Week 3: Character and Ambition: Building Trust as a Leader

Podcast: Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast 

Episode: “Pick My Brain: Raw Answers to Your Leadership Questions on Ambition, Being a ‘Professional’ Christian, and Firing People” 

Description: Carey Nieuwhof takes the top questions young leaders submitted about ambition and how it works for and against you. Plus, he discusses media consumption habits, being a 'professional" Christian because you work on staff, and how to fire people (well). 

Discussion Questions:

1. Which leadership question Carey addressed stood out most to you and why? 
2. How can ambition both help and hurt a leader? Where do you see that tension in your own leadership? 
3. What did this episode teach you about difficult people decisions and caring for people at the same time? 

Required Reading: Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 by John Maxwell
LESSON 3 | The Foundation of Leadership: Character 

Discussion Questions:

1. Why does Maxwell argue that character is foundational to leadership? 
2. Where do you see character tested most in leadership roles? 
3. How does character build or destroy trust in a team or church? 
4. Where do you feel most confident in your character, and where do you feel most challenged? 
5. What unseen habit would strengthen your leadership integrity?