Leading Forward: Building Healthy Leaders for Healthy Organizations
The Leading Forward podcast features conversations on the connection between healthy leaders and healthy organizations. Each episode is hosted by Matthew Hall and a member of the Leading Forward hosting team featuring Ben Dockery, Andrea McDaniel Smith, and Vivek Sarin.
Episodes
44 episodes
Team Season One Finale
This first season of Leading Forward has featured some incredible guests and memorable moments. On the season finale episode, the hosting team gathers together to look back on some of those highlights, reflect on some of the most significant le...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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38:20
Leadership Checkpoint #18 (Matthew Hall on Reading as a Leader)
Leadership Checkpoints are short (5-6 minute) segments from our hosting team that release in between our full-length episodes. Each Checkpoint focuses on a single question for a member of our hosting team, which we hope provides you with some i...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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6:56
Chris Carneal on Entrepreneurship and Virtue
Have you wondered if some people are just born entrepreneurs? What accounts for some leaders' willingness to take on risks others would not? And what happens when the company you've built seems unexpectedly fragile in a historic global pandemic...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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50:59
Leadership Checkpoint #17 (Matthew Hall on Management Time and Monkeys)
Leadership Checkpoints are short (5-6 minute) segments from our hosting team that release in between our full-length episodes. Each Checkpoint focuses on a single question for a member of our hosting team, which we hope provides you with some i...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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6:17
Justin Irving on Empowering Leadership
Does Christianity have anything distinctive to say about the nature and formation of healthy leadership? Are there echoes of Christian truth in proven leadership principles? For Christians called to lead in any context, these are some of the mo...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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49:09
Leadership Checkpoint #16 (Ben Dockery on Managing Your Energy, Not Your Time)
Leadership Checkpoints are short (5-6 minute) segments from our hosting team that release in between our full-length episodes. Each Checkpoint focuses on a single question for a member of our hosting team, which we hope provides you with some i...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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6:30
Andy Crouch on the Life We're Looking For
How has is technology shaping our world and the way we relate to one another as human beings? We inhabit a more personalized world than ever, yet we seem more lonely. On this episode, Matt and Ben interview Andy Crouch, author of Th...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:00:05
Leadership Checkpoint #15 (Ben Dockery on Leading Yourself Toward the Life You Really Want)
Leadership Checkpoints are short (5-6 minute) segments from our hosting team that release in between our full-length episodes. Each Checkpoint focuses on a single question for a member of our hosting team, which we hope provides you with some i...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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6:33
Yuval Levin on Institutions and Our Civic Life
Leading is never easy, but the political polarization of American culture has made it even harder. But what if there is a better way, a way for organizations and leaders to leverage the power of institutions to form and shape us?On this...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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44:26
Leadership Checkpoint #14 (Matthew Hall on the Importance of Trust)
Leadership Checkpoints are short (5-6 minute) segments from our hosting team that release in between our full-length episodes. Each Checkpoint focuses on a single question for a member of our hosting team, which we hope provides you with some i...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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8:44
Tod Bolsinger on Leading with Tempered Resilience
Leading organizations through change is essential to leadership but also one of the hardest things to do. Eventually, too many leaders succumb to a failure of nerve or of heart.On this episode, Matt and Ben interview Tod Bolsinger, auth...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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51:35
Leadership Checkpoint #13 (Matthew Hall on Meaningful Staff Evaluation)
Leadership Checkpoints are short (5-6 minute) segments from our hosting team that release in between our full-length episodes. Each Checkpoint focuses on a single question for a member of our hosting team, which we hope provides you with some i...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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7:05
Blaine Hurst on Technology, Teams, and Innovation
Blaine Hurst has spent a career in executive leadership, including as CEO of Panera Bread and, before that, as President of Papa John's Pizza. He joined Matthew and Vivek on this episode to talk about his surprising path from an ear...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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56:40
Leadership Checkpoint #12 (Matthew Hall on How to Be A More Effective Public Speaker)
Leadership Checkpoints are short (5-6 minute) segments from our hosting team that release in between our full-length episodes. Each Checkpoint focuses on a single question for a member of our hosting team, which we hope provides you with some i...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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6:20
John Coleman on Crafting Your Purpose
Every one of us wants to find meaning in our work and to make a difference. So why do so many of us feel like our work is detached from any sense of purpose? In this episode, Matt and Andrea interviewed John Coleman, author the HBR Guide to...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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47:05
Leadership Checkpoint #11 (Vivek Sarin on How to Effectively Onboard a New Team Member)
Leadership Checkpoints are short (5-6 minute) segments from our hosting team that release in between our full-length episodes. Each Checkpoint focuses on a single question for a member of our hosting team, which we hope provides you with some i...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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6:16
Ryan Hawk on Learning Leaders and the Pursuit of Excellence
Ryan Hawk is the host of the Learning Leader Show, a podcast he launched in 2015 which has grown to reach millions of listeners in over 150 countries. A standout high school and college athlete, Ryan spent 12 years in the corporate world before...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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50:46
Leadership Checkpoint #10 (Matthew Hall on Four Questions to Ask in Any Decision)
Leadership Checkpoints are short (5-6 minute) segments from our hosting team that release in between our full-length episodes. Each Checkpoint focuses on a single question for a member of our hosting team, which we hope provides you with some i...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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7:34
Rachael Denhollander on Abuse and Justice
Rachael Denhollander is an attorney, advocate, and educator who was the first woman to speak publicly against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. As a result, more than 250 women came forward as survivors of Nassar's abuse, leading ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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55:55
Leadership Checkpoint #9 (Matthew Hall on Giving Criticism)
Leadership Checkpoints are short (5-6 minute) segments from our hosting team that release in between our full-length episodes. Each Checkpoint focuses on a single question for a member of our hosting team, which we hope provides you with some i...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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5:15
Cheryl Bachelder on Servant Leadership
Few leaders have led a corporate turnaround like the one Cheryl Bachelder led at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. During her tenure as CEO (2007-2017), Popeyes became one of the industry's top-performing companies. In this episode, she joined Matthew...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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52:09
Leadership Checkpoint #8 (Ben Dockery on Assessing the Organizational Situation)
Leadership Checkpoints are short (5-6 minute) segments from our hosting team that release in between our full-length episodes. Each Checkpoint focuses on a single question for a member of our hosting team, which we hope provides you with some i...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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7:00
Steve Moore on Relational Leadership
Steve Moore is the Executive Director and CEO of the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, a private foundation which seeks to nurture and enrich the educational, spiritual, cultural, and social life of individuals, families, and communities. On this ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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43:11
Rick Woolworth on Whole-Life Mentorship
Rick Woolworth was the Co-Founder and President of the Telemachus Network, an organization dedicated to building a national community of leaders who form intergenerational friendships lasting for years and, in many cases, decades. After spendin...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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41:17
Anthony Flynn on Work, Faith, and Leadership
Anthony Flynn is the CEO of WorkFaith, an organization that provides faith-based training and coaching for anyone seeking long-term employment. He's also the founder of The Amazing CEO and a leadership consultant who has worked with a wide rang...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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45:06