media, and she sat down for this conversation with Global Leadership Network President and CEO David Ashcraft. Together they explore the roles that intuition and passion have had in Paula’s life, how leaders can protect themselves while practicing openness and authenticity and how leading with heart informs and shapes Paula’s leadership today.
This month’s theme at the Global Leadership Network is “leading with heart,” and in this episode of the Global Leadership Podcast, Whitney Putnam sits down with GLN president and CEO David Ashcraft. Together, they explore what it means to lead with heart and examine practical ways that leaders can begin to lead with openness and authenticity. David and Whitney also discuss how to avoid some potential pitfalls that can occur as leaders begin to open up to those around them.
As leaders, we understand that purpose and calling play critical roles in achieving our goals. This week’s guest highlights the potential pitfall of focusing solely on achievement. In this episode, former top sports agent Molly Fletcher shares how long-term joy and happiness come not from achievement but from daily improvement and fulfillment. At the 2024 Global Leadership Summit, she discussed key concepts from her book, Dynamic Drive: The Purpose-Fueled Formula for Sustainable Success, in a live interview with Jason Jaggard.
One aspect of purpose and calling is being willing to live it out with freedom and joy. But what do you do if your purpose is highly visible and involves frequent accolades and applause? In this episode, author and speaker Megan Fate Marshman sits down with Jason Jaggard to share about how private disciplines help balance her public call. Together they explore the importance of slowing down, the importance of grounding your identity in Christ and how emotions like anger and anxiety can be signposts for us as leaders. If you’ve ever wondered how to stay rooted while maintaining a public ministry, this is a great episode to check out!
“Vision leaks” is a well-known leadership axiom, and to kick off January’s theme of being a “purposeful leader,” Whitney Putnam sits down with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft. In this conversation, they explore the role purpose and mission has in David’s life and leadership. We’ll also hear about some common pitfalls that leaders can face regarding purpose, and how he has learned to guard against them.
Our topic for December is “conflict,” and GLN President and CEO gets us started with this conversation with Whitney Putnam. We invite you to listen as David shares how his approach to conflict has evolved and some of the practical lessons he’s learned over time. Conflict is inevitable, but it does not have to result in negative consequences; it can actually improve our relationships and our work together.
It’s difficult to keep our cool when disagreements and tension crop up in our relationships. Yet, this is the moment when we most need to be calm and curious. Is there a way that we can start to move beyond reacting impulsively and start to become curious about what is truly going on behind the conflict we are experiencing? Comedic thought leader, author and actor Michael Jr. sat down with Craig Groeschel at the 2024 Global Leadership Summit and shared what we often get wrong about conflict. He unpacked how becoming internally curious is a key tool to unlock the true gift that disagreements can bring to our lives. This episode is for anyone who is looking for practical ways to reframe conflict in any area of your life.
How do you react when you fail? Have you ever wished that you could learn more quickly from your failures and move on? In this episode, GLS Executive Producer Lori Hermann sits down with CEO, executive coach and best-selling author Ryan Leak to hear how he learned more from his failures than he ever did from his successes. In their conversation, they discuss his documentary, “Chasing Failure,” and how failure became the best teacher throughout his life.
Are you a leader who wants to help your team learn to risk more and fail well? In this episode, Harvard Business School professor Amy C. Edmondson sits down with our Jason Jaggard to unpack her research behind her latest book, The Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well. Their conversation includes the difference between a mistake and a failure, the 3 categories of failures, and how to encourage a team to experiment and learn quickly.
For leaders, there’s no avoiding failure; it just comes with the territory. However, how leaders respond when things don’t go as planned—how they lead through failure—is absolutely critical. This month, we are going to focus on ways that leaders can lead through failure and turn potential disappointment into powerful lessons for growth and renewal. In this episode, GLN President and CEO, David Ashcraft, shares stories of times when things did not go as planned, and how he has learned to “fail well” over time.
Hospitality is one of the most powerful differentiators that an organization possesses, but it can be challenging to create and sustain it across an entire culture. In this episode, cofounder and former president of Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Horst Schulze, shares hospitality insights from a legendary career with GLN President and CEO, David Ashcraft. If you’re a leader who is interested in creating a culture of excellence and customer-focused hospitality, we invite you listen in to this rich conversation!
It’s not often that you get to listen to someone who has literally been rated the best in the world in their craft, but that is exactly what this episode is about. Under Will Guidara’s Leadership, Eleven Madison Park (EMP) received 3 Michelin Stars, and was rated the #1 restaurant in the world. In this conversation with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft, recorded live at the Global Leadership Summit, Will shares about the power of hospitality for all businesses and organizations. He also shares some of the leadership principles that created a winning culture at EMP. If you have ever wanted to learn from someone operating at the peak of their profession, this episode is just right for you.
What should leaders know about hospitality? What does it mean to be welcoming? Whitney Putnam (GLN VP of Marketing and Global Leadership Podcast Host) and David Ashcraft (GLN President and CEO) kick off this month’s focus with a focus on the importance of hospitality. In the conversation, David reflects on the impact hospitality can have on guests and/or customers, and how showing unreasonable hospitality to others can positively impact a team.
What’s your story? More specifically, is the story that you tell yourself releasing you to live your best life, or is it holding you back? In this episode, Global Leadership Summit Executive Producer Lori Hermann sits down with storytelling expert and author Kindra Hall to explore why story has such extraordinary power and to share some steps we all can take to make sure our inner stories are not undermining our deepest dreams.
Have you ever wished you could learn from someone at the absolute top of their craft? In this episode of the Global Leadership Podcast, you get to listen in as GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft speaks with author, entrepreneur, and master communicator Erwin McManus about his concept of seven frequencies of communication. If you are curious about how communicating—both speaking and listening—can be used to remove barriers from your life and unlock hidden potential in others, we invite you to join us for this powerful and engaging conversation.
Effective communication is a critical, but sometimes overlooked, aspect of leadership. Used correctly, effective and clear communication ensures that our messages get heard, our vision gets communicated, and our people feel seen and heard. Recently, podcast host and GLN VP of Marketing Whitney Putnam sat down with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft to introduce this month’s theme of effective communication, and to hear about his own best practices around communication from over 30 years of strategic leadership.
In this second episode about the 2024 Global Leadership Summit, GLN VP of Marketing and podcast host Whitney Putnam talks with Craig Groeschel and Jo Saxton about how they were personally impacted by this year’s Summit. We invite you to listen in as Craig and Jo share their highlights and challenges that they heard and also some of the ideas and actions that they are implementing immediately on their teams.
As the 2024 Global Leadership Summit wrapped up, we sat down with David Ashcraft, President and CEO of the Global Leadership Network. In this conversation with Whitney Putnam (GLN VP of Marketing), David shares some of his highlights and takeaways from this year’s Summit, and looks forward to GLS2025.
Our world has never been more in need of healthy, growing leaders. In a world of tension and anxiety, we need men and women who have the courage to respond to the call to lead and who impact their communities positively by diligently using their influence to make things better. The Global Leadership Podcast hopes to educate and inspire growing leaders in our world, and to inspire everyone to “lead where they are at.”
In this special episode of the Global Leadership Podcast, Whitney Putnam (VP of Marketing, GLN) talks with David Ashcraft (President and CEO, GLN) about some exciting changes coming for Season 8 of the Global Leadership Podcast.
Over an astonshing 45 years, Fred Martin, Founder and CEO of Objective Measure, built a career marked by consistent success and a commitment to leadership. In this conversation with GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft, Fred shares about how his faith affects his ability to lead, how he strives to continue growing as a leader, and how his vision for how to help everyday people learn to ask fruitful questions about investing and managing their money.
Initially, Megan Tamte did not think of herself as an entrepreneur, but after a disappointing shopping experience triggered a patient and faith-filled journey, she and her husband Mike launched—and now are Co-CEOs of—EVEREVE, a national chain of over 100 stores and a thriving ecommerce site as well. Recently, Megan sat down with GLS Executive Producer Lori Hermann to talk about her journey to launch EVEREVE, how she co-leads with her husband, and how she leverages her strengths as a learning leader to keep EVEREVE moving forward. We hope you enjoy this engaging conversation.
Global Leadership Podcast team members Eric Case and Aubrey Wentz recently sat down with Julie Baumgardner, Senior Director of WinShape Marriage, to discuss the relationship between the health of our home and relational worlds and our work performance. Julie has spent over 20 years working—first as a counselor and now as an executive-level leader—to build healthy families, and in this conversation with Eric and Aubrey she shares how work life can be impacted by challenges at home and offers some practical tips for starting healthy conversations that can lead to healing.
Recently, GLN CEO & President David Ashcraft sat down with Cliff Robinson, Executive VP and “Chief People Person” at Chick-fil-A. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to sit in a room with an experienced, high-level leader and listen to them share practical experience and wisdom, this is a great episode to dive into! Cliff discusses how the Chick-fil-A is able to place such a high value on people while simultaneously maintaining a high standard of product and customer service. Cliff also shares about the role of innovation at Chick-fil-A, and some techniques he personally leverages to maintain his effectiveness as he leads.
This episode is a special broadcast of Erwin Raphael McManus’ talk from GLS 2023, “Mind Shift.” Erwin is a Los Angeles-based author and artist who is obsessed with helping people identify and eliminate the self-imposed, internal barriers that keep them from realizing their unique genius.
Fernando Carillo is an Anglican priest, entrepreneur and leadership coach based in London, England, and recently sat down with podcast team member Jason Jaggard at the 2023 Global Leadership Summit. In this episode, Jason and Fernando discuss his upbringing, the extraordinary life change he went through, as well as the role leadership plays in helping individuals step into their calling and purpose.
We invite you to join us for this episode as Global Leadership Podcast Co-Producers Eric Case and Aubrey Wentz sit down with Rebecca Taguma, Executive Director of the Trauma Healing Institute) to discuss how the effects of unresolved trauma on individuals, and some practical steps that leaders can take to get help for those affected in their churches and on their teams.
CEO, executive coach and bestselling author Ryan Leak shares how chasing failure has taken him much farther in his life than safety and security. Global Leadership Podcast team member Lori Hermann explores Ryan’s upbringing, the significant events that have defined his leadership, and how following through change can be just as challenging as leading through change.
In this episode, Global Leadership Podcast interviewer Jason Jaggard sits down with Chris McChesney, co-author of The Four Disciplines of Execution, to revisit the book and to explore how the four disciplines can impact our lives outside the business world.
IN THIS EPISODE:
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What is a basic overview of the “Four Disciplines of Execution”?
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How can you learn to focus what is most important, but is not necessarily the most urgent?
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What “levers” can you affect that make it seem like your intended result is a winnable game?
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What has being a parent taught Chris about leadership, and how can the four disciplines be applied to a family?
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STANDOUTS AND TAKEAWAYS
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It’s better to fall in love with a problem than it is to fall in love with a solution.
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All of the “have tos” in our life is called “The Whirlwind.” The “One” is the strategic result in your life that is going to require disproportionate effort.
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Human beings have the capacity to handle “the whirlwind plus one.”
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It’s best to not give your frontline teams the answers; get their commitment and engagement by making them a part of the process.
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The Four Disciplines can actually be a way to protect the entrepreneurial spirit of a organization.
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If you want to see the highest level of engagement a human being is capable of, watch them in a game.
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The strategic result you’re looking for should feel like both a high-stakes game and a winnable game.
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Progress and purpose are the most important things that drive employee engagement. This fact also has profound implications for how leaders address remote work.
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The whole purpose of The Four Disciplines is to achieve goals that do not feel as important as “the day job.”
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If kids have one anchor of self-esteem in their life, they are able to handle the whirlwind and drama of life much more effectively.
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The enemy of the human soul is not work; it’s futility.
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The struggle is that as you become more successful as a company, the whirlwind grows and requires more and more.
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People don’t fear change; they fear uncertainty.
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Most success comes from putting huge energy into small wins.
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The most significant jump is moving from leading a team to leading leaders.
LINKS MENTIONED
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Website: Chris McChesney
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Book: The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Revised and Updated: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
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Added Value: Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex (TEDTalk via YouTube)
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Added Value: “Leaders Concerned About Remote Work Should Be Looking at This Metric”
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Podcast: 2018 Global Leadership Podcast
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Book: The Truth About Employee Engagement: A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery (Patrick Lencioni)
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Website: Global Leadership Network
THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY:
- World Vision
Comedian and author Michael Jr. talks with Global Leadership Podcast team member Jason Jaggard about how moving from an attitude of “what can I get from an audience” to “what can I give to an audience” changed everything for him.
IN THIS EPISODE:
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When did Michael Jr. realize he was funny?
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How did “Funny For the Forgotten” get started?
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How did he get started in his CAREER in comedy?
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What kept Michael Jr. going when things were really challenging?
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How did he come to faith?
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How did his tour with his wife come about and what do they hope to accomplish?
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What’s next for Michael Jr.?
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STANDOUTS AND TAKEAWAYS
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Everything changes when you make the shift from asking, “what can I GET from people” to, “what can I GIVE to people.”
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When you have a gift, your job is solely to present the gift. You cannot control with how the gift is received.
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As a leader, your job is to “listen in between the gaps” so you can really know where people are at.
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Whatever you’re doing, you need to get your reps in.
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If you quit something, you are practicing quitting.
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The only reason you do anything in life is to either avoid pain or to gain pleasure.
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Without conflict there’s no revelation.
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Comedy is NOT the destination; it’s only the vehicle; there’s a bigger purpose.
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If you make a wrong turn, God doesn’t abandon you and where you’re supposed to go. He just recalculates. It may take you longer to get there, but there are still directions to follow.
LINKS MENTIONED
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Website: Michael Jr.’s Website
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Website: Funny How Marriage Works
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Book: Funny How Life Works
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Website: Selfie Dad
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Website: Funny for the Forgotten
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Added Value: George Wallace
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Podcast: Funny How Life Works
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Website: Jason Jaggard on LinkedIn
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Website: Novus Global
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Website: Meta Performance Institute
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Website: Global Leadership Network
THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY:
- Belay Solutions
Entrepreneur and former CEO Jamie Kern Lima talks with Global Leadership Podcast team member Jason Jaggard about how healthy self-worth is “the one thing that changes everything.”
IN THIS EPISODE:
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Why did Jamie write her new book?
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What is the difference between self-confidence and self-worth?
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What is Jamie’s journey with self-worth?
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Is unshakable self-worth only for people who believe in God?
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When you feel rejected, what’s the first thought that enters your mind?
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What does it cost us to avoid developing unshakable self-worth?
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When does self-love become narcissistic?
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What is Jamie excited about over the next year?
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Website: Jamie’s Website
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Book: Jamie’s New Book (on Amazon.com)
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Podcast: The Jamie Kern Lima Show (on Apple Podcasts)
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Added Value: Watch Oprah’s “The Life You Want” Class, on Resilience, with Guest Jamie Kern Lima
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Website: Jason Jaggard on LinkedIn
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Website: Novus Global
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Website: Meta Performance Institute
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Book: Beyond High Performance: What Great Coaches Know About How the Best Get Better
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Website: Global Leadership Network
THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY:
- World Vision
SUMMARY
Global Leadership Podcast interviewer Jason Jaggard interviews innovation expert Dr. Vijay Govindarajan on how generative AI and datagraphs impacts organizational strategy, and how leaders can continue to innovate in a rapidly changing context.
IN THIS EPISODE:
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How did VG’s grandfather influence his understanding of innovation?
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What is the “Three Box Solution,” and how does it affect strategy and innovation?
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What role does imagination play in innovation?
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What is the basic premise of “fusion strategy?”
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What is the difference between “digitals” and “industrials”?
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What is the basic meaning of the terms “datagraphs,” “digital twins” and “tripartite”?
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How do fusion strategy concepts translate from industrial and manufacturing sectors to social and/or service sectors?
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How willing does VG think people might be to volunteer their data in faith communities?
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STANDOUTS AND TAKEAWAYS
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The only competition that matters is self-competition; self-competition is about achieving true potential; and to achieve true potential you have to innovate.
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VG does not consider himself a professor; he is “in the impact business.”
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The “Three Boxes”: (1) manage the present; (2) selectively abandon the past; and (3) create the future.
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Companies think that they are “doing strategy” by working in Box 1, but strategy must also include the other two boxes.
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While you must always work in all three boxes, all three boxes require different mindsets and capabilities.
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Box Two is always the most difficult to work in for corporations, but is really the most important for creating the future.
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Another way to think about strategy is to imagine the future, then “fold the future back to the present,” and then take actions today to create that future.
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What companies tend to do for strategy is to simply push the present forward.
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The premise of VG’s Fusion Strategy goes back to the 1980s and the question, “How will information technology affect the world of business and the discipline of management?”
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Even the though the technology has changed, the essential question is the same.
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“Datagraphs” track product in use (as opposed to product sold).
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A “digital twin” is a digital replica of your product (or process).
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“Tripartite digital twins” integrates three essential digital twins: design, process, and product-as-used.
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The integration of these tripartite digital twins allow companies to diagnose root causes of problems much faster than traditional companies.
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VG suggests that “augmented” intelligence is a better term than “artificial” intelligence.
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Faith communities should thoughtfully consider their goal, and then they should ask themselves whether or not data or AI achieve the goal even more efficiently.
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Because of their facility with digital technology, the church can serve younger generations very differently.
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Showing value is the key to motivating people to share their data.
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Asking great questions is a key leadership trait, and is essentially human.
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Website: Vijay on LinkedIn
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Book: Fusion Strategy: How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future (Pre-Order; Amazon)
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Added Value: Vijay’s Seminars on Fusion Strategy (Feb 6, 7, and 8)
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Book: The Three-Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation
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Book: Vijay’s Amazon Page
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Website: Jason Jaggard on LinkedIn
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Website: Novus Global
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Website: Meta Performance Institute
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Book: Beyond High Performance: What Great Coaches Know About How the Best Get Better
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Website: Global Leadership Network
In this episode, Paula Faris talks with pastor and theologian Krish Kandiah about his passion for hospitality and his work with the foster system and refugees in the UK. Krish shares about how he moves quickly from idea to action, some of the ups and downs of his own journey, and how he lives out “Heart Leadership.”
In this episode, Paula Faris sits down with Juliet Funt to talk about the ongoing need for white space in organizations, the challenge of how best to return to the office, and important first step that organizations need to take before they attempt to “prioritize” goals and activities.
In this episode, the Global Leadership Podcast Team sits down with Global Leadership Summit Executive Producer (and podcast interviewer) Lori Hermann to reflect on some of our favorite episodes from 2023, and to talk a little bit about what we’re excited about for 2024. We had some great moments together, and we hope that you’ve been able to put into practice some of the great content from the last 12 months. We also hope you have a great Christmas and joyous (and restful!) holiday; we will see you back here in January, 2024!
“Culture” is everywhere: in our countries and communities, in our organizations, and in our teams. Moreover, culture is simultaneously extremely powerful and affected by those within it. To be blunt, effective leaders know how to respect culture, and also how to leverage it for team performance. INSEAD Professor Erin Meyer is an expert in business and organizational culture, and in this conversation with interviewer Jason Jaggard, she offers up valuable insights about culture, including how to work with international teams, how to hire to maximize creative culture, and how low performers can dramatically impact team culture. This is a fascinating listen for anyone leading teams.
There aren’t many individuals who can honestly say that they helped invent such everyday technology as USB, Wi-Fi, the Cloud, and multiple generations of Intel processors. However, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger did just that during a decades-long career as an engineer. Moreover, Pat rose from being an engineer to senior leadership at Intel, and, after a painful detour, eventually into the role of. In this conversation with Global Leadership Summit Producer Lori Hermann, Pat shares some of his leadership learnings from the front line of technology, including the importance of mentors, of ongoing curiosity, and some lessons he learned from seasons of disappointment. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to lead one of the premier technology companies in the world, we invite you to tune in!
What does leading through grief really look like for leaders? How do leaders balance practically the demands of leadership with obligations to family and friends? In 2021, the world of teaching pastor and leader Megan Marshman was turned upside down when her husband Randy passed away suddenly. In this very real, gut-level conversation with GLS host Paula Faris, Megan shares her hard-won learnings from tragedy, including how she weighs new commitments and invitations, how to foster a supportive community in her time of need, and how she continues to lead even as she continues to heal.
What if, as a leader, you had access to a tool that could easily identify productivity strengths and weaknesses for your team? After years as a pioneer in the field of organizational health, speaker, consultant, and best-selling author Patrick Lencioni has developed “Working Genius,” which can help leaders quickly and clearly identify how individual team members are wired to work naturally. In addition, Working Genius can also be used to easily map an entire team’s strengths and weaknesses. In this episode, Patrick and Global Leadership Podcast team member Jason Jaggard explore how Patrick approaches public speaking, how Working Genius came about, and how leaders can use it to increase productivity and happiness of their individuals and teams.
KEY MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE
04:44 CREATING CONNECTION THROUGH ON-STAGE VULNERABILITY. As a speaker, Patrick intentionally breaks down barriers between himself and his audience by owning his vulnerabilities and bringing the audience into the experience with him.
14:32 SIX DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ARE REQUIRED TO DO ANY KIND OF WORK (AND INDIVIDUALS ARE ONLY GREAT AT TWO OF THEM):
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Wonder
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Invention
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Discernment
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Galvanizing
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Enablement
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Tenacity
17:24 UNDERSTAND YOUR UNIQUE “WORKING GENIUS” IN A TEAM CONTEXT. Understanding how your particular “genius” interacts and compensates for others on your team can significantly increase collective productivity and job satisfaction. It can also reveal where teams may lack a particular working genius.
25:52 DIFFERENT MEETINGS REQUIRE DIFFERENT GENIUSES. Be aware of whether you need a meeting to be a brainstorming meeting (as opposed to say, an, “operations” meeting) so that you can make sure the right individuals/geniuses are available to contribute.
29:37 BEING AWARE OF OTHERS’ GENIUS UNLOCKS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRAISE. You can love and honor people effectively when you know what their genius is.
37:20 Host reflection and takeaways.
RELEVANT RESOURCES / LINKS
Table Group
Working Genius
The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team (on Amazon)
Global Leadership Network
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
Go further with this episode by discussing the following questions with your team, or engaging in some personal reflection:
Patrick talks about how working inside your “Working Genius” increases personal performance and job satisfaction, and that if teams allow people to work within their genius, the same holds true for team performance.
Have you ever been on a team where you or someone else was working outside of their genius (or natural aptitude)? What was the effect on team performance?
Moving Forward: What could you do differently as a result of this podcast?
Erwin Raphael McManus is passionate about unlocking the spiritual and creative potential of human beings. Whether it’s his work as a pastor, author, speaker, coach, or designer, Erwin constantly demonstrates the capacity for growth, change, and ability to impact the world around him. In this conversation with CEO, writer, and executive coach (and a long-time friend) Jason Jaggard, Erwin shares the relationship between our mental structures and our behaviors, why talent can actually be a curse, and even a creative response to the challenge of Artificial Intelligence. Whether you consider yourself a leader, a creative, a spiritual seeker, or something else (or all of these), this conversation will give you insights for how to grow into your own genius.
KEY MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE
4:13 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR MIND AND OUR BEHAVIOR. In very real, scientific ways, new or different behaviors begin with different beliefs of what is possible. Our perceived mental structures are critical for growth and change.
10:00 YOU ARE YOUR OWN CEILING. The majority of the time, our own self-limiting beliefs are the barriers to our growth.
13:17 TALENT IS A DANGEROUS GIFT. Talent cannot carry you all your life; if you rely only on talent, you will eventually find yourself at a massive deficit. The solution is to develop internal structures (e.g., discipline, improvisation, etc.).
15:48 THE WEIGHT OF SUCCESS. Oftentimes, it’s not our failures that stop our growth, it’s our inability to cope with the weight success.
35:17 Host reflection and takeaways.
RELEVANT RESOURCES / LINKS
Erwin’s Website
Mosaic
Mind Shift: It Doesn't Take a Genius to Think Like One (on Amazon.com)
First Chapter of Mind Shift: It Doesn’t Take a Genius to Think Like One
Global Leadership Network
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
Go further with this episode by discussing the following questions with your team, or engaging in some personal reflection:
Erwin talks about how “talent” can actually be a curse, and a barrier to our growth.
1. How have you seen this play out in your life?
2. What is a discipline that you either have embraced—or could embrace—to leverage the “fuel” of your talent?
Moving Forward: What could you do differently as a result of this podcast?
Early on, Jason Dorsey made a commitment to help his peers navigate entering the workforce. That early decision has led to a highly successful career of researching, speaking and writing that centers on navigating inter-generational diversity in the workplace. In this conversation with our own Jason Jaggard, Jason Dorsey reveals the difference between life stages and generational trends, shares important concepts for successfully recruiting, hiring, and developing Gen Z, and dispels some popular myths about Gen Z. If you are involved in leading across generations in any form, this interview is a “must-listen.”
You might be hard-pressed to find a more influential leader in college athletics than SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: since 2015, the conference has amassed over 30 national championships in various sports. Not only that, Greg has provided steady, humble leadership through COVID, conference realignments, and a variety of other complex challenges. In this conversation with Paula Faris, Greg relates some of the ways that he approaches his role with the SEC, shares some practical tips on how to keep people on his team relationally connected with each other through conflict, and also the role that the Global Leadership Summit has played in his personal leadership development. If you’ve ever been curious to hear from a humble leader of an organization at the top of its field, this conversation is for you.
World Vision President and CEO Edgar Sandoval is no stranger to innovation. While at Proctor and Gamble, Sandoval led the ground-breaking (and Emmy-winning) “Like a Girl” ad campaign, which was targeted at improving the confidence of young women. What is surprising, however, is that Sandoval continued to explore and foster new ideas at World Vision, resulting in “Chosen,” a program that flips child sponsorship on its head by allowing the children to choose the sponsors. In this rich conversation with interviewer Lori Hermann, Edgar explains how leaders can find new ideas, and the essential role leaders play in innovation.
THE SECOND OF TWO SPECIAL SUMMIT EPISODES. The true power of an experience is what lives beyond that experience, and to that end we wanted to ask some Summit faculty members for their ideas on how to keep the learnings from the Global Leadership Summit (Aug 3-4) fresh in our minds. Albert Tate and Liz Bohannon sat down and answered a few questions regarding best practices for making the most of our time after the Summit (or any learning experiences). This conversation is full of joy, laughter and practical wisdom, and is applicable to anyone wishing to turn the Summit experience into lasting change.
A SPECIAL CONVERSATION FOR SUMMIT WEEK 2023. As thousands of leaders from all walks of life prepare to experience the 2023 Global Leadership Summit, Jason Jaggard sits down with Summit Executive Producer (and podcast co-host) Lori Hermann to hear about how to get the absolute most out of the Summit experience, whether you are attending in person, online, or at a Summit host site. In addition, Lori shares about what things are like in the final days before the largest leadership event in the world, and how the Summit has impacted her own leadership journey.
What if there was a tool or resource that could help you to “level up” your leadership and “win faster”? For Jason Jaggard, Founder and CEO of Novus Global, executive coach, and best-selling author (and co-host of the Global Leadership Podcast), that tool is coaching. In this conversation with podcast co-host and Global Leadership Summit Executive Producer Lori Hermann, Jason shares why coaching is such a powerful tool for growth and performance, the power of teams, and how there’s really no such thing as an “individual performer”.
Navigating generational diversity is a given in today’s culture, and is also a real challenge for leaders. Not only do different generations have different perceptions and motivations, there is always the opportunity for misunderstanding and frustration to arise. However, in this re-release of an episode from 2019, Craig Groeschel interviews researcher and speaker Jason Dorsey about his work with generational distinctives in the workplace. Jason shares ways that leaders can understand different generations, and then use that understanding to lead effectively across multiple generations.
By age 24, Liz Bohannon had founded her company, Sseko Designs, in Uganda. Since then, she has continued to grow as a leader and expand her wisdom and influence. Recently Sseko has merged with their largest competitor, Noonday Collection, and Global Leadership podcast host Jason Jaggard sat down with Liz to discuss some of the important learnings from the merger, as well as some important leadership tools that have shaped both Sseko and her personal life as well. A past GLS faculty member, Liz will be a part of the 2023 Global Leadership Summit, and we are excited to share her wisdom with you here!
How can leaders help employees avoid burnout? In an environment of “quiet quitting” and remote work, how can leaders create teams and environments that avoid burnout? In this talk from a GLSNext event in 2021, researcher and executive advisor Liz Wiseman reveals the surprising connection between employee impact and low burnout rates, and also five key characteristics of “high impact” employees. If you are interested in how to leverage impact for employee engagement, or if you are looking to become a high impact player yourself, we invite you to take this opportunity to learn from Liz’s practical wisdom.
Former NASA astronaut José Hernández first knew he wanted to go to space when he was 10 years old. Remarkably, that dream never faded, and over time grew into a deep-seated sense of mission, purpose, and an overall sense of “Why?” As José talks about his life with podcast host Jason Jaggard, again and again, you will hear José say, “Because I wanted to go to space.” That clarity helped sustain his dream over decades when life got challenging or confusing. If you’ve ever wanted to see how the power of “Why?” works in an everyday life, then this conversation is for you.
When work gets busy, how do you keep from getting overwhelmed? What does it take to be a C-suite leader, an author, a gifted speaker and maintain a healthy family? In this conversation with GLN podcast host Jason Jaggard, Heather R. Younger shares some of the specific practices and “cadences” that help her maximize her creativity, maintain her commitments, and stay deeply connected to her calling to help others. If you are looking for practical tips on how to keep from getting overwhelmed despite the busy-ness of life, this conversation is for you!
In part one of our interview with Dr. Henry Cloud, host Jason Jaggard explored the content of Henry’s new book, Trust: Knowing When to Give It, When to Withhold It, and How to Fix It When It Gets Broken. In the second part of our conversation, Jason asks Dr. Cloud about how his life and early experiences led him into the field of psychology, as well as the role that Henry’s faith played in discovering his calling. It was definitely not a straight line for Dr. Cloud, and his story is a reminder of how unexpected hardship and setbacks can have profound long-term impacts, and how God can show up in surprising ways in our lives.
What’s the role of trust in a leader’s life? What can you do to build trust? How do you respond when trust is broken? In his latest book, Trust: Knowing When to Give It, When to Withhold It, How to Earn It, and How to Fix It When It Gets Broken, acclaimed psychologist Dr. Henry Cloud explores the critical role that trust plays in the lives of leaders and their teams. In part one of this two-part conversation, Dr. Cloud sits down with podcast host, Jason Jaggard, to share some of the book’s practical takeaways. We invite you to sit down and lean in for this important conversation.
Cynt Marshall’s journey to become the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks is truly extraordinary. From growing up in a housing project, to a 36-year career at AT&T, to learning the business of basketball from the ground up, Cynt has led with a deep commitment to the people around her, and also a deep commitment to her own personal values and individuality. In this conversation with Lori Hermann, Cynt shares details about her childhood, what continues to inspires her today, the importance of navigating diversity and inlusion, and what she hopes to accomplish in the next 5 years.
What does it take to lead and create at a high level, over the long haul? As an author, pastor, and leader of one of Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work” (2023), Craig Groeschel intrinsically knows the value of hard work, but in this conversation with Lori Hermann, Craig pulls back the curtain on the key structures, routines and decisions that have helped him to avoid burnout. If you’ve ever struggled with maintaining the balance between productivity and rest, this conversation is definitely for you.
After years in broadcast television, Paula Faris took a leap of faith and chose to follow a new call in her life. For Paula, that call includes working to strengthen families by fighting for working moms. On the launch of her second book, You Don’t Have to Carry It All, Paula sat down with the Global Leadership Network’s Lori Hermann to talk about the surprising link between motherhood and leadership characteristics, how she works through fear, and how she cultivates a supportive community around her.
What does it take to be able to be brilliant at a moment’s notice? Author, speaker, and podcast host Todd Henry has a life mission to give creatives the information and tools to help them produce consistently great work. In this episode, Todd sits down with our own Jason Jaggard to share insights from his life as a creative, including how he prepares for a keyote, how you don’t have to love writing in order to be a writer, and the key idea that fuels and focuses all of his work. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to show up and be able to do excellent creative work over the long haul, this episode is perfect for you!
A significant life crisis led him to the conclusion that the world desperately needed more kindness, and Shola Richards responded by becoming a champion of workplace civility and kindness. Since then, he has gone on to share his learnings through books, speaking, and consulting with many successful organizations. Recently, Shola took some time out of his busy schedule to sit down with our host Lori Hermann, and we invite you to listen in as Shola shares the some of the values, experiences, and activities that helped him in his journey from a place of deep depression to a life of deep purpose and positivity.
NOTE: This episode discusses depression and suicide. If you are struggling and need help, contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988.
It is an understatement to say that Deb Liu’s rise to CEO of Ancestry.com is “unique.” From growing up as a child of Chinese immigrants in South Carolina (where she was often told to “Go back to where she came from”), to navigating gender imbalance in the tech industry, to an ongoing battle with imposter syndrome, Deb has met challenges with wisdom, grace, and a gentle perseverance. In this conversation with Paula Faris, you can hear Deb share her personal reactions to the challenges (and blessings) of her career, and specific tips, tools, and structures that she uses to arrange her life for continued growth.
Goals. Practically all of us have them, but most of us also struggle to consistently achieve them. New York Times bestselling author Jon Acuff is passionate about helping people get better at reaching their dreams, and we recently sat down with him to hear about how his work impacts his personal life. Join us for this wide-ranging and lighthearted conversation as Jon shares about a variety of topics, from how he evaluates the viability of his various creative ideas, to how he constructively deals with fear and chaos in his life, and what it’s like to work on his latest book with his daughters.
How does one go from being a lawyer, with a sure and safe career path, to becoming an innovative entrepreneur and launching a successful coffee franchise in a nation that is known for drinking tea? Sahar Hashemi’s story is a testimony to the power of action, perseverance, and to being unwilling to settle for a life where you cannot thrive. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur, listen as Sahar shares the essential (but simple) behaviors that can help anyone (or any organization) develop—and maintain—a startup mentality.
What do leaders get wrong about human performance and motivation? How can leaders help their people to better navigate uncertainty? Social Psychologist Dr. Heidi Grant-Halvorson regularly explores these kinds of questions, and in this conversation with team member Jason Jaggard, she shares insights from her work in the science of leadership, and also some personal “hacks” for working through the process of writing books. Whether you’re an aspiring author, or a leader seeking to more effectively motivate your team, this is a must-listen episode!
What does it take to run the largest HR organization in the world? How does one become prepared for that kind of responsibility? To kick off our 7th season, Lori Herman, one of our hosts and Executive Producer of the Global Leadership Summit, sits down with Johnny C. Taylor, President and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Join us as Johnny shares key moments from his leadership journey, the importance of cultural clarity in his leadership, and other insights designed to help us understand “the person behind the leader.”
Is leadership about taking people somewhere, or is it about shaping people in powerful ways? In a recent talk, author, fashion designer, and pastor Erwin Raphael McManus shared the tremendous capacities of human beings—our inherent genius and the ability to create futures. While many of us end up believing a lesser story and forget about our creative power, Erwin shows how leaders can help people recover their faith in their God-given creative capacity and suggests a couple critical, practical tools to unlock your genius.
What if learning to focus simply on what you’ve been called to do could enhance your leadership and influence? In this conversation, entrepreneur, illustrator, and advocate Danielle Coke, shares all the different ways “finding her simple” has impacted her calling, her craft, and her leadership. Listen as this young leader shares her insights on “going viral”, knowing when to step back as a leader, and what it takes to keep creativity flowing in her life.
charity: water Founder and CEO, Scott Harrison understands the power of story. In this conversation with Trey McKnight, not only does Scott share how he uses stories for greater impact, but he also shares his own personal story of transformation: how he went from a New York City night club promoter and partier to non-profit CEO, and even how some of his skills as a promotor contributed to charity: water’s success.
What if there was one skill you could learn that would impact everything about your leadership potential? Author, executive coach, and organizational psychologist, Dr. Tasha Eurich talks with Jason Jaggard about why self-awareness is a “must have” for leaders and provides some simple but effective tools for increasing this leadership competency. Join us as we learn more about the “meta skill for the 21st century.”
It’s tempting to think that something like “charisma” is innate, something you are born with (or not). However, in this episode, CEO and author, Vanessa Van Edwards shows how we can purposefully dial up our own charisma to increase our effectiveness as leaders. In this conversation with GLN CEO and President, Tom De Vries, Vanessa previews her new book Cues: Small Signals, Incredible Impact and shows us how aligning our non-verbal cues can tangibly and practically increase our personal leadership charisma.
What does it take to create and curate an award-winning culture? Life.church was recently voted the #1 Best Place to Work (Small and Medium Businesses) in North America by Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards. In this episode Craig Groeschel, pastor of Life.Church, talks with Albert Tate about some of the tools Life.Church uses to build and protect its culture. From developing effective and inspirational values, to the critical role of feedback, learn how to create a culture that wins.
How can leaders learn to remain calm, think clearly, and act decisively in stressful situations? Author and former Navy SEAL, Mark Divine joins us to explain how special forces operators maintain focus and clarity in the highest-stress situations imaginable. He also shows how these simple techniques can benefit leaders in all environments and at all levels. By committing to growth at the character and soul level, leaders can unlock the “20x” potential of their teams and impact the world around them.
In this episode we invite you to learn from Carla Harris (Vice Chairman, Global Wealth Management and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley), one of the most powerful leaders on Wall Street. In a conversation with Mitch Barns, Carla shares how to authentically bring your whole self to work, how to find commonality in diversity and inclusion, why relationships matter in a career, and more. No matter where you are at on your leadership journey, Carla’s wisdom will broaden your mind and encourage you.
What do today’s leaders need to know about mental health? In a conversation that is simultaneously light-hearted and full of deep wisdom, Paula Faris interviews psychologist Dr. Henry Cloud about how leaders can better understand and talk about mental health. Tune in as Dr. Cloud also shares practical advice on how to find a good counselor, and his take on the use of personality assessments to increase self-awareness
In a time where innovation and visionary thinking are essential to organizational growth and survival, how can leaders inspire and teach teams to try new things and grow? In this episode, Danielle Strickland interviews Brett Hagler, co-founder and CEO of New Story, which is pioneering new ways to house the under-resourced, and also changing how nonprofits engage with supporters. Through the launch of New Story, and also personal challenges, Brett shares a powerful, practical approach to innovation.
Leadership can feel like a lonely journey. What’s more, the cultural myth of the “lone ranger” leader is strong, pervasive and can lead to isolation. The truth is every leader needs a community around them in order to point out blind spots and bring out their best. In this conversation with GLN President Tom De Vries, Jo Saxton—author, speaker, podcast host and coach—offers up advice on how to cultivate your “village”, and how to be a helpful part of community for other leaders as well.
As a four-star Army General and chairman of the United States Joint Special Operations Command, Stanley McChrystal has led in some of the most high-stakes, high-pressure environments imaginable, and yet he says leading in business is remarkably similar to leading in the military. In this live recording, Paula Faris interviews General McChrystal on some of his most critical leadership learnings, including the role of curiosity, growth and risk, and how to break down information silos in an organization.
What does it mean to be a leader? Does it mean having a Type A personality? Voraciously digesting every book and conference about leadership? What if there are other ways to lead? In this fascinating conversation with Jason Jaggard, Bianca Juárez Olthoff unpacks the relationship between creativity and leadership, and how creatives can more easily embrace their own influence. Bianca also reveals how to transition well to a new opportunity, and how to establish and curate great teams.
What is the current state of working together? How can leaders compassionately and effectively help their employees work at a more sane—and effective—pace? As people start to return to a physical office space, leaders need tools to help employees thrive and establish healthier work cultures. In this episode, author and productivity expert, Juliet Funt, talks with Jason Jaggard about breaking out of the cycle of complacency and rewriting norms around waste, burnout and communication.
How does intuition and creativity intersect with day-in, day-out, practical leadership? What does it take to overcome fear and insecurity, even when the stakes are high and the future of your company may rest on the next great creative design? In this episode, Craig Groeschel interviews fashion designer, Jerry Lorenzo (Fear of God) and explores topics like weighing data against intuition, how to lead with compassion and empathy, and the critical role of daily disciplines in a leader’s life.
Have you ever spent an entire day frantically working, only to finish and wonder if you’ve actually accomplished anything significant? Is there a way to truly be more productive and not simply busier? Paula Faris interviews New York Times best-selling author Charles Duhigg on how to distinguish between mere busyness and true productivity, and also shares real-world, practical techniques to super charge not only your own productivity, but also the productivity of the teams you lead.
In this episode of our brand-new season of The Global Leadership Podcast, hear from Global Leadership Network president & CEO, Tom De Vries, and podcast producer & host, Ashlyn Ochoa, as they reveal what’s in store for you and share a few fun updates. Designed for curious, growth-minded, leadership enthusiasts like you—this next season brings you insightful, thought-provoking conversations with a diverse group of world-class leaders. Are YOU curious? Get excited!
What kind of leader gets the most out of people? In this engaging talk from the 2013 Global Leadership Summit, best-selling author and CEO, Liz Wiseman, talks about the characteristics of “Multipliers” (leaders who empower and release others), and “Diminishers” (leaders who limit and restrict the potential of those they lead). Wiseman also shares subtle ways leaders function as “accidental diminishers,” and the most practical shift we can make in order to start becoming a better Multiplier.
Are there valid generational differences between older and younger workers? Do Millenials and Gen Z lack a “work ethic”? Join Nona Jones and Jason Dorsey as they have a fascinating conversation about the intersection of generational demographics, technology, and the culture of work, and offer practical tips on how to build stronger generational bridges in the workplace.
Is God trying to move you into a new season? Are you feeling an ache in your spirit? All leaders experience seasons of reinvention that are both exhilarating and terrifying. And as you grow in your leadership, you start to recognize the internal and external signs indicating its time to chart a new course. In this episode of the GLS Podcast, Sadie Roberson Huff, Paula Faris and elite executive coach Jason Jaggard discuss the key questions you should ask yourself as you consider a big move and the truths you can lean into to calm your fear.
All organizations and systems go through inevitable cycles of birth, growth and maturity, decline and even death. We all enjoy leading when things are going up and to the right, but how do you lead through a season of decline, or the dip? In this important conversation with Danielle Strickland, long-term leader Craig Groeschel dives into what it takes to lead effectively through the dip. When leaders are willing to pivot and think about change in more helpful ways, the dip can actually springboard your organization to new levels of success and engagement.
“Leadership is hard, and you will get hurt,” says author Lysa TerKeurst. While forgiveness is more commonly addressed in a counselor’s office than a corporate boardroom, Lysa TerKeurst cites evidence that a leader’s ability to forgive is a game-changer for organizational culture. In this episode, Lysa sits down for a vulnerable conversation with elite executive coach, Jason Jaggard, challenging you to work toward forgiveness and create emotionally safe workplaces where innovation can flourish.
As a leader, you’ve likely received training about the importance of company culture, strategic planning and feedback. Training on the implementation of these leadership tools has become essential for every leader. But researcher, Marcus Buckingham says, “Wait.” Based on his observations about the real world of work and multiple research studies, he began to question some of the most venerated truisms of business, daring to suggest the key to organizational success actually happens on the team level. In this fascinating conversation with business leader, Kim Simios, Marcus unpacks three of his “nine lies about work” and explains how you can become more human in the ways you manage people while at the same time increase productivity and engagement.
How fast is your leadership pace these days? Are you running so fast that you don’t have any time for friends, family, reflection and growth? Are you sensing a lack of peace? Or are you in a slower season where it might be time to step back into a challenging vision again? Pastor Michael Todd discovered a surprising truth about the pace of leadership when he made the choice to stride instead of strive. By choosing a slower and more intentional pace, he not only found more peace in his life, but amazing things started to happen. In this episode of the GLS Podcast, elite executive coach Jason Jaggard interviews Pastor Mike about how to find your optimal leadership pace.
Our nation continues to be stirred by racial injustice and social unrest. At the Global Leadership Network, we recognize these are universal issues requiring leaders to step up and engage. Research shows increasing diversity on teams and in every sector of society improves productivity and moral, adding value within organizations. In this episode of the GLS Podcast, we asked Dr. David Anderson and Dr. David Livermore to have a Part 2 conversation on racial and cultural intelligence. They go into the tough topics—institutional racism, the efficacy of protest, the concept of reverse-racism and what you can do to lead with truth and grace in this cultural moment.
Over the course of your life and career, you have probably experienced a reset. Paula Faris’ reset came when she realized her high-flying career was clashing with the values she claimed to profess. So, she gave up two dream jobs in order to more fully live her purpose. Along the way, she discovered some insights into the perils of being addicted to work, the nature of calling and the presence of fear alongside of peace. In this episode, Summit Champion, Craig Groeschel interviews Paula about what it means to be called out.
Time is a limited commodity. What if you could develop a new relationship with time that would free you up to work on your most important projects or connect with the people and causes you care about most? In this practical and counter-intuitive interview with elite executive coach Jason Jaggard, best-selling author Rory Vaden describes the strategic mindset that will actually allow you to multiply your time. Walk away with surprising ways you can stop wasting time, gain productivity and increase your quality of life.
What would you do if your modestly sized leadership platform expanded overnight? What if you suddenly found yourself being called an influencer. In this crossover episode from the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast, Craig interviews pastor Michael Todd whose ministry went viral in 2018, gaining hundreds of thousands of followers in a six-month period after someone shared one of his videos on Twitter. In this episode, they discuss how influence and fame are different and how fame alone isn't leadership. Listen in and learn how to build trust, lead up and leverage technology to grow your ability to truly influence others.
Our nation is stirred by ongoing racial injustice. At the Global Leadership Network, we know the challenges of discrimination and racial injustice are universal issues requiring leaders to step up and engage. Research shows that increasing diversity on teams in every sector improves productivity, morale and adds value within organizations and to those they serve.
This episode is a re-release of a candid conversation between Dr. David Anderson and David Livermore, Ph.D. on racial and cultural intelligence. In this conversation, Anderson and Livermore model the challenges inherent in a multicultural dialogue, encouraging teams to ask uncomfortable questions, listen well and wrestle with the implications of difference.
Our world is riddled with injustice. In the #MeToo and #ChurchToo era, many of us have been wondering how to move towards healing. This episode of The GLS Podcast is a special crossover episode from the For The Good podcast, featuring a conversation between justice advocate Danielle Strickland and For the Good co-host, Sam Collier, about her latest book Better Together. You will also hear from producer, Ashlyn Ochoa. Danielle is helping us reimagine a better future where men and women can heal the divide and transform the future together. Join this conversation and be moved by Danielle’s stories, challenged by the principles she shares and ultimately inspired to use your inherent power for the good.
On May 5, 2020, the GLSnext Event Series hosted Chris Voss for a highly-relevant online event on Facing Fear in Uncertain Situations. Drawing upon 24-years of real-life experience as an FBI hostage negotiator, Chris shared seven key relational intelligence strategies that he used to lead people through unpredictable and fear-filled situations. If the team you lead, or anyone in your life, is struggling with fear in this season, this can’t-miss episode will help you calm the situation and help them move forward.
On April 30, 2020, the GLSnext Event Series hosted a high-impact online event with top-rated Summit faculty Juliet Funt, Patrick Lencioni and Dr. Henry Cloud, hosted by Craig Groeschel. During this event, they discussed ways to lead and move forward during this season of uncertainty. “We’re in an in-between time,” said Dr. Cloud. “Like the moment on a trapeze when you are going from one trapeze to another.” Drawing from their expertise in organizational psychology, organizational health and productivity, you are not going to want to miss this conversation. Get ready to gain new insights and practical tools to thrive during this season and come out stronger on the other side.
During the global coronavirus pandemic, the Global Leadership Network has felt the call to equip and inspire leaders with practical support for leading in crisis. On April 30, 2020, we hosted a special coaching event with Summit Champion, Craig Groeschel for our audience of global leaders across Canada, Latin America, Africa, India and Europe. Wherever you find yourself right now, whether you are on lockdown or starting to re-enter, you will find wisdom and encouragement in Craig’s message on “Leading through the Storm”.
The social distancing we are experiencing in the Spring of 2020 has caused individuals and organizations to lean into digital communication like never before. Businesses and churches are sensing an urgent need to ramp-up their ability to effectively use social technology and build community online. In this impactful GLSnext Event session, recorded in February 2020, Facebook executive Nona Jones provides timely instruction about the key mindset and tactics you will need to build meaningful social relationships on digital platforms.
During the COVID-19 crisis of early 2020, many teams are working remotely from home. In this season, meetings are over video, communication is sometimes indirect, and leadership has unique challenges. In addition to the physical differences and requirements of working from home, team members may also feel emotionally disoriented. For some team members, they may be stressed because they have even more work than normal—and for other team members, they may feel guilt over not having enough to contribute. In this cross-over episode from the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast, Craig shares his top tips for Leading from Home.
The COVID-19 crisis of 2020 has impacted the entire planet. Healthcare systems are being stretched to the brink. Non-essential businesses and churches are being asked to close their doors. We are all being asked to stay home and wear masks in public. In times like this, your leadership is needed more than ever. As the crisis spread around the world, Summit Champion Craig Groeschel hosted several webinars for our global partners. In this episode of the GLS Podcast, we are sharing that impactful content with our podcast audience. Craig will help us put this crisis into a broader perspective and share a very practical exercise that will help you step out of the urgent and identify your most important priorities in this ever-changing time.
As former lead kidnapping negotiator for the FBI, master negotiator Chris Voss trains and advises leaders on complex mediations. In this engaging interview, Paula Faris draws out stories from bank robbery and kidnapping negotiations–drawing out transferrable learnings along the way. Learn how Chris uses the specific techniques of mirroring, positive endings and identifying fear to build the tactical empathy that leads to positive outcomes.
You were encouraged to become a leader. You believe that leadership is the reward for all your hard work. However, now that you’ve attained the title, you find parts of the job to be really difficult – and you find yourself saying, “I didn’t sign up for this!” Patrick Lencioni suggests that you should examine your motive for becoming a leader in the first place. He says that leadership is not a reward. Instead, leadership is a responsibility and a burden worth bearing for others. You are not going to want to miss this convicting and insightful conversation drawing practical application from Pat’s newly-released book, The Motive.
In her Global Leadership Summit 2019 talk, Jo Saxton advocated for leaders to pay attention to their wellness and well-being. Her memorable quote, “You have one body and your leadership lives in it,” resonated with our audience. In this episode of the GLS Podcast, she explores the wellness topic more deeply with podcast host Jason Jaggard. In her warm and accessible way, Jo tackles tough topics like the importance of rest, the work of therapy and the challenges of imposter syndrome.
A decade ago, Dr. Krish Kandiah’s leadership bio would read like a typical academic—including titles like author, speaker, apologist and university professor. Then, his wife suggested they consider fostering and adoption. After that point, his personal experiences with foster children moved him to create the British foster care charity Home for Good and become an advocate for fostering and adoption throughout the United Kingdom. In this episode of the GLS Podcast, Jason Jaggard interviews Krish, exploring the leadership insights he has gained through his foster care experiences, including a deeper understanding of what it means to become a servant leader, the importance of proximity and how to approach leadership with both head and heart.
Jia Jiang became an expert in rejection after putting himself through 100 Days of Rejection, an experiment where he purposefully sought out one rejection per day for his video blog. The experiment created some unanticipated results, including great stories where people actually said “yes” in surprising ways. In this episode of the GLS Podcast, business leader Kim Simios interviews him about his unusual journey to becoming “Rejection Proof” and the transferrable lessons we can all apply the next time we experience rejection.
Mayor Aja Brown made history at 31, becoming the youngest mayor ever elected in the City of Compton, California. Under her leadership and focusing on community partnerships, the city is thriving with a 50% decrease in homicides and a 50% reduction in unemployment. In this episode of the GLS Podcast, Mayor Brown sits down with Jason Jaggard to discuss the way she approaches collaborative problem-solving and the importance of faith-based communities in city transformation. In addition, she describes the self-leadership practices that propelled her into leadership at such a young age.
In this episode of the GLS Podcast, DeVon talks with Jason Jaggard, founder of Novus Global. Devon takes a deeper dive into this topic by explaining how to discover you uniqueness and step into your destiny. Learn the key processes that DeVon uses to listen to God, evaluate opportunities, take risks and find the right mentors.
During Ben Sherwood’s tenure as president of Disney-ABC Television and ABC News, he succeeded in moving the news division from its perennial second position in the ratings to winning in all categories. The secret: he gave his team faith in their ability to win. In this very personal episode of the GLS Podcast, Paula Faris, one of Sherwood’s former colleagues at Good Morning America Weekend, interviews him about his visionary leadership, his belief in people, his incredible empathy and how he deals with critics.
We all dream of living lives full of meaning and purpose. And we are bombarded with messages about finding a life purpose fueled by a big dream. While well-intentioned, this advice often can be paralyzing. In this episode of the GLS Podcast, Liz Bohannon and Craig Groeschel discuss a counter-intuitive strategy to build a life of passion and purpose—not by “finding your passion” or “dreaming big,” but by taking small steps and getting curious every day.
Today’s society seems hopelessly divided along race, gender, age, political and other lines. Many leaders are asking, “How can we work together to solve big problems in such a divided world?” In this episode of the GLS Podcast, Bozoma Saint John sits down with Paula Faris to discuss the challenges of showing up as your authentic self in the middle of this division. They discuss how the solution to big societal issues begins with individual relationships, and how authenticity can be the pathway to genuine connection in your friendships, work teams and organizations.
Resource management is a critical skill for leaders, and it is also rarely discussed. However, the best leaders know that the ability to maximize output from limited resources can be the difference between leading a struggling organization or a thriving one. In this episode, Kim Simios sits down with Craig Groeschel backstage at the 2019 Global Leadership Summit to discuss the implications of his opening talk, Bend the Curve. Craig unpacks the GETMO (Good Enough To Move On) principle and draws out application for how leaders can bend the curve in their own organizations.
Jason Dorsey’s research into generations provides leaders with information to help build bridges both in the marketplace and in the workplace. In this episode, Summit Champion, Craig Groeschel, engages Jason in a fascinating conversation about generational differences, exploring nuances between the four different generations in today’s workplace. Walk away with specific strategies on how to reach younger audiences and build bridges of respect among the generations.
Todd Henry’s passion is helping teams and leaders “build their best body of work”—work that ignites their productive passion, work that really matters. An incredibly prolific thought leader, Todd has written four books over the past eight years, produces multiple podcasts each week, writes a daily blog, all while maintaining a robust speaking and consulting schedule. In this episode, Jason Jaggard sits down with Todd to discuss his strategies for building high productivity both for himself and for teams. Stay tuned for some pure gold leadership ideas and practices to help you produce your best work!
Best-selling author, Patrick Lencioni, and GLS Executive Producer, Lori Hermann, chat candidly is this bonus episode of Faculty Spotlight. Patrick shares the story behind his company's name and the values of healthy relationships.
GLS19 faculty member and Summit Champion, Craig Groeschel, chats with Summit Executive Producer, Lori Hermann, in this bonus episode of Faculty Spotlight. Learn things you didn't know about Craig including how he determines when it's necessary to say 'no' to opportunities.
Executive Producer of the GLS, Lori Hermann, gets to know film producer, DeVon Franklin, including hearing about how being a middle child has influenced his calling. This episode is part of our bonus series, Faculty Spotlight.
In this bonus episode of Faculty Spotlight, Executive Producer of the GLS, Lori Hermann, talks to Todd Henry about success, failure and the importance of taking risks.
50th episode! According to Carly Fiorina, “Human potential is the only limitless resource in the world.” In this episode, Senior Pastor of Life.Church and GLS Champion, Craig Groeschel interviews Carly on her insights about every person’s potential, outlined in her new book Find Your Way. The conversation draws deeply from the story of her own incredible life, as well as lives of others she’s encountered along her path. Discover the counter-intuitive ways you can find the right path for your life and unlock your deepest potential.
Former FBI Hostage Negotiator, Chris Voss, and GLS Executive Producer, Lori Hermann, chat candidly is this bonus episode of Faculty Spotlight. Chris tells us if those hostage negotiation scenes from the movie are really real, and opens up about what leadership lessons he learned from his time with the FBI.
GLS19 faculty member, Bear Grylls, talks with Summit Executive Producer, Lori Hermann, in this bonus episode, Faculty Spotlight. Bear shares how he stays balanced in the midst of such a busy, successful career and discusses how his team worked together to create his latest project, You vs. Wild.
Executive Producer of the GLS, Lori Hermann, sits down with GLS19 faculty member, Danielle Strickland, and talks about what inspires her and what truths she wishes she would've grasped at a younger age. This episode is part of our bonus series, Faculty Spotlight.
In this bonus episode, Faculty Spotlight, Executive Producer of the GLS, Lori Hermann, has a casual conversation with Jo Saxton about her personal habits and catches what Jo is excited about for this year's Summit.
The best coaches in professional sports win championships by taking a group of talented individuals and molding them into a cohesive team. How do the great coaches build that kind of team dynamic? What leadership practices do they employ? Coach Tony Dungy rose to prominence in the NFL, known for his humble leadership style that turned around two teams and won the Super Bowl in 2007. In this episode, Coach Dungy discusses his insights from his new book, The Soul of a Team, with Brad Lomenick—unlocking the secret for leaders to create the right environment for great teams to flourish.
We live in times of unprecedented change. As leaders, we often feel the tension of chaos and confusion. In this episode, pastor, author and justice advocate, Danielle Strickland, suggests that leaders need to change the way we look at chaos. She sits down with Jeff Lockyer to discuss a new way for leaders to view chaos—through the unlikely lens of the biblical account of Creation. Instead of seeing chaos as a threat, chaos can actually become opportunity for creativity, revelation and new growth.
Employee engagement and staff culture are hot topics in leadership circles right now. This is due, in part, to the insights and books written by our podcast guest, Patrick Lencioni. In the early 2000s, Lencioni broke onto the scene with a simple premise: The human side of work is the most significant driver of business performance, having a greater impact than statistics or strategy. In this episode, Patrick sits down with business leader, Karen Wells, to explore the keys to increasing employee engagement in our organizations in order to drive results and make work more fulfilling.
Bob Goff is living his life to the fullest. He is a lawyer, diplomat, best-selling author, speaker, coach, founder of schools in war zones and an advocate for living an authentic life of love. In this episode, Bob explores the intentionality that allows him to live his full life, illustrated with his signature humor and storytelling. This insightful conversation with Jason Jaggard explores how to find your next opportunity, to create guardrails in your schedule, to find wise people to build into your life and create spontaneous moments with highly intentional practices.
One reason we love to watch sports is because of the unique leadership lessons that play out on and off the field. In this episode, recorded at the 2018 GLS, Rasmus Ankersen shares his experience from the world of sports, as the chairman of two successful football clubs–one in Denmark and one in England. Ankersen talks to Jeff Lockyer about the importance of questioning success as well as failure. He also shares take-aways from his book The Gold Mine Effect which explores the reasons why certain coaches, clubs and countries produce disproportionate numbers of professional and Olympic athletes.
We’ve all heard that increased workplace diversity will lead to increased innovation. In this enlightening conversation, multi-cultural church pastor Dr. David Anderson talks with David Livermore, Ph.D., president at the Cultural Intelligence Center, about how diversity alone is not enough. Diverse teams also need to incorporate the skill of cultural intelligence. This candid conversation models the challenges inherent in a multi-cultural dialogue—encouraging teams to ask uncomfortable questions, listen well and wrestle with the implications of difference.
In this bonus episode, Christine Caine shares a unique perspective of the state of women’s leadership in the Church.
How do you lead when you experience seasons of unexpected disappointment, betrayal and loss? In this episode, activist and author Christine Caine talks with Jeff Lockyer about her book Unexpected and the journey that prompted it. She shares how giving up the façade of control brought her closer to God and why she didn’t quit. She also explores the practical steps leaders should take to bring about the calm resolve needed to move forward and lead from a healthier place.
Have you noticed that some experiences create more of an impact than others? In this episode, Chip Heath, Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford Graduate School for Business, sits down with Craig Groeschel to talk about why moments matter, what makes them memorable and how they can be enhanced to benefit your organization and your personal life. You will learn how your organization can leverage impactful moments to improve culture, delight customers and create a shared purpose among your staff.
Have you ever been inspired by a leader whose life embodies a bold vision and a genuine love for people? Angela Ahrendts, Senior Vice President of Retail at Apple, exudes a contagious joy and personal warmth that sets her leadership apart. In this wide-ranging interview, she discusses how she unexpectedly became a CEO, the importance of work-life balance, how to get the most out of people and the difference between “hard strategies” and “heart strategies.” This interview was recorded in a small, private setting in front of a live audience.
How do you build a great corporate culture in an industry with constant turnover and awash in criticism? That’s exactly what New York restauranteur Danny Meyer faces every day at Union Square Hospitality Group. In this episode, recorded backstage at the 2018 GLS, Danny continues the conversation he started onstage with Elaine Lin Hering—discussing critics, culture-building and how to practice “enlightened hospitality.”
Have you ever noticed that sometimes your most important work often gets lost in the whirlwind of urgent activities? In this episode, execution expert Chris McChesney talks with Kim Simios about his 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) method that helps leaders break through the whirlwind to execute on their most important goals. Chris and Kim explore the practical implications of executing the 4DX process then participate in an audience Q&A.
How can you become a better leader—a leader your team loves to follow? The best people managers lead with an others-first mindset. They create habits and systems to make their teams feel appreciated and loved. In this episode, Craig Groeschel and Kim Simios discuss how you can improve your people-management skills, drilling down into the practices that will draw the best out of the people you lead.
If you are in the midst of a difficult conversation, this episode of the GLS Podcast is a can’t-miss! Sheila Heen’s research unearthed the three common layers that exist in every difficult conversation. In Part 1 of this interview (Episode 031), Sheila unpacked the “What Happened? Conversation.” In this episode, you will learn about the “Feelings Conversation” and “Identity Conversation.” Get equipped on how to turn your difficult conversations into productive and authentic exchanges.
Do you need to have a difficult conversation with someone but don’t know how to start? In this episode, Harvard lecturer Sheila Heen unpacks the challenging dynamics of these conversations and explores some common ways people get stuck. In part one of this two-part episode, she discusses the “What Happened? Conversation.”
Is your workday weighed down by unproductive busyness, endless emails and unnecessary meetings? Do you move from one project to another with no space for thoughtfulness and reflection? In this episode, productivity expert Juliet Funt discusses her concept of WhiteSpace, the strategic pause between activities that is both recuperative and constructive. She explains why we often feel paralyzed by the pace of our workdays and shares a number of practical tips we can use to reclaim productivity and build WhiteSpace into our days.
At its core, leadership is influence. It is not simply possessing a position or title. John C. Maxwell developed The Five Levels of Leadership to help people understand the journey a leader takes over time. As leaders progress through the levels, they grow their leadership capabilities. In this episode, Jeff Lockyer and John dig into each of the five levels, helping listeners understand the progression of leadership growth and the practical steps necessary to increase their leadership impact.
The difference between high performers and the highest performers often comes down to interpersonal skills. According to Dr. Henry Cloud, the basic interpersonal skill of listening may be the most effective way for leaders to build trust. In this episode, Henry explores the connection between listening, trust and performance with host Kim Simios. Uncovering counterintuitive and practical insights, they dig into why listening is important, the barriers to effective listening and how leaders can grow their listening skills.
Leadership is intentional influence, and the most enduring kind of influence results when other people actually change their behavior based on your leadership. This episode features Joseph Grenny, a leading social scientist for business performance. He shares his research-based insights into how influence works so that leaders can leverage their impact to change people’s behavior for the better.
Liz Wiseman and Jeff Lockyer discuss the important leadership skill of empowerment. Going deep into Wiseman’s Multiplier and Diminisher concepts, this conversation focuses on the ways leaders unintentionally diminish those around them. Wiseman calls these leaders the Accidental Diminishers—well-intentioned leaders who may not even realize that they are having a diminishing impact. In this episode, you can learn how to: 1) Identify your Accidental Diminisher tendencies, 2) Deal with a Diminisher boss, 3) Experiment with new strategies to empower your team.
Leaders who are told to "leave it all on the field" are often left burned out with nothing to give. But what if there were a different way to lead? In this episode, Albert Tate, pastor of Fellowship Monrovia, explains that our job is to prepare what we have, surrender it to God and allow Him to multiply our efforts.
What is leadership? A fully-defined framework can help leaders understand what is required of them to move their organization into the future. In this episode, Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, shares her leadership framework by defining the four critical functions of leadership.
How do you build a life of significance? In this episode, pastor and author Jeff Manion shares how truly great lives are built on the foundation of a holy redundancy—a persistence and determination to move faithfully in the right direction. Whether in our homes, businesses or ministries, a consistent faithfulness will ultimately lead to lasting results.
As faith-centered leaders, we can become God’s instruments to create the future. This episode of the GLS Podcast features Erwin McManus—senior pastor of MOSAIC, a church in Los Angeles known for its innovation, creativity, diversity and social entrepreneurism. In this insightful message, Erwin challenges leaders to affect the future by cultivating human creativity and telling God’s story with freshness and authenticity.
You don't need to know everything about how to achieve your vision before you take the next step. In this episode, Louie Giglio, pastor of Passion City Church and founder of the Passion movement, challenges us to tackle with intensity the big leadership visions God has given us.
Leadership expert Liz Wiseman describes research around the management style of three types of leaders: The "Multiplier” who amplifies the intelligence of the leaders around them, the “Diminisher” who exhausts and frustrates the people with whom they interact and the “Accidental Diminisher” who unintentionally has a diminishing effect.
In this episode of the GLS Podcast, Horst Schulze, CEO of Capella Hotel Group and former COO of The Ritz-Carlton, shares insights from his long career in customer service. At its very core, the best customer service is delivered when a business genuinely cares about its people. To build a culture that values great service, leaders must hire, orient and sustain the value of service on an ongoing basis.
In this episode of the GLS Podcast, Patrick compares “smart” vs. “healthy” organizations, making the case that organizational health is the greatest competitive advantage in business. He then unpacks the four disciplines necessary to building organizational health.
Sheila Heen’s excellent talk unpacks the challenges and opportunities we face when we receive feedback. She identifies three different kinds of feedback: appreciation, coaching and evaluation, and describes how clarity in understanding the kind of feedback we receive helps us understand it more easily.
In this practical leadership message, Craig Groeschel describes strategies for how both older and younger leaders can interact in more productive ways in the workplace. He encourages older leaders to invest in the younger generation. At the same time, he urges younger leaders to intentionally honor those who have gone before them.
We will encounter different kinds of people as we steward our leadership visions. Using language from ancient wisdom literature, Dr. Henry Cloud categorizes these people as wise, foolish, and evil. In this episode of the GLS Podcast, Henry describes the characteristics of each type and gives us practical strategies for how to lead each one more effectively.