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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
The Scale of the Solution
What if the problems we care about most are bigger than the solutions we have built to address them?In this episode, Don reflects on the challenge of staying faithful to the problem rather than simply preserving the structure, and is joi...
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The Mirror We Carry
What if the leaders we become are shaped, in part, by the people willing to reflect us with honesty, care, and courage? In this episode, Don reflects on the power of being mirrored in relationships that call us forward and is joined...
The Generosity of Being Fully Here
In a world shaped by urgency, distraction, and performance, what does it mean to lead with real presence? In this episode, Don reflects on the rare gift of giving someone your full attention and is joined by Martha Kempe, for...