Lifting Leaders

About Lifting Leaders

Leadership Coaching & Transformation for a Better World. The Lifting Leaders Podcast is dedicated to transforming leadership for a better, more hopeful world. We believe every leader has the possibility to grow, inspire, and make lasting impact.  Through engaging conversations with experts, visionaries, and changemakers, we explore leadership growth, sustainable solutions, and the mindsets that fuel purpose-driven leadership. Each episode provides practical insights and strategies to help leaders unlock their potential, expand possibilities, and lead with hope ad courage. Whether you're guiding a team, an organization, or simply leading in your daily life, this podcast is your space to learn, reflect, and rise to the challenges of our world. Together, we elevate leader capabilities to shape a brighter, more sustainable, and hope-filled future.

Publisher

Tricia Rhine | Kristal Roberts

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Mar 2022

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

196 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   “Lead the Change”: Stay the Course or Catch a New Wave?...Gems Inspired By Jack Schlosser

   As leaders, we face decisions that can shape our careers, teams, and organizations. Do we stay the course, make a change, or catch a new wave of opportunity? In this Gems episode of the Lifting Leaders Podcast, inspired by our conversation with our friend, leader, coach, and writer, Jack Schlosser, we explore five practical steps to strengthen leadership decision-making, navigate uncertainty, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence. Before making your next big decision, are you asking the right questions? Discover why stepping back may reveal what you’ve been missing, what your inner wisdom might be telling you, and how your values can serve as a compass when the way forward isn’t clear. We’ll also explore a frequently overlooked factor that can make all the difference: timing. Listen now for five thought-provoking steps to help you evaluate your options, recognize new possibilities, and decide whether it’s time to stay the course or catch a new wave. Then, put these insights into practice: What decision are you facing, and which question could help you see it differently? Join us for this short, practical episode on leadership development, effective decision-making, self-awareness, and leading change with intention. Tune in, reflect, and take your next step with purpose!

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Leadership, Career Change & Resilience: Navigating the Waves of Work and Life with Jack Schlosser

   How do you know when to stay the course, make a career change, or take a new direction when the future is uncertain? In this episode of the Lifting Leaders Podcast, Kristal Roberts and Tricia Rhine welcome back Jack Schlosser - executive coach, leadership advisor, speaker, author, and lifelong surfer - for a conversation about leadership, career transitions, resilience, decision-making, and navigating change and uncertainty. Drawing on more than three decades of advising CEOs, boards, and senior executives, and a lifetime spent surfing, Jack uses the ocean as a powerful metaphor for navigating work and life. Surfers can’t control the waves, but they can learn to read the conditions, make decisions, adapt, recover after a wipeout, and recognize when it’s time to paddle toward a different wave. As we continue our Lead the Change journey, Jack explores how leaders can move from waiting for the “right” conditions to recognizing where they have agency and taking action. Listen in for practical insights on: Navigating career transitions and unexpected change Knowing when to stay the course or change direction Leading through circumstances and systems you can’t control Moving forward when you feel stuck or uncertain Building resilience, adaptability, courage, and sound judgment Recovering and learning from setbacks Making decisions when there is no obvious “right” answer Sustaining curiosity, purpose, and possibility throughout your career and life Jack also shares what surfing can teach us about timing, balance, adaptability, resilience, and courage and why navigating change isn’t about controlling everything around us. It’s about paying attention to the conditions, understanding what we can influence, and deciding how we want to respond. Whether you’re considering a career change, leading through organizational change, facing a leadership challenge, recovering from a setback, or wondering whether it’s time for something new, this conversation offers a powerful reminder: We don’t have to control the ocean to move forward. Sometimes leading the change begins with recognizing the wave in front of us—and choosing to paddle. Why I'm writing this series - and what the ocean taught me about careers https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jack-schlosser_surfyourcareer-activity-7495943343563005952-MTGg

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   How to Get Unstuck in the Messy Middle: 6 Practical Ways to Lead Change

   Change rarely happens in a straight line. Whether you’re leading organizational change, navigating a personal transition, or simply trying to figure out what comes next, there’s often a point where forward movement feels difficult. You know something needs to change but you’re not quite sure what to do next. Welcome to the messy middle of change. As we continue our Lead the Change journey on the Lifting Leaders Podcast, we’re taking a cue from fall. The leaves change, the weather shifts, daylight gets shorter, and we adjust, pulling out warmer clothes and preparing for what’s ahead. Change can be like that, too. Sometimes it’s expected. Sometimes it catches us by surprise. And sometimes we simply feel stuck. Inspired by our recent conversation with millennial leader, coach, and author Melissa Castro, this Gems episode explores six practical ways to get unstuck and create forward movement when change feels uncertain. We explore questions that can help shift your perspective, why taking a small action, even when you’re not sure it’s the “right” one, can create momentum, and the surprising value of stepping away, seeking another perspective, and opening yourself to new experiences. If you’re leading through change, navigating uncertainty, or feeling stuck in the messy middle, this episode offers practical leadership strategies to help you move from uncertainty toward action and discover your next step.

Who has been a guest on Lifting Leaders

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Lindsey Godwin
• Jeff McAuliffe
• Carla Ondrasik
• Robert LaSelle Chism
• Sun So

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

96

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

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Quality

83

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

71

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