5LQ Episode 264: Tyler Reagin - Lifeway Leadership

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In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Tyler Reagin, the President of Catalyst and author of The Life-Giving Leader. During their conversation, they discuss why self-awareness is important and knowing your own influence.

BEST QUOTES

“What’s unique about us is we are not necessarily on the frontline serving kids in Haiti, but we are serving those who serve the kids in Haiti.”

“Learning myself, I realized that the one thing that he felt like was a void in my wiring and leadership capacity was actually what God wanted to use to move me into the position and now sitting in the seat I’m in.”

“As a boss, I want to make sure I am not putting people in a position where they are operating in learned behavior all the time, because they are going to be exhausted.”

“One of the biggest challenges in leadership is you have to find time to work on the business, not in it.”

“What are you doing with your influence?”

“If we are followers of Jesus, people are watching. How we manage that seat, no matter what seat it is, is bringing God glory, it’s trying to honor Him, it’s trying to love the people He has entrusted to us.”

“Everybody has a little bit of influence. You might have influence with literally one other person. How you steward that influence is going to dictate how much more influence you get outside that circle.”

“I will take the physical struggle of a red eye, of lack of sleep here and there, to make sure that my kids aren’t getting second-best and to make sure that Catalyst isn’t getting second-best.”

“I want us to figure out ways to make the sound God has uniquely made us to make.”

“As a leader, life can flow one of two ways: it can flow to you or it can flow from you.”