The Leadership Growth Podcast
Episodes
Habit Building for Leaders
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Between 45 and 50% of your daily actions are habitual, says today’s guest, Dr. Ron Dufresne.Dr. Dufresne is a Professor of Management and Director o...
Creating Mentally and Emotionally Strong Leaders
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the same drive that built your career is quietly eroding your relationships at home?When leaders ignore how their behaviors at work are affect...
What NOT to Do During Your First 90 Days
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it’s your first leadership role or one you’ve entered after decades of leading people, one thing is sure: your first 90 days in a new posi...
How to Become an AI-Native Organization
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to AI, just about everyone is experiencing some “fear of missing out” right now, says Melissa Reeve. “It’s not just executives. ...
Connecting Strategy with Talent Development, Part 2
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have 27 years of experience or one year repeated 27 times?Too many people find themselves stuck on repeat in their careers–doing the same thi...
Iterative Leadership in the Digital Age
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be a “flawless” leader?And is “flawless” leadership even possible?Today’s guest believes it is. Christian “Boo” Bou...
Connecting Strategy with Talent Development, Part 1
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Complicated. Difficult. Overwhelming.These are some of the most common words leaders use when facing talent development and succession planning. What ...
How to Adopt a Leader Mindset
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Moving into a leadership role involves a lot more than just updating your e-mail signature with your new title.It requires shifting your mindset from ...
Leading in the Age of AI
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“AI might know more than you, but it doesn’t know better than you,” says Dr. Gena Hoxha in today’s episode.Gena is the Chief People Officer an...
How to Use AI in Hiring Leaders
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“It’s not about kind of handing away our decision-making rights,” says Dr. Reece Akhtar. “It’s about using AI as a tool–emphasis on a tool...
The Myth of Authenticity
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When most people say they want to “be authentic,” what they really mean is they want to be comfortable, says Dr. Laura Sicola.But “comfort zones...
Managing Generational Differences
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Whys unite and whats divide,” says Haydn Shaw.Haydn is the founder of People Driven Results and the author of Sticking Points: How to Get 5 Gener...
AI's Impact on Leadership Assessment
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine being “paid to judge people”!That’s how today’s guest jokingly describes his role. Tom Verboven is a Senior Director of Client Success...
How to Have a Successful Team Offsite
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No one attends a team offsite wanting it to be a failure, says Daniel. Unsuccessful offsites are perceived as “a bad waste of time.”So what makes ...
How Do You Measure Success as a Leader?
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a consultant and coach, Lorraine Armijos, founder of LAR Insights, has observed many leaders struggle to respond when she asks how they measure suc...
How to NOT Lose Yourself as a Leader
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“If you’re not clear on who you are, then the people around you are not going to be clear on where they’re going,” says Dominic George.Dominic...
All Things Delegation
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you don’t delegate, you risk impairing the growth of your organization, says Daniel in today’s episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast.“Th...
How to Show Self-Compassion as a Leader
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many leaders grew up with a mindset that encouraged giving 120% all day, every day.But giving 120% all the time is not your best, says Amanda Younts, ...
Leading Through Global Differences
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Each person has their own story,” says Kerim Kfuri, author and host of “The Supply and Demand Show” and President and CEO of The Atlas Networ...
Survivor Guilt
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When uncertainty hits the marketplace and organizations are forced to lay off employees, there’s an under-discussed byproduct of the upheaval–name...
Executive Presence for Introverts
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s easy to think a strong executive presence requires an outgoing, gregarious personality.Not so, suggest Daniel and Peter in today’s episode.In...
How to Manage Through Organizational Disfunction
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Stress is like a bucket,” says Peter Stewart.As anyone who has worked in a dysfunctional organization can attest, that bucket can fill to overflo...
Navigating Conflict
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you react to conflict?Even that simple question can provoke a variety of emotions and responses. Some people look forward to engaging in heated...
What is Executive Presence? Part 2
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Great inspirational leaders are able to connect the bigger picture, that clear vision of what the future may bring, with the actions of today,” s...
What is Executive Presence? Part 1
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders “take up a lot of space,” says Peter Stewart.What leaders do in that space can be the difference between great business and people results...
How Leaders Leverage AI for Productivity and Development
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is “not special,” says Dr. Allen Badeau. “It’s just a bigger part of your technology strategy.”In today’s episode, Daniel, Peter, and D...
Midlife Leaders Rewriting Their Own Story
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“You don’t know you need it till you need it,” says today’s guest, Chris Hare.Chris is the host of The Storied Future Podcast and founder of T...
How to Avoid a Leadership Train Wreck
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The cool thing about leadership is that your customers are right there,” says today’s guest, Phil Wilson.Phil is the CEO of LRI Consulting Serv...
Leadership Development and AI
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There is no doubt that artificial intelligence is a game-changing technological advancement–one that has generated excitement, fear, nervousness, ca...
What to Expect During a Coaching Session
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A good coaching session is about more than just complaints or chit chat. “Coaching sessions are not just to have a feel-good moment,” says Daniel....
The 5 Steps of Great Coaching
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Executive coaching is more than just a series of nice, but unconnected, conversations, says Peter Stewart. “It’s a development process with real t...
What to Expect From Your Executive Coach
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last few decades, the attitude on leadership coaching has shifted dramatically. What was once considered necessary only when there was a perf...
Using AI to Build Innovation
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if AI were the key to innovation inside your company?Today’s guest suggests that AI puts innovation in the hands of people who aren’t necessa...
Elevating Your Ability to Influence
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do other people see you?In a world where there’s more noise than ever before, many of us have lost our ability to communicate with empathy, says...
How Leaders Solve Problems
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We don't spend a lot of time thinking about how we breathe. We just do it,” says Jamie Flinchbaugh. “But then we find out, whether we&apos...
Achieving Operational Success as a Leader
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Imagine if Amazon was inefficient,” says Garrett Delph, Founder and CEO of Clarity Ops.An inefficient Amazon would never reign in the very area t...
Empathetic Leadership
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Empathy is not being soft,” says Jevon Wooden, CEO of BrightMind Consulting Group and today’s guest on The Leadership Growth Podcast.Jevon is a...
The Myth of Accountability
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to accountability, the traditional approach has put leaders in charge of holding others accountable. Often this approach translates into...
Ego Management
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you “all that and a bag of chips”?We all need an ego. As Peter says, ego serves a function.But too much ego might translate into steamrolling ...
Leadership Lessons from Astronauts
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“If you don’t find absolute joy in other people’s success, being a leader’s probably not going to float your boat,” says today’s guest, La...
How Nature Informs Strategy
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What can leaders learn from horseshoe crabs, cottonwood trees, and polar bears?This episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast takes a fascinating dive ...
How to Help Prepare People for Success in Their Roles
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why do people want to work for you?And perhaps more importantly, why do they want to continue to work for you?In this episode of The Leadership Growth...
How to Not Assume People Understood You
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I don’t know what I’ve said until I’ve learned what you heard.”Daniel kicks off a robust discussion about communication with this provocati...
How to Use Psychology to Achieve Success in Business
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does psychology have to do with business?“Absolutely everything,” says Dr. Ernest Wayde, host of the Psych in Business Podcast.Dr. Wayde join...
The Three Envelopes
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast, Daniel and Peter take a deep dive into one of the most popular videos on the Stewart Leadership webs...
Tools to Build Strong Relationships
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“With every relationship, we make deposits into that trust account by the actions we take, the things we say, and the interest we show and display,”...
How to Create an Effective Action Plan for Development
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Some of the best goals out there have a 50% or 60% chance of success,” says Daniel.How effective are your change efforts? If you only have a 20% ...
The 5 Steps of Personal Change
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all embarked on personal change efforts with great excitement and motivation–only to lose momentum and fall back on old habits or even crash...
How to Be Brave at Work, with Ed Evarts
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s an historic day over at The Leadership Growth Podcast as Daniel and Peter conduct their first podcast interview!Daniel and Peter interview Ed E...
Five Steps to Become a Great Coaching Leader
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know the most important skill for a leader?A conversation with an old friend from high school led Daniel to think carefully about this question...
What is Your Personal Philosophy of Leadership?
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is your Personal Philosophy of Leadership?If you can’t answer that question, this episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast is for you!Join Dani...
Managing Critical Relationships as a Leader
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“What’s the value-add for each and every interaction?”According to Daniel, this is a critical question every leader should ask about interaction...
Creating Shared Meaning Through Conversation
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Are you going to be curious, or are you going to be judging?”This is the question Daniel asks in this conversation about how to create shared mea...
How to Have Good 1:1 Meetings
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When deadlines loom and a time crunch hits, what's the first thing you or your direct reports reschedule?Too often, the answer is “one-on-one m...
Leadership Development Priorities in 2024
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Nothing is improved by accident,” says Peter Stewart.When it comes to leadership development, the need for intentional improvement is greater tha...
Making the Leap to Management Part II
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Intentionality–it’s an ability that can make or break so many aspects of leadership.From understanding that leaders are always setting the example...
Making the Leap to Management
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Making the leap from individual contributor to manager can be one of the most significant–and challenging–steps in a career.It’s so challenging,...
What Makes an Ideal Boss?
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How much of your job satisfaction and engagement depends on your boss?According to Gallup, it’s a lot–up to 70%, in fact!In this episode of the Le...
The Power of Metaphor
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a good metaphor? Leadership experts Daniel Stewart and Peter Stewart dive into some of their favorite metaphors and discuss how to make the...
Welcome to The Leadership Growth Podcast
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Leadership Growth Podcast, where we explore the tools, ideas, and habits to grow your ability to lead effectively. I'm Peter Stew...