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Meditations on Leadership with Don Carpenter
Leadership begins within.
In Meditations on Leadership with Don Carpenter, author, youth development pioneer, and relational leadership coach Don Carpenter invites you into a weekly practice of deeper reflection, personal clarity, and meaningful connection.
Each episode begins with a short meditation from Don’s soon to be released book, The Inner Work of Leadership: 52 Meditations for a Life of Meaning, Courage, and Growth. From there, Don offers personal commentary and lived insights before welcoming a guest, leaders from all walks of life, to explore how that week’s theme plays out in their own professional journey. The episode closes with two powerful questions to help you pause, reflect, and grow as a leader from the inside out.
Whether you’re leading a team, a classroom, a nonprofit, or your own life, this podcast is a companion for those committed to doing the inner work that sustains courageous outer change.
Meditations on Leadership with Don Carpenter
Latest Episodes
What We Measure, We Grow
What we choose to pay attention to has a way of shaping what grows.In this episode of Meditations on Leadership, Don reflects on the things we say matter most, how we know whether they are actually taking root, and why so...
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When Two Feet Face the Same Direction
What happens when part of us knows where we want to go, but another part is still holding back?In this episode of Meditations on Leadership, Don reflects on the hidden cost of indecision, the energy we lose when we are divided w...
Aligned and Afraid (But Moving Anyway)
What if courage is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to keep moving while fear is still present?In this episode of Meditations on Leadership, Don reflects on the moments when fear and self-doubt collide with a deeper ...
The Cost of Being Indispensable
In this episode, Don reflects on the hidden cost of becoming indispensable, not only the toll it can take on us, but the ways it can unintentionally limit the growth, confidence, and capacity of those around us.He is joined by longtime f...