Episode Description: Kimberly Wright asks Christian leaders how well they represent Christ. Especially when everything is working against them. Kimberly gets honest about working with a Christian organization. Faced with lies, poor management, backbiting, and just ugliness. Listen to how she radically shifted the culture of this organization and brought Christ back into Christian leadership. We Continue →
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Leaders Need To Earn Trust To Lead Like Jesus with Douglas Lindemann
Episode Description: Douglas Lindemann, the Chief Information Officer at ArcBest Technologies, challenges listeners to earn the trust of their employees. Trust is not something you can mandate or buy. Whether you've gone through a merger and acquisition or just tried to onboard a new employee, you know the key to success is getting people to opt into the vision and process of the organization. Continue →
You are a Holy Spirit Ambassador in your Organization with Frank Kelly III
Episode Description: Whether you realize it or not, as a Christian leader, you take the Holy Spirit into the workplace. Guest Frank Kelly III says, "It's impossible to separate the sacred from the secular." And he wants to know what you're doing with this power. In today's episode, Frank shares the key to living an integrated life with the Holy Spirit at home and work. He challenges listeners to Continue →
Steward Your Time Like Jesus with Jordan Raynor
Episode Description: Your WORK is your ministry! Jordan Raynor, the author of four best-selling books and Executive Chairman of Threshold 360, a venture-backed tech startup. He tells us you don't need to plant a church to have a ministry because your 9-5 has eternal value. Jordan and Bobby dig into how to prioritize the essential from the noise and why true silence is needed in your quiet time. Continue →
Core Values are Bone Deep with Bobby Albert
Episode Description: Bobby dives into how he grew revenue by over 500% from 2005 to 2011 during the Great Recession. I bet you could guess that organizational culture has something to do with it! Bobby challenges leaders to reflect on who they are in their bones to form the building blocks that lead to long-term organizational success and increased revenue. This episode has no easy answers, but Continue →
Serve First, Lead Second
Often people cannot wait to lead, believing that it will finally allow them to get what they want. However, if you have ever been in leadership, any area, the church, a for-profit, or a non-profit organization you will recognize the untruth of this statement. If you have ever led a team you know that it is serve first, lead second. Example of Service Recently, I ate breakfast at Chick-fil-A. Continue →
More Engagement Means More Learning
Have you ever heard the statement, “The teacher learns more than his students”? For over 30 years, I have been teaching high school boys at my church. And I’ve been surprised by how much I have learned just in my preparation time, and how much I’ve retained–long after the lesson is taught. And the same holds true for any organization: more engagement means more learning. As I write articles to Continue →
Pour Into The Few To Lead Like Jesus with Holly Tate
Episode Description: Bobby says that the gift of leadership is misused when it doesn't demonstrate appreciation. Today's guest on True North Leader, Holly Tate, capitalizes on this idea. She says while a good leader drives outcomes and holds people accountable, they also demonstrate care, drive development, and celebrate wins. Holly is the SVP of Growth at Leadr, a people development software Continue →
See How Easily You Can Validate Your Values
Validate Your Values Understanding what you value is an integral part of understanding yourself but also how your team will operate. If knowing what your core values are and if they are central to growing a team that is engaged and happy then don't miss out on reading the rest and learning how to validate your values. Imagine you, as the leader, want to recreate the highest quality Continue →
Is Your Quality Contagious?
As a leader, I’ve often struggled to identify what company-wide message or theme I should promote to our people. Let’s face it, this is one of the key roles of the leader of an organization. While most of your team is busy serving your customers, it’s up to you to identify the larger objectives and direction for the company. If you are dealing with the same struggles, I think I can Continue →