Leadership Behind the Scenes: The Podcast

Dr. Rhonda Simmons
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Going beyond leadership theory to talk about what actually happens when you lead people. Hosted by Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons, the show explores leadership development through executive, faith-based, and educational leadership lenses. Episodes address decision-making, team development, delegation, leadership capacity, communication, systems, and the pressures leaders carry behind the scenes. Dr. Rhonda helps leaders close the gap between where they are today and the leader their next level requires them to become. Pull up a chair.

  1. 19h ago

    A Leadership Development Mistake That Keeps Your Team Dependent on You

    Are you developing your team, or accidentally teaching them to depend on you? One of the most common leadership development mistakes is stepping in too quickly, solving the problem, or carrying work your team needs the opportunity to learn how to handle. In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes™, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons explores the difference between supporting people and rescuing them. You’ll learn how to recognize when your leadership may be creating dependence, why capable employees still need room to build judgment and confidence, and how leaders can develop people without doing their work for them. If too much still depends on you, this conversation will help you look at what may need to change in the way you lead. The question to consider: Are you helping your people grow, or are you making it harder for them to grow without you? Learn more about The Team Growth Leadership Journey™: https://www.drrhondalsimmons.com/product/24392424/the-team-growth-leadership-journey Leadership Behind the Scenes™ Pull up a chair. Dr. Rhonda Simmons helps leaders close the gap between where they are today and the leader their next level requires them to become.

    A Leadership Development Mistake That Keeps Your Team Dependent on You

  2. 1d ago

    Become Who Your Next Level Requires

    What if the next place God is taking you requires a version of you that does not exist yet? In this episode, Dr. Rhonda Simmons teaches from Abram’s journey and shows why calling does not eliminate formation. Pressure reveals fear. Delay exposes impatience. Increase tests stewardship. And sometimes the process you want God to end is the very thing He is using to prepare you. Before you ask God to change your situation, ask a harder question: Who must I become to obey Him there?

    Become Who Your Next Level Requires

  3. Aug 3

    Executive Presence: The One Thing You Cannot Fake Under Pressure

    Book your next Executive Leadership Decision Hour >>> https://rhonda-l-simmons-llc.thrivecart.com/executive-leadership-decision-hour/ Executive presence isn't built — it's protected. Most leadership training teaches you to project confidence, command attention, and hold the room. But under real pressure, none of that holds without one thing: regulation. In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons shares her own experience of hitting a leadership wall — the moment she discovered her pressure response wasn't fight or flight, but freeze. She unpacks why executive presence fails when it matters most, introduces the two-layer framework of executive presence (projected presence and regulation architecture), reveals why your nervous system doesn't care about your title, and delivers three practical exercises to rebuild your regulation capacity before your next high-stakes moment. If you've ever sat frozen — in your office, in your car, in a boardroom — and felt like the version of you everyone expects was simply not available… this conversation is for you. #executivepresence #LeadershipPressure #LeadershipBehindTheScenes #executiveleadership #emotionalregulation #LeadershipArchitecture __________ 🔗 Connect with Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons: → Website: https://www.drrhondalsimmons.com → Blog: https://www.drrhondalsimmons.com/blog → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsefiorg/ 📌 About Leadership Behind the Scenes: Leadership Behind the Scenes features reflective leadership conversations exploring decision-making, executive presence, and the unseen pressures leaders carry over time. Hosted by Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons, this channel is for leaders navigating complexity who want clarity, alignment, and sustainable practices. ----------- DISCLAIMER: The information shared in this video is for educational and professional development purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, psychological, financial, or legal advice.

    Executive Presence: The One Thing You Cannot Fake Under Pressure

  4. Jul 30

    What Keeps Great Leaders Coming Back (Even on the Worst Days)

    What keeps a leader showing up when the bucket is empty? Dr. Shaunta' Bailey has an answer — and it starts with a ceiling fan. In this candid conversation, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons sits down with Dr. Shaunta' Bailey — educator, CEO, and seasoned school administrator — to talk about the leadership no one sees. Not the title, not the office, not the paycheck. The inner work. Dr. Bailey shares the leadership philosophy that has anchored her career: all people matter — from the custodian to the superintendent. But she doesn't stop at serving others. She gets honest about what happens when the servant runs dry, walking through the practices that refill her own bucket: the ceiling fan decompression ritual, box breathing, early-morning workouts, and the anchor phrases that keep her grounded when the pressure peaks. Together, they explore what it means to lead without losing yourself — the cost, the gains, and the truth that you were never meant to do it alone. If you've ever found yourself staring at a ceiling fan, wondering how you're going to get up and do it all again tomorrow, this conversation names what you've been feeling. __________ 🔗 Connect with Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons: → Website: https://www.drrhondalsimmons.com → Blog: https://www.drrhondalsimmons.com/blog → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsefiorg/ 📌 About Leadership Behind the Scenes: Leadership Behind the Scenes features reflective leadership conversations exploring decision-making, executive presence, and the unseen pressures leaders carry over time. Hosted by Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons, this podcast is for leaders navigating complexity who want clarity, alignment, and sustainable practices. ----------- DISCLAIMER: The information shared in this podcast is for educational and professional development purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, psychological, financial, or legal advice. ___________ Music I Use: Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos Artist: Marcus P. License code: FV0QTSBTPYE9NCV2 Music I Use: Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos Artist: Benjamin Tissot License code: 037FUWQPUGIIKQTA

    What Keeps Great Leaders Coming Back (Even on the Worst Days)

  5. May 26

    Move Forward in Your Calling: Clarity Follows Decision | A Biblical Leadership Lesson from Moses

    Find out exactly where your leadership stands right now. Take the free Executive Leadership Diagnostic here: https://executive-leadership-diagnostic.tiiny.site/ Grab the book, Is My Team Growing Because I Lead Them? https://bit.ly/42TOvju_________What if the clarity you have been praying for is waiting on the decision you have been delaying?In this Monday Motivation episode, Dr. Rhonda Simmons draws from Moses at the burning bush in Exodus 3–4 to reveal a powerful leadership and faith lesson: Moses was not confused about what God called him to do. He was negotiating against the decision to obey.Some of us are waiting for more clarity, more confirmation, or more courage before we move. But Proverbs 3:5–6 teaches us to trust the Lord first and allow Him to direct our paths as we move in obedience.“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5–6, KJVIn this Memorial Day message, we honor the weight of decision and confront the question every called leader must answer: What has God already assigned to you that you are still negotiating?In this episode, you will be encouraged to:• Stop waiting for perfect clarity before obeying God• Recognize the difference between receiving a calling and deciding to follow it• Identify one action you will take this week because you have decided• Move forward in purpose, even when you do not feel fully readyThe calling is not the miracle. The decision is. Make yours today.Subscribe to Leadership Behind the Scenes for faith-based Monday Motivation, executive leadership insight, and practical encouragement for leaders called to grow, serve, and lead well.#MondayMotivation #ChristianLeadership #PurposeAndCalling #FaithBasedLeadership #LeadershipBehindTheScenes #DrRhondaSimmons__________Connect with me:→ Website: https://linktr.ee/coachrhonda.org→ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsefiorg/→ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rhonda.simmons.395891-----------DISCLAIMER:The information shared in this video is for educational and professional development purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, psychological, financial, or legal advice.

    Move Forward in Your Calling: Clarity Follows Decision | A Biblical Leadership Lesson from Moses

  6. May 19

    Leadership Transition: How to Lead When You're In Between Who You Were and Who You're Becoming

    Find out exactly where your leadership stands right now. Take the free Executive Leadership Diagnostic. What do you do when you have left where you were but you have not yet arrived where you are going? Most leadership conversations skip right over this part. Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons and Dr. Anita McDaniel do not. In this episode of Leadership Behind the Scenes, Dr. Anita McDaniel, holistic health practitioner, apostle, and disruptor from the womb, opens up about the loneliest part of any leadership journey. The hallway. That in-between space where the old door is closing, the new door is not fully open, and everyone around you is still trying to pull you back to who you used to be. This conversation covers what no leadership seminar will tell you about transition, identity, and the cost of becoming who God called you to be. In this episode you will learn: the hallway of leadership transition and why it is more important than the destinationwhat it actually costs to accept a title God gives you before the world is ready to receive itthe island of misfits and why feeling out of place is a sign of assignment not failurewhy your internal agreement with your identity must catch up to the external doors God is already openingthe danger of staying too long in a season that has ended and what it cost one leader her healthIf you are in transition, if you are in the hallway, if people around you cannot see what you see, this episode was made for you. Dr. Anita McDaniel is a holistic health practitioner, mindset coach, and advocate for women's whole health based in North Carolina. She is the founder of a practice dedicated to helping women understand their bodies, their minds, and their full potential beyond what the medical system has told them is possible. Subscribe for new episodes Monday through Friday. Share this episode with a leader who is in the hallway right now. They need to know they are not alone.

    Leadership Transition: How to Lead When You're In Between Who You Were and Who You're Becoming

  7. May 19

    Lead With Strength Without Losing Humility | Biblical Leadership Lessons from Uzziah

    Find out exactly where your leadership stands right now. Take the free Executive Leadership Diagnostic here: https://executive-leadership-diagnostic.tiiny.site/ Grab the book, Is My Team Growing Because I Lead Them? https://bit.ly/42TOvju_________Strength is a gift, but strength without boundaries can become dangerous.In this Monday Motivation episode, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons shares a powerful biblical leadership lesson from II Chronicles 26 and the account of King Uzziah. Uzziah prospered as long as he sought the Lord, but when he became strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction.This episode is for leaders who are growing in influence, visibility, authority, and responsibility. You will be encouraged to examine where your strength needs submission, where your authority needs boundaries, and where correction may actually be God’s protection.In this episode, you’ll reflect on:Why prosperity must stay submittedWhy authority has boundariesWhy correction is protection for strong leadersActivation question for the week:Where has God strengthened me, and what boundary must I honor so that strength does not turn into destruction?If this episode speaks to you, subscribe, share it with another leader, and leave a comment with your biggest takeaway.#BiblicalLeadership #ChristianLeadership #MondayMotivation #LeadershipDevelopment #DrRhondaSimmons__________Connect with me:→ Website: https://linktr.ee/coachrhonda.org→ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsefiorg/→ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rhonda.simmons.395891-----------DISCLAIMER:The information shared in this video is for educational and professional development purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, psychological, financial, or legal advice.

    Lead With Strength Without Losing Humility | Biblical Leadership Lessons from Uzziah

  8. May 11

    What Moses and Joshua Teach Us About Seasonal Leadership

    Take the Executive Leadership Diagnostic — 10 minutes, 5 stages, and a personalized report that will show you exactly where your leadership structure is working against you: https://executive-leadership-diagnostic.tiiny.site/If you have been leading faithfully but still feel like you are carrying everything alone, this episode is for you.In this Monday motivation episode, Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons unpacks one of the most overlooked leadership contrasts in scripture, the difference between how Moses led and how Joshua led. Same God. Same people. Same destination. Completely different leadership architecture.In this episode you will learn why Moses leadership has a ceiling that eventually costs every leader who carries it too long, what the Jordan River crossing reveals about systems, trust, and team activation, how to recognize when you are in a Joshua season and what that shift actually requires, and why your promised land may be on the other side of putting the rod down.This episode is part of the Leadership Behind the Scenes podcast, Monday Motivation series for faith-based leaders._________Connect with me:→ Website: https://linktr.ee/coachrhonda.org→ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsefiorg/→ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rhonda.simmons.395891-----------DISCLAIMER:The information shared in this video is for educational and professional development purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, psychological, financial, or legal advice.

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Going beyond leadership theory to talk about what actually happens when you lead people. Hosted by Dr. Rhonda L. Simmons, the show explores leadership development through executive, faith-based, and educational leadership lenses. Episodes address decision-making, team development, delegation, leadership capacity, communication, systems, and the pressures leaders carry behind the scenes. Dr. Rhonda helps leaders close the gap between where they are today and the leader their next level requires them to become. Pull up a chair.

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