Crossing the Threshold Leadership Podcast
Life and leadership are full of threshold moments, those spaces between what was and what’s next, when we’re ready to move forward and want to do it well.
Crossing the Threshold helps mission-driven small business and nonprofit leaders navigate what’s next in life and leadership—without losing what matters most.
Through honest, practical conversations drawn from their own journeys, James and J.C. guide you from knowing what matters to actually living it.
Episodes
19 episodes
Leadership Advice We Don't Believe Anymore
Some leadership advice sounds true because we’ve heard it so many times.But what if it isn’t wrong — just incomplete?In this episode, James Wilson Jr. and JC Fowler revisit leadership beliefs they once accepted without question an...
The Simple Rhythm of Execution
Execution is not a burst of adrenaline.It is the rhythm of returning to the work when life gets crowded, messy, or boring.In this episode, James Wilson Jr. and JC Fowler unpack a simple execution rhythm leaders can use to keep imp...
Why Clear Plans Still Stall
A clear plan is not the same as completed work.You can know what matters, have the meeting, make the plan, and still watch the work stall.In this episode, James Wilson Jr. and J.C. Fowler unpack the execution gap: what happens whe...
Stop Carrying It Alone: The Teamwork Reset Every Leader Needs
You do not build a stronger team by getting better at carrying everything alone.When the work is unclear, the leader becomes the bottleneck. When the worry goes unnamed, it often shows up as control, resentment, avoidance, or shut...
Proximity Is Not Teamwork And Here's Why
You can be in the same room and still not be on the same team.You can have meetings, roles, group chats, project boards, and shared calendars — and still feel like the mission is heavier than it should be.Because proximity is ...
Why You Keep Hitting the Same Wall (And How to Break It)
You’re Not Broken. You’re in a Pattern.If you keep hitting the same wall, it may not be because you lack discipline. It may be because the pattern underneath your leadership has not changed.In this episode of Crossing t...
Why High Performers Hit a Wall
Most leaders don’t break because they are weak. They break because the load, the pace, and the expectations stop fitting what a human container can sustainably carry.In this episode, JC Fowler and James Wilson Jr. dismantle the dangerous...
Why Self-Awareness Doesn’t Lead to Change
Self-awareness is often where leadership growth stops instead of where it begins.In this episode of the Crossing the Threshold Leadership Podcast, we explore why insight alone rarely produces lasting change and what it actually ta...
The Real Reason Leaders Miss Their Blind Spots
Leadership growth rarely stalls because of a lack of talent. It stalls because leaders misjudge their own impact.In this episode of the Crossing the Threshold Leadership Podcast, we explore the real work of blind spots and why sel...
The 6 Questions That Will Filter Your Entire Calendar
Whiteboard clarity is easy, but Monday morning is where vision goes to die. If your inbox is winning and you feel like you're running someone else's race, you don’t need more strategy; you need a filter to protect your focus.In this epis...
When Everything Matters, Nothing Moves
When Everything Matters, Nothing Moves: You’re working 10-hour days, but are you actually moving the mission forward? Most leaders are trapped in Inbox Leadership—letting whoever shouts the loudest dictate their time and drai...
Name It, Claim It, Use It: 3 Steps To Multiply Your Leadership Capability (Part 2)
Your greatest leadership problem isn't a lack of talent—it's that your best contribution is underused, misused, or buried under everyone else's expectations. If you are a mission-driven leader whose best work is going to waste, this episode ...
What You Bring to the Table: Capability (Part 1)
Capability isn’t being strong at everything. It’s knowing what you bring—and building around what you don’t.In this episode, we’ll help you identify the work that energizes you (strengths) and the work that quietly drain...
How to Turn Failed Feedback Into Honest Growth
When feedback stings or a pitch falls flat, most leaders either get defensive or shut down.In this episode of the Crossing the Threshold Leadership Podcast, we break down how leaders can use failed feedback to grow instead ...
Pressure Reveals Your Pattern: Shrink, Control, or Compare
When responsibility increases, most leaders don’t fall apart—they fall into a pattern.In this episode of the Crossing the Threshold Leadership Podcast, we go one layer deeper into the Identity Threshold and the questio...
You’re Already a Leader (Even If You Don’t Feel Like One)
Download the THRESHOLD STARTER GUIDE: → https://thresholdstarterguide.cttleadership.comMost people who say, “I’m not a leader,” are already leading.<...
When Fear Shows Up, Lead Like This
Download the THRESHOLD STARTER GUIDE:→ https://thresholdstarterguide.cttleadership.comLeadership often brings mixed emotions at the same time. Gratitude and pressu...