What do secure leaders do differently?

In this special episode of Uncommon Impact, Nathan Whitaker revisits three conversations from his earlier "The Art of Playing Well" series with longtime NBA coach Brendan Suhr, Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy, and educator Catriona Moran.

Each offers a different lesson on leadership:

* Brendan Suhr shares what Chuck Daly taught him about listening, ownership, and giving the people you lead a voice.
* Tony Dungy explains why leadership doesn’t require becoming someone else—and why relationships and authenticity can be strengths rather than liabilities.
* Catriona Moran talks about the responsibility to mentor others, help them grow, and even prepare them for opportunities that may eventually take them somewhere else.

Three voices. Three lessons. One common thread: secure leaders listen, lead authentically, and develop others.

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About Nathan Whitaker

Nathan Whitaker is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, former NFL executive, Super Bowl champion, leadership speaker, and executive coach.

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Good leadership isn’t only about what we learn to do. Sometimes it’s about what we learn to stop doing.

In this solo episode, Nathan shares five habits good leaders should leave behind: making leadership about themselves, solving every problem, leading from a distance, reacting too quickly, and correcting more than they encourage.

Drawing from The Mentor Leader and lessons from Tony Dungy, Chris Archer, a federal judge Nathan clerked for, and his own experiences, Nathan explores how leaders can create more room for growth, connection, perspective, and encouragement.

A short, practical episode built around one question: What might you need to stop doing to become a better leader?

About Nathan Whitaker

Nathan Whitaker is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, former NFL executive, Super Bowl champion, leadership speaker, and executive coach.

Learn more:

https://www.nathanwhitaker.com

Subscribe for new episodes of Uncommon Impact every Thursday.

Uncommon Impact explores the people, experiences, and principles that shape extraordinary leaders and teams.

More episodes of Uncommon Impact:
https://nathanwhitaker.com/podcast/

Kris Carter’s career has rarely followed a straight line.

Since graduating from Harvard Law School, he has worked in law, technology, music, microfinance, entrepreneurship, manufacturing in Africa, and venture capital. But behind those career pivots is a deeper story about identity, faith, risk, failure, and learning to follow the next call even when you aren’t sure where it will lead.

Kris shares what difficult leaders taught him about the importance of being “the leader of your own soul,” how he learned not to let a job or boss determine his self-worth, and how his renewed faith changed the way he viewed his work.

We also talk about his years working with microfinance institutions in Africa, his decision to move from lending to creating jobs, and the remarkable story of building Gulu Made with women in northern Uganda—and later helping build another manufacturing operation in Ethiopia.

Kris is also unusually candid about depression, financial uncertainty, comparison, and the persistent voice telling him he hadn’t accomplished enough.

We finish with an unexpected question for a podcast called Uncommon Impact: What if impact isn’t something we should chase at all?

It’s a conversation about calling, gratitude, risk, significance, and learning to be fully present for the life directly in front of you.