303 | Wrapping Up the Summer of Leadership — The Skills That Shape Culture
Aug 4, 2025
Dive into the essential skills that shape a vibrant organizational culture. Explore self-leadership, emotional intelligence, and effective communication as key tools for inspiring trust. Discover how decision-making and delegation create a reliable environment while accountability and feedback promote growth. Jenni reveals eye-opening insights on the cost of disengagement and the importance of a strategic cultural investment. Plus, get introduced to new initiatives designed to empower leaders and cultivate a thriving workplace.
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Master Eight Leadership Skills
Develop mastery in eight key leadership skills to build and sustain culture.
These skills shape influence, trust, clarity, and momentum in your organization.
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Budget Culture Proactively
Align your budget and resources intentionally with culture priorities.
Invest time and money proactively to build a healthy, sustainable culture.
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Engagement Drops Hurt Productivity
Global employee engagement has dropped, costing $438 billion in lost productivity.
Manager engagement decline is a key factor in widespread employee disengagement.
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In this episode of the Lead Culture Podcast, Jenni Catron wraps up our Summer of Leadership series with an essential conversation about the eight leadership skills that truly shape a healthy, sustainable culture — and why your culture plan needs to be as clear and intentional as your budget plan for next year.
If you’ve followed along this summer, you know these aren’t just “soft skills.” They’re the building blocks of influence — practical tools that help leaders inspire trust, clarity, and momentum at every level of the organization.
In this episode, Jenni recaps each skill:
Self-Leadership:The hardest — and most crucial — person to lead is you.
Emotional Intelligence:If you can’t read the room, you can’t lead the room.
Communication:Clear, repeatable messages build trust and alignment.
Decision-Making:Every choice shows your team what you really value.
Delegation:Letting go creates trust — and margin.
Accountability:Expecting the best shows you care.
Feedback:It’s not criticism — it’s investment.
Ownership:It’s not a title — it’s an attitude.
You’ll also hear fresh insights on why many leaders know these matter but still struggle to put them into action — and how to align your resources and rhythms to make culture stick for the long haul.
Jenni shares eye-opening Gallup data that reveals just how costly disengagement really is — and how your investment in culture today can fuel retention, profitability, and purpose tomorrow.
Finally, Jenni invites you into the brand-new LeadCulture Network — a community of like-minded leaders who want to keep growing, together.
Ready to close the gap between the culture you have and the culture you want? Listen in — and start building your unstoppable culture today.
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