My Top Leadership Trends for 2025

Check out my list of the Top Leadership Trends for 2025 on the H3 Leadership Podcast Episode 242. Listen in to the convo through Apple Podcasts or Spotify or on the Website.

It's the 2025 Leadership Trends Episode! Check out the Top Ten Leadership Trends for this year. This is an episode to share and discuss with your team, co-workers and boards. Make sure to access the Show Notes at the H3 Leadership website.

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Top Ten Leadership Trends for 2025

1. Work is teaching life skills, compared to life teaching work skills.

2. Lead with empathy, along with emotional and social intelligence.

3. Connector in Chief is a new C-suite role- helping facilitate collaboration and integrate work across complicated and complex organizational structures and teams.

4. Small is the new Big – gatherings and cohorts compared to events and conferences.

5. Decrease in institutional trust and increase in individual trust of influencers and thought leaders.

6. Change is constant, speeding up, and requires flexibility and agile leadership.

7. Develop leaders in house- both raising up young talent as well as upskilling talent that’s been around for years.

8. Continued rise and increase of the gig economy and side hustle mindset.

9. Rise of the Kingdom entrepreneur and need for pastoral and servant leadership in the marketplace.

10. Spiritual awakening sweeping across the world through organic movements and audience led and bottom up experiences.

You can also find additional interviews with Patrick Lencioni, Bob Goff, Adam Grant, Charles Duhigg, Andy Stanley, Coach PJ Fleck, Louie Giglio, Christine Caine, Kevin Kelly, NT Wright, Rick Warren, Michael Jr, Jon Gordon, Jessica Jackley, John Mark Comer, Scott Harrison, Lysa Terkeurst, and many more.

Top Leadership Trends for 2024

Check out the list of the Top Leadership Trends for 2024. I unpack them in greater detail on the H3 Leadership Podcast Episode 191. Listen in to the convo through Apple Podcasts or Spotify or on the Website.

Make sure to access the Show Notes at the H3 Leadership website.

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Top 9 Leadership Trends for 2024

1. Return to the Office - the pendulum is swinging back.

2. Continued removal of hierarchy and move towards collaborative team based approach.

3. Free Agency at all time high- must hire and develop self disciplined and self motivated team members.

4. Purpose Anxiety- the abundance of options is stifling - must help young leaders discover their why for direction in life.

5. Content is a commodity, so cohorts, gatherings, and learning journeys that provide conversation, connection and an experience are more crucial than ever.

6. Small is the new big, and leadership and influence must be personal and customized. Create access whenever possible.

7. The curator is in. We need curators to filter through all of the noise and provide aggregated wisdom and perspective.

8. Coach compared to boss. Mentor instead of manage. Relational and social intelligence is required, and empathy is essential. You must empower and release your team.

9. Must provide basic training for young leaders. In basic areas like conversations, conflict management, email etiquette, teamwork, showing up on time, project management, and more. Develop and coach them with additional “semesters” of learning and training.

You can also find additional interviews with Patrick Lencioni, Bob Goff, Adam Grant, Charles Duhigg, Andy Stanley, Coach PJ Fleck, Louie Giglio, Christine Caine, Kevin Kelly, NT Wright, Rick Warren, Michael Jr, Jon Gordon, Jessica Jackley, John Mark Comer, Scott Harrison, Lysa Terkeurst, and many more.

Top Ten Trends in Leadership Today + 5 Things from the Internet

On the latest episode of the H3 Leadership Podcast- I’m sharing my Top Trends in Leadership and Influence Today, with an explanation around each. Use this with your team as a catalyst for conversation around what trends they're seeing and experiencing. Plus, check out the latest 5 Things from the Internet List below. Listen in to the convo through Apple Podcasts or Spotify or on the Website.

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Top Trends in Leadership

Curator is the New Influencer 

Authenticity Rules

Career, Cause, and Community are all Connected

Free Agent Economy

Removal of the Middleman

Everyone is a Content Creator

Membership Economy

New Outlook on Success

Death of Hierarchy

Small, Local, and DIY

Content is a Commodity

5 Things from the Internet List

103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Would Have Known – from Kevin Kelly

Wisdom From the Wise Men – sermon from John Maxwell at Christ Fellowship Church

Kevin Kelly on Being an Optimist

Seven Best Books I Read in 2022 – from Tim Elmore of Growing Leaders

How to Monetize Your Expertise – from Josh Spector

Annual Review (Annual Report) Framework - from Shane Parrish

Annual Reflection Framework – from Kyle Westaway  

You can also find additional interviews with Patrick Lencioni, Bob Goff, Adam Grant, Charles Duhigg, Andy Stanley, Coach PJ Fleck, Louie Giglio, Christine Caine, Kevin Kelly, NT Wright, Rick Warren, Michael Jr, Jon Gordon, Jessica Jackley, John Mark Comer, Scott Harrison, Lysa Terkeurst, Carey Nieuwhof and many more.

Listen in to the convo through Apple Podcasts or Spotify or on the Website.

Young Influencers List, June Edition

Here you go, the June Edition of the Young Influencers List. You can see all the past month’s lists here.

1. Sam Acho - Dallas based speaker, author of Let the World See You, former NFL linebacker, and analyst for ESPN.

2. Alexa PenaVega - American actress, singer, and co-author of What if Love is the Point.

3. Jimmy Darts - social media personality focused on generosity and kindness.

4. Amanda Pittman - Dallas based speaker, author, entrepreneur and founder of Confident Woman Co.

5. Dustin Nickerson - San Diego based comedian and author of How to be Married to Melissa.

6. Steve Smith - Chicagoland based host of the Gospel, Culture and Me Podcast, and executive pastor at Highpoint Church.

7. Wale Forrester - president and co-founder of Hustle Clean, and director at Free Play.

Young Influencers List, May Edition

Here you go, the May Edition of the Young Influencers List. You can see all the past month’s lists here.

1. Anne Wilson - singer, songwriter, and worship leader.

2. Andrew Carter - LA based podcaster, speaker, and founder and lead pastor of Royal City Church.

3. Karyn Gordon - Canada based TED Talk speaker, best-selling author of The Three Chairs, and emotional intelligence expert.

4. Emily Pigott - Orlando based executive director of Student Leadership University, and co-author of The School of Leadership.

5. James Tieng - NYC based managing partner and co-founder of Lumos Capital Group, and education growth investor.

6. Tim Schurrer - Nashville based author of The Secret Society of Success, host of the Build a Winning Team Podcast, and former COO at Storybrand.

7. Alan Stein, Jr - former NBA shooting and performance coach, now speaker and author of Raise Your Game and Sustain Your Game.