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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
Stepping Back To Be More
What happens when leadership asks us not to step forward, but to step back?In this episode, Don reflects on the difference between doing less and being more, and on the quieter forms of leadership that emerge when we release the need to ...
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Accountability That Heals
What happens after we say, “I’m sorry”? In this episode, Don reflects on why an apology is only the beginning, and what it takes to rebuild trust when our behavior falls short of who we want to be. He is joined by Ste...
Depth Isn’t a Number. It’s a Choice
In this episode, Don reflects on the difference between reaching people and truly knowing them, and why depth is not measured by numbers, but by the relationships we are willing to choose and sustain.He is joined by his longtime friend K...
The Mission, Not My Position
In this episode, Don reflects on the discipline of slowing down when emotion is high and the consequences of a decision may last beyond the moment.He also explores the founder’s reflex to defend what we have built, and the hard but neces...
Maturity Takes Its Time
In this episode, Don reflects on the slow work of maturity and the ways responsibility, experience, and success do not automatically make us wiser or more grounded. He explores the difference between appearing mature and actually becoming matur...