Leading Outward

About Leading Outward

You don't need another podcast full of vague leadership platitudes. You need real answers to the people problems that stall performance. Leading Outward from The Arbinger Institute goes beyond theory. We coach leaders in real-time to tackle their messiest issues—culture breakdowns, accountability failures, conflict and blame, and team dysfunction. We also bring you behind the scenes with executives and leaders of all varieties from around the world to break down how they are solving their most pressing challenges. If you're ready to stop managing symptoms and start solving root problems, this is your show. It's time to start leading outward.

Publisher

The Arbinger Institute

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 May 2025

Latest episode

4 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

13 of 20 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   4 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   How listening wins in wars and workplaces.

   What if the key to influence isn’t knowing—but admitting you don’t? Could the most powerful leaders be the ones most willing to learn and be changed by what they hear? In this episode, former wartime interrogator Eric Maddox and business president David White reveal how empathetic listening proved equally effective in the hunt for Saddam Hussein and in rebuilding trust with a frustrated community. Together, they show that genuine influence begins when we let go of needing to know and instead listen with deep curiosity and care to the people closest to the problem. Need help developing your leaders or organization? Schedule (https://hubs.ly/Q03wB8fR0) a complimentary strategy session. Have a leadership challenge or question you’d like us to explore on the show? Submit it here (https://hubs.ly/Q03wB88p0)!

2. 

   28 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Who we are is who we are together.

   What if the very pain we hide is what could heal us? And what if the people who trigger our pain are the ones we most need to connect with? In this part two of this Summit 2022 session, Nate Mitchell and participants wrestle with what it means to “become part of we.” Through personal experiences and reflection, they reveal how connecting with others through our pain opens the door to the connection we crave. Ideas we explore: 2:15 – Peace and pain can coexist. 5:20 – We remember who we are through friction. 7:10 – You are not enough—but we are. 13:00 – The antidote to loneliness. 19:50 – The courage to connect through pain. 28:45 – The gifts we need come to us through others. To learn how you can apply these ideas within your team and organization, schedule (https://hubs.ly/Q03wB8fR0) a strategy session!

3. 

   21 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   The pain of forgetting we belong to each other.

   If connection is what makes us human, why do we keep pulling away? And at what point does hiding my pain become more painful than the pain itself? In this episode, we take you inside one of our past Summits as Nate Mitchell explores the idea that humanity isn’t something we carry inside ourselves but exists in the space between us. Through stories and raw conversation, he reveals why isolation feels unbearable: because it’s not human. We only truly exist—as selves, as souls, as human beings—in connection. Ideas we explore: 2:55 – Humanity lives in the space between us. 6:50 – Pain isn’t the problem—disconnection is. 9:50 – If we’re made for connection, why do we run from it? 21:45 – Fire needs friction and so do we. 27:30 – The two ways to get out of isolation. To learn how you can apply these ideas within your team and organization, schedule (https://hubs.ly/Q03wB8fR0) a strategy session!

Inside a recent episode

How listening wins in wars and workplaces.

Published 4 Nov 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The thing that gets most in the way, because when we are convinced of what we know, why would we ask to learn more? And what Eric discovered here plays out in every environment, not just in a war zone. Solutions that seem obvious only become obvious when we see the situation free of these preconceived notions. And this is critical for all of us, not just for those who are trying to track down the world's most dangerous dictators. This is critical anywhere where we find ourselves at odds with others, including for the president of a paving company located in Gainesville, Virginia. We had an incredible opportunity to make this one acquisition. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

584 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

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Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

91

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