Blind Spots That Destroy Teams

Craig Groeschel October 1, 2025
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Craig Groeschel

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Craig Groeschel is the senior pastor of Life.Church, recognized as one of the largest and most innovative churches in the United States. A New York Times bestselling author, Craig has spoken to millions of people at leadership events and conferences in countries all over the world. In addition to writing and speaking extensively on leadership principles and strategies, Craig began hosting the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast in 2016. The Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast offers personal, practical coaching lessons that take the mystery out of leadership. In each episode of the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast, Craig brings you empowering insights and easy-to-understand takeaways you can use to lead yourself and lead your team. You’ll learn effective ways to grow as a leader, optimize your time, develop your team, and structure your organization.

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Some leadership habits seem helpful, but their hidden weaknesses can actually frustrate and suppress team potential. In this episode, Craig shares two more leadership blind spots and how to fix them before they limit your organization’s growth. Get the free leader guide for this episode here: https://www.life.church/leadershippodcast/blind-spots-that-destroy-teams Missed the first two blind spots? You can find them here: https://youtu.be/txPr2ukvwRM. ==================== Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:48 - Watch for This With Leaders 02:47 - Why You Should Confront What Needs to Be Corrected 04:01 - What Happens When You Don’t Correct 06:08 - Care Deeply and Challenge Directly 07:00 - Watch for These Three Things 08:45 - Clarity Is Kindness 12:55 - What Happens When Accountability Is Missing 13:40 - How to Kill Ownership 15:09 - Control Limits Leadership Development 18:08 - Release Control to Empower Others 19:57 - This Slows Leadership Progress 22:40 - When to Delegate 25:00 - A Caution When Leading Others ==================== Want to be a leader who asks the right questions at the right time? Discover the five types of questions great leaders ask to help take their teams to the next level. Ask these questions: https://go2.lc/YT5Questions SUBSCRIBE 🎥 YouTube: www.youtube.com/@craiggroeschel 🎧 iTunes: https://go2.lc/cglpitunes 🎶 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tznexFwtbxfPOYF5mxkxI PODCAST LINKS 👉 More from Craig: https://www.craiggroeschel.com 👉 Download Leader Guides: https://www.life.church/leadershippodcast 👉 Craig’s Blog: https://www.craiggroeschel.com/blog 👉 Craig’s Books: https://www.craiggroeschel.com/books 👉 Free Church Resources & Tools: https://www.life.church/churches JOIN THE COMMUNITY 🌎 Website: https://www.craiggroeschel.com 👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craiggroeschel 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craiggroeschel 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@craiggroeschel 🗣️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/35447748/ ABOUT CRAIG Craig Groeschel is the founder and senior pastor of Life.Church and one of today’s most trusted voices in leadership. Since 2016, he’s shared practical, empowering leadership insights to help you grow through the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast. #CraigGroeschel​ #Leadership #CGLP