Leadership Checkpoint #15 (Ben Dockery on Leading Yourself Toward the Life You Really Want)

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 Leading Forward in Apple Podcasts and let us know what you think of the show.Keep up with the show on social media: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram

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 the show on social media: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram

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 takes to get an idea off the ground, and how to stay focused in a season of disruption.Links from this episode:@choosebooster (Twitter) Chris Carneal (LinkedIn)Review Leading Forward in Apple Podcasts and let us know what you think of the show.Keep up with the show on social media: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram

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. Links from this episode: "Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?" - Harvard Business Review (William Oncken and Donald Wass)Review Leading Forward in Apple Podcasts and let us know what you think of the show.Keep up with the show on social media: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram

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 everything from how organizations can develop leaders, why character matters, and the place of "self-leadership" for any healthy leader.Links from this episode:Justin Irving (SBTS)@lead2purpose (Twitter) Justin Irving (LinkedIn)Review Leading Forward in Apple Podcasts and let us know what you think of the show.Keep up with the show on social media: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram

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, Not Your Time" - Harvard Business Review (Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy)Review Leading Forward in Apple Podcasts and let us know what you think of the show.Keep up with the show on social media: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram

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 this episode:Andy-Crouch.comThe Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World (Andy Crouch)"Leading Beyond the Blizzard: Why Every Organization Is Now a Startup" (Andy Crouch, Kurt Keilhacker, Dave Blanchard)@AHC (Twitter) Andy Crouch (LinkedIn)Review Leading Forward in Apple Podcasts and let us know what you think of the show.Keep up with the show on social media: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram

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?" - Harvard Business Review (Clayton Christianson)How Will You Measure Your Life? (Clayton Christianson)Review Leading Forward in Apple Podcasts and let us know what you think of the show.Keep up with the show on social media: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram

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 Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream.Links from this episode:Yuval Levin (American Enterprise Institute)National AffairsA Time to Build (Yuval Levin)Fractured Republic (Yuval Levin)"Going Local in a Troubled Time" (Yuval Levin)Review Leading Forward in Apple Podcasts and let us know what you think of the show.Keep up with the show on social media: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram

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 SuccessesLearn the Difference Between Responsibility and PossessivenessLinks from this episode:The Non-Negotiable Virtue in Leadership (Matthew Hall)Review Leading Forward in Apple Podcasts and let us know what you think of the show.Keep up with the show on social media: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram