Lead Culture with Jenni Catron
Healthy leadership creates healthy culture.
On LeadCulture with Jenni Catron, you’ll gain practical leadership development insights to help you lead with clarity and build a thriving organizational culture. Drawing from decades of executive experience and conversations with trusted business leaders, Jenni equips CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs, and managers with tools to strengthen team health, align vision and values, and create workplaces where people and performance thrive.
If you’re serious about growing as a leader and building a values-driven culture that lasts, you’re in the right place.
Episodes
334 episodes
330 | How to Influence Company Culture at Any Level (5 Proven Leadership Behaviors)
If you’ve ever wondered “How can I influence company culture if I’m not in senior leadership?”—this episode is for you.In this episode of the Lead Culture Podcast, Jenni Catron breaks down one of the most common leadership chall...
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Episode 330
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21:14
329 | How to Build a Strong Workplace Culture That Drives Growth and Retention with Heather Broeder
What does it really take to build a culture people want to be part of? In this conversation, Jenni Catron sits down with Heather Broeder, Executive VP at Refined Technologies, to explore how intentional culture-building drives healthier leaders...
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Episode 329
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49:50
328 | Patrick Lencioni on Shared Language, Working Genius, and Thriving Team Cultures
In this episode of the Lead Culture Podcast, Jenni Catron sits down with renowned leadership expert and bestselling author Patrick Len...
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Episode 328
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59:46
327 | One Year of Culture Matters: A Framework for Helping Your Team Grow, Thrive, and Be Unstoppable
In this special anniversary episode of the Lead Culture Podcast, Jenni Catron celebrates one year of Culture Matters, her USA Today bestselling book on building healthy organizational cu...
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Episode 327
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17:07
326 | How to Stay Human in the Age of AI: A Leadership Conversation on Culture, Governance, and Innovation
AI isn’t just a tech conversation—it’s a leadership conversation.In this episode, Jenni welcomes AI strategist Jackie Celske for a timely discussion on leading with wisdom, clarity, and conviction in a rapidly evolving digital world. As ...
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Episode 326
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41:34
325 | Why Self-Awareness Is the Secret Weapon of Great Leaders (and Healthy Cultures)
Culture doesn’t break down because leaders lack effort or good intentions—it breaks down when there’s a gap between how leaders show up and how teams experience that leadership.In this episode, Jenni Catron builds on last week’s conversa...
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324 | How to Turn Your 2026 Strategy Into Results: The Clarity Cascade Every Leader Needs
You’ve done the work.You cast the vision.You built the strategy.So why does execution still feel slow, stalled, or stuck?In this episode of the Lead Culture Podcast, Jenni Catron unpacks a challenge leaders face eve...
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Episode 234
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23:34
323 | How Anthony Lambatos Built a Best Place to Work (Without Perks or Fluff)
What if building a great culture isn’t about perks, personalities, or one big initiative—but about the small, intentional choices leaders make every single day?In this episode of the LeadCulture Podcast, Jenni Catron sits down w...
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Episode 323
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36:12
322 | The Trust Recession: Why Leadership Isn’t Working Like It Used To
Trust is at the center of everything leaders want—but in today’s skeptical, information-saturated world, trust is harder to earn than ever.In this episode of the LeadCulture Podcast, Jenni Catron sits down with financial coach, ...
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36:49
321 | 5 Leadership & Culture Shifts You Can’t Ignore in 2026 (And How to Act on Them Now)
In this episode, Jenni Catron explores five leadership and culture trends shaping 2026 and what they mean for leaders in organizations of every size. She begins with a conviction that development is now a non-negotiable—for employers investing ...
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Episode 321
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23:31
320 | A Sneak Peek Inside the LeadCulture Network
We’ve gathered some of the best moments from our live LeadCulture Network trainings and compiled them into this episode—giving you an exclusive look at what it means to lead with clarity, build unstoppable teams, and create a culture tha...
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Episode 320
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28:10
319 | How Leaders Find Clarity and Calling: Insights from Kinsman Founder Peter Ostapko
In this week’s episode of the Lead Culture Podcast, Jenni sits down with Peter Ostapko—founder of Kinsman and publisher of Kinsman Journal—to explore the unexpected paths that shape our leadership journeys. Peter shares the fo...
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Episode 319
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46:49
318 | Start Where You Are: Building Clarity and Confidence in Your Culture
In this episode of the LeadCulture Podcast, Jenni Catron explores the importance of starting where you are in building a thriving organizational culture. She emphasizes that leadership and culture are not “back burner” priorities—they ...
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Episode 318
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19:02
317 | Why You Need to Stop Promoting Top Performers Before You Do This
On this episode of the Lead Culture Podcast, Jenni Catron uncovers a critical mistake many organizations make: promoting top performers into management roles without preparing them for leadership. What seems like a reward can actually set both ...
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Episode 317
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23:32
316 | From Survey to Strategy: How Victory Church Turned Culture Assessment into Real Change
In this episode of the Lead Culture Podcast, Jenni Catron sits down with Randy Cochran, Senior Executive Pastor of Central Pastoral Development and Worship at Victory Church in Atlanta. Randy shares how his team has intentionally asses...
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Episode 316
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45:41
315 | The Remote Work Paradox: Why Autonomy Boosts Engagement but Drains Wellbeing
In this episode of the LeadCulture Podcast, Jenni Catron unpacks a surprising new Gallup study revealing what she calls “the remote work paradox.” While fully remote employees report the highest levels of engagement, they’re a...
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23:34
314 | The Cost of Disengagement—and What You Can Do About It
In this episode of the LeadCulture Podcast, Jenni Catron dives into practical strategies for investing in your team—even when budgets are tight. Many organizations cut leadership development and culture initiatives first, b...
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Episode 314
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23:47
313 | Building the Team You Want to Be On: Culture Lessons from the Middle with Trina Lee
What does it look like to lead culture from the middle?In this episode, Jenni sits down with Trina Lee, a mid-level leader at Africa New Life, who shares how she transformed her team’s culture—starting with small but intentional s...
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Episode 313
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45:24
312 | What Makes a Leader Easy to Follow with Lyle Wells
What if the greatest leader who ever lived was never actually called a “leader”?This week on the LeadCulture Podcast, Jenni sits down with Lyle Wells—President of Integris Leadership, pastor, and author of the new book Easy ...
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Episode 312
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35:49
311 | Why Leadership Feels Heavy (and How to Handle It)
Leadership feels heavy right now. Between global uncertainty, shifting workplace dynamics, and the emotional weight our teams carry, many leaders are feeling the strain — and the loneliness — that comes with responsibility.In this episod...
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Episode 311
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23:44
310 | Redefining Success: How Identity Shapes Leadership with Katie Richardson
In this powerful episode of the LeadCulture Podcast, Jenni Catron sits down with executive business coach and former product designer Katie Richardson to unpack the intersection of lead...
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Episode 310
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39:20
309 | How Leaders Can Protect Team Culture and Boost Engagement
In this episode of the Lead Culture Podcast, Jenni Catron is joined by Dr. Barry Jones and Camille Holland from Irving Bible Church to explore the “Commit” phase of the Lead Culture Framework—a crucial stage in sustaining organizationa...
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Episode 309
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41:06
308 | How to Equip Leaders to Build a Thriving Workplace Culture
Every leader has the power to shape culture—but too often, it’s left to chance, leaving teams disengaged and underperforming. In this episode, Jenni Catron dives into the equip phase of the LeadCulture Framework, showing how leaders at e...
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25:07
307 | Build a Culture Playbook That Lasts: Operational Rhythms for Teams
Culture doesn’t protect itself. If you don’t design it, you’ll default to one—and it’s usually not the one you want. In this episode, Jenni unpacks the build phase of the LeadCulture Framework: the rhythms and systems that take culture...
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Episode 307
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47:31
306 | Defining Culture: A Proven Framework to Align Your Team and Improve Retention
In this episode of the LeadCulture Podcast, Jenni Catron dives into the Define Phase of the LeadCulture Framework, where culture clarity becomes the driving force for thriving teams.Jenni sits down with Angela Shirley, an e...
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Episode 306
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37:24