Season 2, Episode 8
Why Listening Makes You a Better, Wiser Leader with Rhonda Butler
Episode Description
Are you listening? If not, there may be more at stake than you realize. For Rhonda Butler—professor, executive leadership coach, and director of Women’s L.I.F.T. Fellowship—failing to listen can do real harm, leading to an erosion of trust, silencing other voices, and tarnishing reputations. However, when leaders do listen (and apologize when they fall short), trust is strengthened and wisdom flourishes—for both the leader and those they lead.
In this final episode of season 2 of The Hidden Work of Leadership, Michaela and Rhonda explore
- the intimate relationship between wisdom and listening
- the benefits of listening—and the costs when we don’t
- why good leaders are good learners
- the importance of doing what’s right over trying to be right
Links:
Learn more about our guest, Rhonda Butler
Check out more from the Max De Pree Center for Leadership at depree.org
Host
Michaela O’Donnell
Mary and Dale Andringa Executive Director
Michaela is the Mary and Dale Andringa Executive Director Chair at the Max De Pree Center for Leadership. She is also an assistant professor of marketplace leadership and the lead professor for Fuller Seminary’s Doctor of Global Leadership, Redemptive Imagination in the Marketplace progr...