December Top Ten Leadership List

Check out the recent episode of the H3 Leadership Podcast. You can listen here and subscribe here.

Thanks again to our friends at GLOO and the Barna People Pulse assessment for sponsoring the episode. You can get the FREE Barna People Pulse assessment here.

In the episode, i interview Caitlin Crosby, founder of The Giving Keys and author of You Are the Key.

And discuss the 12 Areas of Focus you should think about when doing your 2020 year end review.

Plus reveal the Top Ten Leadership List for December. Here’s that list:

Books

BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0): Turning your Business into an Enduring Great Company - by Jim Collins and Bill Lazier

Business Made Simple - by Donald Miller

Articles

The Power of “Yes, And” - lessons in collaboration
Yes And – 5 more lessons in Improv, Collaboration and Creativity from Second City

From Ben Casnocha, who was chief of staff for Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, for several years
10,000 Hours with Reid Hoffman: What I Learned

From Jason Fried and team at Basecamp on how they communicate internally
The Basecamp Guide to Internal Communication

Music

(in the meantime), Vol. II - EP – Hillsong United

Cafe Sessions – Jesus Culture & Worship Together

Podcasts

Dare to Lead – Brené Brown (specifically her interview with Jon Meacham)

A Bit of Optimism – Simon Sinek (specifically his interview with Adam Grant)

The Tim Ferriss Show – specifically part 1 and part 2 with Jim Collins

Newsletters

The French Press – David French

The Pink Newsletter – Daniel Pink

Hope these are helpful. Again, you can find all the episode show notes here.

Interview with Patrick Lencioni, best-selling author of Five Dysfunctions of a Team

On the latest episode of the H3 Leadership Podcast, i sit down for an in-depth interview with Patrick Lencioni, best-selling author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Advantage, Death by Meeting, and The Ideal Team Player. And founder of Table Group.

Listen on your favorite Podcast app by searching H3 Leadership. You can also subscribe on iTunes or visit the website to listen.

I also roll out the most recent edition of the Top Ten Leadership List, including new music, podcasts, books, newsletters and movies.

You can access that list here.

Top Leadership Events this Fall

A new episode of my podcast H3 Leadership is now available. You can find the episode here or also go directly to iTunes to download and subscribe.

In the episode we discuss my top recommendations for Leadership events happening this fall, both free and paid. And Carey Nieuwhof joins to discuss the future of events and what we as leaders need to be thinking in regards to gatherings and conferences.

Here’s the list:

FREE Leadership Events This Fall

The Online Church Engagement Summit – With Carey Nieuwhof, Levi Lusko, Nona Jones and Bobby Gruenewald

Thrive Leadership Summit 2020 – Talks and interviews 

First Impressions Conference – Happening November 4-6

Future Forward 2020 online event – Happening November 18-19

Right Now Conference – One-day digital event on November 5

99U Conference – Free conference put on by Adobe  

PAID Leadership Events This Fall

Catalyst University – December 2-4

Workmatters Conference - happening Friday October 23- $60

Leadership Lean-In Conference – One year digital pass - $49

John Maxwell’s Live to Lead event – Part of LeaderPass

Business Made Simple – Donald Miller and StoryBrand - $275

Fast Company Innovation Festival – October 5-9, on-demand for $99

The Global Leadership Summit – Replay available - $169

Q Media – Get Q Conference 2020, along with other content

Orange Kids and Student Ministry Exchange – October 20-21, $150

EntreLeadership Master Series – October 12-14, pricing varies

Leadercast – Replay of Leadercast 2020 as well as Women in Business event

I just launched a new podcast: H3 Leadership with Brad Lomenick

Hey everyone- just a quick announcement to let you know i launched my brand new podcast this past week!

It’s called H3 Leadership with Brad Lomenick.

You can find the episodes here as well as episode show notes here. And just search “H3 Leadership” in your favorite podcast app.

I’m also giving away 2 free coaching calls for those who subscribe to receive the podcast in your weekly inbox. Just provide your name and email address and you’ll be entered to win.

My goal is to curate the best of what leaders to know so you can stay up to date and on the cutting edge in your leadership. So i’ll be bringing you the filtered and curated links, books, resources, advice and a whole range of helpful and practical tools and tips.

Please go ahead and subscribe. That way you’ll get the episodes weekly when they release.

Love to have you on the journey!

Leaders should Celebrate your Rivals

Winning. Competition. Rivalry. For all of us who are Type A Leaders, jealousy in the form of competition is always a struggle. You may call it something else (competitive spirit, goal-oriented, fast pace), but at the end of the day, we all struggle with being jealous or envious of others successes, especially when it is in the same industry, or same town, or same circle, or same customer base.

In these cases, it feels like competition, and again for us Type A's, when there is a competition, we ALWAYS want to win. How do you view those you are "competing" against? Whether competing for attendees, or resources, or prestige, or members, or customers, understanding the proper posture towards your rivals is crucial to being a Collaborative Leader. Most leaders I know never get this right.

And in the faith community- whether a non profit ministry leader, pastor, church leader or, or parachurch organization director, this sense of competition and envy is rampant. Instead of jealousy and envy, collaboration and partnership should be the norm in the Church and faith-based community. We should be celebrating the pastor or leader across town, instead of finding ways to make them look bad or talking bad about them to others but making it look like we are bringing it up so as to "pray" for them.

Competition for customers, resources, time and money will always be a reality, but the question is how YOU deal with this. Jealousy is natural, but how you respond to it will prove your maturity as a leader. And as a follower of Christ, jealousy or envy is definitely not one of the fruits of the Spirit!

So, the best solution I've found to combating jealousy/envy and competition is Celebration. When you find yourself tempted to speak ill about a rival or you are secretly wrestling with envy/jealousy over someone else you are competing with, flip that emotion on its head.

Celebrate your competition. Your rivals. Whether the leader or the organization overall. 

Speak positively about them. In public. and in private. 

Encourage the leader or leaders of that "rival" organization. Send them cards or notes, call them, and even visit. 

Look for the good in what they are doing and celebrate that.

Pray for them, both in public and in private. 

Lean into them, and seek opportunities to partner together in your community or industry. 

The question you should be asking is, "how can I help this person win?" Church leaders- we're all on the same team. We're fighting the same fight.

Let's act like it.