Lead for Impact Series

The following is a special series on the SightShift Podcast. Listen below or subscribe here to be notified of new episodes.

PART 1: Impact or Validation? The Hidden Motives Driving Your Leadership

Chris and Mark open the Lead for Impact series with the question every leader needs to answer: are you leading for impact or for validation?

PART 2: How To Overcome The Validation Vs. Impact Struggle

Part 2 of Lead for Impact: The Big Idea. Real examples of how leaders get pulled toward validation, and how asking the core question changes the way you lead.

PART 3: Why Every Leader Faces Insecurity (And How to Use It)

Insecurity is universal. Chris and Mark unpack how it shows up as proving and hiding, and why self-awareness is where growth starts.

PART 4: From Rituals to Results: Leadership, Institutional Challenges, and Engaging the Next Generation

How rituals, intentional or not, shape identity, leadership, and culture, and what changes when organizations abandon them, including how younger employees' search for growth is reshaping work.

PART 5: The Broken Leadership Formula You Need to Stop Following

Mindfulness plus empathy plus psychological safety often produces fragile leadership. This episode offers a fuller formula: impact equals right action plus right motive.

PART 6: Half-Baked Leadership: The Missing Ingredient for Real Impact

Mindfulness is a good start, but stopping there leaves your leadership half-baked. Chris and Mark make the case for a mindset upgrade, with real stories and practical steps.

PART 7: When Empathy Becomes Manipulation

Empathy can turn into manipulation when it becomes the goal. Chris and Mark explain why mercy, not just empathy, marks authentic leadership.