Ford Taylor Talks
by Ford Taylor
Especially in these challenging times, we all want to improve our relationships within our family, community, career, business, government, church, and every other aspect of our lives. We want to be better and move toward the vision we have for ourselves and our organizations.During each episode of Ford Taylor Talks, you will be pointed to tools, ingredients, and behaviors that can be implemented right away to help with real-life issues and communication. This practical guidance will help you solve the constraints that have been keeping you from being the person you want to be.If you want to LOVE the right way, have INFLUENCE with those around you, and TRANSFORM both your life and the lives of others (or as Ford Taylor says, “get L.I.T.”), this is the podcast for you.
Episodes
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How Transformational Leadership and AI Tools are Revolutionizing HR Practices
In this episode, Ford Taylor discusses how transformational leadership and AI tools are revolutionizing HR practices, improving organizational culture, and reducing turnover. Discover practical strategies and real-world examples of how these concepts can transform your leadership approach. Key...
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The 4-Step Conflict Method That Ends Most Arguments Fast
In this episode, Ford Taylor shares transformational leadership tools focusing on conflict resolution, approaching others with humility, love, and truth, and building trust through effective communication. Discover practical steps to improve relationships and leadership effectiveness.
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Why Most Apologies Fail - and the Six-Step Fix That Changes Relationships
In this episode, Ford Taylor discusses the transformative power of the six-step apology process, emphasizing how genuine humility and responsibility can rebuild trust and strengthen relationships in personal and professional life. Takeaways A genuine apology involves six specific steps that...
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Ford Taylor Talks SWC 2026 with Krystal Parker
Ford and Patrick talk with special guest Krystal Parker, the President of the US Christian Chamber of Commerce. They share an upcoming immersive conference in April focused on Christian leaders coming together to build relationships and the Kingdom of God. The US Christian Chamber of Commerce...
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Ford Taylor Talks Relational Flourishing with Tamra Andress
Ford and Patrick talk with special guest Tamra Andress discuss her current mission of developing leaders through The Founder Collective. The Founder Con is an event in November in Virginia for leaders to come together to find accountability and form a community. Links for more info below:...
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Ford Taylor Talks a Variety of TL Tools
Ford and Patrick discuss a variety of topics including: starting the podcast, anger, the effect of body language, how to get yourself out of a slump and what’s next for Ford. Questions explored in this episode: How can you control your anger? What is the science behind our anger? How does body...
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Ford Taylor Talks “Ask” ChatGPT
Ford and Patrick asked ChatGPT “Why do the transformational leadership tools work time and time again?” The duo has a fun time discussing the response. Questions explored in this episode: Why do the transformational tools work? What is a documented example of the tools working? Ford Taylor and...
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Ford Taylor Talks Church Growth
Ford and Patrick talk about increasing Church attendance numbers and keeping members coming back. Ford says people are looking for Church leaders to be vulnerable and real- they want to know their personal story. What impact can TL have in Churches? Questions Explored in this Episode: Why do...
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Ford Taylor Talks Understanding the Stress Gap
There’s a gap in who we say we are and who we actually are, how can we close that gap in our own organization? Ford and Patrick give tips to be our ideal selves. Questions explored in this episode: What is the stress gap? How does stress impact our lives? How can you increase your credibility?…
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Ford Taylor Talks Paying Tribute to Tim Kight and TFA
Ford and Patrick honor Tim Kight’s legacy of always wanting to help other people. The duo talks about how we all have influence, so we might as well make it a positive one. Ford explains how to use TFA to improve your leadership skills. Questions explored in this episode: What is TFA? How can we...
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Ford Taylor Talks Gen Y and Gen Z
Ford and Patrick talk about the younger generations entering the workforce. It is known that older generations might steer away from hiring Gen Y and Gen Z; Ford shares how to relate and take advantage of the younger generation’s skill sets to all work effectively together. Questions explored in...
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Ford Taylor Talks Post Election 2024
Ford and Patrick role play both political parties to show how both parties could use TL to improve their campaign/party. Patrick plays both campaign managers and Ford gives recommendations on their campaigns using Transformation Leadership tools. Ford demonstrates how to give helpful and…
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Ford Taylor Talks Rebranding Christianity
Ford and Patrick talk about changing the image of Christianity. Christians have a reputation that does not line up with their views, how can Christians rebrand to change this outlook? Questions explored in this episode: What does it mean to rebrand Christianity? How can a rebrand happen? How can...
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Ford Taylor Talks Generosity
Ford and Patrick dive into what God’s word tells us about generosity and giving. We are meant to give more than just money. Questions explored in this episode: What is generosity? What does the Bible say about generosity? What is tithing? What is sowing? How can I give unconditionally? Ford…
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Ford Taylor Talks Being the Church- Ecclesia
Ford and Patrick discuss ecclesia- what does it mean and why does it matter? Ecclesia is a term originally used 115 times in the New Testament, but it was changed to church when the Bible was translated. What are the differences in the meanings of church and ecclesia? Questions explored in this...
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Ford Taylor Talks Resolving Family Relationships
Ford and Patrick discuss how relationships from our childhood impact our adult lives and what steps you can take to fix it. The most important step is forgiveness. Ford walks through how to confront your past and work through family conflicts. Questions explored in this episode: How does the...
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Ford Taylor Talks Facilitating a Turnaround Using TL
Ford Taylor gives a personal example of leading a company through a major turnaround using Transformational Leadership. Ford lists out the steps he took to bring a company back to success and profitability. Questions explored in this episode: What steps need to be taken to facilitate a successful...
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Ford Taylor Talks The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace
Author Dr. Paul White joins Ford and Patrick to discuss his book The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace. The three discuss how understanding peoples’ preferred language of appreciation can improve organizational morale and productivity in the workplace. Questions explored in this...
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Ford Taylor Talks The Twitter Files
Twitter was created for people to share their opinions and stories on a public forum. Since the beginning, things have clearly changed. Using his own businessman perspective, Ford talks about the recent acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk. Ford and Patrick discuss what positive effects...
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Ford Taylor Talks Goes International
Ford Taylor and Patrick Williams discuss how Transformational Leadership has been taken around the globe with special guest, Patrick McBane. Patrick shares his experiences of training different cultures around the world. Questions explored in this episode: How has Transformational Leadership made...
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Ford Taylor Talks Steps for Personal Growth
Ford and Patrick lay out the steps to bring positive change and personal growth. Questions explored in this episode: How does a personal evaluation help with personal growth? What are steps to initiate personal growth? Ford Taylor and Patrick Williams give practical and implementable tools to...
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Ford Taylor Talks the TL Mindset in Difficult Times
Ford and Patrick discuss how to keep your transformational leadership mindset as you navigate the challenges of life. Questions explored in this episode: What is a transformational leadership mindset? During these chaotic times how do we maintain the TL mindset and get through chaos? Ford Taylor...
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Ford Taylor Talks Stained Glass vs. Plain Glass
Ford slows down to explain the two ways Transformational Leadership is taught. To make TL accessible and usable by all organizations, two different options are available to meet everyone’s needs, without being hypocritical. Ford and Patrick define hypocrisy and how often the word is thrown…
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Ford Taylor Talks Home Life/Work Life
Ford and Patrick discuss the correlation between home life and work life. Questions explored in this episode: How does a home life translate to work life? Can you teach an old dog new tricks? How can you stay consistence between all spheres of your life? What is the first step to make things…
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Ford Taylor Talks Mentoring
Ford and Patrick discuss the benefits of being a mentor or having a mentor. They talk about important steps to starting a mentor relationship. It is important for mentors to have experience in the specific area and that their actions match their words. Questions explored in this episode: What is...
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Ford Taylor Talks the Genesis of Transformational Leadership
Ford and Patrick discuss the background of Transformational Leadership and how it developed into what it is today. Questions explored in this episode: How did Transformational Leadership get started? Where does all the information come from? Why is forgiveness so important? Ford Taylor and…
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Ford Taylor Talks New You in 2022 Part 2
New You in 2022 Part 1 was about relationships, part 2 talks group dynamics. Groups have both relational and transactional people within them, becoming a relactional leader means you can do both. What can you improve on to be a new you in 2022? Questions explored in this episode: What is VPMOSA?...
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Ford Taylor Talks New You in 2022 Part 1
The best way to start a new year is to restore, rebuild and supercharge your relationships. Ford and Patrick talk about focusing on relationships in the new year. Questions explored in this episode: What are the steps to restore and rebuild your relationships? What are common blind spots people...
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Ford Taylor Talks Why Leaders Fail
Ford and Patrick discuss failure. The two speak on common reasons and situations that cause leaders to fail and how to address these issues. How can I get people to want to join and stay on my team? Questions explored in this episode: What are reasons leaders fail? Why are bumper buddies…
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Ford Taylor Talks The Power of Influence
Ford and Patrick speak about the connection between leadership and influence. The two discuss the five areas of influence. They give ways to better your influence, as well as examples of people who have helped shape them into the men they are today. Questions explored in this episode: What is...
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Ford Taylor Talks Times of Transition
Fall 2021 is filled with transitions, people are leaving or moving jobs for new reasons due to the pandemic. Ford and Patrick discuss how to navigate this transition time, whether you are switching companies or careers. Know what you are looking for and go find it, if you can’t find it, go be it...
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Ford Taylor Talks Problem Solving
Problems arise all the time, Ford and Patrick give tips to help solve problems within organizations or relationships. First tip, take responsibility of your own thoughts, feeling, and actions. Questions explored in this episode: What is the relationship continuum? Why is face-to-face conflict...
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Ford Taylor Talks Theory of Covid Anger
Patrick and Ford discuss how to deal with anger and have a rational conversation. A common enemy, Covid 19, has turned people against each other instead of working together to defeat a common enemy. How can we have logical conversations and keep relationships? Questions explored in this episode:...
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Ford Taylor Talks Overcoming Weariness
Ford and Patrick discuss times of feeling tired and unmotivated. We can all go through it when we put too much on our plate at once, Ford discusses tricks to pull yourself out of weariness and back into your normal rhythm. A rested body performs better; check your rest, check your sleep and ask…
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Ford Taylor Talks Mistakes and Excuses
Ford and Patrick discuss how to own your mistakes instead of making excuses. When you make excuses and blame others, you become the problem. When you don’t make excuses, you become the solution. Questions explored in this episode: What happens to my leadership and influence when I make excuses?…
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Ford Taylor Talks Internal/External Processors
Ford and Patrick talk about the difference between internal and external processors. They discuss the importance of using both types of processors’ strengths to build an organization or company. Ford gives tips for how to get everyone involved at the table. Questions explored in this episode…
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Ford Taylor Talks Peacekeeper vs. Peacemaker
Patrick and Ford discuss the difference between a peacekeeper and a peacemaker. Conflict is going to happen, learn how to be a peacemaker instead of just a peacekeeper. Questions explored in this episode: What is a peacekeeper? What is a peacemaker? Is conflict bad? How do I know if I am a...
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Ford Taylor Talks Turning Soft Skills into Profits
Patrick received a message about how TL is soft skills and he didn’t see how to would impact his bottom line, Ford tells how to turn these “soft skills” into profits. Questions explored in this episode: How do you build a high performing team? What are ways to build your influence? What are some...
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Ford Taylor Talks Real Life TL Case Studies
Ford and Patrick give specific examples of real-world Transformational Leadership in action. The duo reflects on organizations and individuals they have worked through situations with and how to properly react to those issues. Questions explored in this episode: What is the six-step apology? How...
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Ford Taylor Talks Team Building
With the world opening back up and people going back into the office, Patrick and Ford discuss how to build or rebuild your team. The two explain steps to build trust and come together around a common vision. Questions explored in this episode: What is an organization or team? What makes a high...
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Ford Taylor Talks Relevant Feedback
Patrick and Ford discuss giving and receiving feedback. What is the right way to handle it when someone gives you feedback you don’t agree with? Questions explored in this episode: What makes feedback relevant? Who needs to receive feedback? What are bumper buddies? How can I evaluate feedback?...
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Ford Taylor Talks Conflict Resolution
Conflict isn’t bad; conflict without resolution is bad. Conflict plus resolution leads to success and growth. If we are in a relationship with people, we are going to have some conflict. Listen to this episode to hear tips on how to properly resolve conflict. Questions explored in this episode…
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Ford Taylor Talks Bringing Healing to a Cancel Culture Environment
Ford and Patrick focus on the healing of cancel culture based on recent events. The duo gives specific examples of how we can grow and heal from all the hurt of biases and ignorance. Questions explored in this episode: Can the foundation be repaired? How can we repair the foundation? What would…
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Ford Taylor Talks Balancing Cancel Culture
Ford and Patrick discuss balancing cancel culture. Instead of having the cancel culture mindset, we can lean in and listen to come up with solutions. Questions explored in this episode: What is cancel culture? How can we acknowledge our country’s past without celebrating it? How can we talk about...
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Ford Taylor Talks Case Studies
Using specific examples, Ford and Patrick share how they have helped different organizations and businesses. The first thing that needs to be done is to set a good foundation. Questions explored in this episode: What is a social covenant? How do we setup a good foundation for an organization or...
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Ford Taylor Talks Communicating in 2021
Covid-19 changed how we do life, including how we communicate. We are now emailing and texting more. Ford and Patrick tell us how to slow down and better connect through these methods of communication. Questions explored in this episode: What is communication? How can I communicate better? What…
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Ford Taylor Talks Getting Relactional in 2021
Ford and Patrick discuss getting relactional, a combination of relational and transactional. Questions explored in this episode: What does relactional mean? What is a highly relational person? How are different personality types dealing with the pandemic? What is the difference between internal…
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Ford Taylor Talks TFA During the Pandemic
Ford Taylor and Patrick Williams discuss how the pandemic has forced us to change our thought process. People are all entitled to their own opinion. In these times, we must show love by respecting those thoughts and speaking out on how we feel. We must change our thought process, so we do not…
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Ford Taylor Talks Bumper Buddies
Ford Taylor and Patrick Williams discuss the importance of having someone you can share anything and everything with. Accountability helps you stay on the right track—get yourself a bumper buddy. Questions explored in this episode: What is a bumper buddy? Why is it important to have someone that...
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Ford Taylor Talks Discipline
Ford Taylor and Patrick Williams discuss how to make your life easier by putting the discipline model in place. This discipline model is done in three steps starting with a success plan, but with correct implementation, it usually only takes two. This model works in all aspects of life in both...
About this show
Especially in these challenging times, we all want to improve our relationships within our family, community, career, business, government, church, and every other aspect of our lives. We want to be better and move toward the vision we have for ourselves and our organizations.During each episode of Ford Taylor Talks, you will be pointed to tools, ingredients, and behaviors that can be implemented right away to help with real-life issues and communication. This practical guidance will help you solve the constraints that have been keeping you from being the person you want to be.If you want to LOVE the right way, have INFLUENCE with those around you, and TRANSFORM both your life and the lives of others (or as Ford Taylor says, “get L.I.T.”), this is the podcast for you.
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