Lead Culture with Jenni Catron

We all have habits in our lives that yield both positive and negative results. And the same is true about our organizations. And while habits are strong and sometimes difficult to change, they're not holding us captive. When we, as leaders, investigate our organizational habits, it gives us valuable insight into the culture we're creating for our teams. And as Maya Angelou says, "When you know better, you do better." This knowledge can help us lead more effectively toward the culture we hope to build. In this episode, Jenni Catron teaches us about the ways habits are shaping our teams and why this deserves our attention as leaders.In this episode, you'll learn:what the "habit loop" is and why it mattershow your habits affect your teamwhy you need to be intentional about your organizational habitsAtomic Habits by James ClearWe need your help to get the LeadCulture podcasts in front of more leaders! There are three simple things you can do that truly help us: Review us on Apple podcasts Subscribe - we’re available wherever you listen to podcasts. Share - let your friends know about the podcast by sharing your favorite episode on social media!

As leaders, we are all facing new challenges, unknowns and decisions that feel beyond our control. Sometime daily. There's nothing comfortable about feeling out of control and uncertain. Especially when others are looking to you to lead the way through. In this candid and inspiring conversation, author, speaker, and business consultant Alli Worthington shares with Jenni Catron practical tips about what it looks like to lead with confidence, even when you're uncomfortable.About Alli:Alli Worthington's goal is to help women live the life they were created to live. She lives outside Nashville with her husband, Mark, their five sons, and the only golden retriever who refuses to retrieve. She's a popular Christian women's speaker who travels the country sharing her humor, practical advice, and encouragement. She hosts her top-rated weekly podcast, The Alli Worthington Show, and brings us friends she loves, experts to learn from, and coaches listeners in life, business, and faith.Alli built her business in 2008 after her family went bankrupt with $42, a broken laptop, and millions of Google searches. She is now a sought-after coach and consultant who has helped individuals, small business owners, and Fortune 500 companies be more successful. Alli spends way too much time on Instagram at @AlliWorthington and you can download free resources and gifts at AlliWorthington.comConnect with Alli:Alli Worthington websiteStanding Strong bookWe need your help to get the LeadCulture podcasts in front of more leaders! There are three simple things you can do that truly help us: Review us on Apple podcasts Subscribe - we’re available wherever you listen to podcasts. Share - let your friends know about the podcast by sharing your favorite episode on social media!

Have you ever felt like success is a moving target? You have vision for your life, you set goals and work diligently toward them, but ultimately, it seems that everyone else is getting ahead while the results you're hoping for elude you. Listen in as author, speaker and well-known podcast host Jamie Ivey shares with Jenni Catron how to adjust your mindset and find peace and satisfaction even when your idea of success isn't happening as fast as you'd hoped.In this episode, you'll learn...Whether or not success and godliness are mutually exclusiveThe difference between success and faithfulnessHow to use the level of influence that God has uniquely given youHow to find opportunities in adversityAbout Jamie:Jamie Ivey is creator and host of the popular podcast, “The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey,” a central gathering place for talking about life and Jesus. Jamie told the raw, redemptive story that brought her to this place in her debut book, “If You Only Knew.” Now she’s telling the story that keeps her going and frames her God-empowering message to women today. Jamie and her husband, Aaron, make their home for six, plus guests—come anytime!—in Austin, Texas.Connect with Jamie:Instagram: @jamieiveyJamieivey.comText FRIEND to 33777 to learn more about You Be You and receive a free printable  We need your help to get the LeadCulture podcasts in front of more leaders! There are three simple things you can do that truly help us: Review us on Apple podcasts Subscribe - we’re available wherever you listen to podcasts. Share - let your friends know about the podcast by sharing your favorite episode on social media!

Do you ever feel as if you're working twice as hard for half the impact? That your capacity cannot keep up with the demands of leadership? All too common, these feelings contribute to leadership anxiety. This conversation between Jenni Catron and author, pastor and coach Steve Cuss is a helpful exploration of the anxiety we carry as leaders and how to manage it.In this episode, you'll learn:what leadership anxiety ishow your false needs affect other people how to identify when you are anxioustangible practices to go from anxious to grounded About Steve: Steve Cuss is the lead pastor, Discovery Christian Church in Broomfield, Colorado, and the author of Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs. He also teaches leadership development classes and conducts self-awareness seminars in the United States and internationally. Connect with Steve:stevecusswords.comWe need your help to get the LeadCulture podcasts in front of more leaders! There are three simple things you can do that truly help us: Review us on Apple podcasts Subscribe - we’re available wherever you listen to podcasts. Share - let your friends know about the podcast by sharing your favorite episode on social media!

As unpredictable as 2020 has been, one thing we can predict is how many hours there will be in each day. While we can't control the number hours we have, we can control how we fill them. Our time truly is one of our greatest resources. In order to make the most impact with our limited minutes, hours and days, we need to give some attention to our priorities. In this episode, Jenni Catron, Founder and CEO of the 4Sight Group, teaches us how to define our priorities and order them so that we are positioned to make the impact we hoping to.In this episode, you'll learn:the difference between fixed and subjective priorities4 steps to putting your priorities in orderwhat an "impact" priority is why you need to set yourspractical exercises for determining your personal, impact and organizational prioritiesWe need your help to get the LeadCulture podcasts in front of more leaders! There are three simple things you can do that truly help us: Review us on Apple podcasts Subscribe - we’re available wherever you listen to podcasts. Share - let your friends know about the podcast by sharing your favorite episode on social media!

In a season that is more draining, more overwhelming, and more demanding than many leaders have encountered, there is the occasional glimmer of hope in the form of good news. And some good news is this: burnout is NOT inevitable. You can take steps to ensure that you're leading yourself well and moving toward health as a leader even in the midst of challenging times. But what are they? How do we stay proactive about our own health so we can continue to lead those we're entrusted to lead? Coach and consultant Alan Briggs shares practical encouragement to that end with Jenni Catron in this episode of The Jenni Catron Leadership Podcast. In this episode, you'll learn:why you need both spiritual and practical rhythmswhat to do when you're "leading on tired"which comes first: the work or the workmanshipthe difference between tired, exhausted, burnoutwhat rhythms we need and whenwhether you're a blank canvas or an ice sculpturethe difference between loneliness and isolationhow to seek clarity instead of certaintyhow to move from reactive to proactiveAbout Alan:Alan Briggs is crazy about helping hungry leaders GET HEALTHY and REACH MORE IMPACT. He and the team at Stay Forth Designs do this through coaching leaders, consulting with teams, hosting leadership experiences and creating practical content. He co-hosts Right Side up Leadership Podcast where he hosts conversations about healthy leadership. He has been a pastor, church planting catalyst and entrepreneur. He is dad to four amazing kids and one amazing wife. His books Staying is the New Going, Guardrails, Everyone’s a Genius and The Right-Side up Leader help followers of Jesus take their next right steps. Connect with Alan:@AlanBriggs    StayForth.comWe need your help to get the LeadCulture podcasts in front of more leaders! There are three simple things you can do that truly help us: Review us on Apple podcasts Subscribe - we’re available wherever you listen to podcasts. Share - let your friends know about the podcast by sharing your favorite episode on social media!

When your work is to respond to crisis around the world, what do you do when the SAME crisis is affecting the entire world at the SAME time? Even if the nature of your work is more localized, the impact of the global pandemic is undoubtedly part of your decision-making processes right now. Listen in to glean powerful leadership insights from this conversation between Jenni Catron and Noel Yeatts, President of World Help.In this episode, you'll learn:how to stay decisive in crisishow to use the Stockdale Principle to your advantagewhy you should determine what's most critical and let what can wait, waitwhy the chief visionary's voice mattershow to protect team culture in virtual work settingshow to be more present with your teamhow to build trust with those you leadAbout Noel:Noel Yeatts is an advocate for social justice, with over 20 years of experience in global humanitarian work. She is an author, speaker, and the President of World Help — an international, Christian humanitarian organization serving the physical and spiritual needs of impoverished communities around the world. She regularly takes the stage for speaking engagements and advocacy events around the country and has been widely recognized for her book, Awake: Doing a World of Good One Person at a Time.Noel’s love for justice runs in the family, her husband Patrick serves as a Circuit Court Judge in Virginia. Together, they live in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains with their two sons, Riley and Bentley, and one feisty — not-so-teacup — Chihuahua, named Thunder.Connect with Noel:instagram @noelyeattsworldhelp.net twitter @worldhelp.net facebook fb.com/worldhelpWe need your help to get the LeadCulture podcasts in front of more leaders! There are three simple things you can do that truly help us: Review us on Apple podcasts Subscribe - we’re available wherever you listen to podcasts. Share - let your friends know about the podcast by sharing your favorite episode on social media!

Which words would you use to describe the culture of your team? Fast-paced, toxic, friendly, suspicious, focused? Does the word excellent make your list? Whether pursuit of excellence is a stated priority for you, there are few leaders who don't want to see their team improve. Not to simply become incrementally better, but to truly excel at accomplishing your mission. This episode with Horst Schulze is rich with practicality and contagious inspiration that will fuel you to build a culture of excellence within your team.In this episode, you'll learn...the definition of excellencewho is responsible for excellencewhy you shouldn't hire peoplethe difference between leadership and managementthe 3 kinds of customersAbout Horst Schulze:As founding President and COO of Ritz-Carlton and founder of Capella Hotels and Resorts, Horst established a new standard of excellence in his industry. He revolutionized the hotel industry, creating one of the most recognizable international brands, forever altering the very nature of customer service. Horst is also the author of his seminal book Excellence Wins.We need your help to get the LeadCulture podcasts in front of more leaders! There are three simple things you can do that truly help us: Review us on Apple podcasts Subscribe - we’re available wherever you listen to podcasts. Share - let your friends know about the podcast by sharing your favorite episode on social media!

Perspective can change everything. If we focus on what we DON'T have, on the limits or scarcity that exists rather than on the possibilities and the resources that ARE available to us, we can fall into self-defeating patterns. When we lift our eyes to a more optimistic and "offensive" perspective, we begin to lead ourselves and our teams into a greater story. This poignant and encouraging conversation between Jenni Catron and pastor, speaker, author and tv/radio/podcast host Sam Collier will help you discover how to do just that.In this episode, you'll learn:where to find optimism in difficult circumstanceswhy perspective mattershow to engage your own gritwhat happens when you play to winhow to understand other people's storiesthe power of listening to othersAbout Sam:Sam Collier is a pastor, speaker, writer, and host of the “A Greater Story with Sam Collier” TV show and radio podcast. He is a speaker and host at North Point Ministries, founded by Andy Stanley, and he also communicates nationally and internationally as a speaker and contributor to the ReThink Group, Orange Network, Orange Tour, Alpha International Leadership Conference, Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit, Culture Conference, and more. He has also been interviewed on numerous TV shows, podcasts, and radio programs. Collier lives with his wife, Toni, and daughter in Atlanta, Georgia.Connect with Sam:A Greater Story bookA Greater Story websiteInstagramWe need your help to get the LeadCulture podcasts in front of more leaders! There are three simple things you can do that truly help us: Review us on Apple podcasts Subscribe - we’re available wherever you listen to podcasts. Share - let your friends know about the podcast by sharing your favorite episode on social media!

In her book Feel the Fear...and Do It Anyway, Susan Jeffers shares 3 categories of fear: Level 1 includes fear of what happens to us or requires action from us, Level 2 involves fears that are inner states of mind like rejection or vulnerability, and Level 3 contains fear that we can't handle what comes our way or that  we are not enough. If we're honest, the current state in which we're leading has us experiencing all 3 of those categories of fear. Between the ramifications of the pandemic, racial injustice and political divisiveness, the uncertainty can feel like too much. So HOW do we keep from giving into the fears we face as we seek to lead well? Jenni Catron explores answers to this important question in today's episode.In this episode, you'll learn...what you sacrifice when you lead from a place of fearhow fear impacts your influencewhat scripture says about being afraidhow to confront fear with truthhow to exchange fear for faithFor more on this and other ways to unleash your God-given influence, read Jenni's book Clout.We need your help to get the LeadCulture podcasts in front of more leaders! There are three simple things you can do that truly help us: Review us on Apple podcasts Subscribe - we’re available wherever you listen to podcasts. Share - let your friends know about the podcast by sharing your favorite episode on social media!