The Leadership Table

You found the right person, but have you prepared them to succeed? In this episode of The Leadership Table , Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores how leaders can help new employees, volunteers, and ministry team members find their footing. Discover three practical ways to explain unwritten expectations, create a meaningful first win, and examine the support you provide before judging someone’s performance...

What if your best-performing employees are also some of your most disengaged? Just because the work is getting done doesn't necessarily mean everything is going well. According to Gallup's 2026 State of the Global Workplace Report , only about one-third of American employees are engaged at work. But why should engagement matter if employees are meeting expectations and producing results? I...

How do you lead people whose personalities, experiences, and working styles differ from your own? In this episode of The Leadership Table , Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores how leaders can distinguish what the mission requires from their personal preferences while creating room for others to contribute. Through practical examples and a faith-rooted perspective, discover how to communicate clear expect...

Clear communication takes more than sending an email or making an announcement. In this episode of The Leadership Table, Dr. Jonathan Lotson shares practical ways to check understanding, listen without defensiveness, and improve how information moves through your organization. Discover how small changes in your communication can strengthen trust and help your team succeed.

What do you say when everyone is looking to you for an answer, and you don’t have one yet? In this episode of The Leadership Table, Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores how to lead with confidence while remaining open to learning. He shares practical ways to make decisions with incomplete information, receive correction without becoming defensive, and guide others without pride. Whether you lead a team, a...

Communication isn’t just about what you say, but it’s about who you say it to. In this episode of The Leadership Table , Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores why effective leaders take concerns, questions, and challenges to the right person instead of talking around the issue. Discover biblical wisdom and practical strategies for reducing confusion, protecting relationships, and creating a culture of clar...

Disagreement isn’t always disrespect, and it certainly isn’t always insubordination. In this episode of The Leadership Table , Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores how mature leaders can recognize the wisdom hidden in opposing perspectives, distinguish healthy disagreement from genuine disloyalty, and create a culture where people feel safe enough to tell the truth. Sometimes the voice challenging your de...

You don’t have to create dysfunction to become complicit in it. Sometimes, silence, tolerance, and inaction are enough. In this episode of The Leadership Table, Dr. Jonathan Lotson challenges leaders to examine what they may be allowing in their lives, relationships, and organizations simply because confronting it would be uncomfortable. It’s time to recognize when silence stops being neutrality a...

Power can elevate your leadership or expose its weaknesses. In this episode of The Leadership Table , Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores why power is a trust, not a trophy, and how accountability, humility, and restraint can help leaders use influence wisely. Discover practical principles for leading with character as your authority and influence grow.

Leadership comes with pressure, responsibility, and tough decisions, but don’t forget: you don’t just have to lead; you get to lead. In this episode of The Leadership Table, Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores the often overlooked joy of leadership from watching people grow and opening doors for others to building meaningful relationships, creating memories, and seeing ideas come to life. It’s a refreshi...

Being the leader doesn’t mean you have to make every decision. In this episode of The Leadership Table, Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores why secure leaders recognize the expertise around them, put the organization ahead of ego, and empower others to make decisions. Discover how to delegate authority, develop stronger decision makers, and know when great leadership means saying, “You’ve got this one.”

In a world obsessed with speed, productivity, and doing more with less, are we becoming more efficient but less effective? Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores why great leadership isn’t just about getting things done faster; it’s about making sure the right things get done. Discover practical strategies for protecting your priorities, developing people, eliminating distractions, and leading with greater...

Not everyone on your team handles responsibility the same way. In this episode, Dr. Jonathan Lotson introduces the Send & Delete vs. Send & Hold Principle a practical leadership framework to help you identify who you can trust to execute, who needs development, and how to delegate with greater confidence. Whether you lead a business, ministry, nonprofit, or team, you'll walk away with...

Leadership moves fast, but wisdom requires clarity. In this episode of The Leadership Table , Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores why great leaders resist the pressure to make quick decisions before gathering the facts. Discover practical strategies to separate facts from assumptions, ask better questions, and lead with confidence, integrity, and wisdom. Whether you're leading a business, ministry, n...

In a world full of distractions, great leaders learn that focus is their greatest advantage. In this episode of The Leadership Table , Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores how your focus determines your direction and how faith gives you the strength to keep moving forward even when the path isn't clear. Discover practical leadership insights, timeless biblical wisdom, and actionable strategies to help...

What if the people around you are shaping your success more than you realize? In this episode of The Leadership Table, Dr. Jonathan Lotson unpacks the real Harvard Business School research behind a viral social media video on workplace influence, high performers, and toxic behaviors. Discover what the studies actually found, why your inner circle matters, and how leaders can intentionally build cu...

It's easy to tell someone, "I believe in you." But do your actions actually reflect it? In this episode of The Leadership Table, Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores one of the most overlooked principles of effective leadership: true belief is demonstrated through action, not just words. Discover why great leaders don't simply encourage people; they intentionally prepare them, trust them...

Most leaders know how to delegate, but very few know how to empower. In this episode of The Leadership Table , Dr. Jonathan Lotson introduces the concept of Empowered Delegation , a leadership approach that goes beyond assigning tasks to equipping people with the authority, trust, and ownership needed to make decisions and drive results. Discover how reducing bottlenecks, distributing decision-mak...

What if the challenges you're facing aren't signs of failure, but signs of transformation? In this episode, Dr. Jonathan Lotson shares why growth doesn't always look like progress, how leaders can model transformation within their organizations, and why the process of becoming often feels uncomfortable before it becomes rewarding. This is a timely conversation for leaders navigating ch...

In this episode of The Leadership Table , Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores one of leadership's greatest challenges: knowing when to stand firm on your convictions and when to adapt for the greater good. Discover the difference between principles and preferences, how to avoid confusing stubbornness with strength, and practical ways to develop the wisdom and discernment needed to make better decisio...

Can you do the right thing the wrong way? In this episode of The Leadership Table , Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores a critical leadership lesson: being right isn't enough. Great leaders understand that how they communicate, correct, and make decisions can be just as important as the decisions themselves. Discover practical strategies for balancing truth with compassion, maintaining trust during d...

What does it mean to lead in a way that outlives your title, position, or platform? In this episode of The Leadership Table, Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores the powerful truth that strong leadership is not measured by how many people follow us, but by how many people grow because of us. Too often, leadership is evaluated by visibility, influence, and numbers, but lasting leadership is built through d...

In this episode of The Leadership Table with Dr. Jonathan Lotson , we dive into one of the most overlooked threats to healthy leadership and organizational growth.... poor communication! Whether you lead a business, ministry, nonprofit, team, or family, communication impacts trust, culture, morale, and vision more than most leaders realize. Dr. Lotson unpacks how unclear expectations, emotional re...

What happens when trust overrides truth? In this episode of The Leadership Table, Dr. Jonathan Lotson explores the leadership tension between loyalty, discernment, and emotional attachment. Inspired by a competition show where one person ignored obvious warning signs because of trust, this conversation unpacks how leaders can miss truth when relationships distort reality. Learn how to recognize pa...

What do you do when leadership feels stuck? How do you stay committed when progress slows, delays pile up, and the vision feels harder than expected? In this powerful episode of The Leadership Table , Dr. Jonathan Lotson unpacks the true meaning of tenacity and why endurance, not just talent, is what separates leaders who succeed from leaders who quit too soon. Drawing from powerful leadership pri...