Have you ever hired someone who just wasn't the right fit? How about promoted someone who wasn't ready for it? On this episode, Shawn shares what he has learned from the times he was too hasty when hiring or promoting. Looking back, Shawn explains that this happened when he neglected to objectively assess his hires on his team. Here Shawn offers wisdom into how to better evaluate your team with objectivity.

Servant leadership is not an isolated event; it's a cultural shift.

On this episode of the CourageToLead Podcast with Shawn Lovejoy, we are joined by Dino Rizzo, Executive Director of ARC Churches, Associate Pastor at Church of the Highlands, and author of Servolution.

Shawn and Dino discuss how serving accelerates the efforts of leadership and share about Serve Day, an annual opportunity for churches to impact their communities by showing the love of Christ through service projects.

There is a difference between managing people and leading them; the difference lies in your ability to inspire.

You don't have to be the most brilliant person in the room, just the most passionate to inspire your people.

In this episode of The CourageToLead Podcast with Shawn Lovejoy, Shawn presents 4 foundational ways to become a more inspirational leader.

Get the tools to take your decisive step away from just managing and towards true LEADERSHIP.

"What is my purpose?"

Why is it often hard to answer that question?

Not knowing the answer may feel paralyzing and unnerving. We have all been there, including Elizabeth Dixon, our guest on this episode of The CourageToLead Podcast with Shawn Lovejoy.

Elizabeth leads Strategy, Hospitality, and Service Design at Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

Listen in as she offers 3 ways (plus an interactive exercise) to not only define your purpose, but also have confidence that it is built on a solid foundation.

What is the #1 tension that keeps leaders awake at night?

The answer to this question was the reason Shawn Lovejoy founded and leads CourageToLead.com and serves as the topic of this episode of the CourageToLead Podcast with Shawn Lovejoy.

Here Shawn shares the top tension every leader navigates on a consistent basis and the coaching insights he uses to guide them through it.

Focus is powerful.

Leaders who are thriving during this current season of uncertainty keep the best of their energy and attention leveraged in the same direction. There are few limits to what relentlessly focused leaders and teams can accomplish.

The opposite is also true. Distracted leaders and teams, cause problems by taking their eyes away from where they should be focused, moving in a multitude of directions and accomplishing little.

In this episode of the CourageToLead Podcast, Shawn Lovejoy exposes the warning signs that you may be a distracted leader.

"I wish we could just get back to normal!"

Many leaders have made this statement since COVID-19 impacted America and turned the world upside down.

It's hard for many of us to feel in control as the global pandemic drags on, leaving us longing for some sense of normal. Problem is, "normal" is average.

Don't look to go back to normal, work to get better!

In this episode, Shawn Lovejoy reflects on his own journey of "getting better" during the pandemic and the 4 key post-pandemic decisions he's made to help him improve his life, relationships, leadership and organization on the other side of COVID-19.

The Broadway musical Hamilton took the world by storm.

Inspired by the life of the American founding father, Alexander Hamilton, and debuting in 2015, the show was quickly received as a groundbreaking work of art, which was recognized by winning 11 Tony Awards. With its release on Disney+ in 2020, Its cultural and creative impact has even more widely grown to continue to inspire its audiences.

One audience member on whom the show left a lasting mark is author Kevin Cloud who sees Hamilton as a "modern-day parable" that carries a depth of spiritual, leadership and transformative power.

In this episode, Shawn talks with Kevin, the author of God & Hamilton. Their conversation centers on themes of leadership and spirituality from the life of Alexander Hamilton, an influential American Founder.

It's a simple word.

In 20+ years of coaching it's also the thing we see missing most often in leaders, teams and organizations.

What is it?

Accountability.

Most leaders don't need another podcast, another book or another conference… they need accountability.

Strategies and systems work when we are accountable to another person to execute them. In this episode Shawn introduces you to part of the CourageToLead coaching framework: The 5 Pillars of Accountability.

People tend to walk into the successful chapter a person's life is on and assume it's their entire story.

Courage may even appear to come natural, while seemingly avoiding others.

In this episode, Shawn is joined by a leader who embodies courage in leadership and life, Nona Jones.

Nona is an author, entrepreneur, pastor, podcast host, business executive and Head of Faith-Based Partnerships for Facebook who overcame childhood physical and sexual abuse to become a global voice of hope through faith in God.

Prepare to be inspired!