Successful leaders are merely an expression of a solid effective team. However, sometimes getting a bunch of different people, with different personalities, and different opinions can be difficult to keep on the same page.  Here's some thoughts on how we can make and keep teams effective. 

Reports helps us keep a pulse on what's running. With tons of technologies and tools out there, reports should be a daily part of your leadership duties. 

Cody and Andrew take time to summarize the past 50 episodes and talk about the leadership lessons through out the past few years.  Where Loud Leadership will come to a close with this episode, our hope is that it remains a resource for young leaders for generations to come.  Andrew would like to thank Cody Graves for hosting this podcast faithfully and for his commitment to excellence and leadership. He embodies what it means to be a "loud leader". You can keep up with his journey at codygraves.org.

Show Mentions:  - Loom.com

Leadership is all about developing others, not keeping people at bay to our needs. In this episode we talk about developing others around us and keeping our priorities in check.  As you build the vision, the vision builds you.

Topics Covered

• Profile vs. Personality 
• Voices vs. Echos 
• Shutting down the minion machine 

In this episode Cody and Andrew catch up on what it means to trust the teams, and allow your leadership to grow past yourself. Delegation is a great word that we get to all dive into together.  Links Mentioned: 

CincoDeBurchfield.com

You’ve heard it as much as we have…”Leaders are readers!” Here’s a list and links of books every leader should dive into:

“If you don’t know who you are as a person, you will never know who you are as a leader.”

New Creation Realities - E.W. Kenyon

The Making of A Leader - Frank Damazio

Be Our Guest - (Anything by Doug Lipp)

The Power of Habit

In Search Of Excellence

List Of Authors:

Seth Godin

Dave Ramsey

Dr. Henry Cloud

Jim Collins

Dr. Samuel Chand

Dr. John Maxwell

Stephen Covey

Carson Tate

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Rachel Burchfield

Cody Graves has been the host of Loud Leadership since it's starting days in 2015. Now we flip the script on him and take a peak behind the curtain of what makes him tick. 

This conversation covers: 

• Technology 
• What the church can learn form Amazon? 
• Honoring your spiritual heritage 
• Going to the nations 
• Enjoying the process

You will really enjoy this episode as it's packed with purpose.  You can find Cody on twitter @Codyman. 

"It's not what you say, it's how you say it. " Marketing is all around us every single day. With all of the messages coming our direction, how do we know when we are saying the right thing, in the right way.  While we aren't claiming to be the marketing experts here (plenty other great podcasts for that). We wanted to provide a 101 guide to those who may be knew to to the topic.  Episode Mentions

• Justin Keller - Brilliant Brands Show
• Phil Cooke - Branding Faith
• NGEN Radio
• Discovery Camp

"The only constant in the world, is change. "- Heraclitus If you aren't changing things, are you really leading? In this episode we talk about how culture, trends, and systems must change in order for people to reach their potential. We get practical and plunge deep all in one episode. 

We all have them and we all need it! What is it? UNITY Unity is the glue that keeps the team moving in the same direction.  In this episode, we talk about why it's important, how to get it, and how to keep it.  This is an episode anyone who leads a team, or is on a team, needs to hear. 

Episode Mentions:

• Slack - www.slackhq.com