Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast

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The Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast offers personal, practical coaching lessons that take the mystery out of leadership. In each episode of the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast, Craig brings you empowering insights and easy-to-understand takeaways you can use to lead yourself and lead your team. You’ll learn effective ways to grow as a leader, optimize your time, develop your team, and structure your organization.

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Unlock Your Inner Genius | ...

11.16.2023

If you want to sharpen your leadership, sharpen your thinking—learn how from author, pastor, and coach Erwin McManus. Today, he’s sharing how he broke through his own mental barriers and the most common mind shifts leaders need to make.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast episodes:

11.16.2023 Unlock Your Inner Genius \| Erwin McManus If you want to sharpen your leadership, sharpen your thinking—learn how from author, pastor, and coach Erwin McManus. Today, he’s sharing how he broke through his own mental barriers and the most common mind shifts leaders need to make.
11.02.2023 The Art of Public Speaking \| Liz Bohannon To lead well, practice communicating well. Today, we'll hear from Liz Bohannon—top-20 ranked speaker by Forbes—on all things public speaking. She shares brilliant insights on preparation, emotional mapping, and how to read an audience.
10.19.2023 Leadership Lessons From a Black Belt \| Rener Gracie Your reaction to problems, people, and even your own limits will determine your leadership potential. In this episode, Rener Gracie shares the jiu-jitsu and leadership principles that teach us to win when we face challenges in these three areas.
10.05.2023 Taking Risks as a Leader \| Jennie Allen It’s increasingly difficult to know if you’re leading your team in the right direction post-2020. Today, Jennie Allen shares how she’s guiding her team forward in the next year, and how she’s leading with confidence even when taking big risks.
09.20.2023 Be a Leader Worth Trusting \| Dr. Henry Cloud Since 2020, trust is no longer the default posture in the workplace. The problem? Trust is the glue that holds your team together. Dr. Henry Cloud joins us to share the key elements of trust that will help you accomplish ...
09.07.2023 4 Questions to Jump-Start Your Momentum Have you lost the momentum you once had? In today’s episode, Craig shares a practical plan to revive energy and drive in your leadership and asks you the four key questions that will help you jump-start your momentum at work ...
08.17.2023 Cynt Marshall on Being the First Black Female CEO in the NBA Cynt Marshall has been first plenty of times—from student council to being the first Black female CEO in the NBA. Her forty years of climbing and growing taught her that nothing matters more than loving the people you serve.
08.03.2023 The 4 Factors That Fuel Momentum Creating momentum is like launching a rocket. You’ll use a disproportionate amount of energy to get off the ground, but once you overcome gravity, you can maintain your momentum with minimal effort. Today, Craig shares the four factors that fuel ...
07.06.2023 Becoming Strategically Unreasonable Unusual times demand unusual leadership. Luckily, you aren’t a usual leader. You’re driven, passionate, and willing to be unreasonable. Today, Craig shares why we need “Strategic Unreasonableness” in leadership and gives three ways to think unreasonably.
06.15.2023 Albert Tate: The Art of Vulnerable Communication People may admire your strengths, but they’ll connect with your weaknesses. In today’s episode, bestselling author and speaker Albert Tate shares how authentic, vulnerable communication can be the superpower that makes you a more compelling leader.
06.01.2023 Mastering John Maxwell's Laws of Communication According to John Maxwell, communication is “the most important skill.” So if you want to grow in your leadership, grow in your communication. In this episode, John shares his best insights on communication for writers, leaders, and public speakers.
05.18.2023 Jon Gordon: The Power of Positive Leadership Your leadership moves in the direction of your strongest thoughts. Unfortunately, it's easy to focus on the negatives and head in the wrong direction. Today, best-selling author Jon Gordon dives into the science of optimism and positivity in leadership.
05.04.2023 The Most Important Mindset You Need to Succeed It’s rare that an organization lasts beyond the third generation. Why is that? In today’s episode, I explain the three generational mindsets and how you can lead your entire team to "think like an owner" no matter their age, role, ...
04.20.2023 Donald Miller: 6 Keys to Growing Your Organization As a leader, you're not only leading. You're leading towards growth. In this episode, New York Times bestseller and business coach Donald Miller shares six things you need to grow your business, church, or non-profit and build an organization that ...
04.06.2023 Q&A with Amy Porterfield: Confidence and Courage in Business Early in her career, Amy Porterfield felt insecure about her education and experience (or lack thereof.) Now a New York Times bestselling author and business coach, Amy shares how to grow into the confident, courageous leader you want to be.
03.16.2023 Q&A with Lewis Howes: The Greatness Mindset Success is always a good thing—until it isn’t. Join Craig’s conversation with pro athlete, podcaster, and New York Times bestselling author Lewis Howes, and learn why service always trumps success and how to develop your own “greatness mindset.”
03.02.2023 8 Habits of Great Leaders, Part 2 The potential of your leadership is a reflection of the quality of your habits. In this episode, Craig outlines the final four habits many great leaders have in common. If you want to have a bigger impact, develop better habits.
02.14.2023 The Power to Change Your Habits: Identity Drives Behavior Few things in life are more frustrating than knowing you need to change and trying to change but never changing. This episode dives into the first two points of Craig's newest book, The Power to Change: Mastering the Habits That ...
02.02.2023 8 Habits of Great Leaders, Part 1 What sets apart great leaders? Great leaders are fanatically consistent with a few strategic habits. Today, Craig outlines the first four habits many great leaders have in common. If you want to grow in your leadership, start mastering these habits.
01.19.2023 Patrick Lencioni Returns: Leveraging Your Working Genius If you’re like most leaders, you have days when you love your job way more than others. What sets those great days at work apart? And is it possible to have even more? Today, Patrick Lencioni outlines the freedom of ...
01.05.2023 Mastering the Habits That Matter Most If you want to be more effective as a leader, you need to get more strategic with your habits. In this episode, Craig helps you identify who you want to be as a leader and what habit you need to ...
12.01.2022 Q&A with Tim Elmore: The Hidden Power of Gen Z For the first time, five generations are sharing today’s modern workplace. That’s a big opportunity. In this episode, Tim Elmore shares how to leverage the strengths of Gen Z, Builders, and every generation in between to accomplish more together.
11.17.2022 Q&A with Lysa TerKeurst: Leading with Productive Boundaries Leading without healthy boundaries can lead to feeling frustrated, burned out, and ineffective. In today’s episode, my good friend Lysa TerKeurst returns with practical strategies for learning when and how to create boundaries at work and at home.
11.03.2022 Creating a Workplace Your Team Doesn’t Want To Leave What team members are looking for today is different than what they were looking for three years ago. In this episode, Craig outlines three new employee “wants” in the workplace and how you can create a workplace culture people don’t ...
10.20.2022 Q&A with Vanessa Van Edwards: How to Communicate with Charisma You gain or lose influence with every interaction. So even when you say all the right words, your non-verbal cues can undermine your leadership. Today, Vanessa Van Edwards shares the keys to communicating with influence and charisma in every interaction.
10.06.2022 4 Questions To Ask Before You Quit Your Job Right now, some of you are deeply dissatisfied at work and might be considering quitting your job. In this episode, Craig will help you discern your next best career move by sharing the four questions you need to ask before ...
09.01.2022 Q&A with Tim Tebow: Earning Respect as a Leader Few people have won a Heisman trophy, written four NYT Best Sellers, waged war on human trafficking, and founded a non-profit that fights for people in more than 70 countries. Tim Tebow has. He shares how he leads through it ...
08.18.2022 Becoming a Leader Who Has "It" \| Lead Like It Matters, Part 2 Great leaders can seem enigmatic or unpredictable, but it's often because they're operating in key talents and skills that don't naturally coexist. In Part 2 of "Lead Like It Matters," Craig shares six more qualities of leaders who have "it."
08.04.2022 Lead Like It Matters, Part 1 You might look at a leader and wonder, “What’s their secret?” They’ve accomplished so much and show no signs of slowing down. In today’s episode, we talk about what sets apart the leaders who have “it” from those who don't.
07.07.2022 Q&A with Sadie Robertson Huff: Leading Beyond Your Age Today's guest is a driven, effective, hugely successful 24-year-old leader. Her secret? Staying humble through the success. Today, Sadie Robertson Huff shares the strengths of different generations, her advice to Gen Z, and how she embraces failure.
06.02.2022 Do More, Invest Less—Learning to Bend the Curve Two things are true of every leader: you want to get better, and you want your organization to get better. So often, we think "better" requires more money, time, or effort. In this episode, we'll learn that isn't always the ...
05.19.2022 Q&A with Shawn Johnson: Attacking Anxiety in Leadership So many leaders are afraid to show weakness to their teams. Today, Shawn Johnson walks us through his own raw battle with anxiety, how to lead while attacking anxiety, and how showing your struggles can strengthen, not weaken, your leadership.
05.05.2022 Dave Ramsey Returns: Conflict, Burnout, and Baby Steps Millionaires Many leaders avoid conflict and end up holding their teams back. In today’s episode, Dave Ramsey returns to talk about the kinds of fights he loves to lose with his team members, healthy conflict, and helping his staff avoid burnout.
04.21.2022 6 Keys to Leading Out of Crisis, Part 2 Leading out of a crisis is more difficult than leading during one. Today, in part two of “Leading Out of Crisis,” Craig shares six key steps you need to take to lead your team and yourself out of the chaos ...
04.07.2022 Leading Out of Crisis, Part 1 If your leadership plan today is the same as your pre-pandemic plan, it's probably a bad plan. You can’t just lead after a crisis, you need to lead out of a crisis. And that requires a different approach. Today, part ...
03.03.2022 Q&A with Jamie Kern Lima: Leading with Authenticity Authenticity alone doesn’t guarantee success, but inauthenticity does guarantee failure. Jamie Kern Lima, who founded It Cosmetics and sold it for $1.2 billion 8 years later, shares the keys to building great organizations.
02.03.2022 Breaking Bad Leadership Habits The potential of your leadership is a reflection of the quality of your habits. That’s good news if you have good habits, but bad news if you don’t. In today's episode, Craig shares two steps to breaking the bad habits ...
01.20.2022 3 Secrets to Starting New Habits That Stick Leaders often live in a cycle of failed New Year's resolutions, losing the same 20 pounds or quitting the same bad habit. What can leaders do to break this cycle? Craig shares three practical secrets for starting habits that stick ...
01.06.2022 High-Impact Habits for Successful Leaders Do you feel like your New Year's resolutions don't last? Today, in part one of a new series, Craig shares three major reasons most New Year’s resolutions don’t stick and how you can focus on building a healthy identity through ...
12.02.2021 Q&A with Michael Todd: Leading with Crazy Faith In today’s episode, #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Todd returns to talk about three books that changed his leadership, two things you should focus on if you want a promotion, and why becoming an overnight success shouldn’t be ...
11.18.2021 Q&A with Christine Caine: Leading Through Insecurity In today’s episode, Christine Caine shares what she’s learning about the war on human trafficking, leading an organization across 16 countries in a constantly changing world, and overcoming the insecurities she faces every day.
11.04.2021 Leading Through Pain There is almost no such thing as leadership progress without leadership pain. In this episode, Craig Groeschel shares four keys to leading through pain that will help you and your team take ground in your most challenging and painful seasons.
10.07.2021 Celebrating 100: Answering Your Questions The Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast is celebrating 100 episodes, and you're asking the questions! In this Q&A hosted by Life.Church Directional Leader Sam Roberts, Craig answers top questions about developing teams, feedback, message prep, and more.
09.16.2021 Q&A with Carey Nieuwhof: Leading at Your Best In today's episode, Carey Nieuwhof shares how you can live in a way today that will help you thrive tomorrow. Hear how he builds relationships with influential leaders, and learn his new framework for managing time, energy, and priorities.
09.02.2021 3 Secrets to Lead Yourself You are likely the most difficult person you'll ever lead. Today, as a continuation of "Learning to Lead Yourself, Part 1," Craig shares two "whats" and a "who" that will help you completely rethink what you consume (and inevitably become) ...
08.05.2021 Learning to Lead Yourself, Part 1 Who's the most difficult person you lead? It's likely yourself. Your potential to lead others is a direct result of how you lead yourself. In Part 1 of "Learning to Lead Yourself," Craig teaches two ways to develop your own ...
07.01.2021 Q&A with Bianca Juárez Olthoff: The Art of Starting Your Business Writing a book, hosting a podcast, planting a church, and building a non-profit are just a few of the things Bianca Juárez Olthoff has accomplished, and she says it all starts with discontent. In today's episode, learn how to start ...
06.03.2021 Heart Over Head: The Power of Emotion in Leadership We all want to seem smart, strong, and innovative. We want to impress people. But, impressing people is not the same as connecting with people. In this episode, Craig shows how connecting with people's hearts is the quickest way to ...
05.06.2021 Q&A with Rory Vaden: Procrastinate on Purpose What if everything you know about time management is wrong? What if procrastination can help you get the most important things done? On this episode of the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast, get the answers from time management expert Rory Vaden.
04.15.2021 Part Five: Think Inspiration Not Motivation A leader can do more than motivate. The best leaders inspire their teams to make a difference. In the final part of the master class “How the Best Leaders Think,” Craig shares how to become a centered leader who inspires ...

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