Leadership Behind the Scenes

🕊️ Spiritual authority should never require people to surrender their voice. Good intentions are not enough when a leader controls decisions, resources and opportunities. In this Harvest Discipleship teaching, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons explores how Christian leaders can recognize the power they hold, protect the dignity of the people they serve and build accountability before a crisis. Drawing on Boaz...

Being the leader everyone needs can keep you from becoming the person you are meant to be. What happens when achievement, helping others and moving faster stop bringing clarity? Chonsten Jennings joins Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons for an honest conversation about leading yourself first. After a season that left him living in his car with his young daughter, Chonsten began rebuilding through accountabilit...

Your best people may be stuck because every decision still needs your permission. You hired capable people. So why does so much work still come back to your desk? Learn five ways to give high performers room to lead while keeping clear standards. You’ll see how to define who can decide, coach sound judgment, and test greater ownership without taking every task back. Leave with one practical step:...

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Discover Raising Leaders, Not Followers™, the 12-lesson teen leadership curriculum for ages 13–17: https://www.drrhondalsimmons.com/educational-leadership/raising-leaders-not-followers __________ Your teen can follow every household rule and still feel lost when it's time to make a decision independently. How do we help young people develop responsibility that lasts when no adult is standing over...

Ready to examine what's keeping you or your team from growing? Explore the Close the Leadership Gap Diagnostic™: https://the-close-the-gap-diagnostic.tiiny.site/ __________ Do you work all day but still feel behind? The problem may not be your time management. It may be your energy, your leadership habits, and the way you approach your work. In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes, Dr. Rho...

Interested in Close the Educational Leadership Gap™ Workshops and related implementation opportunities? https://rhonda-l-simmons-llc.thrivecart.com/close-the-educational-leadership-gap/ __________ What if the leadership habits that made you a successful school administrator are the same habits limiting your next level? School leaders carry expectations from every direction: teachers, students, fam...

Explore the Team Growth Leadership Journey™ ($297): https://www.drrhondalsimmons.com/product/24392424/the-team-growth-leadership-journey Join the Priority Waitlist for the Leadership Behind the Scenes Virtual Conference: https://www.drrhondalsimmons.com/executive-leadership/leadership-behind-the-scenes-live-virtual-conference _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Your team finally tells you what's really happening....

You have a book idea. Maybe you even have pages of notes, a few stories, or the perfect title. So why does actually writing the book feel so difficult? For many first-time authors, the problem begins before the first sentence. The pressure to produce an impressive opening can keep a meaningful message trapped in drafts and notebooks. In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes™, Dr. Rhonda L....

Take a next step with the Close the Leadership Gap Diagnostic™: https://the-close-the-gap-diagnostic.tiiny.site/ __________ A leader can keep the title and still step away from the responsibility it carries. In this faith-based episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes™, I examine Ahab, Jezebel, and Naboth in 1 Kings 21, using the King James Version. The account raises hard questions about entitleme...

Explore your next leadership step through the Close the Leadership Gap Diagnostic™: https://the-close-the-gap-diagnostic.tiiny.site/ __________ Are you protecting a high standard, or making every step depend on you? In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes™, I explore the difference between micromanagement and high standards. Caring about quality does not require every valid approach to loo...

What do you do when the career you've worked so hard to build no longer feels right? Rolanda Michele had a successful corporate career and a high-paying position. But in 2023, she faced a truth she could no longer ignore. Something in her life was out of alignment. In this conversation with Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons, Leadership Formation Advisor, Rolanda shares why she walked away from corporate succe...

Download the Team Growth Self-Check™ and choose one pattern to examine. https://dr-rhonda-simmons.myflodesk.com/the-team-growth-selfcheck   ________ Your team asks you everything. What is your answer teaching them? In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes™, I explore how leaders can respond to recurring questions in ways that build judgment, confidence, and ownership. We will look at what s...

Download the Team Growth Self-Check™ to examine where your leadership may be keeping decisions dependent on you. https://dr-rhonda-simmons.myflodesk.com/the-team-growth-selfcheck   __________ Your team has grown. Has its decision authority grown with it? When every choice needs your approval, more people can mean more waiting. In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes™, I explore how to dele...

👉 Download the Team Growth Self-Check™ and choose one leadership pattern to examine. https://dr-rhonda-simmons.myflodesk.com/the-team-growth-selfcheck __________ You have good employees. So why does the work keep coming back to you? In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes™, I look at why delegation fails even when the people are capable. The task may have moved while the outcome, decision...

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Not sure what to include in your nonfiction book? Start with the reader and the change your book promises, not every note you have saved. Picture a new manager looking for help with team talks. If your book also takes them through business plans, money tips, and your whole life story, the help they came for gets lost. In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes™, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons shares h...

How do you live your faith at work when the people around you do not share it? Daniel gives us a clear place to start. He served in a culture that did not share his faith. He held his convictions, spoke with care, and carried his work with integrity. In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes™, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons shares biblical leadership principles from Daniel 1 and Daniel 6. This is for...

How do school administrators make sound decisions when teachers, families, and district leaders want different things? Competing priorities are part of school leadership. But trying to please every person can leave your school with unclear plans, too many promises, and more work than staff can carry. In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes™, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons shares a practical way for...

Are you developing your team, or accidentally teaching them to depend on you? One of the most common leadership development mistakes is stepping in too quickly, solving the problem, or carrying work your team needs the opportunity to learn how to handle. In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes™, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons explores the difference between supporting people and rescuing them. You’...

What if the next place God is taking you requires a version of you that does not exist yet? In this episode, Dr. Rhonda Simmons teaches from Abram’s journey and shows why calling does not eliminate formation. Pressure reveals fear. Delay exposes impatience. Increase tests stewardship. And sometimes the process you want God to end is the very thing He is using to prepare you. Before you ask God to...

Book your next Executive Leadership Decision Hour >>> https://rhonda-l-simmons-llc.thrivecart.com/executive-leadership-decision-hour/ Executive presence isn't built — it's protected. Most leadership training teaches you to project confidence, command attention, and hold the room. But under real pressure, none of that holds without one thing: regulation. In this deeply personal epi...

What keeps a leader showing up when the bucket is empty? Dr. Shaunta' Bailey has an answer — and it starts with a ceiling fan. In this candid conversation, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons sits down with Dr. Shaunta' Bailey — educator, CEO, and seasoned school administrator — to talk about the leadership no one sees. Not the title, not the office, not the paycheck. The inner work. Dr. Bailey shares t...

Find out exactly where your leadership stands right now. Take the free Executive Leadership Diagnostic here: https://executive-leadership-diagnostic.tiiny.site/ Grab the book, Is My Team Growing Because I Lead Them? https://bit.ly/42TOvju_________What if the clarity you have been praying for is waiting on the decision you have been delaying? In this Monday Motivation episode, Dr. Rhonda Simmons dr...

Find out exactly where your leadership stands right now. Take the free Executive Leadership Diagnostic . What do you do when you have left where you were but you have not yet arrived where you are going? Most leadership conversations skip right over this part. Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons and Dr. Anita McDaniel do not. In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes, Dr. Anita McDaniel, holistic health p...