Leadership is crucial to provide vision, direction, and motivation, guiding individuals and organizations toward common goals and overall success. This is true whether it’s in business, society, or your local community.  

Today, Clarke Murphy sits down with His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan, a well-known leader in the Catholic church, in the New York City community, and around the world. Cardinal Dolan shares his path to leadership roles in the Church and how he looks at developing the next generation of Church leaders. He talks about what goes into electing the next Pope and lessons on leading through uncertainty. He’ll explore the commonalities that business and religious leaders have when it comes to the challenge of earning and developing trust. And he shares his views on the role of faith in today’s world of technology and change. 

We’ll also hear from Dean Stamoulis, a leadership advisor at Russell Reynolds Associates, who shares why thoughtful succession planning—and the responsible transfer of power—are essential to long-term leadership continuity.  

Four things you’ll learn from this episode:  

1. The key insights business leaders can learn from religious leaders to help them build and maintain trust in their organizations 
2. The criteria that go into deciding who the next Pope will be and how to manage through leadership uncertainty 
3. The critical skills and traits to look for in the next generation of leaders 
4. His views on the role of faith today in a fast-changing world 

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