The L3 Leadership Podcast with Doug Smith
Offering No-Cost Adoptions with Matt Higgins, CEO of Hope Children's Home
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug sits down with Matt Higgins, Executive Director of Hope Children’s Home in Tampa, Florida. Matt shares the powerful mission of providing a loving home and education to children from difficult circumstances, along with their new Bundles of Hope initiative that gives mothers in crisis pregnancies the gift of time and support. Links: Hope Children's Home Episode Highlights: 00:00 Doug introduces Matt Higgins and the story of how they connected 04:00 The mission and model of Hope Children’s Home 08:00 Four pillars: physical needs, family environment, education, and faith 14:00 Stories of transformation from children at Hope 17:00 Aftercare and staying connected with alumni 18:00 Bundles of Hope initiative and no-cost adoption vision 25:00 Matt on taking over as CEO after his father’s leadership 28:00 The unseen weight of leadership and why encouragement matters 31:00 How to become the obvious choice for leadership roles 33:00 Dealing with self-doubt and imposter syndrome 34:00 The power of mastermind groups and surrounding yourself with stronger leaders 39:00 Cutting meetings in half and lessons on leadership rhythms 44:00 What went well and what went wrong in succession planning 47:00 Best advice, parenting wisdom, and Matt’s legacy vision The L3 Leadership Podcast is sponsored by Andocia Marketing Solutions. Andocia exists to bring leaders’ visions to life. Visit https://andocia.com to learn more. 📺 WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/VYNKN__xefE?si=Ip8hs24aXl4pAHBG 🎙️ LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7HJNhlqphdNFwt7xLTScpH?si=280a2dd8466e46bc 🎙️ LISTEN ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-l3-leadership-podcast-with-doug-smith/id495751888?i=1000725681604 🎙️ ALL PLATFORMS: https://www.buzzsprout.com/5082/episodes/17808033 SUBSCRIBE TO: @l3leadership @dougsmithlive Support the show