Podcast: LEADERSHIP

Don’t Trade Your Inner Life for the Illusion of Momentum

Today, very few church leaders feel like they are winning. We look at our churches compared to what they used to be or what we’d like them to be, and it’s hard to feel like we’re making a real difference. So we’re faced with a…

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CNLP 524 | Joey and Christy Speers on Top Marketing Mistakes Church Leaders Make, How to Get Noticed Online, and the Keys to Effective Entrepreneurship in Your Teens and Twenties

Marketing experts and Creativ Rise founders, Joey and Christy Speers, talk about the top marketing mistakes church leaders are making, how to get noticed online, and the keys to effective entrepreneurship when you’re a young leader in your teens or…

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CNLP 523 | Tim Tebow on Being Cut from the NFL, Losing Your Identity, Overcoming Bitterness, His Workout Routine, and the Joy of Working in His Foundation

New York Times bestselling author and former NFL quarterback, Tim Tebow, talks about being cut from the NFL, losing your identity, overcoming bitterness, his workout routine, and the joy of working in his foundation and the difference it’s making in…

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CNLP 522 | Cynt Marshall on Becoming CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, Reversing Toxic and Abusive Culture, What She’s Learned from Mark Cuban and What He’s Learned from Her

Dallas Mavericks CEO, Cynt Marshall, talks about how a traumatic childhood propelled her into school and leadership, her rise to the top at AT&T, becoming the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, reversing a toxic and abusive culture, and what Mark Cuban…

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Living in the Desert Without Leaving Your Life

Great news! I’m officially back from my summer sabbatical and I’m excited to share with you insights from my time away.  In the 3rd – 5th centuries, early Christian men and women fled to the desert to escape the moral compromise in the church and…

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CNLP 521 | Deon Nicholas on the Ethics and Future of Artificial Intelligence, Singularity, and Whether the Robots Will Ultimately Kill Us All

Forethought founder, Deon Nicholas, talks about all things AI—the ethics of artificial intelligence, AGI, ANI and ASI, Singularity, the timeline for when AI reaches general intelligence, and whether the robots will ultimately kill us all. Get more…

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CNLP 520 | Stephen M. R. Covey on Scaling an Organization Beyond Its Founder, Growing Up in Stephen Covey’s Home, and How to Create a High Trust Team

Stephen M. R. Covey talks about his father, Stephen Covey’s legacy, tips for leaders whose kids are growing up in the public eye, how to scale an organization beyond the founder, why command and control leadership is dead, and how to build a high…

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CNLP 519 | Nona Jones on Why Pastors are More Insecure than Business Leaders, Killing Comparison, Brazilian Butt Lifts, and Overcoming Childhood Trauma

Meta’s Nona Jones returns to the podcast to talk about why pastors are more insecure than business leaders, how to kill comparison and overcome insecurity, how she overcame childhood trauma, Brazilian butt lifts, and why success is ever enough to…

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Silencing the Seductive Voice of Your False Self

One of the most destructive temptations leaders face is living and leading from the veneer of a “false self”. In other words, we project an image of how we’d like to be perceived, rather than living from truth.    In today’s podcast, I share…

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CNLP 518 | Tony Chapman on the Secret to Marketing, How to Rethink Marketing the Weekend Church Service and Message, and Overcoming Childhood Trauma to Live a Vibrant Life

Marketing legend, Tony Chapman, talks about the secret to marketing, how to re-market weekend church services and rethink your message so it connects, and overcoming childhood trauma. In this wide-ranging conversation, Tony then flips the mic and…

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