Effective leaders are the ones people actually want to follow, even when it requires them to try something new or challenging. But how do we build that level of influence, and how can we keep renewing it over time? In this episode, Alex shares his 4-stage framework for building influence, from establishing a relationship, to demonstrating results, to developing trust, to drawing on your influence. No matter who you are or where you lead, this framework will serve you well! 

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Episode Recap:

• What can skydiving teach us about building influence?
• Today we’ll walk through a 4-stage framework for building influence 
• Effective leaders are the ones people want to follow  
• 1. Relationship: Do they care?  
• 2. Results: Can they do what they say they’re going to do? 
• 3. Trust: Whose best interest are they operating in? 
• Try this tactic to build trust with your team
• 4. Influence: Should I follow? 
• Do you really lack influence, or do you lack confidence?

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Setting aside time for strategy will never feel convenient, but it will have massive ramifications for every part of your business. In this episode, Alex shares five important truths he’s learned about strategic leadership in his time running Path for Growth. He also offers up some words of encouragement for leaders who feel they don’t have margin for strategy right now, and he explains how you can select the right people to provide strategic input. 

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Episode Recap:

• If you’re doing the same things 6 months from now, would that be healthy?  
• When did you start to see the value of thinking strategically?  
• 5 truths about strategic leadership  
• 1. There’s a difference between strategy and tactics 
• 2. Strategy is getting above, ahead, and upstream to do things that are new and different 
• 3. The difference between a good strategy and a great strategy is often perspective 
• 4. The specificity of your strategy can never exceed the specificity of your vision  
• 5. Serious strategy without serious commitment is superficial  
• The time when strategy feels convenient will never come, so do it now!  

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If you commit to reading the Bible every single day, it will have massive ramifications for your life and leadership. In this episode, Alex talks with Ben about his experience of reading the Bible cover to cover in 2025. He breaks down his decision to commit to this goal, shares some of the throughlines he noticed across the entire book, and offers practical advice for anyone looking to do the same. Whether you’re ready to read through the Bible this year or just want to be more intentional about spending time in Scripture every day, this episode is for you!

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Episode Recap:

• What made you want to read through the Bible in a year?  
• What surprised you most as you read through the Bible this time? 
• The Bible reminds us that human nature doesn’t change, and we all need repentance and grace  
• Remembering is one of the most important things we can do  
• How can leaders implement remembrance as a practice?  
• Read the Bible every single day and see how it transforms your life 
• If you’re thinking about reading the Bible in a year, do it! 

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Impact-driven leaders know how to maximize what they have in service of others and for the glory of God. In this episode, Alex and Ben open up a new conversation about resourcefulness: what it means, why it matters, and how it might look in our rapidly changing world. They explain why it’s so important to broaden your perspective and see new possibilities inside the constraints you’re operating within. They also discuss the role of resourcefulness in a world that gets more reliant on AI every day and talk about the importance of setting boundaries and thinking critically about these tools.  

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Episode Recap:

• What can we learn from the failures of the movie “Dolittle?” 
• Great leaders do what they can with what they have 
• Resourcefulness has more to do with perspective than skill  
• Common blockers to resourcefulness 
• How do you help lead others into greater resourcefulness?  
• Resourcefulness in the age of AI 
• Seeing possibility and establishing constraints will make you more resourceful 

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Learning is often about remembering, and you’ll never get to the point as a leader where you no longer need the fundamentals. In this episode, Alex and Ben discuss 5 “leadership basics” that every leader needs to keep in mind, no matter what you do or how many people depend on you. Choose one principle to commit to focusing on this week, and see how it impacts your day-to-day leadership! 

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Episode Recap:

• The best leaders know that you never outgrow these 5 fundamentals
• 1. If someone depends on you, you are a leader 
• 2. Leadership is helping people go from here to there
• 3. The quality of your leadership is determined by why, where and way
• 4. A leader’s effectiveness is measured in their ability to make others effective
• 5. Leaders accelerate the inevitable

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What can 1 Thessalonians 4:11 teach us about leading well and living out our testimony? In this episode, Alex and Ben reflect on this scripture which instructs us to live quietly, mind our own affairs, and work with our hands. They grapple with some of the counterintuitive and countercultural ideas in the passage and share practical steps leaders can take to live them out this week. 

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Episode Recap:

• Today we’re reflecting on 1 Thessalonians 4:11  
• What does it mean to live quietly? 
• We’re not meant to be larger than life 
• How do we mind our own affairs as leaders? 
• Why is it important to work with our hands, and what does it mean for leaders? 
• Live your life in a way that can serve as your testimony  
• How do we balance a life lived in community with independence? 
• What’s one challenge you can take on today? 

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If you want to see better results in your life and leadership, start by asking better questions. In this episode, Alex and Ben talk about 3 arenas where questions are an especially helpful tool for leaders: reflection, leadership development, and decision making. Alex then shares five important questions that have changed his life, and challenges each of us to spend time asking one of those questions to ourselves or others this week. 

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Episode Recap:

• To ask good questions is to see through the lens of opportunity, creativity, and curiosity
• The quality of your results never exceeds the quality of your questions 
• Today we’ll talk about 3 arenas where questions can be an especially helpful tool 
• 1. Asking questions for reflection 
• 2. Asking questions for leadership development
• 3. Asking questions for decision making 
• How can asking good questions expand your creativity? 
• 5 core questions that can change a leader’s life 
• 1. Vision: What does winning look like? 
• 2. Prioritizing: What’s the one thing that, if I were to do it, would make everything else easier or unnecessary? 
• 3. Crisis or Abundance: What does this make possible?
• 4. Decision Making: What would a wise leader do?
• 5. Self Reflection: What would the average person in my life stage be struggling with, and where am I most susceptible to being average?
• Choose one of these questions to ask this week 

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As goes your morning, so goes your day. So, if you’re looking to take intentional action that will help you become the leader you’re called to be, start with your morning routine. In this episode, Alex talks with Ben about why consistent morning routines are so important and explains how he’s designed a routine that works for his current phase of life. He also shares advice for recovering quickly when you fall out of routine and challenges listeners to focus on “deposits” instead of “grand slams.” Give this episode a listen, then commit to one action you will do consistently in 2026! 

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• As goes your morning, so goes your day!  
• What are some misconceptions about morning routines?  
• Why do we focus on high-returning habits? 
• When designing a morning routine, start with what you want to be true  
• How to identify your ideal morning routine 
• How do you establish consistency when circumstances around you vary?  
• Your morning is not about grand slams, it’s about deposits  
• Excellence is recovering when you fall out of routine  
• Balance is intentionally managing the tension between change and stability  
• What is one thing you would do every single day that can create a ripple effect?  

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Change is unavoidable, and as leaders, it’s our job to navigate it well. In this episode, Ben talks with Path for Growth coach and business owner Matt Aiken about 3 types of change: Change you navigate, change you create, and change you endure. Matt shares lessons he’s learned from other leaders about experiencing change, from Winston Churchill to Elon Musk, along with some hard-learned lessons from his own business and personal life. 

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Episode Recap:

• You cannot avoid change, and it’s dangerous to try 
• What have you learned from times when change was difficult?
• Can you tell us about a time when change was a positive in your life?
• Some change is navigated, some is created, and some is endured
• How do you navigate change well?
• What have you learned from other leaders about navigating change? 
• Who are some leaders who have created change well? 
• What does it look like to endure change? 
• A poem for navigating change

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“If” by Rudyard Kipling

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You can’t experience true freedom without also taking responsibility. In this episode, Alex and Ben share their perspectives on what freedom and responsibility mean and explain why you can’t have one without the other. They share practical advice for anyone who thinks their freedom and responsibility are out of balance, and Alex also explains why “freedom and responsibility” is one of Path for Growth’s core values.

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Episode Recap:

• What is freedom, actually?
• Freedom is a gift, but we have to choose it 
• Common misconceptions around responsibility 
• There’s a big difference between “freedom for” and “freedom from”
• Freedom without commitment and structure is just hedonism 
• Freedom and responsibility as a core value
• What would you say to someone who’s feeling stuck? 
• How can freedom and responsibility transform your life? 
• How to identify when freedom and responsibility are out of balance 
• First steps for exploring freedom and responsibility 
• What would you say to someone who’s not taking advantage of the freedom available to them?

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