Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast

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REVERB 20: How Excuses Sabotage Your Leadership and Team Apr 14, 2025

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The stories we tell ourselves—especially the ones that sound like excuses—can quietly limit our leadership and influence. In this REVERB episode, we dive deeper into last week's discussion on Transforming Your Leadership Mindset. Learn how excuses often disguise themselves as valid reasons, how they can ripple through entire organizations, and how to recognize and rethink the narratives that are holding you back.

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Stop Limiting Yourself: Transform Your Leadership Mindset With Michael Hyatt Apr 07, 2025

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The stories you tell yourself shape your decisions, influence your team, and ultimately determine your success. In this episode, leadership expert Michael Hyatt joins Andy Stanley to explore how the hidden narratives we create can either empower or limit our leadership potential. Discover practical steps to identify and rewrite the limiting beliefs holding you back, enhance your self-awareness through intentional self-talk, and foster a culture of ownership and progress in your organization. Change your stories, change your results.

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Episode Highlights:

How your brain creates stories—and why some hold you back (3:30)
Identifying and overcoming limiting beliefs in leadership (10:40)
The power of language to shift your mindset and unlock potential (16:53)
Practical exercises to rewrite your leadership narrative (20:50)

Recognized as one of Forbes' 6 Leadership Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 and one of the Best Leadership Podcasts To Stay in the Know for CEOs, according to Industry Leader Magazine.

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Four Noise-Canceling Habits for Leaders — From the Vault Mar 17, 2025

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Great leaders turn down the noise around them low enough and long enough to be ruthlessly curious about their emotions. In this episode Clay Scroggins and I discuss four habits you can put in place to reduce distractions and become a better leader.

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REVERB 19: Navigating Difficult People with Clarity Mar 10, 2025

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How you handle difficult people will determine the strength of your leadership. In this REVERB episode, we dive deeper into last week's discussion on How to Lead Difficult People. You’ll learn how great leaders approach difficult people with wisdom—leaning in differently when necessary and offering direct feedback where appropriate.

Recognized as one of Forbes' 6 Leadership Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 and one of the Best Leadership Podcasts To Stay in the Know for CEOs, according to Industry Leader Magazine.

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How to Lead Difficult People: A Must-Have Leadership Skill Mar 03, 2025

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Encountering difficult people is unavoidable. The best leaders learn how to manage their responses toward difficult people rather than mirroring their behavior. In this episode I share practical strategies for handling challenging individuals while maintaining your leadership edge.

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Here's what we cover in this episode:

What makes someone a difficult person. (1:48)
Why reacting emotionally gives difficult people power over you. (4:50)
How to respond to difficult people. (6:19)
How to manage difficult people without losing a leadership edge. (7:30)

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Recognized as one of Forbes' 6 Leadership Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 and one of the Best Leadership Podcasts To Stay in the Know for CEOs, according to Industry Leader Magazine.

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The Enneagram and Decision-Making — From the Vault Feb 17, 2025

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Knowing your underlying motivations and how you’re wired will help you make better leadership decisions. In this episode, Ian Morgan Cron and I talk about each Enneagram type and how they approach decisions.

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REVERB 18: The Secret to Lifelong Learning and Great Leadership Feb 10, 2025

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Great leaders don’t just hear; they listen. In this REVERB episode, we dive deeper into last week's discussion on Why the Best Leaders Never Stop Learning. You’ll learn that when you listen, you learn, and when you learn, you lead better.

Recognized as one of Forbes' 6 Leadership Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 and one of the Best Leadership Podcasts To Stay in the Know for CEOs, according to Industry Leader Magazine.

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Why the Best Leaders Never Stop Learning Feb 03, 2025

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Great leaders never stop learning. They choose curiosity over criticism, becoming students of new ideas rather than protectors of the status quo. In this episode I discuss how to resist the natural resistance of embracing new ideas in your organizations.

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Here's what we cover in this episode:

Why resistance of new ideas is natural. (2:06)
The challenges of facing new ideas. (5:35)
Practical ways to shift our thinking toward being a student. (12:35)
The importance of curiosity. (22:40)

Recognized as one of Forbes' 6 Leadership Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 and one of the Best Leadership Podcasts To Stay in the Know for CEOs, according to Industry Leader Magazine.

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The Five Lies of Corporate Culture — From the Vault Jan 20, 2025

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Creating and maintaining corporate culture can sometimes feel insignificant, but healthy organizational culture is a strategic asset that drives customer and employee retention, customer satisfaction, and profitability. In this episode from 2021 former Southwest Airlines Senior Vice President of Culture and Communications, Ginger Hardage, and I discuss five common misconceptions that stand in the way of healthy corporate cultures.

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REVERB 17: How Systems Shape Success Jan 13, 2025

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In order to achieve sustainable success, leaders must proactively evaluate and improve their systems. In this REVERB episode, we dive deeper into last week's discussion on Utilizing Systems to Empower People and Drive Results. Discover the importance of regular audits, collaboration, and a commitment to continuous improvement rather than reactive crisis management.

Recognized as one of Forbes' 6 Leadership Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 and one of the Best Leadership Podcasts To Stay in the Know for CEOs, according to Industry Leader Magazine.

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