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01/27/2025

Prayer is to the soul what breathing is to the body, therefore, prayer is essential to everybody. But even more so to those who will lead, who play a position that comes to them from God in our world. Without a doubt each of us has their own way to pray and express their hearts to God, but the Catholic tradition holds many devotions which can help us to find discipline and regularity in our prayer. One of these is the Breastplate of St. Patrick. – an excellent prayer to say at the beginning of each workday.

01/20/2025

At its essence leadership is a question of vision and vision at its heart is a matter of creativity. Although not always comfortable being in charge of an operations means finding an answer no matter what. Great leaders do this in extraordinary ways. But getting to the heart of how to innovate and find new answers means getting to the heart of the human person and their freedom and this is why it’s important to talk about the power of grace to create new ideas and innovation. This is part 4 of our series on Leaders In A Broken World.

01/15/2025

Accepting to lead in the footsteps of Christ means extending the power of His salvific redemption into our world through our work. In brief this means bringing healing bringing peace and doing good in a world that needs it. Seeing our work in this light makes our occupations a mission and makes our duties and instrument of God’s peace. One way we do that is by helping the people around us to grow and develop. Today is our third in our series, “Leaders In A Broken World.”

12/16/2024

Leadership is not done in a vacuum. In fact the cultural situation we find ourselves in often influences the decisions we have to make. This is why it is so important for Christian leaders to always remember the importance of their role as leaders in a world that is marked by sin. In today’s episode, the second of our series of Leaders In A Broken World we develop the importance of Christian leadership for providing true unity and creating true harmony for the betterment of all.

12/10/2024

Trying to improve our leadership requires a lot from us. It requires study and thought and development of our skills. But sometimes in the midst of all that we can forget why we’re called to lead in the first place. What’s God’s plan for our leadership? Why would he call us to do what we’re doing anyway? Certainly there are many great answers to these questions but none strike as profoundly as seeing our work as an extension of the work of Christ himself; an extension of the power of the cross, an extension of salvation for a broke world.

12/02/2024

When we are in a position of leadership law can sometimes seem cumbersome. And as Christian leaders we’ve developed our sense of autonomy and freedom and love to the point where many of us wonder why do we need rules in the church at all? Sometimes it can be tempting to say, “those in charge make the rules” and that’s why the life of our Lord can be disconcerting. Because he followed the law. In this final part of our examination of Aquinas’ teaching on the life of our Lord, we draw valuable insights from the example of Christ for our lives as leaders today.

11/18/2024

The Christian tradition has always recommended that a minister of the gospel live a life of material simplicity. Such a life would guarantee the virtues necessary for proclaiming the gospel in purity. But what does the Church have to say for those engaged in the public sphere of commerce? If a business leader tries to evangelize with their business or in the context of their leadership are they obliged to embrace poverty? What role does poverty play in the life of a non ordained Christian leader today? Let’s continue our study and find out.

11/12/2024

When we assume a role of leadership we set ourselves apart from the people that we lead. By definition the leader is at the top or first in line. And leaders in general play positions in society where power is a part of their lives. But what do we do as Christians? Shouldn’t we be the same as every other Christian? And what if our position of leadership brings us a little too close to the world and its way of thinking and acting? What did our Lord do? How did He live?

11/04/2024

All of us know that leadership is a demanding thing. Physically, psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually. Anyone who stands in front of the crowd and points the right direction will take a beating. And yet strangely this is exactly what God asks us to do. Maybe it’s for this reason that our Lord himself took times to rest. In this second part of our series on Leadership Lessons From the Summa, St. Thomas Aquinas teaches us the three different ways that Jesus rested.

10/28/2024

Without a doubt leadership requires us to engage other people. Whether it be in networking for new partnerships or interviewing new employees, we live an active life. For many Christians this is problematic. We can sometimes feel that being a leader and being active means that we can’t be as contemplative and prayerful as we should be. In this lesson of leadership coming from St. Thomas Aquinas I lead you in a study of his treatise on the life of Christ to glean insights there.

10/21/2024

Few saints exemplify the power of Catholic leadership more than a simple Italian nun named St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. Although plagued with bad health and many restrictions in her life she found a way to be incredibly productive founding schools, orphanages, and hospitals on four continents. She teaches us to overcome whatever lies in our way as we pursue God’s will – sharing with us her personal motto, “I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me.”

10/15/2024

Regardless of our positions and responsibilities communication is always a challenge. How did the saints communicate when they needed to? In today’s episode on Leadership Lessons From The Saints, I look at St. Patrick. Not only did he manage to communicate foreign ideas to his audience, but he did so in a way that was persuasive. He managed to do something with his communication that all of us leaders need to do. He communicated facts in a way that moved and promoted action. So, his leadership lesson from 1600 years ago remains true today.

09/30/2024

Theodore Roosevelt said, “People will not care how much you know until they know how much you care.” It’s a fact that leadership is something that followers bequeath to the one that leads them. Meaning that we who lead in the footsteps of Christ have to gain the trust of those whom we are leading. Few saints embody this better than St. Joan of Arc. She literally lead troops into battle. Because they believed in her – believed in her vision and saw her courage. She led from the heart and her leadership serves as an example for us today.

09/17/2024

Anyone charged with leadership has to constantly confront difficulty. In fact any leader will tell you that problems are their playing field. But confronting difficulty and challenge is not always easy. It takes courage and bravery. Pope Leo the Great, the Bishop of Rome from 440 AD to 461 AD, gives us an example of tremendous courage in the face of controversy. The example he gives in his day can strengthen us to do the challenges in front of us each day in the office and in the family.

09/09/2024

Leading with daring might sound glorious but in practice it’s actually difficult to define. How do we know when our daring is not rationale? And where can we look to find the surety that we need to dare great thing for Christ? In this fourth Leadership Lessons From The Saints we take a look at some of the comments by Jose Maria Escrivá. Not only did St. Jose Maria dare something great for Christ but he described it as a virtue and a necessary component to anything that would call itself Christian leadership.

08/26/2024

Of the many saints we could hope to emulate, Pope John Paul II stands apart for his excellence in leadership. Not only was he Pope of the Catholic Church at a very difficult time in church and world history but his twenty-six year long pontificate was marked by incredible achievements, changes, and unique global impact. In this third of our series on Leadership Lessons From The Saints we unpack several lessons from the life and teachings of this master of humanity.

08/19/2024

Of the many excellent texts on leadership in the Catholic Church’s tradition The Rule of Saint Benedict surely holds a pride of place. Written around 530 AD by St. Benedict of Nursia this text provided the foundation for the way of life of his monks. A way of life that shaped many of our traditions in Western Civilization. This is why his take on leadership is so important. And he provides us with a valuable lesson in our ongoing series on the lessons of leadership from the saints.

08/12/2024

It might surprise many of us to remember that the saints themselves were oftentimes leaders and as such had to shoulder the heavy burden of leadership just like we do. It can be helpful to learn from them; what did they do, how did they handle the daily stresses of life? In this first class of Leadership Lessons From The Saints I look at John XXIII’s ten rules for a day – rules that he practiced every day and which certainly could help us as well.

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The Breastplate Of St. Patrick
The Breastplate Of St. Patrick

Prayer is to the soul what breathing is to the body, therefore, prayer is essential to everybody. But even more so to those who will lead, who play a position that comes to them from God in our world. Without a doubt each of us has their own way to pray and express their hearts to God, but the Catholic tradition holds many devotions which can help us to find discipline and regularity in our prayer. One of these is the Breastplate of St. Patrick. – an excellent prayer to say at the beginning of each workday.

DGT Episode 299 - Unleashed Creativity - Leaders In A Broken World Part 4
DGT Episode 299 - Unleashed Creativity - Leaders In A Broken World Part 4

At its essence leadership is a question of vision and vision at its heart is a matter of creativity. Although not always comfortable being in charge of an operations means finding an answer no matter what. Great leaders do this in extraordinary ways. But getting to the heart of how to innovate and find new answers means getting to the heart of the human person and their freedom and this is why it’s important to talk about the power of grace to create new ideas and innovation. This is part 4 of our series on Leaders In A Broken World.

DGT Episode 298 - Agents For Growth - Leaders In A Broken World Part 3
DGT Episode 298 - Agents For Growth - Leaders In A Broken World Part 3

Accepting to lead in the footsteps of Christ means extending the power of His salvific redemption into our world through our work. In brief this means bringing healing bringing peace and doing good in a world that needs it. Seeing our work in this light makes our occupations a mission and makes our duties and instrument of God’s peace. One way we do that is by helping the people around us to grow and develop. Today is our third in our series, “Leaders In A Broken World.”

DGT Episode 297 - Unifying Diversity - Leaders In A Broken World Part 2
DGT Episode 297 - Unifying Diversity - Leaders In A Broken World Part 2

Leadership is not done in a vacuum. In fact the cultural situation we find ourselves in often influences the decisions we have to make. This is why it is so important for Christian leaders to always remember the importance of their role as leaders in a world that is marked by sin. In today’s episode, the second of our series of Leaders In A Broken World we develop the importance of Christian leadership for providing true unity and creating true harmony for the betterment of all.

DGT Episode 296 - Healers Of The Heart - Leaders In A Broken World Part 1
DGT Episode 296 - Healers Of The Heart - Leaders In A Broken World Part 1

Trying to improve our leadership requires a lot from us. It requires study and thought and development of our skills. But sometimes in the midst of all that we can forget why we’re called to lead in the first place. What’s God’s plan for our leadership? Why would he call us to do what we’re doing anyway? Certainly there are many great answers to these questions but none strike as profoundly as seeing our work as an extension of the work of Christ himself; an extension of the power of the cross, an extension of salvation for a broke world.

DGT Episode 295 - Leaders Under The Law - Leadership Lessons From Aquinas Part 5
DGT Episode 295 - Leaders Under The Law - Leadership Lessons From Aquinas Part 5

When we are in a position of leadership law can sometimes seem cumbersome. And as Christian leaders we’ve developed our sense of autonomy and freedom and love to the point where many of us wonder why do we need rules in the church at all? Sometimes it can be tempting to say, “those in charge make the rules” and that’s why the life of our Lord can be disconcerting. Because he followed the law. In this final part of our examination of Aquinas’ teaching on the life of our Lord, we draw valuable insights from the example of Christ for our lives as leaders today.

DGT Episode 294 - Purposeful Poverty - Leadership Lessons From Aquinas Part 4
DGT Episode 294 - Purposeful Poverty - Leadership Lessons From Aquinas Part 4

The Christian tradition has always recommended that a minister of the gospel live a life of material simplicity. Such a life would guarantee the virtues necessary for proclaiming the gospel in purity. But what does the Church have to say for those engaged in the public sphere of commerce? If a business leader tries to evangelize with their business or in the context of their leadership are they obliged to embrace poverty? What role does poverty play in the life of a non ordained Christian leader today? Let’s continue our study and find out.

DGT Episode 293 - Fitting In So As To Transform - Leadership Lessons From Aquinas Part 3
DGT Episode 293 - Fitting In So As To Transform - Leadership Lessons From Aquinas Part 3

When we assume a role of leadership we set ourselves apart from the people that we lead. By definition the leader is at the top or first in line. And leaders in general play positions in society where power is a part of their lives. But what do we do as Christians? Shouldn’t we be the same as every other Christian? And what if our position of leadership brings us a little too close to the world and its way of thinking and acting? What did our Lord do? How did He live?

DGT Episode 292 - The Three Kinds Of Rest - Leadership Lessons From The Summa Part 2
DGT Episode 292 - The Three Kinds Of Rest - Leadership Lessons From The Summa Part 2

All of us know that leadership is a demanding thing. Physically, psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually. Anyone who stands in front of the crowd and points the right direction will take a beating. And yet strangely this is exactly what God asks us to do. Maybe it’s for this reason that our Lord himself took times to rest. In this second part of our series on Leadership Lessons From the Summa, St. Thomas Aquinas teaches us the three different ways that Jesus rested.

DGT EPisode 291 - Going Towards The Need - Leadership Lessons From The Summa Part 1
DGT EPisode 291 - Going Towards The Need - Leadership Lessons From The Summa Part 1

Without a doubt leadership requires us to engage other people. Whether it be in networking for new partnerships or interviewing new employees, we live an active life. For many Christians this is problematic. We can sometimes feel that being a leader and being active means that we can’t be as contemplative and prayerful as we should be. In this lesson of leadership coming from St. Thomas Aquinas I lead you in a study of his treatise on the life of Christ to glean insights there.

DGT Episode 290 - Pushing The Envelope Like Frances Cabrini - Leadership Lessons From The Saints Part 8
DGT Episode 290 - Pushing The Envelope Like Frances Cabrini - Leadership Lessons From The Saints Part 8

Few saints exemplify the power of Catholic leadership more than a simple Italian nun named St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. Although plagued with bad health and many restrictions in her life she found a way to be incredibly productive founding schools, orphanages, and hospitals on four continents. She teaches us to overcome whatever lies in our way as we pursue God’s will – sharing with us her personal motto, “I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me.”

DGT Episode 289 - Attentive Communication With St. Patrick - Leadership Lessons From The Saints Part 7
DGT Episode 289 - Attentive Communication With St. Patrick - Leadership Lessons From The Saints Part 7

Regardless of our positions and responsibilities communication is always a challenge. How did the saints communicate when they needed to? In today’s episode on Leadership Lessons From The Saints, I look at St. Patrick. Not only did he manage to communicate foreign ideas to his audience, but he did so in a way that was persuasive. He managed to do something with his communication that all of us leaders need to do. He communicated facts in a way that moved and promoted action. So, his leadership lesson from 1600 years ago remains true today.

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