The Leadership Playbook Podcast with JC Hurtado-Prater | Life, Business, Leadership
Welcome to The Leadership Playbook Podcast, a podcast about life, business and leadership with your host, JC Hurtado-Prater, Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Leadership at the Fermanian School of Business at Point Loma Nazarene University and Principal at Bluestone, a corporate leadership and workforce development firm based in San Diego, CA.
The purpose of this podcast is to help you, your team and your organization be more impactful, effective and profitable. When the leader gets it right, everyone wins. On this podcast you will hear great interviews and excerpts from great books, great articles and the important lessons learned on this journey called life. Our hope is that this podcast adds value to your life and to your leadership.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 257
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
JC Thoughts #11: Sapiens, Stoics, a Pastor, a Country Singer and the Ideals of Cooperation and Putting People First
We will never reach our highest potential in life, leadership or business without valuing people and understanding the importance of cooperation. Our sphere of concern must always be connected to con…
#26 - Why We Resist Personal Mastery
Personal mastery... who does not want it? Actually, quite a few people. When faced with this idea of personal mastery, many people run from it. Even more, there are leaders and managers who do not en…
#25 - Personal Mastery: The Total Development of Your People
Personal mastery... it's not just about you. It's about the total development of your people for two very distinct reasons... One, a good reason; the other, a great reason. As your people go higher, …
JC Thoughts #10: 7 Ways to Grow In Consistency In Order to Build Trust of Self and Others
This week, we have been have been looking at this idea of trust. A major factor in building trust with self and others is consistency. Ed Mylett has a great saying: "When I meet someone who lacks sel…
#24 - The 4 Bridges of Building Trust
In 2020, Reid Hoffman briefly discussed this idea of the "4 Bridges of Trust" on his podcast Masters of Scale. On this episode, JC expands on this idea building trust through 4 bridges. Stayed tuned.…
JC Thoughts #9: A Powerful Lesson on Resilience From Good Friday... Success Is Always Preceded by Failure
Too often in life, we want the "win" without the pain. We want to experience success without enduring failure. We desire greater heights absent of anxiety. Yet, it does not work this way.
Because of …
#23 - 10 Traits of People In Pursuit of Personal Mastery
When your people get better, your teams get better. When your teams get better, your organization gets better. When your organization gets better, society thrives. It all comes back to personal maste…
JC Thoughts #8: The 7 Steps to the (Potential) Cure For Racism
One of the greatest pandemics of our world throughout history is racism and it's ugly cousins, colorism and classism. Yet, after centuries, we have yet to find the cure.
Yet, there is a (potential) c…
#22 - The Foundations of Personal Mastery
When your people get better, your teams get better. When your teams get better, your organization gets better. When your organization gets better, society thrives. It all comes back to personal maste…
JC Thoughts #7: On Anxiety, Decision-making and Taking the Long View
When making decisions we have to deal with a certain element of anxiety as we choose the path forward. What can help is elevating above the situation and asking a very important question.
#21 - Personal Mastery & Learning Organization
When your people get better, your teams get better. When your teams get better, your organization gets better. When your organization gets better, society thrives. It all comes back to personal maste…
JC Thoughts #6: Battling Evolution, Origin and the Little Warrior Within All of Us
We are at war. At with ourselves - battling evolution and origin. At war with the elements. At war with others. At war with our desired future and current reality. As leaders we must understand every…
#20 - The 7 Crucial Stages of Personal Transition
The past 12 months (March 2020 - February 2021) have become synonymous with "transition" and "change." Some people have come out stronger; others have been completely destroyed. Mindset is everything…
JC Thoughts #5: On Sapiens, Racism, Colorism, Evolution, DEI and Leadership
JC discusses the book he is currently reading, Sapiens, and the realities behind racism, colorism and the evolution of mankind.
#19 - Culture "Add" Versus Culture "Fit"
Too often we hire for "culture fit" believing having like-minds will help our organization evolve and thrive. Why? Less dissonance. What we may need to think about is the idea of "culture add" - hiri…
JC Thoughts #4: Mental Health and Leadership
One in four people wrestle with mental issues. Listen in as JC shares transparently about mental health, his own experiences surrounding mental health and how leaders can promote a safe place for emp…
#18 - 42 Insights For 42 Years with Nicole Pearson, Part 2
JC Hurtado-Prater, principal consultant for JC Consulting, celebrates his birthday week with Thrivent Financial's Nicole Pearson by discussing 42 organizational, leadership and personal insights he …
JC Thoughts #3: Listening, Moving and the Important of Purpose Alignment
Leaders must listen to their people. However, they almost must keep the team or organization moving forward. How?
Listen in for more information.
#17 - 42 Insights For 42 Years with Nicole Pearson, Part 1
JC Hurtado-Prater, principal consultant for JC Consulting, celebrates his birthday week with Thrivent Financial's Nicole Pearson by discussing 42 organizational, leadership and personal insights he …
JC Thoughts #2: 2 Key Reasons Bruce Arians Led a Winning Team in 2021... A Must Listen!
Bruce Arians led a winning team to the Super Bowl in 2021... and unlikely story? Maybe not. Listen in as JC discusses the two key reasons Bruce Arians led a winning team.
The reasons are not what you…