Proven Perspectives with John Hawkins

Over time leaders lose perspective and balance. It is not a question of if but of when. In this episode, Laura and John discuss what is the perspective and balance that leaders need and what happens when they lose it. In the next episode, they will share tips on how to regain and sustain perspective and balance.

Do you ever look at a leader and ask yourself the question, What happened to them? In this episode, John speaks on Spiritual Erosion - why it happens and what we can do about it.

Mary Byers is a Christian woman who has had nearly lifelong influence in the life of John; In this episode, listeners will learn about race, influence and how our leaders do not always have the title of leader

Laura and John look at the great hope we have due to the kind sovereignty of God at work in all of life. Though this is our hope, it is also a truth that we have to prayerfully wrestle with to come to understand and believe in on our hardest days and in our deepest disappointments. To read more on this episodes content, go here: https://lead-edge.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Absorbing-and-Believ...

Over the years, Leadership Edge has trained hundreds of mentors who now mentor both in the US and abroad. Consistently one of the concepts in our mentor training that is most striking and appreciated by the participants is that the Holy Spirit is the Master Mentor. In this episode, Laura and John unpack what it means and looks like for a mentor to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit in a mentoring...

At the end of his life, as Moses gave his last message to the Israelites before his death, he proclaimed to the Israelites the supremacy of knowing and living by God's Word. In Deuteronomy 32:45-47a, Moses says (excerpt) Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day...they are not just idle words for you--they are your (very) life. John unpacks with Laura the difference that...

As 2021 comes to an end, Laura and John talk about favorite memories, biggest surprises and greatest concerns from 2021.Listeners will be interested to see if their own 2021 memories, surprises and concerns are similar to those of Laura and John. They then look ahead to what theyare looking forward to and what they hope God changes in 2022.

Laura and John switch roles in this episode with John as the host and Laura telling the story of a dark period of deep anxiety that she went through some years ago. Listeners will learn how God brought her through this experience and what she learned from it. Laura's story is a timely and practical one for those battling through anxiety.

Leadership Edge President Todd Melby joins Laura and John to discuss key lessons from Joseph in the Old Testament. John believes that the story of Joseph is one of the best stories ever told. Listen in to learn how Vision, Journey, Fulfillment and Impact of Joseph are a small story in a much grander story.

Mentoring relationships often turn into valuable lifelong collaborative friendships. In this episode, Laura and John share stories, scriptures and perspectives on mentors becoming lifelong friends.

What do we do with those besetting sins that we must battle ongoingly? Laura and John discuss this topic incorporating insights from scripture, John Newton and Dane Ortlund. Listen and walk away with clearer thinking and God-centered hope in your battles with indwelling sin.

Peer Development Groups are one of the great tools that we have developed, by Gods grace, at Leadership Edge. Ben Thomason with the Duke University Fuqua School of Business and Taylor Mattingly with Deloitte join Laura and John to discuss their experience with Leadership Edge Peer Development Groups. Click below to view the framework and agenda presented in this podcast. https://lead-edge.com/peer...

The evangelical church in America is greatly challenged in this period of pandemic and cultural polarity.  In this episode Laura and John focus on the great need in this cultural moment for Christians to be skin in the game, blood on the court ; committed to the local church.  Listeners can download a short summary piece that John wrote on this topic or email us at LEI@lead-edge.com to request the...

Gordon Blocker joins Laura and John again on this episode. The topic is Peaking Into A Mentoring Relationship. John and Gordon get in-depth and honest about the mentoring relationship that they have shared for 30 years and its impact on each of them.

Gordon Blocker joins the podcast and leads John through a quick round of Would You Rather? Gordon puts John on the hot seat as only a beloved friend of 30 years can do. Listen in as John, in his first experience of Would You Rather? breaks most of the rules.

Continuing the conversation begun in Part One, John and Laura continue the discussion on how God works in the lives of believers to grow us to become more like Him. John points out that for us to rightly understand what it means to be in relationship with God we have to understand what He is doing- that He is transforming us! God is not just blessing us, not just answering our prayers, not just be...

Revisiting the first of the summer 2019 podcast two-part series. Every day that we live, once we come to faith in Christ, God is building sanctification in us. Sanctifying us is one of the promises - one the commitments that He has made to us. For us to rightly understand what it means to be in relationship with God we have to understand what He is doing- that He is transforming us! God is not jus...

What do young Christian professionals want? Like the rest of us, they want a lot and are often unhealthily driven by these wants. In this episode, Laura and John talk about the Wants, Vanity, Belief and Glory of young professionals. Listeners will see that these are much the same for anyone who seeks to follow Christ.

In this second episode of the series Books, People and Passages that Have Shaped My Life, John talks about an author that he ran away from for a long time. That author is John Piper, who has since become an author and teacher who has profoundly shaped his understanding of what the Bible says to be true about God and His sovereign purpose in all of life.

It is tough to be a peacemaker in 2021. There have always been "landmine" issues in culture, like politics and faith, about which we know to talk carefully and thoughtfully. But now, it seems like the landmines are everywhere. Laura and John have an honest and biblical discussion on Being a Peacemaker in 2021 on this episode

Steve Schoeffel is the co-founder of Whimsical ( www.whimsical.com ). In this episode, Steve talks with Laura and John about his story, his company and how a God-centered, Biblically-based life vision statement keeps him on course.

God-honoring influence is greatly intensified or diminished by the words that we use. In this episode, Laura and John discuss three insights from a single verse in the Bible for appropriate and gracious verbal impact on others.

Laura and John cut to the core of how we often misunderstand prayer and avoid it or feel guilt over it. Listen in as they explain that prayer is nothing more than a two-way conversation between a child and their loving Father. Included in the show notes is a list of prayers that John uses as he prays to his Father. Prayers of Dedication https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56e770d027d4bd9ffa94bc...

For 27 years Leadership Edge Inc. has equipped God-honoring leaders through our unique approach to Christian mentoring. In this episode, Laura and John discuss the "why" that led us to begin the organization.

In this podcast episode, Laura and John begin a new occasional series on people, books and Biblical passages that have shaped his life. This first episode focuses on John and his father, their broken relationship and how God used it to bring John to Christ.