Leading Outward
Episodes
How listening wins in wars and workplaces.
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the key to influence isn’t knowing—but admitting you don’t? Could the most powerful leaders be the ones most willing to learn and be cha...
Who we are is who we are together.
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the very pain we hide is what could heal us? And what if the people who trigger our pain are the ones we most need to connect with?In this par...
The pain of forgetting we belong to each other.
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If connection is what makes us human, why do we keep pulling away? And at what point does hiding my pain become more painful than the pain itself?In t...
I signed up to coach baseball. I got a leadership masterclass.
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If influence is what makes leadership possible, what creates influence? And does how we influence change across settings or are the principles the sam...
When did saving lives become just surviving shifts?
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you improve patient and client outcomes? Is it possible to prevent burnout in high-pressure fields?In this episode, surgical oncologist Dr. Lau...
How to cut costs without killing your company.
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the pressure to cut costs could actually unlock innovation? In this episode, former Fortune 500 division president Louise Francesco...
Coaching leaders to confront the fears they can’t outrun.
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if our strengths, values, and even our success are the blind spots that keep us stuck? In this episode, Gill Campbell—seasoned executive c...
Why the hardest people to reach may be your biggest opportunity.
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you overlooking the potential in “hard” people? What if the most difficult students or employees hold untapped greatness? And what happens whe...
Season 2 Sneak Peek — Coming Sept 16!
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you one of our new listeners? Welcome! We’re giving away a free Leading Outward sweatshirt to any U.S. listener who hasn’t yet left a written ...
You talk about them, never with them.
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When was the last time you vented about someone? And why didn’t you just talk to them instead? In this season finale, we hear from three listen...
Why your plans die in execution.
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What was it all for? You've shared the vision, trained the team, and gave them everything they needed to succeed.And they still aren't following throu...
You don’t call it micromanaging. Your team might.
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Feel like you're just being thorough? Focused on quality? Clear about your expectations? You might call it leadership, but to your team, it might feel...
How to not hate your customers.
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever resented someone you were supposed to help? Or felt too exhausted to care, even when you knew you should?Our guests have. Daren Forbes has dedica...
How to stop sabotaging your most important relationships.
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can we let people—especially the ones we care about most—chart their own path? What about when we think they're making a mistake?In this part 2 ep...
Why can’t your team solve problems without you?
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are your efforts to be helpful actually helpful? And when you step in, is it because your team needs your help or because you need to feel needed? If ...
Is precision actually possible when people are involved?
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you build a team that doesn’t sit around waiting for instructions? What if your people knew exactly what to do, even when the plan changed an...
Can I lead without being liked?
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all felt it: the tension between being real and being in charge. But as inner-city middle school teacher Carla and retired Air Force commander...
How to lead a team whose job you’ve never done before.
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever started a new role only to feel like none of your past experience is recognized? Like no one sees the value you bring, no matter how muc...
How to fix a toxic culture.
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you holding meetings where no one speaks up? Dealing with employees who don’t take ownership? This company was too until they flipped their fear...
Welcome to Leading Outward!
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When was the last time a leader told you the truth—not the cleaned-up truth—the raw, chaotic, messy truth of their biggest leadership failures? Ex...