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Leaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS6E10: Navigating TransitionThank you, Leaders, for arriving at the "end of the road" for season 6. This episode addresses navigating transitions. What are the necessary external and internal considerations for moving through transitions? Navigating transition also means navigating...changefirsts and new thingsaltered stateswaitingthe will of those who are decision makersaccessibilityEmphasis is placed on working on our trust, faith, and confidence. Trust our own mind, feet, hands, faculties, and training. Have faith that we are conditioned, through past completed transitions, to make the next right step. Where we go for counsel and confirmation may change...
2025-07-2524 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS6E9: Mental TransitionsAre we paying attention to how we think and make mental transitions? And are our teams at the mercy of our mindsets? Do we, as leaders, have expectations of our teams that stem from strength or weaknesses in our ability to transition mentally? This episode explores times of war, peace, and personal stress as initial examples of ways that we can pay attention to our thinking. Do our teams understand how we think and approach things? Are there any current misunderstandings due to miscommunications that track back to how we think?Leaders have strong influence...
2025-06-1617 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS6E8: MovingWhat kind of mover are you? Have you paid attention to your patterns of planning, packing, and moving? What patterns spill over into your leadership practice?Listen as Dr. Shaunta Scroggins shares some personal lessons from reflection and observation about her moving history. Our homework is to be thoughtful and grace-full in assessing ourselves. Look for change, growth, and patterns. Is our behavior constant or does it change when it's moving time? How much of our behavior is core to how we handle, manage, or lead other kinds of transitions?
2025-06-0911 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS6E7: Language for Emotional TransitionsClick here for the link to a search result on "emotion wheel."This episode emphasizes finding the best ways to use language during emotional transitions. If ever asked how you feel, a tool to help communicate with simplicity and clarity is the emotion wheel. Dr. Scroggins explains how learning to find her words, and asking for time to do so, grounded her during transitions. Let's practice saying what we mean in every situation, so that when important transitions arise, we will confidently speak up and know we are being authentic!
2025-05-1214 min
Along The Seam26. Shaunta Scroggins - Faith Was HomeThis conversation is with educator Shaunta Scroggins who has spent more than 20 years mentoring teens and adults along their leadership journeys. Her doctoral research was completed at Dallas Baptist University in her home state of Texas and focused on the study of toxic leadership, transformational leadership, and effective mentoring. We talk about all of that through the lens of faith and the ideas passed from one generation to the next. Shaunta is now a lecturer and Assistant Director of the Lead Forward Fellowship at Purdue University. She also hosts the podcast, Leaders Lead, Leaders Read. You can read the...
2025-05-0533 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS6E6: Leading and CollaboratingThis episode confronts the leadership trends of planting one's practice in only one model without room for growth and agility. Someone has to lead, AND there should be collaborative moments for team member contributions. We need both. Models referenced: situational, servant, transformational leadershipBooks referenced: Turn the Ship Around by L. David Marquet and Servant Leadership Characteristics in Organizational Life by DeGraaf, Tilley, and NealYouTube Interview with Captain Marquet: https://youtu.be/PbqTbGHd5K8?si=GmkQAvaBRiBO1-Fc
2025-05-0514 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS6E5: Our Relationship to TimeThis episode is about how we relate to time. Have we thought about how our earliest conditioning has helped or hindered how we transition with time? Deadlines, synchronizing schedules with others, making appointments, keeping appointments, deciding when our time is wasted or best spent, and more. What were your earliest lessons about time? Who taught you?Take a day, a week, and pay attention. Pay attention to howyou show up in your life. On an average day, Do you wake up at your alarm or turn over? Do you have slow mornings or does your day...
2025-04-2809 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS6E4: Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia HerseyThis episode is a review of Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey. Leaders, how are you resting in your transitions? What were you taught about rest? What do you believe about rest? Some say, "I'll rest when I'm dead." Others say, "I'll rest when I finish this or that." Tricia Hersey, founder of the Rest Is Resistance framework, shares other thoughts about rest. Much more than an exhortation to rest, this book faults capitalism and white supremacy--starting on plantations-- as the generator of what we know today as grind culture. Full...
2025-03-2421 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS6E3: I.O.U., Then and NowIn this episode, we are flung back in time to our 22-year-old selves. Were we leaders? Dr. Shaunta shares a recent experience in memory when reconnecting with a former boss and his wife. She realized his leadership and impact on her life and leadership practice at the end of this meeting. Today we take a journey and consider if there's an I.O.U. anywhere for you. Is there anyone for you to thank? OR, how can you live your thanks by creating room for others?
2025-03-1715 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS6E2: How to Walk Into a Room by Emily P. FreemanThis is a review for How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away by Emily P. Freeman. In this season where we focus on transitions, this book provides a coach, guiding questions, appropriate anecdotes, and thought-provoking perspectives. Entering and exiting are the modes of our life. We are always moving in one of these directions. Where Emily P. Freeman applies pressure and places significance is the how. How we enter and exit rooms matter. This is a faith-driven book for everyone. There are explicit references...
2025-03-1020 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS6E1: Expectations Around Transition"Life is a book we read by circumstance, one after another."In this season of transition, personal and organizational, leaders need to name our expectations. Our responses of deep frustration or deep appreciation clue us in to our expectations. Asking for help in transition should be a universal expectation. Join Dr. Scroggins for this reflective episode on the expectations we have of ourselves, others, and entities during layers of nuanced transition.
2025-02-2720 min
Leaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS6E0: Intro -- TransitionsWe're back, and ready to talk about transitions. Thanks for getting caught up on the other seasons.
2025-02-1707 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS5E10: Cultural Intelligence, Part TwoThe Livermore model of Cultural Intelligence is now complete: Drive, Knowledge, Strategy, and Action. Listen to the book review in season one, and then parts one and two for a deeper dive on practicing cultural intelligence. Consider adding cultural intelligence to emotional intelligence emphases and see more benefit in cross-cultural interactions. The bottom line is this, leaders: it is easy to grow. There is much we can to do improve our serve -- first to self, then to others, then to entities. A little practice consistently goes a long way. Give these thoughts a try, and add the Livermore...
2023-06-1220 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS5E9: Cultural Intelligence, Part OneHow willing are we, leaders, to transform ourselves by addressing our biases and assumptions? This is the bottom line of our cultural competence in leadership, to work from the inside out on our views of others. In this episode, Dr. Shaunta uses David Livermore's book on cultural intelligence to discuss the first to quadrants of his CQ model: Drive and Knowledge. There are several ways to see the impact of culture in our workplaces and we are challenged to consider culture in our interactions with our teams. Cultural intelligence is not just for "overseas travel." Cultural intelligence applies to...
2023-05-2928 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS5E8: Observing Patterns / Coaching OpportunitiesAll people bring baggage into the workplace. Some people manage well, disassociating to get the work done. Others have permanent baggage that cannot be resolved or escaped, and can have lingering effects in the workplace. Or, there could be simple bad habits like tardiness and a lack of consideration for others. How long do/should leaders wait to address patterns through coaching? In this episode, Dr. Shaunta presents three scenarios where team members demonstrate patterns that long term, could inhibit morale, productivity, or the team member's promotability. Keeping in mind that there are factors over which leaders have neither...
2023-05-1518 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS5E7: Quiet Quitting, Quiet Firing, Silent Treatment... or Simply ShyToday's topic is about the combinations of behaviors we can observe in the work environment. When it happens, how do we know with certainty which behaviors we see and experience from team members? When is the best time to take action, and which actions should we take? People who are shy can be limited without support and some understanding. Quiet quitters will not flourish in an organizational culture that prizes doing more that what is required. Listen as Dr. Shaunta considers these scenarios.
The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the...
2023-05-0818 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS5E6: Pulling RankToday's topic is about pulling rank in today's work environment. When it happens, why does one pull rank? Longevity is not as big a prize as it once was in the working world. Depending on the industry, changing roles every two years or less is the norm. So then, is pulling rank a toxic behavior? Listen as Dr. Shaunta considers potential reasons why pulling rank is problematic.
The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and...
2023-04-3011 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS5E5: Hoarding InformationToday's topic considers whether hoarding information is a toxic behavior. Dr. Shaunta presents a few scenarios where, if leaders withhold information to sadistically experiment with teams, hoarding information is toxic. Leaders, what is your conviction about sharing information? Do you enjoy having the information simply because others do not have the information? Do you want to see how innovative your teams will be only partially informed? How open is too open to be with your teams? Has a previous experience shaped your conviction about sharing information?
References mentioned: Servant-Leadership Characteristics in Organizational Life by Don De Graaf, C...
2023-04-2310 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS5E4: Parenting Leadership?Today's topic is inspired by a statement of my coworker. "Sometimes, you have to treat them like your kids." Yes, you read that right. In an intergenerational office setting, younger workers (and the rest of us too, if we're honest) act like children in the workplace. We become needy or destructively resistant: whining, excessive complaining, avoiding responsibility, making excuses, claiming a lack of understanding, and placing motivation in the same bucket as preference. Dr. Shaunta considers the question "where is the line" for accountability, policy, and action in the workplace. How long is long enough for coaching, training, and...
2023-04-1618 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS5E3: Boomerang EmpowermentToday's topic is about Marquet's idea of empowerment versus emancipation and team members who resist the challenge to autonomous work. Younger workers enter established office environments for the first time or are new to the industry. They perform well in interviews, look great on resumes, but have difficulty adjusting to a free work setting. Dr. Shaunta considers the ideas of empowerment, emancipation, accommodations, and reciprocation in the leader-teams dynamic. Why can't everyone lead?
References mentioned: Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet
The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Le...
2023-04-0918 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS5E2: Is Toxicity Terminal?Today's topic asks whether toxic leadership is terminal. The answer is no, toxic leadership can be addressed successfully and replaced with transformational policies and practices. Dr. Shaunta refers to Alma Ortega's six scenarios that are not toxic leadership from Ortega's book Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership (2017). These scenarios inspire leaders to think more broadly about defining toxic leadership beyond opinions and experiences.
Dynamic leaders with high and reasonable expectations
Self-starters who value discipline and set realistic deadlines
Absences for good reasons, such as overlapping duties on committees
Leaders who ask for transparency when teams do not fulfill responsibilities
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2023-04-0218 min
Leaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS5E1: Addressing Toxic LeadershipToday's topic is addressing toxic leadership. It's best done from a systemic approach, and not an individual one. Leaders can be distracted from addressing toxic systems for two reasons: 1) individuals seem more controllable so resources are directed toward specific cases and 2) there are so many factors at play that nurture toxic behaviors that leaders can cave to the overwhelm and not know where to begin. What are you doing to change the system that enables and emboldens toxic behaviors?
References mentioned: Transforming Toxic Leaders by Alan Goldman
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2023-03-2614 min
Leaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsSeason 5 TrailerWelcome back Leaders! It's season five of the Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins.
There'll be more commentary than book review this season, with discussions on toxic leadership, crafting a philosophy of leadership, what our experiences and opinions need to ground our leadership practice, and possible gaps in the literature observed in leadership practice. Let's continue growing together!
The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @le...
2023-03-0501 min
Grow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God Where There Is No Pattern| 5-Minute Guided Christian Meditation and PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day 12 of 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Today’s Guided Christian Medi...
2022-12-2508 minGrow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God in the Present | 5-Minute Guided Christian Meditation and PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day 11 of 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Today’s Guided Christian Medi...
2022-12-2407 minGrow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God Everywhere | 5-Minute Guided Christian Meditation and PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day 10 of 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Today’s Guided Christian Medi...
2022-12-2307 minGrow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God in Protection | 5-Minute Guided Christian Meditation and PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day 9 of 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Today’s Guided Christian Medi...
2022-12-2207 minGrow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God in the Anomalies| 5-Minute Guided Christian Meditation and PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day 8 of 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Today’s Guided Christian Medi...
2022-12-2106 minGrow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God in Service | 5-Minute Guided Christian Meditation and PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day7 of 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Today’s Guided Christian Medi...
2022-12-2007 minGrow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God in the Guiding Light | 5-Minute Guided Christian Meditation and PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day 6 of 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Today’s Guided Christian Medi...
2022-12-1907 minGrow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God in the Questions | 7-Minute Guided Christian Mediation and PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day 5 of 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Today’s Guided Christian Medi...
2022-12-1810 min
Leaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS4E8: Wrap-Up and ReflectionsWe made it to the end of season 4! This is a recap episode.
When the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty by Aaron Hinkston, III
Comandante by Rory Carroll
Night, Dawn, and Day (trilogy) by Elie Wiesel
Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of "Brainwashing" in China by Robert Jay Lifton, M.D.
Seven different books with wonderful themes of personal experience, processing, and responsibility. There are leadership nuggets to stretch us as we work out our leadership evolutions. Thank you for listening and sharing and...
2022-12-1712 minGrow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God in Tough Decisions | 5-Minute Guided Christian Meditation and PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day 4 of 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Today’s Guided Christian Medi...
2022-12-1708 minGrow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God in a Long Wait | 5-Minute Guided Christian Meditation and PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day 3 of 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Today’s Guided Christian Medi...
2022-12-1608 minGrow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God While Wondering | 5-Minute Guided Christian Meditation & PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day 2 of 12 Days of Christmas Advent Meditations. Today’s Guided Christian Medi...
2022-12-1507 minGrow Black Girl, Grow: The PodcastFinding God in Unbelief | 5-Minute, Guided Christian Meditation and PrayerHave you been struggling with your faith this holiday season? Have you been trying to find God and really put your hope in Him, but you can’t seem to get the mental and emotional breakthrough you desire? I want to formally welcome you to 12 Days of Christmas Advent Christian Guided Meditations. Everyday for the next 12 days, a new Christian mediation will be released to help you renew hope and find God in perpetual advent. These guided Christian meditations are excerpts from the book Always Found written by Dr. Shaunta D. Scroggins.
Welcome to Day 1 of 12 Days of...
2022-12-1408 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS4E7: Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism by Robert J. Lifton, M.D.In this episode, Dr. Shaunta Scroggins reviews Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of "Brainwashing" in China by Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. This tome is organized in four parts: The Problem, Prison Thought Reform of Westerners, Thought Reform of Chinese Intellectuals, and Totalism and its Alternatives. Dr. Robert Lifton met with 25 Western and 15 Chinese subjects in 1954-55, and had some follow-ups in 1958. Thought reform consists of two basic elements: confession and re-education. This book is laid out in such an orderly way for readers. Listen to learn about Dr. Lifton's book and let us know...
2022-11-3021 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS4E6: Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet (REVIEW)In this episode, Dr. Shaunta Scroggins reviews Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders by retired Navy Captain L. David Marquet. Learn more about the process of moving people from followers to leaders. Learn more about Captain Marquet's work at https://davidmarquet.com/.
The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC.
~Sharing the language of leadership and training the future through theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness.~
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2022-11-2729 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS4E5: Turn the Ship Around by L. David Marquet (INTERVIEW)In this episode, Dr. Shaunta Scroggins interviews retired Navy Captain L. David Marquet to learn more about his book Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders. To take in the interaction, click here to watch the interview on the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership's YouTube channel. Listen as Captain Marquet explains parts of the journey that inspired him to implement a leader-leader model with lasting results. Moving people from followers to leaders is possible. Listen to learn how, and stay tuned for my review of Turn the Ship Around! in the next episode. Learn...
2022-11-1033 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS4E4: Night, Dawn & Day by Elie WieselElie Wiesel is the author and was a journalist, professor, Congressional Gold Medalist in 1985 and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Night, Dawn, and Day (formerly titled The Accident) are a trilogy with the first being a memoir and the remaining two as fiction books. Listen as Dr. Scroggins shares her appreciation for and insights from these books. Consider adding them to your library and sharing your opinion with us.
The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC.
~Sharing the language of l...
2022-10-3025 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS4E3: Comandante by Rory CarrollTake a wild ride through the world of Hugo Chávez's Venezuela, subtitle for the book Comandante by Rory Carroll (2013).
Not quite a dictator, but definitely a toxic leader, learn the lessons Dr. Shaunta extracts from the final chapter of the book and scholarly research.
The Leaders Lead Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC.
~Sharing the language of leadership and training the future through theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness~
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2022-10-1718 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS4E2: REVIEW - When the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty (Aaron Hinkston, III)In this episode, Dr. Shaunta reviews When the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty by indie author Aaron Hinkston. Episode one is the interview with Aaron to discuss the leadership themes in his faith-based book. Make sure you listen to episode one!
The Leaders Lead Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC. ~Sharing the language of leadership and training the future through theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness~
BIO: Aaron Hinkston, III is a licensed Texas Real Estate Agent and also an independent author. His...
2022-10-0920 min
Leaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS4E1: When the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty - INTERVIEW (Aaron Hinkston, III)Kicking off Season 4 is an interview with indie author Aaron Hinkston. Listen as he and Dr. Shaunta discuss the leadership themes in his faith-based book When the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty. Come back for the review of this book in episode two.
The Leaders Lead Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC. ~Sharing the language of leadership and training the future through theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness~
BIO: Aaron Hinkston, III is a licensed Texas Real Estate Agent and also an inde...
2022-10-0141 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsSeason 4 TrailerSeason 4 is coming October 1st!
New reads, new insights, and better leaders -- these are the goals!
Listen to seasons 1-3 now and mark your calendars for the upcoming season.
LEADERS LEAD, LEADERS READ with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins!
2022-09-0601 min
Leaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS3E9: The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. ConeThis book is a challenging read primarily because the reader must confront his/her/their feelings on faith, oppressed peoples, and several closely related topics. It is a heady and helpful read, like a guided tour through history and faith, on the theme of a connection between the cross of Jesus Christ and the lynching tree of Black Americans. In this review, we consider every chapter.
The Cross and the Lynching Tree in the Black Experience
A Reflection on Reinhold Niebuhr
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Struggle to Redeem the Soul of America
The Recrucified Christ in Black L...
2022-05-1026 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS3E8: Considerations for Building Your Own TableHello Leaders!
This is an episode with commentary. I feel like this may be a running theme where on occasion, I will share my evolving ideas about building one's own table. In this episode, I share three thoughts that came to me during another phase of assessment.
If the table is crowded, it's because the table is known.
The inclusion discussion still exists when one builds his/her/their own tables.
If one has rights to the table, then one needs rights to the room.
The considerations are still many when one builds his/her/thei...
2022-04-2412 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS3E7: Power Mentoring by Ellen Ensher & Susan MurphyPower Mentoring: How Successful Mentors and Protégés Get the Most Out of Their Relationships by Ellen Ensher and Susan Murphy (2005)
This is the book we are discussing, and the ins and outs of power mentoring. The two biggest things that distinguish power mentoring from traditional mentoring is 1) reciprocity and 2) the networking approach. In the power mentoring construct, we can have as many mentors as we have needs or opportunities to grow.
The book outlines 10 types of power mentoring. This makes room for broadening our network and our perspective on our growth paths. Think of...
2022-04-1121 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS3E6: Leadership Vertigo by S. Max Brown and Tanveer NaseerThe full title of the book is Leadership Vertigo: Why Even the Best Leaders Go Off Course and How They Can Get Back on Track. Published in 2014, there are six chapters and recommended resources. Leadership vertigo "refers to the false signals being sent by our brain asserting that everything is moving along as it should when it's not" (p. 12). As a solution, Brown and Naseer offer a model of four principles to help leaders assess, manage, respond to, and avoid leadership vertigo (p. 15).
Build Community
Develop Competence
Earn Credibility
Cultivate Compassion
According to Brown and Naseer, as l...
2022-03-2223 min
Emergency Management, EdTech, Business & Leadership. uard.universityUniversity of Applied Research & Development's Leaders Videocast #5 Dr Shaunta ScrogginsIn this episode of the University of Applied Research & Development's Leaders Videocast, #5, Dr Shaunta Scroggins shares powerful insights for every leader. Dr Shaunta's research has highlighted a number of developmental aspects that leaders can focus on to grow their transformation impact and reduce the level of toxicity in both their environment and interactions. Of note is the correlations that Dr Shaunta found - for every 1 reduction in toxic leadership aspect (such as bullying) there is an increase in transformational impact by 50... a 1:50 correlation! Dr Shaunta is the Founder of the Leadership Legacy Foundation. Her book based on her innovative resear...
2022-03-1023 minEmergency Management, EdTech, Business & Leadership. uard.universityUniversity of Applied Research & Development's Leaders Videocast #5 Dr Shaunta ScrogginsIn this episode of the University of Applied Research & Development's Leaders Videocast, #5, Dr Shaunta Scroggins shares powerful insights for every leader. Dr Shaunta's research has highlighted a number of developmental aspects that leaders can focus on to grow their transformation impact and reduce the level of toxicity in both their environment and interactions. Of note is the correlations that Dr Shaunta found - for every 1 reduction in toxic leadership aspect (such as bullying) there is an increase in transformational impact by 50... a 1:50 correlation! Dr Shaunta is the Founder of the Leadership Legacy Foundation. Her book based on her innovative resear...
2022-03-0723 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS3E5: How To Be A Dictator by Frank DikötterDr. Frank Dikötter is the author of How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century (2019). Students and scholars of toxic leadership and despots need this book. The cult of personality is one of the tactics in the dictator's playbook. Dictators gain the adoration of the masses to ensure no resistance to their policies.
Travel around the world and learn detailed insights about the dictator's world. Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, Duvalier, Ceausescu, and Mengistu have overlapping themes of practice as despots. The personal quirks and patterns offer us some mu...
2022-02-1915 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS3E4: Scarred by Sarah EdmondsonThe book is called SCARRED: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM The Cult That Bound My Life. It's written by Sarah Edmondson with Kristine Gasbarre. It's a memoir of Sarah Edmondson's entry into, experiences in, and exit from the NXIVM cult.
References you'll hear about in the review:
The Vow documentary on HBO
Bounded Choice by Dr. Janja Lalich
Recommended Reading page on Dr. Lalich's website
If you're interested in the cult studies, memoirs, and organizational leadership, consider this book.
2022-02-0516 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS3E3: Who Gives A Chance? (Leader Talk)Leaders!
Chime in -- what are the factors you consider to give an up-and-coming leader a chance for development? Is networking really such a critical component? If so, why? What causes you to say, "No, not yet" or "I don't want to invest there"?
Does any of our leadership reading provoke us to grow outside of ourselves as mentors and coaches? Let's chat about it.
2022-01-2908 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS3E2: Bounded Choice by Dr. Janja Lalich (Review)Leaders! This episode is the REVIEW of Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults by Dr. Janja Lalich. There are wonderful leadership and organizational leadership lessons for us in this book. There are new terms and concepts to learn for understanding, and written as if in conversation with the author. I hope you will give this book a chance. Don't be afraid to learn more about toxic leadership and systems. Awareness helps us in our prevention and elimination efforts. See more information about Dr. Lalich below.
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Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is an international cult and c...
2022-01-1513 min
Leaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS3E1: Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults by Janja LalichJanja Lalich, Ph.D. is an international cult and coercion expert. After hearing her contribution to documentaries and podcasts, I thought her the best first guide into the study of cults. We talked about her bounded choice framework, beautifully laid out in her book Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults. Dr. Lalich is a researcher, author, and educator specializing in cults and extremist groups, with a particular focus on charismatic relationships, political and other social movements, ideology and social control, and issues of gender and sexuality. She has been a consultant to educational, mental health, business, media, and...
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Leaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsSeason 2 Finale/ReflectionCongratulations Leaders on getting to the end of a serious growth year! There have been plenty of experiences to challenge and reward us through development, flexibility, and mindset shifting. Good for us. This final episode of season two is my thank you card to each listener. It's been a great set of books and discussions we've had in season two, and I hope there is something for everyone to apply.
We've got a great lineup planned for season three and invite you to stick around, keep listening, and bring/share with friends!
Dr. Scroggins and t...
2021-12-2207 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS2E7: Where You Are Is Not Who You Are by Ursula M. BurnsWhere You Are Is Not Who You Are by Ursula M. Burns is advice from the life and times of Ms. Burns on mentoring, coaching, modeling for one's team, leader and leadership development, and preparing to serve on a board of directors. This is a book for women and for everyone else. Ms. Burns, I feel, fairly presents her life to us: where at fault, where learning, where succeeding, where influenced, where another gets the credit, she tells us just that. Reading this book was like a conversation with Ms. Burns. For those of us who have big dreams...
2021-12-1219 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS2E6: The Black Church by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.The Black Church by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
I am so in love with my PBS subscription and ordered this book when I saw the PBS series on The Black Church. It was wonderful!
This episode is what I call my "peripheral review" of the book because this is not a leadership book. But as promised, I am sharing how I see a thread of leadership in the book, the history, and the institution of the Black Church. If you claim no loyalty to a faith expression, there is still some value in this episode...
2021-08-0319 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS2E5: Leader Evolutions & Bell HooksI read All About Love by Bell Hooks and started thinking about leadership. Spiritual leadership, to be exact. Then I wondered about leader evolutions because of the comprehensive way Bell Hooks talks about love. Spiritual leadership theory posits that the intrinsically motivated leader through his/her values, beliefs, and attitudes will engage followers through a sense of calling and memberships toward a result of organizational commitment and performance.
2021-02-2712 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS2E4: Hand Me Another Brick by Charles Swindoll***THIS IS A FAITH-BASED BOOK.***
I personally don't like disclaimers, but I want to give you a fair warning in case your leadership and your faith don't mix.
This book is based on the account of Nehemiah the cupbearer and his leadership journey to rebuild the wall. There are distracting enemies, strategic movements, wise responses, and of course navigating communication with the people. There are lessons on competent leading, diligence, wisdom, faith, and finishing strong.
If you are not a person of faith, but you can appreciate the principles, then try this book o...
2020-12-1211 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS2E3: Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThis book! I was happy, sad, angry, surprised, and disappointed. Geesh, the leadership examples abound. Historians may appreciate this read, as well as students of leadership. I learned after I finished this book that some in the medical field had this book as required reading while they trained.
The important spotlight of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is the placement and application of ethics in an institution. I think (but I tend to think this way!) the ethics discussion that can be sparked from this book can also fit many institutional contexts -- medicine, education, religion, e...
2020-11-2913 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS2E2: Becoming by Michelle ObamaThis book is famous as a memoir. There are also some leadership lessons from Mrs. Obama's career search, discovery, and connection with "doing something immediately meaningful, directly impacting the lives of others" (p. 180). I know many who own the book and have either not read it or not finished it yet. Please make it a point to do so! If you remain on the fence about purchasing Becoming, please jump that fence, buy the book, and read it all! This episode emphasizes the three career lessons we can learn from Mrs. Obama's professional journey.
Feel free to s...
2020-11-2111 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsS2E1: Failing Up by Leslie Odom, Jr.I am a FAN of Leslie Odom, Jr.! Oddly, I first learned about him when I heard his interview on NPR promoting his album Simply Christmas. Then I learned he wrote a book. Yay.
If you are risk-averse or afraid of failure, then you want to consider this book. You do not need to be a singer, performer, or creative to read this book. The application is human. When you read it, come back and leave me a message. I'd like to hear your review!
2020-11-1012 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsSeason 2 Trailer! Welcome Back!Leaders! Can you believe we made it to season two?!
How exciting. There's a link for you to leave me messages. Please, let me know when you've read a book reviewed on this podcast. Also, make suggestions about leadership books to read -- especially from independent and unknown authors.
I want to make sure you understand that the faith-based books to be reviewed in this second season have some universal leadership principles that apply to everyone. Don't skip an episode!
Thank you for your support in season one. Now, let's keep reading!
2020-10-3101 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta ScrogginsBONUS: Replace Unprecedented • Leader ResilienceLeaders! This is a check-in. How are you all doing?
I want to remind you, with a fabulous quote from Leslie Odom, Jr.'s Failing Up, that your resilience is shining through.
You are taking your challenges to task and you are emerging intact!
Season 2 is coming in the fall; I look forward to sharing another set of great books with you.
2020-08-2106 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins10. Leading with Cultural Intelligence (Livermore)Livermore, D. (2015). Leading with cultural intelligence: The real secret to success (2nd edition). American Management Association.
This book is GREAT for people whose work has an international reach. You work with or in other cultures and on a very diverse team, or you desire to build a cross-cultural business and team.
2020-06-3018 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins9. Multipliers (Wiseman with McKeown)Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (2015)
This book is reader-friendly, easy to follow, and a mirror for personal assessment. the five disciplines of multiplier leadership are
Talent Magnet
Liberator
Challenger
Debate Maker
Investor
Wiseman says a leader needs strength in only three of the above-named disciplines to be a Multiplier. Each form of multiplier leader has a diminishing leader counterpart. This book is worth your time and needs to be in your library!
2020-06-2120 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins8. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (McKeown)Essentialism is a movement that leads to a new way of life. Author Greg McKeown leads us down a path of mirrors where we face ourselves and all our busyness. Learning to discern the “trivial many” from the “vital few” becomes the crucial skill necessary to enforce the essential in our lives. Personal libraries deserve this book!
2020-05-2111 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins7. Real Leaders Don’t Do PowerPoint (Witt)Christopher Witt’s book is both a leadership and communications gem. Arranged in four parts with tons of examples, readers will find this book a useful resource.
2020-05-0613 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins6. Duped -- The ReviewThis is pretty much part three – the final episode about Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception (2020) by communications expert Dr. Tim Levine.
In this episode I review the book, and share my experience interviewing Dr. Levine.
2020-04-2617 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins5. Duped -- Interview with Author, Dr. Tim Levine (Part Two)We pick up where we left off in the last episode, with Dr. Levine's comments on research methodology...replication, specifically. Enjoy Dr. Levine completes the journey through his new book Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception.
2020-04-1931 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins4. Duped -- Interview with Author, Dr. Tim Levine (Part One)Communications expert Dr. Tim Levine is the author of the newly released called Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception (2020). Scholars, prepare to be inspired!
On a recent trip to Birmingham, Alabama, I met with Dr. Levine at the Audio 55 Recording Studio to discuss his book. I learned about his theory, truth-default theory, from a bonus episode from the Malcolm Gladwell podcast, Revisionist History. The bonus episode is called "Queen of Cuba," and is the audio version of a book chapter in Gladwell's Talking to Strangers (2019).
Enamored with the possible overlap...
2020-03-2227 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins3. The Legs are the Last to Go (Diahann Carroll)This episode is an homage to the late, great Diahann Carroll. Her candid recollection of relationships, decisions, and experiences reveal some important leadership traits worth our consideration. Probably the most important work of leadership is to improve ourselves for the people we lead.
2020-01-2615 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins2. Lessons on Leadership by Terror (Kets de Vries)Dr. Manfred Kets de Vries is the author of Lessons on Leadership by Terror: Finding Shaka Zulu in the Attic. This book in four parts and 12 chapters takes us on a historical, cultural and introspective journey of leadership through the life of Shaka Zulu. [Musical intro/outro by Keke Perez of Keke Perez Voice Studio.]
2020-01-1716 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins1. Surviving Toxic Leaders (Gangel)Kenneth Gangel (2008) is the author of Surviving Toxic Leaders: How to Work for Flawed People in Churches, Schools, and Christian Organizations. Neatly organized in 12 chapters, Gangel defines toxic leadership in a faith-based setting and describes nine types of toxic leaders. [Musical intro/outro by Keke Perez of Keke Perez Voice Studio.]
2020-01-1213 minLeaders Lead, Leaders Read with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins0. Welcome! Introducing the LLLR Podcast!Hello one and all! This is the inaugural episode of the Leaders Lead, Leaders Read podcast. I want to introduce myself, introduce the podcast, and share a bit about how the podcast came to be along with examples of coming book reviews.
2020-01-0507 min
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