Podcast Episodes

How to Shepherd Your Lost Team Members | Five-Minute Friday 17

Today's episode, The Parable of the Lost Team Member, is inspired by the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Luke 15 in the Bible. While no human can ever life up to Jesus' example, we an aspire to emulate …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

How Project Managers Can Wield a Shepherd’s Crook | Episode 21

Season 1 Episode 21

In this episode, How Project Managers Can Wield a Shepherd’s Crook, I’m sharing how Project Managers can redirect the lost flock, or stakeholders, which can become lost during projects.

The Flock:

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

How to be imperturbable like Ulysses S. Grant | Five-Minute Friday 16

Even facing battlefield chaos, Ulysses S. Grant remained unshakable. Want that same unshakeable calm? In this episode, How to be imperturbable like Ulysses S. Grant, Kevin Pannell shares three focus …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

How The Battle of Gettysburg is a Leadership Masterclass | From the Archives

The Battle of Gettysburg took place from July 1 to July 3, 1863. In Leadership Lessons from the Battle of Gettysburg, I share what I learned by touring the battlefield in 2019 as part of a Staff Ride…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

How my Dad Faced Death with a Courageous Heart | Five-Minute Friday 15

Season 1

This week my family and I are gathering to remember my Father's life and legacy. As I prepared myself, I recalled my Father's last week on Earth. I was reminded that we don't have to be a Viking, cli…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

How these Nine Noble Viking Virtues Can Make You a Better Project Manager | From the Archives

Sharing how Incident Management Team Members and Project Managers can apply the nine Viking virtues of Courage, Truth, Honor, Fidelity, Discipline, Hospitality, Industriousness, Self-Reliance, and Pe…

Published on 6 months ago

How the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps Got Started | From the Archives

Season 1

My beloved U.S. Navy Hospital Corps just celebrated its 126th birthday. I served as a Corpsman from 1994 to 2000. My time as a Corpsman was hard and worth every blood-covered, puke-smelling, trauma-i…

Published on 6 months ago

How Jonas Salk Used the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Cycle to Cure Polio | Five-Minute Friday 14

Season 1

In this episode, How Jonas Salk Used the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Cycle to Cure Polio, I evaluate the actions Jonas Salk took to develop the world-changing polio vaccine and how they parallel and …

Published on 6 months ago

How Juneteenth Came to Be | HINAP Bonus

Have you ever heard of Juneteenth but are unsure what it's about? In this episode, From Emancipation to Juneteenth: A Journey of Discovery, recorded in June 2020, I explored the history of this impor…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

How Five Pioneers Turned Hope Into Action (Part 2 of 4) | Episode 20

Season 1 Episode 20

In this Part 2 of 4 episode, I share the story of five pioneers that identified that identified problems in the world, used their hopes to spark action, and changed human history through their determ…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago