L3 Leadership Podcast

In this episode, you'll hear our interview with Danielle Strickland. You'll hear Danielle talk about entrepreneurship, what her spiritual walk with God looks like, tips on speaking and writing, her advice on peacemaking, and we also take Danielle through the lightning round! To download the show notes or to see a transcript, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode229.About Danielle Strickland:Danielle Strickland is currently based in Toronto, Canada. Her aggressive compassion has served people firsthand in countries all over the world. From establishing Justice Departments for The Salvation Army to launching Global anti-trafficking initiatives, to creating new movements to mobilize people towards transformational living. Danielle trains, advocates, and inspires people to live differently.Danielle is the author of 5 books with her most recent being The Ultimate Exodus: Finding Freedom From What Enslaves You and The Zombie Gospel: The Walking Dead and What it means to be Human. She is the host of DJ

In this episode, you'll hear our interview with Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia. You'll hear us talk about why every organization needs a Chief Heart Officer, how they train and develop leaders at VaynerMedia, how they teach managers to provide feedback, and much more. We also take Claude through the lightning round! To download the show notes or to see a transcript, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode228.About Claude Silver:Prior to joining VaynerMedia, I held senior leadership posts at both J. Walter Thompson and Publicis in each firm’s London office. In both positions, I steered the development of brand strategies, agency partnerships, product teams, media, sales, and internal management.Apart from my work across the marketing and media ecosystem, I co-founded and served as Managing Director at GirlsAdventureOUT, a women-focused outdoor adventure enterprise. A lifelong affinity for outdoor pursuits that led me to become a certified Outward Bound instructor.It is my track r

In this episode, you'll hear Katy Ursta and Melanie Mitro interview L3 Founder, Doug Smith, on leadership, having hard conversations, and personal growth on the Make Chic Happen Podcast.To download the show notes or to see a transcript, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode227.About Doug Smith: Doug is the Director of Development at Light of Life Rescue Mission, a non-profit that helps the homeless, in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the Founder of L3 Leadership, a company that connects and develops leaders through training, events, mastermind groups, and membership. He is also the host of the L3 Leadership podcast, where he has interviewed world-class leaders such as Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. Les Parrott, Liz Wiseman, Mike Tomlin, and many others. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Laura. Together, they love family, personal growth, travel, working out, and serving others.Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/l3-leadership-podcast-leadership-entrepreneurship-business/id4

In this interview, you will hear our interview with Ed Glover, Founder of Urban Impact, on the work he is doing to put a dent in the fatherless epidemic in our world today. In the interview, we talk about what why Ed created ManUp, why it's important, his advice to dads, his encouragement to those who have had wounds that came from a fatherless situation, and how you can get involved with Urban Impact. This interview was conducted at ManUp Pittsburgh at Victory Family Church. The conference was created and produced by Urban Impact. About Ed Glover:  Rev. Dr. Ed Glover and his wife Tammy have passionately followed their calling to minister to the least, the last, and the lost in Pittsburgh’s urban North Side community for almost 30 years. Together they founded Urban Impact in 1995, after serving for almost a decade in youth ministry at Allegheny Center Alliance Church.Rev. Glover is a leader, a visionary, an evangelist, and a motivational speaker.  In 2011, Pastor Ed received the prestigious Restoring Pla

In this interview, you will hear our interview with Bryan Lorrits, Lead Pastor of Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Silicon Valley, CA. In the interview, you'll hear us talk about what authentic manhood looks like, why it's important, and what we can do as men to become better men and better dads. We also talk about why it's so important for leaders to develop strong friendships and how leaders can redeem the pain in their lives. About Bryan Loritts:Pastor Bryan Loritts is the privileged husband of Korie, and the graced father of three sons- Quentin, Myles, and Jaden.  He serves the Abundant Life Christian Fellowship of Silicon Valley, California, as the Lead Pastor.  An award-winning author of six books including Saving the Saved: How Jesus Saves us from Try-harder Christianity into Performance-Free Love- which was given the Christianity Today Award of Merit, and his newest release Insider-Outsider. Pastor Bryan Loritts co-founded Fellowship Memphis in 2003 and later founded The Kainos Mov

In this interview, you will hear Mike Tomlin, Coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, share his thoughts and passion for dealing with the fatherlessness issue in our nation. You will also hear a few of his thoughts on leadership.This interview was conducted at ManUp Pittsburgh at Victory Family Church. The conference was created and produced by Urban Impact. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/l3-leadership-podcast-leadership-entrepreneurship-business/id495751888?mt=2 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3CBHbRL6rJtSXwpKBaamNo?si=8ZllK41EQnaKHcqNkNUj5wSubscribe to our podcast on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/learning-to-lead-podcast Subscribe on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iehhmsctsgmvmoyvhxsv6yfzoiu https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iehhmsctsgmvmoyvhxsv6yfzoiu Our Vision: L3 Leadership exists to build and develop a community of leaders that grow to their maximum potential, develop the courage to pursue their dream

In this episode, Jason Wolfe, CEO of Wolfe, LLC shares his story of how he went from being an orphan and homeless to creating, scaling, and selling multiple multi-million dollar businesses. To download the show notes or to see a transcript, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode223.About Jason Wolfe: Jason Wolfe is an American businessman and entrepreneur who is the founder of Wolfe, LLC, Pittsburgh’s leading technology incubator and investor. Jason is also the Chairman of the Board of the Pittsburgh Technology Council – which has over 1,000 technology related member companies employing over 30% of Pittsburgh’s workforce.Wolfe has appeared on the MSNBC program, Morning Joe and has been profiled in Entrepreneur and Fortune (among other publications). In 2015, Wolfe was awarded a Diamond Award from the Pittsburgh Business Times and named Tech CEO of the Year by the Pittsburgh Technology Council.Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/l3-leadership-podcast-leadership-entreprene

In this episode, you'll hear Ken Coleman share about his new book, "The Proximity Principle: The Proven Strategy That Will Lead To A Career You Love.To download the show notes or to see a transcript, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode222.About Ken Coleman:An acclaimed interviewer and broadcaster, Ken Coleman inspires and informs audiences by drawing knowledge from some of the most well-known industry leaders, influencers, heads of state and celebrities. Host of The Ken Coleman Show and the top-rated EntreLeadership Podcast, Coleman equips, encourages and entertains listeners through thought-provoking interviews, helping them grow their businesses, pursue their passions, and move toward a fulfilled purpose.In 2013, he released his first book, One Question: Life-Changing Answers from Today’s Leading Voices. In his book, Coleman combines engaging storytelling with a passionate delivery to share insights and observations on the traits and tactics of great leaders and influencers, motivating peopl

In this episode, you'll hear L3 Leadership Founder, Doug Smith, share 7 things you need to do when you're in an intense season of growth.  To download the show notes or to see a transcript, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode221.About Doug Smith: Doug is the Director of Development at Light of Life Rescue Mission, a non-profit that helps the homeless, in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the Founder of L3 Leadership, a company that connects and develops leaders through training, events, mastermind groups, and membership. He is also the host of the L3 Leadership podcast, where he has interviewed world-class leaders such as Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. Les Parrott, Liz Wiseman, Mike Tomlin, and many others. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Laura. Together, they love family, personal growth, travel, working out, and serving others.Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/l3-leadership-podcast-leadership-entrepreneurship-business/id495751888?mt=2 Listen on Spotify: https://o

In this episode, you'll hear L3 Leadership Founder, Doug Smith, interview Bobby Gruenewald, Founder of the YouVersion Bible App. To download the show notes or to see a transcript, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode220.About Bobby Gruenewald: Bobby Gruenewald serves as Pastor, Innovation Leader at Life.Church and is the founder of the YouVersion Bible App, which has been installed on more than 365 million devices. As one of the leading voices in the Church on innovation and the use of technology, Gruenewald has been featured in The New York Times, TechCrunch, CNN, and more. Prior to joining the Life.Church team in 2001, he started and sold two technology companies as well as served in advisory capacities for various startups and venture capital funds. Gruenewald and his wife, Melissa, live in Edmond, Oklahoma with their four children.Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/l3-leadership-podcast-leadership-entrepreneurship-business/id495751888?mt=2 Listen on Spotify:

In this episode, you'll hear L3 Leadership Founder, Doug Smith, share the top 6 mistakes he has made in his leadership journey.To download the show notes or to see a transcript, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode219.About Doug Smith:Doug is the Director of Development at Light of Life Rescue Mission, a non-profit that helps the homeless, in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the Founder of L3 Leadership, a company that connects and develops leaders through training, events, mastermind groups, and membership. He is also the host of the L3 Leadership podcast, where he has interviewed world-class leaders such as Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. Les Parrott, Liz Wiseman, Mike Tomlin, and many others. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Laura. Together, they love family, personal growth, travel, working out, and serving others.ions.Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/l3-leadership-podcast-leadership-entrepreneurship-business/id495751888?mt=2 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.c

In this episode, you'll hear our interview with Audrey Russo, President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Technology Council. To download the show notes or to see a transcript, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode218About Audrey Russo: Since 2007, Audrey Russo has served the technology business sector for southwestern PA as President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Technology Council (www.pghtech.org), the oldest (1983) and largest technology trade association in North America. In this role, Russo facilitates strong interaction across all sectors of the regional economy, which she believes will only succeed and grow through technology innovation and commercialized disruptions across every platform and experience. With a background in information technology, operations and finance, Russo previously worked for large multi-national Fortune 500 companies (Alcoa, Reynolds Metals), as well as at MAYA Design, and in an adjunct faculty and project role at Virginia Commonwealth University.Russo earned her Bachelor of Scie

In this episode, you'll hear L3 Leadership Founder, Doug Smith, share how he gets things done and stays motivated. To download the show notes or to see a transcript, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode217.About Doug Smith:Doug is the Director of Development at Light of Life Rescue Mission, a non-profit that helps the homeless, in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the Founder of L3 Leadership, a company that connects and develops leaders through training, events, mastermind groups, and membership. He is also the host of the L3 Leadership podcast, where he has interviewed world-class leaders such as Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. Les Parrott, Liz Wiseman, Mike Tomlin, and many others. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Laura. Together, they love family, personal growth, travel, working out, and serving others.ions.Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/l3-leadership-podcast-leadership-entrepreneurship-business/id495751888?mt=2 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3CBH

In this episode, you'll hear our interview with Tyler Reagin, President of Catalyst. To download the show notes or to see a transcript of the interview, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode216.Tyler's Book: The Life Giving LeaderAbout Tyler Reagin: Tyler Reagin is the President of Catalyst, a leadership development organization that exists to unify and equip leaders who love the Church through resources and experiential events. At its core, Catalyst is a community of change makers. Through live events, weekly podcast, digital resources and a community-building app, the Catalyst team leans into leaders who are seeking to create courageous change in the world. Over 100,000 leaders from around the world connect to Catalyst per year.Prior to leading the charge at Catalyst, Tyler served for seven years under the leadership of Andy Stanley as the Service Programming Director of Browns Bridge Community Church (a campus of North Point Ministries).He received his Masters of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell

In this episode, you'll hear our Founder, Doug Smith, share the top lessons he learned in 2018. To download the show notes or to see a transcript of the lesson, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode215 About Doug Smith: Doug is the Director of Development at Light of Life Rescue Mission, a non-profit that helps the homeless, in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the Founder of L3 Leadership, a company that connects and develops leaders through training, events, mastermind groups, and membership. He is also the host of the L3 Leadership podcast, where he has interviewed world-class leaders such as Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. Les Parrott, Liz Wiseman, Mike Tomlin, and many others. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Laura. Together, they love family, personal growth, travel, working out, and serving others.Our Vision: L3 Leadership exists to build and develop a community of leaders that grow to their maximum potential, develop the courage to pursue their dreams, and to become great leaders in their families, comm

In this episode, you'll hear our interview with Chris Hogan. In the interview, you'll hear Chris discuss his new book, "Everyday Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth―and How You Can Too."Buy the book: https://amzn.to/2LRlxbR (affiliate link) Chris's Website: https://www.chrishogan360.com To download the show notes or to see a transcript of the interview, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode214About Chris Hogan: Chris Hogan is a best-selling author, a personal finance expert, and America’s leading voice on retirement, investing and building wealth. His goal is to help as many people as possible to avoid financial traps and set their families up for the future.His book Retire Inspired: It’s Not an Age; It’s a Financial Number is a number one national bestseller, and The Chris Hogan Show has millions of downloads. Chris is also a regular contributor to the EntreLeadership Podcast, a top podcast on business and leadership.Along with speaking at events across t

In this episode, you'll hear our interview with Brad Lomenick. In the interview, you'll hear Brad talk about his leadership journey, creating and leading world-class events, what he's learned from being around some of the world's greatest leaders, H3 Leadership, and much more! To download the show notes or to see a transcript of the interview, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode213About Brad Lomenick: Brad Lomenick is a strategic advisor and leadership consultant specializing in influence, innovation, generational issues, and business strategy. He is a sought-after speaker at conferences, churches, and colleges as well as the author of The Catalyst Leader (Thomas Nelson, 2013). For over a decade, he served as lead visionary and president of Catalyst, one of America’s largest movements of Christian leaders. Under his watch, Catalyst convened hundreds of thousands of influencers through high-energy and experiential leadership conferences across the United States. Before running Catalys

In this episode, you'll hear our interview with Cliff Ravenscraft. In the interview, you'll hear Cliff talk about his entrepreneurship journey, mastermind groups,  pricing, and so much more. If you are a business owner, you need to listen to this episode. There is so much wisdom in it! To download the show notes or to see a transcript of the interview, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode212 About Cliff Ravenscraft: In December 2005, Cliff began podcasting as a hobby. One year later, he launched the Podcast Answer Man brand where he invested more than a decade helping tens of thousands of individuals and organizations successfully launch a podcast through one-on-one coaching and online courses. If you were to look at the top 100 podcasts in the business category of iTunes, more than 50 of these shows were created by clients who have been trained by Cliff.Today, Cliff focuses on his role as a business mentor and life coach. He mentors coaches, consultants and thought leaders through the transiti

In this episode, you'll hear Dr. Leslie Braksick, Co-Founder of My Next Season, share her advice for preparing for executive leadership. To download the show notes or to see a transcript of the lesson, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode211Learn more about Leslie: https://lesliebraksick.com/L3 One Day Leadership Conference: http://www.l3oneday.comAbout Dr. Leslie Brakscik: Professionally, Dr. Leslie Braksick is a veteran CEO coach, entrepreneur, consultant, author, educator, keynote speaker, and board member. Personally, she is a wife, mother, community leader, and philanthropist.Dr. Braksick is a resource often tapped by top executives and boards to provide coaching, insight, and advising during times of strategically important transition and intense strategic change. Her work often involves preparing EVPs for C-suite succession including coaching them during their early years at the helm. Her coaching clients have included senior-most executives at General Electric, Bell Atlantic, ExxonMobil, H.J

In this episode you'll hear L3 Leadership Founder, Doug Smith, share his advice for young leaders. It is a talk he gave at all of the Pi Sigma Epsilon Regional Conferences. To download the show notes or to see a transcript of the lesson, go to http://www.l3leadership.org/episode210.To learn more about Pi Sigma Epsilon, go to https://www.pse.org/ About Doug Smith: Doug is the Director of Development at Light of Life Rescue Mission, a non-profit that helps the homeless, in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the Founder of L3 Leadership, a company that connects and develops leaders through training, events, mastermind groups, and membership. He is also the host of the L3 Leadership podcast, where he has interviewed world-class leaders such as Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. Les Parrott, Liz Wiseman, Mike Tomlin, and many others. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Laura. Together, they love family, personal growth, travel, working out, and serving others.Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podc