Leading Saints in 2021

In this solo podcast, Kurt talks about the history and purposes of Leading Saints, answers questions, and shares where we are going from here. Highlights 01:30 Remembering David Farnsworth 04:30 How Leading Saints came to be 09:00 What Leading Saints seeks to do: Four Pillars of Leading Saints * 10:00 Connect leaders * 10:50 Enhance leadership ability through learning opportunities * 12:25 Present leadership scholarship, connecting leaders to experts and scholars * 13:30 Celebrate divine guidance 14:50 A community of leaders 15:35 Questions from social media 16:15 What about Leading Saints in Spanish? 17:45 What’s your approach to figuring out what home-centered church-supported means? 20:00 How can Leading Saints stay relevant in a home-centered church environment? 22:20 How can we help leaders who aren’t interested in improving? 24:20 How do we adapt to changing world conditions without acting outside leaders’ guidance? 25:10 What’s on the docket for 2021? What is Leading Saints’ mission in preparing for the second coming? How much happens as exposure/business/feedback and how much happens as inspiration? 27:00 What contact has Leading Saints had with Church headquarters or authorized leadership? Have any ideas presented to Leading Saints caught the attention of General Authorities? 29:20 What about an app? 30:15 Have you thought about doing some sort of fireside/workshop/training tour? 33:00 What about retreats? 34:00 What about moderated forums where people with similar callings can ask questions and create discussions? 34:35 What about leading from the bottom up? 35:10 How do you get and schedule interviews? How do you prepare for the interviews? What techniques do you use to help the interviews flow? What are you doing behind the scenes? 38:30 Fundraising and financing the goals of Leading Saints * Core Leaders contributing monthly/quarterly/yearly * Virtual Summits have raised additional funds * Larger donors 46:40 The impact we are having * 250,000+ podcast downloads each month (that’s 830 wards and 120 stakes of leaders) * Testimonials 54:55 Bringing every topic back to the Savior Jesus Christ because we are building His kingdom in each of our lives Links Donate to become a Core Leader Contact Leading Saints with questions, suggestions, or possible donations Register for group virtual meetings with Kurt Becoming a Master Interviewer | An Interview With David Farnsworth Wild at Heart in Church Leadership | An Interview with Doug Nielsen Heart of a Woman in Relief Society