Leading Forward: Building Healthy Leaders for Healthy Organizations
Matthew J. Hall
44 episodes
6 months ago
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 leadership lessons, and talk about the questions they wish they'd asked of particular guests. Matt, Andrea, Ben, and Vivek also talk about their summer plans and goals, as well as their reading lists. Links from this episode: Biola UniversityReview Leadi...
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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 leadership lessons, and talk about the questions they wish they'd asked of particular guests. Matt, Andrea, Ben, and Vivek also talk about their summer plans and goals, as well as their reading lists. Links from this episode: Biola UniversityReview Leadi...
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 leadership lessons, and talk about the questions they wish they'd asked of particular guests. Matt, Andrea, Ben, and Vivek also talk about their summer plans and goals, as well as their reading lists. Links from this episode: Biola UniversityReview Leadi...
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 insight that adds value to your life and work. On this Checkpoint, Matt suggests three tips on how to grow as a leader who is also a reader. Review Leading Forward in Apple Podcasts and let us know what you think of the show. Keep up with...
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? On this episode, Matt and Vivek interview Chris Carneal, the founder and CEO of Booster Enterprises and its flagship school-funding program, the Boosterthon Fun Run, for a conversation about what makes for healthy organizational cultures, what it ta...
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 insight that adds value to your life and work. On this Checkpoint, Matt discusses ways in which managers often have to "unlearn" their tendency to take on problems from their team members and thereby undermine initiative and productivity. Li...
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 most important questions to ask. On this episode, Matt interviews Justin Irving, the author of Leadership in Christian Perspective and professor of leadership at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The conversation is far-ranging, covering everyth...
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 insight that adds value to your life and work. On this Checkpoint, Ben talks about the key difference between time and energy and why leaders tend to underestimate the significance of the latter. Links from this episode: "Manage Your Energy,...
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 The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World , about what it means to be human, how Christian leaders can recover a richer vision of how we flourish, and what every leader should be prepared for in the next few years. Links from th...
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 insight that adds value to your life and work. On this Checkpoint, Ben reflects on wisdom for anyone who wants to lead themselves now toward the kind of life they hope to have in the future. Links from this episode: "How Will You Measure Your 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 episode, Matt and Andrea interview Yuval Levin to the show. Yuval is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of multiple books, including A Time to Build: From Family and Community to C...
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 insight that adds value to your life and work. On this Checkpoint, Matt provides four reminders for any leader to cultivate and strengthen trust within their organization: Tell the TruthSay "I'm Sorry"Own Your Failures but Share Your SuccessesLear...
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, author of Tempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change, about the how leaders are formed and shaped in the stresses of organizational change. Links from this episode: AE Sloan LeadershipTempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the...
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 insight that adds value to your life and work. On this Checkpoint, Matt gives five suggestions on how to incorporate more meaningful and valuable staff evaluation within your team: Make it a regular practiceMake sure your primary commitment is to ...
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 early career in computer science and technology into the food service industry, what he's learned about healthy teams, and why keeping the mission central is so vital. Links from this episode: Blaine Hurst (Panera Bread)@BlaineHurst (Twitter)Blaine Hurst (Linked...
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 insight that adds value to your life and work. On this Checkpoint, Matt suggests four ways you can be more effective as a public speaker: Write yourself clearLucid brevityAnswer the "So What?" questionGive a call to actionReview Leading Forward in...
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 Crafting Your Purpose and a managing partner at Sovereign's Capital, about how leaders and organizations can think more clearly about purpose and work. Links from this episode: HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose (John Coleman)JohnWilliamColeman.com S...
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 insight that adds value to your life and work. On this Checkpoint, Vivek Sarin provides a plan for any leader to use in helping a new team member succeed in an organization, from day one through day 90. Review Leading Forward in Apple Podcasts a...
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 beginning his own business. He's also the author of two books, including his recently released The Pursuit of Excellence: The Uncommon Behaviors of the World's Most Productive Achievers. He joined Matthew and Vivek on this episode to talk about g...
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 insight that adds value to your life and work. On this Checkpoint, Matt offers four questions that any leader can ask when facing a decision: What information do I need to make an informed decision?Who else needs to be engaged to make this d...
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 to his imprisonment. She was named among TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2018, was awarded Sports Illustrated's Inspiration of the Year Award that same year, and--along with the more than 300 survivors of the USGA sex abuse s...
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 insight that adds value to your life and work. On this Checkpoint, Matt gives three suggestions on how leaders and managers can give meaningful and helpful criticism: 1) Make it timely; 2) Make it direct; 3) Make it respectful. Links from this episode...
Leading Forward: Building Healthy Leaders for Healthy Organizations
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 leadership lessons, and talk about the questions they wish they'd asked of particular guests. Matt, Andrea, Ben, and Vivek also talk about their summer plans and goals, as well as their reading lists. Links from this episode: Biola UniversityReview Leadi...
