Love is often misunderstood in leadership—seen as soft, sentimental, or secondary to strategy. But true love in leadership is foundational, shaping cultures of trust, resilience, and eudaimonia. In this episode of The Leadership Telos, we explore love as more than emotion: love as action, commitment, and virtue. Drawing on psychology, philosophy, and theology, we’ll uncover how agape love forms the root of all virtues, from courage to justice, and why leadership without love ultimately falls short of its telos.

Discover how to embody love as a leader: giving without expectation of return, cultivating compassion, and creating communities marked by grace and flourishing.

Journal Reflection Prompts:

1. When has love—whether compassion, patience, or empathy—most impacted your leadership?
2. In what ways can you practice agape love, giving without expectation of return, in your current leadership role?
3. Which of the virtues (temperance, courage, justice, wisdom) do you feel most transformed when practiced in love?
4. How can your leadership create a “grammar of love” that shapes your organization’s culture and mission?

Scripture Prompts:

• “God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.” — 1 John 4:17
• “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind… and love your neighbor as yourself.” — Matthew 22:37–40
• “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13

Faithfulness is more than consistency—it is leadership anchored in transcendence. From psychology and philosophy to theology and organizational research, this episode explores how faithfulness shapes meaning, relationships, and purpose. Aristotle wrestled with the eternal mover, Aquinas called faith a divine light, and today’s faith-led organizations describe themselves as families of God, balancing purpose and profit. Discover how faithfulness transforms leaders from the inside out and guides communities toward resilience and flourishing.

Reflection & Journal Prompts:

• How has faith—or the absence of it—shaped your leadership decisions in the past year?
• In what ways can you bring faithfulness into your daily leadership practices?
• Where do you currently anchor your leadership: in ambition, circumstances, or something transcendent?
• Write about a time when faithfulness to your values guided a difficult decision.
• Reflect on an area where you feel called to exercise more faithfulness in your leadership.

Scripture Prompts:

• Proverbs 3:3 – “Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.”
• 1 Corinthians 4:2 – “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:24 – “The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.”

Forgiveness is often misunderstood as weakness—but in leadership, it is a profound strength. In this episode of The Leadership Telos, we explore forgiveness through psychology, philosophy, and theology. We’ll unpack the research on how forgiving leaders foster innovation and trust, Aristotle’s warning about deficient or excessive anger, and Scripture’s call to radical forgiveness modeled by Christ.

Leaders are not only called to forgive but also to seek forgiveness when they cause harm. This practice builds resilient, grace-filled communities where both people and organizations flourish.

💡 Reflection Prompt: Who in your leadership journey do you need to forgive—and where might you need to seek forgiveness?
📖 Scripture Prompt: “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” — Romans 15:7

🎧 Listen now to discover how forgiveness transforms not just individuals, but entire teams and organizations.