What’s quietly killing the culture of your leadership team?

In our latest episode of Leadership in Practice, we uncover four of the Big 10 Culture Killers that sabotage trust, growth, and mission:

• Conflict Without a Compass – when tough conversations turn toxic or get avoided altogether.
• The Stunted Mirror – when leaders stop growing and get trapped in self-deception.
• Lone Wolves in Shared Fields – when power runs unchecked without community accountability.
• The Compliance Cage – when HR policies overshadow people and flourishing.

Through Scripture, literature, and real-world stories, we explore how these killers emerge and how teams can dismantle them to become reconciling, flourishing communities.

Why do so many leadership teams struggle to thrive even when the mission is clear? In this episode of the Imago Leadership Podcast, we unpack two silent saboteurs: The Soundproof Room and Stories That Burn. If you’ve ever felt unheard, misjudged, or stuck in a leadership echo chamber, this one’s for you. Discover how poor listening and harmful narratives erode trust and how appreciative inquiry and emotional intelligence can rebuild it. Tune in now and join the movement toward adaptive, relational leadership.

In this episode of the Imago Leadership Podcast, Dr. Lee Carter exposes the ten hidden dynamics that quietly sabotage leadership teams from within, what he calls the “Big 10 Culture Killers of Effective Leadership Teams.” Drawing from global experience in nonprofit and faith-based organizations, Lee unpacks how poor listening, toxic narratives, unclear norms, and mismanaged conflict erode trust and fracture mission. With theological depth and practical insight, he reframes leadership as a communal, Gospel-shaped journey rooted in discernment, repair, and shared purpose. Whether you're leading a team, planting a church, or shaping organizational culture, this episode offers a bold invitation to cultivate environments where transformation can truly take root.

In this premiere episode, Lee Carter introduces Imago Leadership, grounded in the belief that every person bears God’s image and offers essential value to the team. He explores communitas, Jesus communities, and the ethics of hospitality, servantship, and peacemaking, framing leadership as a relational, Spirit-led response to God’s mission in a changing world.