Black Belt Leadership

Welcome to the Black Belt Leadership Podcast with Dr. John Terry, where each week we dive deep into the pursuit of excellence and what it means to be a black belt leader. In this episode titled "The Pursuit of Black Belt Excellence," Dr. Terry explores why being just a leader isn't enough, and how striving for black belt excellence can transform your life. He discusses how the expect...

In this week's Leadership Lesson from the Bible, we continue to learn from the life of Joseph. In today's passage, we discover that leaders are not always liked, valued, and appreciated.

We live in a world that is increasingly stressful and chaotic. We struggle for mindfulness and peace. It's a topic on the minds of a lot of people, and that's the topic of this week's leadership webinar.

In this episode of the Black Belt Leadership podcast, Dr. John Terry discusses the importance of defining success and how it relates to becoming a black belt leader. He emphasizes the role of belief in achieving success and shares insightful quotes and personal anecdotes to drive the point home. Dr. Terry explores the relative nature of success and encourages listeners to create their own definiti...

Three of the world's major religions look to the "Call of Abram" as significant in the establishment of their faith. But there's more in this historical text than a Call. There are four leadership insights, highlighting both good and bad leadership, that we can learn from and apply to our lives today.

Successful people focus on what they are best at, and they engage others in the areas they aren't. Sadly, far too many people want to "do it all themselves" and in doing so they limit their potential. There's an art to engaging others, and in this leadership session, you'll learn the "Art of Engaging Others."

Welcome to the Black Belt Leadership podcast with your host, Dr. John Terry. In this episode, titled "The Commonplace Conundrum," we dive into the familiar versus the unknown. Just like a goldfish feeling safe in its aquarium, we too often choose familiarity over venturing beyond our comfort zones. But here's the problem: when we confine ourselves to the ordinary, we limit our impact...

In this week's lesson, we start to explore the life of Joseph and why some leaders are loved, and others are hated. Not everyone will love you as a leader, and sometimes you can be your own worst enemy.

The crucible reveals what's inside each of us as we go through the challenges, struggles, and obstacles of life. How we do that well is the topic of this week's Black Belt Leadership podcast.

The story of Jacob, and his transformation from deceitful trickster to the leader of a nation is an interesting study in personal growth and leadership. In this week's leadership insights, we look at four lessons learned from this insightful story.

What are the key attributes you want to look for in an effective leader? If you want to improve the quality of your leadership, what behaviors do you need to focus on? That's the topic of this week's podcast.

How should a leader respond to adversity? When leaders are tested, what does that reveal about them? That's the topic of this week's Leadership Insights from the Bible.

Watching UFC doesn't make you a cage fighter any more than reading a medical book makes you a doctor. Yet, how often do we allow unsuccessful people to speak into our lives, and how often do we accept their guidance and advice to our own detriment?

Are you ready to unlock your full potential and become the best version of yourself? In our latest episode of Black Belt Leadership, we dive into the power of affirmations and how they can shape our beliefs, habits, and ultimately our success.

We are all too often the saboteurs of our own success, imposing roadblocks that hold us back. How do we stop doing that?  That's the topic of this week's Black Belt Leadership podcast.

There's a powerful lesson on negotiation in Genesis 18 that is applicable to our daily lives, and that's the topic of this week's Words of Wisdom Wednesday.

What happens when, rather than following the leader, you attempt to shortcut or circumvent the process? When you attempt to solve a problem with missing information, the end result isn't good.

What happens when leaders run into conflict? Abram experienced this early in his leadership and revealed some valuable lessons we can all apply to our daily lives as Black Belt Leaders.

Doing more of the same won't change the outcome. If you keep choosing failure, you keep failing. Here's how you STOP choosing failure.

Leaders leave what's comfortable and familiar to go to that uncomfortable place where breakthroughs happen, discoveries are made, and success is experienced.

In this week's Words of Wisdom Wednesday, we explore what happens when you start, but fail to finish, your leadership journey.

In this week's lesson, we examine the Tower of Babel and the leadership lessons we can glean from this passage. Leadership leaks, and vision has to be continually recast or people lose their way, settle for second best, and don't achieve the desired outcome of the leader.

When leaders fail to lead, there are consequences. A story in Genesis 3 points out the ramifications of negative influence and allowing others to hijack your mission, your calling, and your purpose.

How can you become all you can be if you don't even know who you are and what you are capable of? Know thyself. The Greek philosopher, Socrates, believed this was the FIRST step to true wisdom and understanding, as you cannot appreciate what you understand and what is left to be learned if you fail to truly know yourself. Here's how you do that...

Successful people identify which highways don’t lead to success in life, and they avoid traveling those same roads in the future. Here's how you learn to navigate your own Highway to Success...