The L3 Leadership Podcast with Doug Smith
The L3 Leadership Podcast is focused on leadership development and personal growth. We are obsessed with helping you grow to your maximum potential and maximizing the impact of your leadership. We release a new episode every week to help you grow and develop as a leader. You will hear a mix of personal lessons from our Founder, Doug Smith, and conversations Doug has with world-class leaders from around the world. Doug interviews leaders like Pittsburgh Steelers Coach, Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Penguins Coach, Mike Sullivan, Tony Horton, Liz Wiseman, Brian Tome, John Mark Comer, Mark Batterson, Ryan Hawk, Nona Jones, Claude Silver, Ken Coleman, Christy Wright, Rachel Cruze, Mark Cole, and many more. Our hope is that you will not only learn great leadership lessons but that you will catch great leadership from the lives of the leaders that we expose you to.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 438
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
The Confident Leader with Dan Reiland, Executive Pastor at 12stone Church
In this episode, you'll hear Dan Reiland, Executive Pastor of 12Stone Church, share how to lead through crisis and how to be a confident leader.
Episode Summary:
- Dan shares how in crisi…
Our Vision & Values
In this episode, you'll hear Doug Smith share the Vision and Values of L3 Leadership.
Episode Summary:
- Our Vision at L3 Leadership:
- We Gather, Connect, and Develop Leaders - We are obse…
My Leadership Journey with Doug Smith | An Interview with John Nuzzo
In this episode, you'll hear John Nuzzo, Senior Pastor of Victory Family Church, interview Doug Smith, Founder and CEO of L3 Leadership. They discuss Doug's leadership journey and passi…
Life at 35 with Doug Smith
In this episode, Doug Smith reflects on the top 10 lessons he's learned in his 35 years of life.
Episode Summary:
- At 35, I’m starting to see the compounding effect of handling a lot of d…
Leadership Pain with Sam Chand
Episode Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Sam Chand talks about how our leadership will only grow to the threshold of our pain.
- Most people don't see how seriously I take every call, email, a…
Tony Horton on Why You Should Never Give Up On Your Dreams
In this episode, you'll hear Doug interview Tony Horton, Founder of P90X. In the interview, Tony shares his story, lessons he's learned, and encourages you to never give up on your drea…
Leadership Insights | An Interview with Andrew Olsen from the Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast
In this episode, you'll hear Andrew interview Doug on his podcast, The Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast.
Andrew Olsen is a #1 Best Selling author, speaker, and nonprofit marketer. He’s hel…
Brad Cooper on How our Greatest Leadership Lessons Are Often Learned in our Darkest Seasons
In this episode, you'll hear Doug interview Brad Cooper, Lead Pastor of Newspring Church. They talk about leading in crisis, how to properly honor leaders, and why sometimes our greates…
Traci Morrow on Her Journey from Pleasing People to Leading People
In this episode, you'll hear Doug interview, Traci Morrow. You'll hear Traci talk about her journey from pleasing people to leading people.
For ways to connect with Traci and links to ev…
A Step by Step Process on How to Lead Your Organization Through COVID-19 or Any Other Crisis
In this episode, you'll hear Doug Smith share his step by step process for leading an organization through COVID-19 or any other crisis.
You'll learn:
What your leadership team should b…
Leadership Lessons Learned from Leading 250,000 People with John Donovan, Former CEO of AT&T Communications
John Donovan is the former CEO of AT&T Communications, a global telecommunications company serving millions of customers worldwide. John has decades of experience working in executive l…
How To Lead During Crisis and Lead Through COVID-19 with L3 Founders Doug and Laura Smith
In today’s episode, Laura and I share our thoughts on how to lead during times of crisis. Specifically, we'll be sharing our thoughts on how to lead through the Corona Virus epidemic. W…
My Step by Step Process for How You can Get a Meeting with Anyone
You are one relationship away from changing your destiny - how will you plan accordingly? By being intentional with your networking strategy, you can open doors to meetings with leaders…
Becoming World Class Entrepreneurs, Marketers, and Event Planners with Kay and Shi
Sister entrepreneurs Kay and Shi are the owners of the Squeeze In Restaurant Group. The duo helped grow Squeeze In from a family restaurant into a national brand that serves millions of…
Encore Episode: Wisdom on Life and Leadership from Clint Hurdle, Former Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Clint Hurdle is the former manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a position he held for nine seasons, earning him the title of NL Manager of the Year in 2013. Before working with the Pirat…
How to Get a Debt Free Degree & Tackle the Student Loan Crisis in America with Ramsey Personality Anthony ONeal
Anthony ONeal is a thought leader on topics including money, life, and education. He is the best-selling author of Debt-Free Degree and Graduate Survival Guide: 5 Mistakes You Can’t Aff…
3 Reasons Why Leaders need to be in the Room at our L3 One Day Conference (and other leadership events)
Will you put yourself in rooms that will grow your leadership capabilities this year? Attending in-person leadership events is a crucial aspect of gaining professional insight and makin…
Lessons for each Decade of Your Leadership Journey with John Nuzzo, Pastor of Victory Family Church
John Nuzzo is a senior pastor at Victory Family Church in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, which he founded with his wife, Michelle, 26 years ago. Victory Family Church aims to help pe…
10 Lessons I Learned from my Lunch with John Maxwell
John Maxwell is a leadership expert and coach who has trained over 6-million leaders worldwide. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership a…
Saleem Ghubril: Leader, Are You for Real?
Saleem Ghubril is the Executive Director of The Pittsburgh Promise, a nonprofit organization that strives to strengthen the region’s urban youth, inspire systematic change, fund scholar…