The Leader's Journey Podcast

By Jim Herrington & Trisha Taylor

Business Management & Marketing Religion & Spirituality

What's The Leader's Journey Podcast about?

In each episode, we are going to work to give you one easy to understand concept and tell you at least one story that illustrates the concept being put into practice. The concept will be easy to understand, but it will require your very best self and a good deal of practice over time if you are going to implement it.

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Shifting to the Missional M...

11.30.2023

adership, shedding light on helpful practices that can guide church leaders through the shift from an attractional growth model to a missional one. Joining them on this insightful exploration is the experienced and dynamic Mac McCarthy, Lead Pastor at Crosspoint ...

The Leader's Journey Podcast episodes:

11.30.2023 Shifting to the Missional Model with Pastor Mac McCarthy adership, shedding light on helpful practices that can guide church leaders through the shift from an attractional growth model to a missional one. Joining them on this insightful exploration is the experienced and dynamic Mac McCarthy, Lead Pastor at Crosspoint ...
11.10.2023 Leadership, Focus and the Art of Paying Attention with Ann Kansfield In this episode, Trisha and Jim engage in a thought-provoking conversation with their guest, Ann Kansfield. Ann delves into her personal experiences with ADHD, offering insights into harnessing the condition as a unique asset. Embracing openness about living with ADHD, ...
10.27.2023 Togetherness and Individuality with Dr. Michael DeRuyter Join host Jim Herrington and Dr. Michael DeRuyter in an enlightening discussion as they uncover the delicate interplay between individuality and togetherness forces within leadership environments. Dr. DeRuyter is a distinguished expert in Bowen Family Systems Theory and leadership development, ...
10.17.2023 Systems Thinking with Chris Field In this episode, Jim and Trisha talk with Chris Field, founder of Mercy Project, author, and speaker. They dive into the significance of systems thinking for leaders, emphasizing how it can address complex problems and instill hope within their organizations. ...
09.29.2023 Leadership and Rest, Sabbath and Sabbaticals Leaders who rigorously practice rest and who learn to work from rest, not work for rest, move past performance and entitlement and can sustain healthy leadership for the long haul. This episode delves into the importance of rest, relaxation, and ...
09.15.2023 Rethinking Conflict with Brian Keepers and Heidi De Jonge: Part 2 If we can’t or won’t engage conflict, we can’t lead effectively. It’s as simple as that. Fortunately, managing ourselves in conflict can be learned, unlearned and re-learned as we use conflict as a powerful opportunity for growth and change. We ...
08.17.2023 Rethinking Conflict with Brian Keepers and Heidi De Jonge: Part 1 If we can’t or won’t engage conflict, we can’t lead effectively. It’s as simple as that. Fortunately, managing ourselves in conflict can be learned, unlearned and re-learned as we use conflict as a powerful opportunity for growth and change. Conversation ...
08.04.2023 Quit Getting In Your Own Way (Rebroadcast) Welcome back to another episode of The Leader's Journey podcast. Today we're sharing one of our favorite episodes from 2019, Quit Getting In Your Own Way. This episode is a deep dive into the complexities of leadership and the often-overlooked ...
07.13.2023 Beyond Fight/Flight: The Fawn Response (People pleasing and Peacekeeping) In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Chuck DeGroat to talk about the natural reactivity we have to anxiety. We’ve talked a lot about fight and flight, conflict and distancing, but we don’t always add two other instinctive reactions: freeze ...
06.29.2023 Connecting with Creation: A Conversation with Dr. Robert Creech We grow our emotional maturity when we see ourselves and our relationships as part of creation and stay in touch with the natural world around us. Conversation overview: Are we, humans, disconnected from nature? What is the relationship between emotional ...
06.16.2023 Managing Self in Triangles #2 Managing Self in Triangles #2 with Steve Cuss In this episode, we continue our series on learning to managing self in triangles. Joining us for this conversation is our esteemed guest and good friend, Steve Cuss. As a reminder, this series is exploring the idea that triangles are ...
05.22.2023 Managing Self in Triangles with Dr. Jenny Brown Triangles are not good or bad….but they are tricky. We're excited to kick off our new two-part series, "Managing Self in Triangles". Our guest for this episode is Dr. Jenny Brown, the founder and executive director of the Family Systems ...
05.04.2023 Episode 100: The Leader's Journey Story In this episode, Jim and Trisha look back on The Leader's Journey, discuss key lessons and express gratitude for their clients, listeners, and the growth they've experienced through their work. We hope you'll connect with this authentic conversation. Conversation Overview: ...
04.15.2023 Practices for Courage: Growing Courage in Leadership Knowing and doing the right thing is hard. Staying calm and saying the course in the face of the resulting opposition can be even harder, and requires us to practice courage intentionally. In this episode, the third in our series ...
03.27.2023 Practices for Courage: Facing Trauma & Pain Facing trauma and pain in constructive and redemptive ways requires us to practice courage intentionally. With David Zailer, author of Death of a Fisherman, Trisha and Jim continue their series on courage. Together they discuss an important question from David’s ...
03.10.2023 Practices for Courage: Saying Yes, Saying No Podcast guest Nathan Herrington helps Jim and Trisha explore practices that can sustain courage in the third episode of a series that focuses on growing our emotional maturity. By saying yes to life on its own terms we lean into ...
03.01.2023 The Rhythms of Well-being In today’s podcast, we discuss how leaders often live in a pace that stands in the way of being able to grow our emotional maturity. Our guest, April Fiet, is a pastor and author whose book The Sacred Pulse: Holy ...
01.27.2023 Disrupting Our Autopilot: The Only Way Things Change The only way to be different is to do different—seeing our autopilot ways of being and disrupting them is the only way change happens. I rarely struggle to know what I believe the right thing to do is but I ...
01.14.2023 What We Learned Last Year As a learning community, we want to share some of our best resources with you, let you get to know our team a little better and give you a peek into what we’re learning. We hold a shared belief that, ...
12.21.2022 Growing a Calmer Self The gold standard of leadership is calm, principled presence in the face of challenge. This requires commitment and practice to do the inside-out work of growing a calmer self. About Nate Pyle Nate is an author, blogger and ordained pastor ...
12.09.2022 Emerging Mental Models Shifts for Church Leaders Learning to Surface and Test the Mental Models: Part 2 When you are leading off map, learning to surface and test the mental models—yours and those of your team—that guide your decision-making is an essential leadership skill. In this episode, ...
11.24.2022 Learning to Surface and Test the Mental Models When you are leading off map, learning to surface and test the mental models—yours and those of your team—that guide your decision-making is an essential leadership skill. Click here to learn more about and get access to Better Together Conversation ...
11.12.2022 Better Together: A Conversation about Men and Women Working Together We believe that it is God’s design for men and women to collaborate as equals in the missional life. We believe living according to God’s design is a matter of justice and a matter of missional effectiveness. Learn more and ...
10.14.2022 Burning Out and Hanging on: Leadership, Stress and Survival Burning out is not an inevitable part of leadership but it is a common one; leaders can care for themselves and each other as they avoid burnout where possible, heal from burnout where necessary and use burnout to learn new ...
09.21.2022 Leading Up and Out: Part 2, Leading from the Second Chair Leading from the Second Chair with Mike Bonem Leadership is not just about being in charge. The best leaders know how to use influence and relationships to lead up, down and sideways in order to shape the things they care ...
09.06.2022 Leading Up and Out Part 1 Leadership is not just about being in charge. The best leaders know how to use influence and relationships to lead up, down and sideways in order to shape the things they care about. Subscribe to our newsletter Conversation Overview What ...
08.15.2022 Orienting ourselves in the deconstruction process with Ben Sternke and Matt Tebbe In this episode, we talk with Ben Sternke and Matt Tebbe authors of "Having the Mind of Christ: Eight Axioms to Cultivate a Robust Faith". During the conversation, we explore deconstruction, how our response to it impacts those we lead, ...
07.29.2022 The Leader As Coach: Being Coachable Today we're talking about what it means to be coachable and what it means to have a posture of coachability. Subscribe to our newsletter! Leaders who learn to lead through coaching and who develop a culture of coaching in their ...
07.19.2022 The Leader As Coach: Five essential skills for coaching The five skills that leaders can start to work on today to become more effective leaders through coaching are deep listening, inquiry, giving clear feedback, guiding focus, and doing your own work. Subscribe to our newsletter! Leaders who learn to ...
06.23.2022 The Leader As Coach: Developing People Leaders who learn to lead through coaching and who develop a culture of coaching in their organization will effectively raise up people who can consistently be the healthiest, most effective version of themselves and do their best work. Subscribe to ...
06.09.2022 Is it over yet? Post-pandemic considerations In this episode of The Leader's Journey Podcast, Trisha and Jim are reflecting on the past two years, what they've learned, how things have changed, and what they can see differently now from a different vantage point. In part of ...
05.27.2022 The 3 Types of Storms that Arise in Systems To navigate the storms in our systems it is important to be able to notice and identify them as ambient anxiety from a culture in chaos, a crisis eruption, or the conflict that shows up as a symptom of the ...
04.28.2022 How Family Patterns Impact Leadership with Dr. Robert Creech What does our family of origin or our nuclear family have to do with how we lead? In this episode, we explore that question as we discuss the third section of our book entitled Family Patterns. The process of researching, ...
04.18.2022 Leading Living Systems with Dr. Robert Creech To think systems, we have to give up cause-and-effect thinking. Everyone in a particular system is influencing and being influenced all the time. The process of researching, studying, and writing the book The Leader’s Journey changed the trajectory of our ...
03.31.2022 The Call to Personal Transformation with Dr. Robert Creech "An effective leader, one who can galvanize individuals and groups and who has the potential to help transform society is a person who has the capacity to know and do the right thing." – The Leader's Journey The process of ...
03.10.2022 Using and Sharing Power to Create a More Just and Equitable Community How can leaders use the power they have on behalf of others and share their power with others in order to create a more just and more equitable community? We are joined by Dr. D. Z. Cofield and Deborah Pulis ...
02.28.2022 The Balance of Power: How trustworthy and transformative leaders balance authority and vulnerability creating space for flourishing In this episode, we explore how trustworthy and transformative leaders carefully balance authority and vulnerability to create space for flourishing. Conversation overview What comes to mind when you think about authority? What comes to mind when you think about vulnerability? ...
02.11.2022 Power dynamics and conflict: A conversation for Trustworthy and Transformative Leaders A conversation about leadership is inherently a conversation about power, and a conversation about power is inherently a conversation about conflict. In this episode, we explore how trustworthy and transformative leaders understand how power dynamics are always present in conflict ...
01.28.2022 Power Dynamics for Trustworthy and Transformative Leaders Trustworthy and transformative leaders understand the dynamics of power in their organizations and in themselves and they have developed principles and practices that help them use their own power wisely. “Power is the ability to achieve purpose, power is the ...
01.19.2022 Our Love/Hate Relationship With Goals It’s the new year and some of us have been planning our new year’s resolutions for months, some of us haven’t and feel guilty about it, and some of us very strictly don’t do resolutions. Our culture is very keen ...
12.24.2021 Reflecting on 2021 We wanted the last episode of this year to be a little different. There will not be a leadership principle, and there's not going to be a question that we're trying to answer. But in this episode, I think we ...
12.02.2021 Applying Systems Thinking Today Jim is joined by our colleague and fellow coach, Dr. Michael De Ruyter. Mike and Jim are facilitating a learning community for 10 pastors this fall and today's podcast is a conversation between us that we prepared for one ...
11.05.2021 Effective and Empowering Accountability How do we implement accountability strategies that are actually empowering and effective? In our efforts to lead a group of people toward a shared mission or vision, we must find ways to overcome our negative experiences with accountability and learn ...
10.14.2021 Strategic Planning Many organizations have plenty of great ideas and plans for the future but they struggle to focus everyone in the same direction and goal setting always seems to fall flat. How can we do strategic planning in a way that ...
10.01.2021 Guiding a Group Through Grief and Loss The question we are exploring in this episode is, "So I believe that God is doing a new thing, how do I help people let go of the past so that we can move toward a different future?" Conversation Overview ...
09.16.2021 Collective Discernment I understand that I’m supposed to be leading toward God’s emerging future, mobilizing people toward a shared vision. But honestly, it’s like herding cats! How do we know where we’re supposed to be going? Download the Two Feet Walking Workbook ...
08.12.2021 Understanding and Managing Your Emotions We live in a culture that is drowning in emotion and at the same time we are emotionally numb and cut off. The church is no different. In order to have something compelling to offer in our culture, in order ...
07.14.2021 Mastering Transformation Conversations This episode is about learning to master transformation conversations from our six-part series on leadership practices that lead to breakthrough. If you’d like to learn more about this series or our organizational coaching and leadership development services you can contact ...
06.24.2021 Identifying and Clarifying Guiding Principles A guiding principle is a standard you want to live up to or a value you want to live into with integrity. This episode is about learning to identify and clarify guiding principles from our six-part series on leadership practices ...
06.10.2021 Spiritual Practices That Lead To Breakthrough We are in a changing context and the practices we grew up with are not the practices that will sustain the kind of leadership we need in this world. We believe that effective leaders have a set of daily, weekly, ...

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