Leaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins
Episodes
S6E10: Navigating Transition
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you, Leaders, for arriving at the "end of the road" for season 6. This episode addresses navigating transitions. What are the necessar...
S6E9: Mental Transitions
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are we paying attention to how we think and make mental transitions? And are our teams at the mercy of our mindsets? Do we, as leaders, have expectati...
S6E8: Moving
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What kind of mover are you? Have you paid attention to your patterns of planning, packing, and moving? What patterns spill over into your leadership p...
S6E7: Language for Emotional Transitions
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Click here for the link to a search result on "emotion wheel."This episode emphasizes finding the best ways to use language during emotional...
S6E6: Leading and Collaborating
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode confronts the leadership trends of planting one's practice in only one model without room for growth and agility. Someone has to lead...
S6E5: Our Relationship to Time
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about how we relate to time. Have we thought about how our earliest conditioning has helped or hindered how we transition with time? D...
S6E4: Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a review of Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey. Leaders, how are you resting in your transitions? What were you taught a...
S6E3: I.O.U., Then and Now
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are flung back in time to our 22-year-old selves. Were we leaders? Dr. Shaunta shares a recent experience in memory when reconnect...
S6E2: How to Walk Into a Room by Emily P. Freeman
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a review for How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away by Emily P. Freeman. In this season where we focus...
S6E1: Expectations Around Transition
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Life is a book we read by circumstance, one after another."In this season of transition, personal and organizational, leaders need to name ...
S6E0: Intro -- Transitions
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back, and ready to talk about transitions. Thanks for getting caught up on the other seasons.
S5E10: Cultural Intelligence, Part Two
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Livermore model of Cultural Intelligence is now complete: Drive, Knowledge, Strategy, and Action. Listen to the book review in season one, and the...
S5E9: Cultural Intelligence, Part One
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How willing are we, leaders, to transform ourselves by addressing our biases and assumptions? This is the bottom line of our cultural competence in le...
S5E8: Observing Patterns / Coaching Opportunities
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All people bring baggage into the workplace. Some people manage well, disassociating to get the work done. Others have permanent baggage that cannot b...
S5E7: Quiet Quitting, Quiet Firing, Silent Treatment... or Simply Shy
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's topic is about the combinations of behaviors we can observe in the work environment. When it happens, how do we know with certainty which beha...
S5E6: Pulling Rank
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's topic is about pulling rank in today's work environment. When it happens, why does one pull rank? Longevity is not as big a prize as i...
S5E5: Hoarding Information
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's topic considers whether hoarding information is a toxic behavior. Dr. Shaunta presents a few scenarios where, if leaders withhold informat...
S5E4: Parenting Leadership?
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's topic is inspired by a statement of my coworker. "Sometimes, you have to treat them like your kids." Yes, you read that right. I...
S5E3: Boomerang Empowerment
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's topic is about Marquet's idea of empowerment versus emancipation and team members who resist the challenge to autonomous work. Younger...
S5E2: Is Toxicity Terminal?
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's topic asks whether toxic leadership is terminal. The answer is no, toxic leadership can be addressed successfully and replaced with transf...
S5E1: Addressing Toxic Leadership
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's topic is addressing toxic leadership. It's best done from a systemic approach, and not an individual one. Leaders can be distracted fr...
Season 5 Trailer
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Leaders! It's season five of the Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins. There'll be more commentary than bo...
S4E8: Wrap-Up and Reflections
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We made it to the end of season 4! This is a recap episode. When the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty by Aaron Hinkston, III Comandante by Rory Carr...
S4E7: Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism by Robert J. Lifton, M.D.
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Shaunta Scroggins reviews Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of "Brainwashing" in China by Robert Jay Lifton,...
S4E6: Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet (REVIEW)
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Shaunta Scroggins reviews Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders by retired Navy Captain L. David M...
S4E5: Turn the Ship Around by L. David Marquet (INTERVIEW)
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Shaunta Scroggins interviews retired Navy Captain L. David Marquet to learn more about his book Turn the Ship Around! A True Stor...
S4E4: Night, Dawn & Day by Elie Wiesel
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elie Wiesel is the author and was a journalist, professor, Congressional Gold Medalist in 1985 and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Night, ...
S4E3: Comandante by Rory Carroll
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Take a wild ride through the world of Hugo Chávez's Venezuela, subtitle for the book Comandante by Rory Carroll (2013). Not quite a dictator, b...
S4E2: REVIEW - When the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty (Aaron Hinkston, III)
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Shaunta reviews When the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty by indie author Aaron Hinkston. Episode one is the interview with ...
S4E1: When the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty - INTERVIEW (Aaron Hinkston, III)
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kicking off Season 4 is an interview with indie author Aaron Hinkston. Listen as he and Dr. Shaunta discuss the leadership themes in his faith-based b...
Season 4 Trailer
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 4 is coming October 1st! New reads, new insights, and better leaders -- these are the goals! Listen to seasons 1-3 now and mark your calendars ...
S3E9: The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This book is a challenging read primarily because the reader must confront his/her/their feelings on faith, oppressed peoples, and several closely rel...
S3E8: Considerations for Building Your Own Table
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello Leaders! This is an episode with commentary. I feel like this may be a running theme where on occasion, I will share my evolving ideas about bui...
S3E7: Power Mentoring by Ellen Ensher & Susan Murphy
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Power Mentoring: How Successful Mentors and Protégés Get the Most Out of Their Relationships by Ellen Ensher and Susan Murphy (2005) This is the boo...
S3E6: Leadership Vertigo by S. Max Brown and Tanveer Naseer
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The full title of the book is Leadership Vertigo: Why Even the Best Leaders Go Off Course and How They Can Get Back on Track. Published in 2014, there...
S3E5: How To Be A Dictator by Frank Dikötter
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Frank Dikötter is the author of How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century (2019). Students and scholars of toxic lea...
S3E4: Scarred by Sarah Edmondson
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The book is called SCARRED: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM The Cult That Bound My Life. It's written by Sarah Edmondson with Kristine Gasbarre....
S3E3: Who Gives A Chance? (Leader Talk)
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders! Chime in -- what are the factors you consider to give an up-and-coming leader a chance for development? Is networking really such a critical ...
S3E2: Bounded Choice by Dr. Janja Lalich (Review)
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders! This episode is the REVIEW of Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults by Dr. Janja Lalich. There are wonderful leadership and or...
S3E1: Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults by Janja Lalich
01 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is an international cult and coercion expert. After hearing her contribution to documentaries and podcasts, I thought her the best...
Season 2 Finale/Reflection
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Congratulations Leaders on getting to the end of a serious growth year! There have been plenty of experiences to challenge and reward us through devel...
S2E7: Where You Are Is Not Who You Are by Ursula M. Burns
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are by Ursula M. Burns is advice from the life and times of Ms. Burns on mentoring, coaching, modeling for one's team, le...
S2E6: The Black Church by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Black Church by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. I am so in love with my PBS subscription and ordered this book when I saw the PBS series on The Black Churc...
S2E5: Leader Evolutions & Bell Hooks
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I read All About Love by Bell Hooks and started thinking about leadership. Spiritual leadership, to be exact. Then I wondered about leader evolutions ...
S2E4: Hand Me Another Brick by Charles Swindoll
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
***THIS IS A FAITH-BASED BOOK.*** I personally don't like disclaimers, but I want to give you a fair warning in case your leadership and your faith do...
S2E3: Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This book! I was happy, sad, angry, surprised, and disappointed. Geesh, the leadership examples abound. Historians may appreciate this read, as well a...
S2E2: Becoming by Michelle Obama
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This book is famous as a memoir. There are also some leadership lessons from Mrs. Obama's career search, discovery, and connection with "doing somethi...
S2E1: Failing Up by Leslie Odom, Jr.
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I am a FAN of Leslie Odom, Jr.! Oddly, I first learned about him when I heard his interview on NPR promoting his album Simply Christmas. Then I learne...
Season 2 Trailer! Welcome Back!
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders! Can you believe we made it to season two?! How exciting. There's a link for you to leave me messages. Please, let me know when you've r...
BONUS: Replace Unprecedented • Leader Resilience
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders! This is a check-in. How are you all doing? I want to remind you, with a fabulous quote from Leslie Odom, Jr.'s Failing Up, that your re...
10. Leading with Cultural Intelligence (Livermore)
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Livermore, D. (2015). Leading with cultural intelligence: The real secret to success (2nd edition). American Management Association. This book i...
9. Multipliers (Wiseman with McKeown)
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (2015) This book is reader-friendly, easy to follow, and a mirror for personal assessment. the...
8. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (McKeown)
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Essentialism is a movement that leads to a new way of life. Author Greg McKeown leads us down a path of mirrors where we face ourselves and all our bu...
7. Real Leaders Don’t Do PowerPoint (Witt)
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Witt’s book is both a leadership and communications gem. Arranged in four parts with tons of examples, readers will find this book a use...
6. Duped -- The Review
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is pretty much part three – the final episode about Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception (2020) by communi...
5. Duped -- Interview with Author, Dr. Tim Levine (Part Two)
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We pick up where we left off in the last episode, with Dr. Levine's comments on research methodology...replication, specifically. Enjoy Dr. Levine com...
4. Duped -- Interview with Author, Dr. Tim Levine (Part One)
22 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Communications expert Dr. Tim Levine is the author of the newly released called Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Decept...
3. The Legs are the Last to Go (Diahann Carroll)
26 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an homage to the late, great Diahann Carroll. Her candid recollection of relationships, decisions, and experiences reveal some importa...
2. Lessons on Leadership by Terror (Kets de Vries)
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Manfred Kets de Vries is the author of Lessons on Leadership by Terror: Finding Shaka Zulu in the Attic. This book in four parts and 12 chapters t...
1. Surviving Toxic Leaders (Gangel)
12 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kenneth Gangel (2008) is the author of Surviving Toxic Leaders: How to Work for Flawed People in Churches, Schools, and Christian Organizations. Neatl...
0. Welcome! Introducing the LLLR Podcast!
05 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello one and all! This is the inaugural episode of the Leaders Lead, Leaders Read podcast. I want to introduce myself, introduce the podcast, and sha...