Ordinary People. Extraordinary Lives.

Leadership finds it’s greatest power and effectiveness when the leader leads as a servant. In a time when influence is measured by likes, followers, shares, etc., we need a leadership renaissance that is captured through the vibrant colors of servant-hood. In this podcast, Lance borrows from Richard Daft’s work, ‘The Leadership Experience’, and shares four basic precepts for servant-hood leadershi...

Some things in leadership never change. In this episode, Lance reminds us of the power of love in the life of a leader and why it’s important.

A leader’s attitude is so powerful. It has the ability to affect an organization’s efficiency, morale, and effectiveness. In this podcast, Lance shares two metaphors to help us understand the power of attitude and offers a few suggestions on how to manage our own attitude as a leader.

Leadership and Hardship - two ships that often co-exist within our lives at the same time. In this podcast, Lance offers some practical experience about what these two ships look like in our lives, and identifies four sources for hardship and how we can respond.

Good life-giving leadership is not confined to a certain personality type. In this podcast, Lance shares viewpoints of leadership that any person can demonstrate and in doing so, will develop, sustain, and grow healthy leadership influence.

Wise leaders know what to hold onto in their leadership and in their leadership context. Wise leaders also know why they are holding onto certain values, principles, etc. In this podcast, Lance shares six thoughts with us to help us have a healthy hold on our leadership.

Leadership is all about people and one of the leadership moments we need to consider is how do we give healthy, compassionate, and tender leadership during times of sorrow? In this podcast, Lance shares six considerations to help us give tender leadership during times of sorrow.

Courage. It’s important for every leader to be courageous, and in this podcast, Lance reminds us of the importance of courage and offers 4 spheres where courage needs application.

One of the great joys of leadership is when you and your team experience big moments, happy moments, or breakthrough moments. In this podcast, Lance offers some suggestions on how we can maximize big moments so that they become sustained momentum.

Leaders will make mistakes. What should leaders do after the mistake is made? In this podcast, Lance shares six action steps leaders can make to help them strengthen their leadership and protect their relationships.

Leadership is the long game and I want you to finish well. In this podcast, Lance shares the needed four phases for the long journey of leadership.

Leadership and Mercy - those are two words that we don’t often hear discussed together. In this podcast, Lance shares with us why it’s important to be a merciful leader and offers a couple of suggestions for what that looks like.

In this podcast, Lance highlights the importance for a leader to have a humble heart. Pulling from years of experience, Lance shares with us important ideas regarding what humility is and isn’t, and closes the podcast with four important ways you can grow a humble heart as a leader.

In this episode, Lance shares a few tips and criteria on what it looks like for us to experience personal development and healthy people development.

After leading for many years, I’ve learned that sometimes there is a version of myself that is leading and it’s not my best self. In this podcast, Lance pulls from his work with a therapist, a helpful book, and recent podcasts, to identify a list that serves as a helpful tool for making sure that our best self is showing up and leading.

The foundation of leadership is important for the longevity and health of leaders and their leadership. In this podcast, Lance reminds us to remember our leadership foundation.

A leader can often feel lonely. In this podcast, Lance clarifies the difference between isolation and solitude, and why one is helpful and the other dangerous.

When leadership is consistent and growing, it can be healthy. In this podcast, Lance offers three absolutes to help us give healthy, consistent leadership.

With remote working, constant access via technology, work place demands, and the pressure to have the perfect everything, we can experience the erosion of healthy work/personal life balance. In this last podcast for 2021, Lance offers 10 words to help us establish a healthy work/personal life balance.

Trust is essential to the effectiveness and enjoyment of working on a team. In this podcast, Lance shares four tips for having a trustworthy team.

Leaders face a natural fatigue. So in this podcast, Lance offers 5 helpful suggestions on how we can continue to give healthy leadership while overcoming fatigue.

Forgiveness is not a concept that we often associate with leadership and the health of a culture. In this podcast, Lance gives us a common, working definition of forgiveness and shares four reasons why a forgiving leadership culture is necessary.

Every leader is faced with times of sorrow during their leadership tenure. In this podcast, Lance shares five tips on how to maintain healthy, life-giving leadership while the leader experiences personal sorrow.

A relationship or friendship that sends trust and respect messages back and forth requires healthy communication. Lance draws from his personal journey and thirty years of leadership to offer practical tips for building healthy communication, leading to more enjoyable and loving relationships/friendships.

In this podcast, Lance pulls from recent personal leadership experiences and offers fours considerations that leaders should engage to serve as a helpful call to maintain healthy, life-giving leadership.