Meditations on Leadership with Don Carpenter

About Meditations on Leadership with Don Carpenter

Leadership begins within. In Meditations on Leadership with Don Carpenter, author, youth development pioneer, and relational leadership coach Don Carpenter invites you into a weekly practice of deeper reflection, personal clarity, and meaningful connection. Each episode begins with a short meditation from Don’s soon to be released book, The Inner Work of Leadership: 52 Meditations for a Life of Meaning, Courage, and Growth. From there, Don offers personal commentary and lived insights before welcoming a guest, leaders from all walks of life, to explore how that week’s theme plays out in their own professional journey. The episode closes with two powerful questions to help you pause, reflect, and grow as a leader from the inside out. Whether you’re leading a team, a classroom, a nonprofit, or your own life, this podcast is a companion for those committed to doing the inner work that sustains courageous outer change.

Publisher

Don Carpenter

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Aug 2025

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

52 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   What We Measure, We Grow

   What we choose to pay attention to has a way of shaping what grows. In this episode of Meditations on Leadership, Don reflects on the things we say matter most, how we know whether they are actually taking root, and why some of the most important forms of growth are also the hardest to measure. He is joined by Shaun Haskins, Co-Executive Director of Cobscook Institute, for a thoughtful conversation about leadership, community, feedback, shared responsibility, and the challenge of recognizing...

2. 

   8 Sept 2026

   When Two Feet Face the Same Direction

   What happens when part of us knows where we want to go, but another part is still holding back? In this episode of Meditations on Leadership, Don reflects on the hidden cost of indecision, the energy we lose when we are divided within ourselves, and what can begin to happen when clarity, intention, and action finally align. He is joined by Haley Bezon, founder of Hearty Roots, for a conversation about courage, entrepreneurship, leadership, and the difficult choices that come with building so...

3. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Aligned and Afraid (But Moving Anyway)

   What if courage is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to keep moving while fear is still present? In this episode of Meditations on Leadership, Don reflects on the moments when fear and self-doubt collide with a deeper sense of knowing that it is time to move. He is joined by Bill Walch, whose career has spanned journalism, philanthropy, institutional leadership, global health, consulting, and nonprofit governance. Together, they explore where our ideas about courage come from, wha...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

19 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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