Episodios

  • #94 Religious Freedom in the Workplace with Bob Pruitt

    #94 Religious Freedom in the Workplace with Bob Pruitt
    May 31 2023
    Episode Description: Have you found it challenging to navigate religious freedom in the workplace in the current social climate? Our guest today is Bob Pruitt who is Senior Counsel, Corporate Affairs Director with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). Bob works to educate and equip churches, non-profits, Christian businesses, and other faith-based organizations regarding their legal religious rights. The ADF has helped Christians navigate significant legal issues, even at the level of the Supreme Court winning 14 cases in the last decade.   Additionally, the ADF helps churches, para-church organizations, non-profits, and businesses navigate tax, corporate, and real estate laws. Unfortunately, many Christian leaders may not be aware of the legal rights that they possess pertaining to the exercise of religious freedom. To that end, the ADF provides the necessary resources to embolden Christian leaders to faithfully live for Christ in their specific context, not just domestically but internationally also.   In this episode, you will hear:  
    • Specific stories of how religious freedom has been successfully defended in high-profile cases.
    • The rights that exist making it possible to hold Christian practices in the workplace.
    • How to legally conduct faith-based activities in a respectful and winsome manner.
    Contact Bob here: bpruitt@adflegal.org ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Bob Pruitt is Senior Counsel, Corporate Affairs Director for Alliance Defending Freedom. Prior to ADF, he operated a business and commercial law practice in Texas. Pruitt also served as President, General Counsel, and Board member for a national manufacturer in the automotive sector. He was also Senior Counsel for an independent distributor of a vehicle manufacturer. Pruitt began his legal career as a civil litigator in Houston. Pruitt graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management and Marketing. He earned a J.D. from South Texas College of Law - Houston, where he was a member of two national championship moot court teams. Throughout his professional career, he has actively participated in his church and community. He is also commissioned as a Colson Fellow.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  
    • Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
    • True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
    • The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?
      Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com
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    55 m
  • #93 Building a God Honoring Business with Mike Sharrow

    #93 Building a God Honoring Business with Mike Sharrow
    May 29 2023
    Episode Description: Are you a leader who seeks to build a business that honors God in all areas? Our guest this week is Mike Sharrow, President and CEO of C12 Business Forums. Mike is someone who has wrestled with this question and helps Christian business owners that find themselves on a similar journey. Through his work with C12, Mike is encouraging and challenging others with the message that “God cares about what you do, why you do it, how you do it, and what it accomplishes.”   As Christian leaders, we are called to integrate our faith and our work with excellence. In order to build a God-honoring business, Mike shares about the importance of the alignment of an organization’s mission with the essential components of operating a company. Often, a leader may feel isolated throughout this process. C12 exists to meet that need by helping leaders find a community for mutual encouragement.   On this episode, you will hear Mike and Bobby discuss:
    • How to build a good business AND live out your purpose in Christ.
    • Navigating this cultural and generational moment.
    • Cultivating a “Buffalo Culture” that runs into the storms that businesses encounter.
    • The reality of business as an amazing frontier for ministry.
      For more information please visit: joinC12.com ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Mike Sharrow serves as President & CEO of C12 Business Forums, the global leader in CEO/Owner peer advisory groups for Christians serving more than 3,300 members across the US, SE Asia and Brazil. Mike leads an HQ team in San Antonio, Texas that supports more than 150 full-time C12 Chairs who serve as “missionpreneurs” helping CEOs, entrepreneurs and key players build “great businesses for a greater purpose” to “advance the Gospel in the marketplace.” C12 Members employ nearly 1M people around the globe and embrace a Business-as-a-Ministry (BaaM) operating paradigm across all industry sectors. Mike joined C12 initially as a Member himself in 2010 after previous roles in F50, financial services, management consulting, and non-profit contexts before serving as CEO in 2016. Mike is a graduate of Trinity International University (Deerfield, IL), married to Jacqui since 2002 and the father of two girls.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  
    • Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
    • True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
    • The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?
      Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com
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    39 m
  • #92 Stewardship in God’s Economy with Chuck Bentley

    #92 Stewardship in God’s Economy with Chuck Bentley
    May 24 2023
    Episode Description: One of our primary roles in God’s economy is to exercise wise principles of stewardship. Our guest this week is Chuck Bentley, CEO of Crown Financial Ministries. Additionally, he is the founder and executive director of the Christian Economic Forum. The work of CFM has served the church both domestically and in over 100 countries. Under Chuck’s leadership, the ministry of CFM continues to expand. This significant work centers around equipping the church and poverty-stricken communities to understand what God’s economy is, and the faithful stewardship that is required. As the people of God, and especially as Christian leaders, we are created to work and to trust in God’s provision. Furthermore, we are called be wise, responsible, and generous with the resources entrusted to us. Ultimately, God’s economy exists for his glory and our benefit and it is indeed a “virtuous cycle” which leads to sustainability.   In this episode, Chuck and Bobby will discuss:
    • The values of CFM and how essential they are for our understanding of biblical stewardship.
    • The Five essential components of God’s economy and our stewarding of it.
    • What generosity looks like.
    • How Scripture functions as a plumb line, for both our understanding of financial stewardship but also for our understanding of who we are called to be in this world.
    Learn more here ➝ https://www.crown.org/ ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Chuck Bentley is CEO of Crown Financial Ministries, a global Christian financial ministry, founded by the late Larry Burkett. He is the host of two daily radio broadcasts and author of his most recent book Freedom from Poverty and Riches. He is the founder and executive director of the Christian Economic Forum, a global network dedicated to advancing God-inspired solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. Chuck also serves on the Boards of Foundations for Farming International in Zimbabwe, an initiative dedicated to helping the ultra-poor learn to flourish using local resources, as well as Trust Bridge Global, an organization dedicated to helping generous donors safely transmit funds around the world.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  
    • Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
    • True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
    • The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?
      Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com
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    40 m
  • #91: Leading from a Sustainable Place with Garland Vance

    #91: Leading from a Sustainable Place with Garland Vance
    May 22 2023
    Episode Description: In the sometimes frantic and transitional nature of work culture, how do you lead from a sustainable place? Our guest is Dr. Garland Vance, Co-Founder of AdVance Leadership and author of Gettin’ (un)Busy. Throughout the years, Garland has observed the profound influence that leaders can have in an organization in terms of employee retention and engagement. To that end, Garland works to develop existing and future leaders to cultivate a culture of trust and strong relationships through positive influence. Therefore, in this episode, Garland shares his insights on how to not only become a better leader but to lead from a stable foundation that will move all of your teams in the right direction.   Results are essential to the success of a company. But as a leader, it is equally important to make space for rest and relationship building. Caring about your people is one of the most powerful business decisions we can make as leaders. These components are indeed the essential building blocks that will create that sustainable place that we need to lead from.   In this episode, Garland and Bobby will discuss: How to improve employee intention and engagement.Creating a workplace where a clear direction is communicated.Taking the necessary steps to navigate stress and accomplish your goals and mission.   Learn more here ➝ https://www.advanceleadership.live ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Dr. Garland Vance energizes high achievers to live and lead intentionally. He is an author, speaker, coach, and consultant who cofounded AdVance Leadership to help companies succeed by developing the current and future leaders they need to win.   Garland has helped his clients (which span from Fortune 500 Companies to nonprofits) lead with greater clarity, get more done in less time, and develop a deep bench of leaders in their organizations. After earning his doctorate in leadership, he authored Gettin' (un)Busy, which Forbes named as "one of the seven books everyone on your team should read.” He is also the co-author of the forthcoming (un)Leashed Leadership, which will help companies develop the quality and quantity of their leadership pipeline. As much as he loves to work, it's not his highest priority. Garland enjoys reading, watching movies, drinking coffee and craft beer, trying new food, engaging in deep conversations, running, and East Tennessee hiking. But most of all, he loves spending time with his wife, Dorothy, and their three children.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:   Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside JobTrue North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and ImpactThe Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?   Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com
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    51 m
  • #90 Re-imagining Missions with Noel Brewer Yeatts

    #90 Re-imagining Missions with Noel Brewer Yeatts
    May 17 2023
    Episode Description: The multitude of humanitarian crises around the world has presented the church with an opportunity to re-imagine missions work. In spite of the seemingly overwhelming needs around the world, it is possible to work towards holistic transformation, one person at a time. To that end, for over 30 years, the Christian humanitarian organization World Help has been bringing the light of Christ into the dark places.   Our guest today is Noel Brewer Yeatts, President of World Help. Noel shares with us the mission of World Hope to provide “Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.” She further explains, “We don’t want to just to teach people just how to get to heaven, we want to teach them how to live on earth.” To that end, World Help works towards holistic transformation and long-term sustainable change, as it ministers in word and deed to the lost, broken, and hurting throughout the world. Noel encourages us with the good work that is being done throughout the world and how a difference can be made, one person at a time. This “help and hope model” of World Help provides a way forward as we re-imagine missions and how we can be involved in social justice and salvation simultaneously.   On this episode, Noel and Bobby will discuss: The partnership between World Help and national ministries and organizations.The ways World Help is addressing both physical and spiritual needs.How we can all work together to help people in crises and stuck in cycles of poverty and oppression.   To learn more, please visit, https://worldhelp.net/ ____________________________________________________________   About the guest: Noel Brewer Yeatts is the president of World Help, a Christian humanitarian organization serving the physical and spiritual needs of people in impoverished communities around the world. World Help gives help for today and hope for tomorrow through humanitarian aid and relief, community development, education and sustainability projects, Bible distribution, and church planting.   Yeatts became president of World Help in 2019, having previously served the organization for more than two decades in various aspects of its humanitarian work, most recently as vice president over special projects. During her time as president, Yeatts has spearheaded World Help’s refugee crisis work in Afghanistan and Ukraine. She is also passionate about fighting for victims of modern slavery and sex trafficking.   Yeatts believes hope is restored when humanitarian work is focused on both body and soul. Her philosophy is that faith can mean very little when people don’t have access to food, clean water, and the medicine they need; but without faith that feeds the soul, meeting those physical needs is just a short-term fix. World Help aims to bring long-term sustainable change while also meeting the immediate needs in communities around the world.   In addition to her role as president of World Help, Yeatts is a speaker and author of Awake: Doing a World of Good, One Person at a Time. Her latest book will be published in the Spring of 2023.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:   Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside JobTrue North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and ImpactThe Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?   Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com
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    40 m
  • #89 Compassionate Care for Unplanned Pregnancies with Diane Ferraro

    #89 Compassionate Care for Unplanned Pregnancies with Diane Ferraro
    May 15 2023
    Episode Description: One of the most powerful alternatives to abortion is compassionate care for those experiencing unplanned pregnancies. Our guest this week is Diane Ferraro, CEO of Save the Storks. The mission of Dianne and Save the Storks “is to create a story of hope and empowerment for every woman facing an unplanned pregnancy.” Throughout her life, Diane has experienced life, love, loss, hope and redemption. Diane was nearly aborted as a result of an unplanned pregnancy. However, her birth mother had a change of heart and placed Diane up for adoption instead. As she shares her powerful life story, Diane confesses, “nothing in my life has been predictable.” Her life experience and career in marketing has uniquely prepared her for her work with Save the Storks.   The ministry of Save the Storks provides holistic, compassionate care for women experiencing unplanned pregnancies through a variety of resources to empower them and instill hope for the journey ahead. To that end, Diane has embraced lessons from her marketing work in the entrepreneurial world to be an advocate for truth, and rise above the competition. This has certainly been demonstrated through the steadfast work of Save the Storks. In their partnerships with churches and businesses and also other non-profits they are effectively ministering to the mothers, fathers, and the children that are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. While life is unpredictable and full of challenges, life remains beautiful and sacred. Diane and the work of Save the Storks is committed to upholding the sanctity of life, in a compassionate and holistic way.   In this episode, Diane and Bobby will discuss:   Save the Storks partnerships with other pro-life ministries.The Stork Bus; providing care through mobile medical units.Opportunities to partner with Save the Storks in the mission of providing pro-life care in your sphere of influence.   To learn more, please visit: https://savethestorks.com/   ____________________________________________________________ About the guest:Diane Ferraro is the CEO of Save the Storks, a nonprofit whose mission is to create a story of hope and empowerment for every woman in an unplanned pregnancy. Save the Storks empowers women with resources, education and support to help them choose life. Ferraro has over 25 years of business and marketing experience and has held leadership roles as a chief communications officer and vice president of marketing in a variety of industries including nonprofit, luxury retail, tech and education. As an adopted child and a foster and adoptive mother, she is a lifelong advocate for life and adoption. Ferraro is especially grateful to her birth mom who walked away from her scheduled abortion at a clinic in Mexico and instead made the choice to find a family to adopt her "unwanted" baby girl.     About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:   Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside JobTrue North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and ImpactThe Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?   Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com
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    53 m
  • #88 The Way of the Unhurried Life with Alan Fadling

    #88 The Way of the Unhurried Life with Alan Fadling
    May 10 2023
    Episode Description: Are you consumed and overwhelmed with the pace of life or have you discovered the way of the unhurried life? Today’s guest is Alan Fadling, the Founder and President of Unhurried Living, Inc. Additionally, he is the author of An Unhurried Life and An Unhurried Leader. In this important conversation, Alan helps us slow down to recognize the negative impact that the challenge of hurry can have on our souls. Alan recognizes the challenge of hurry that we are confronted with on a daily basis, yet shows us another way forward, the way of unhurriedness.   Looking to the example of Jesus, we are reminded that “he didn’t let busy fill every waking minute of his life.” Alan invites us to re-evaluate what matters most, loving God and loving people. Unfortunately, if we lose sight of this, hurry can consume us and we will find ourselves missing the mark. We are presented with the important reminder that “you can’t love people in a hurry and you can’t love God in a hurry.” By embracing the way of unhurriedness, we can experience a deeper connection with God and therefore re-establish our identity in our relationship with God instead of our performance or accomplishments. The way of unhurriedness sets the stage for the profound kingdom impact that we can cultivate in our lives and in the people around us.   In this conversation, you will hear Alan and Bobby discuss the following:
    • Focusing on the things that matter most.
    • The challenge of hurry vs. the challenge of busyness.
    • The patient process of developing people.
    • Developing personal habits and rhythms.
    About the guest: Alan Fadling (M. Div., Fuller Theological Seminary) is President and Founder of Unhurried Living, Inc. in Mission Viejo, CA, inspiring people to rest deeper, live fuller and lead better. He speaks and consults internationally, as well as nationally with organizations such as Saddleback Church, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Cru, Halftime Institute, Apprentice Institute and Open Doors International. He is the award-winning author of An Unhurried Life (IVP 2013), honored with a Christianity Today Award of Merit in spirituality, An Unhurried Leader (IVP 2017), and What Does Your Soul Love? Eight Questions That Reveal God’s Work in You (IVP 2019). He is a trained spiritual director. He lives in Mission Viejo, California with his wife, Gem, and their family.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  
    • Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
    • True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
    • The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?
      Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com
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    39 m
  • #87 Serving the Veteran Community with Kathy Gallowitz

    #87 Serving the Veteran Community with Kathy Gallowitz
    May 3 2023
    Episode Description:   Do you have the desire to serve the veteran community? Our guest this week is retired Lieutenant Colonel Kathy Gallowitz. She is the founder and CEO of Vanguard Veteran, LLC. Additionally, Kathy is the author of Beyond “Thank You for Your Service”: The Veteran Champion Handbook for Civilians. Kathy grew up in a military family and moreover served for 29 years in the U.S. Air Force. Since her retirement, Kathy’s mission has shifted to caring for the veteran community by equipping civilians to “serve them in ways that make sense.” To that end, Vanguard Veteran provides business leaders and faith communities with resources and practical strategies to become “veteran champions.” It is Kathy’s desire to help civilians and particularly faith communities cultivate a sense of belonging, purpose, trust, and connectedness for veterans. Indeed, Kathy invites us all to “be part of the win” by serving the broad demographic of the veteran community.   In this conversation, you will hear Bobby and Kathy discuss: The transitory nature of military life.What the military life looks like for the whole family.The difficulties of transitioning from the military to the civilian sector.How we need veterans and they need us.How to foster practical support, trusting relationships, and spiritual resiliency.The role of churches in helping veterans come home and heal.Cultivating authentic connectedness.Having a team mindset, and cultivating a service-over-self mentality.The need for clergy and laypeople partnership in military ministry.     ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Retired Lt. Col Kathy Gallowitz was heavily influenced by military service, growing up as a Navy ‘brat’ and serving nearly 30 years as an Air Force Officer. She is the author of "Beyond Thank You For your Service," The Veteran Champion Handbook for Civilians, and has Masters degrees in Nursing and Political Science. As an award-winning businesswoman and the Veteran-Hiring Advisor for the Arizona Society of Human Resource Management, Kathy coaches employers on how to excel in hiring and retaining Veteran talent. A highly sought-after talent pool, less than 3% of Veterans are unemployed, while more than 30% are underemployed. Kathy’s “Veteran Talent Academy” equips employers to find, fully employ and retain Veterans. Kathy also provides volunteer faith community leaders support to build Military Ministries. To cultivate mutual support, a sense of belonging, and spiritual resiliency for Service members, Veterans, and their families.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an organization's Executive Coach and Training Consultant.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:   Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside JobTrue North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and ImpactThe Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?   Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com
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    45 m