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Leading From Alignment — 354 episodes · page 1 of 4
Episode 356: Recruiting, Developing, & Retaining Staff – Part 3
Episode 355: Recruiting, Developing, & Retaining Staff – Part 2
Episode 354: Recruiting, Developing, & Retaining Staff – Part 1
Episode 353: Our Leadership Wish for You
Episode 352: Talking About Money to the People You Lead
Episode 351: An Honest Conversation About Scars
Episode 350: Guarding the Flock
Episode 349: Developing a Consistent Prayer Life – Interview w/ Craig Owens
Episode 348: Why Postponing Hard Conversations Is Costing You – Part 3
Episode 347: Why Postponing Hard Conversations Is Costing You – Part 2
Episode 346: Why Postponing Hard Conversations Is Costing You – Part 1
Episode 345: From Success to Succession
Episode 344: Necessary Endings in Your Personal Life – Interview w/ Dr. Ralph Neighbour
Episode 343: Necessary Endings in Your Professional Life – Interview w/ Dr. Ralph Neighbour
Episode 342: Offense or Accountability?
Episode 341: Pastoring Through Offense
Episode 340: The Leadership Lie: Why You Can’t Afford to Skip Friendship
Episode 339: A Recipe for Good Decisions - An Interview with Mike Kern III
Episode 338: Guarding Your Heart as a Leader
Episode 337: The Catholic Church’s Resurgence of Young People
Episode 336: The Shift from Inner Critic to Inner Ally
Episode 335: What Makes Pastors Thrive (and What Takes Them Out) – An Interview with Aaron Hlavin
Episode 334: Monday After the Big Day – An Interview with Lewis Brandon
Episode 333: When the Knife Goes Deep
Episode 332: The Four Skills Every Pastor Needs to Develop
Episode 331 - Leading in an Age of Outrage
Episode 330- Beach Chairs & Breakthroughs
Episode 329: Delegation Tips & Traps
Episode 328: Three Truths Every Pastor Must Understand
Episode 327: Why Pastors Don't Ask for Help
Podcast Episode 326: Questions to Resolve Disputable Matters
Episode 325: When Life & Leadership Disappoint
Episode 324: Radical Unavailability - An Interview with michael Forney
Episode 323: Short-term or Long-term Pain?
Episode 322: The Two Hats Every Leader Wears
Episode 321: Restoring Purpose in a Disengaged World - Interview with Jenni Catron
Episode 320: Always On: Why Leaders Won't Unplug
Episode 319: The Challenge of Getting Younger
Episode 318: My Most Important Aha in 2025
Episode 317: The Myth of "Arriving"
Episode 316: What Really Matters - A Conversation with Hal Donaldson - Convoy of Hope
Episode 315: Love, Chosen, Enough - Part 2
Episode 314: Loved, Chosen, Enough - Part 1
Episode 313: You & Boundaries
Episode 312: Leading on Empty
Episode 311: When Productivity Becomes a Disguise
Episode 310: You & Isolation
Episode 309: When Ministry Loses Its Joy and Wonder
Episode 308: The Five People Every Pastor Needs - Interview with David Cooke
Episode 307: Getting to the Heart of Pastoral Leadership
Episode 306: Guarding the Flock (and Ourselves) From Cultural Currents
Episode 305: Integrating a Marketplace Mind with a Ministry Call
Episode 304: Transitioning into the Legacy Stage of Life & Ministry
Episode 303: Builders vs. Dismantlers - Part 2
Episode 302: Builders vs. Dismantlers - Part 1
Episode 301: 6 Years, 6 Aha Moments: What We’ve Learned (and Unlearned) – Part 2
Episode 300: 6 Years, 6 Aha Moments: What We’ve Learned (and Unlearned) – Part 1
Episode 299: Leading Yourself Well Through Financial Stewardship - Interview with Mike Kern III
Episode 298: Fueling Ministry Through Financial Wisdom - Interview with Mike Kern III
Episode 297: Helping Your Kids Love Jesus’ Church – Interview with Jeff Hlavin
Episode 296:How to Help Your Kids Love Jesus – Interview with Jeff Hlavin
Episode 295: No Mud, No Mess - Exiting Staff with Grace and Grit
Podcast Episode 294: Right People, Right Seats: A Church Hiring Playbook
Episode 293: The Joys & Perils of Serving with Your Spouse
Episode 292: Getting Out of Our Own Way
Episode 291: How to Heal Deep Pain - Interview with Josh Spurlock - Part 2
Episode 290: How to Heal Deep Pain - Interview with Josh Spurlock - Part 1
Episode 289: Navigating Organizational Change with Confidence - Part 2
Episode 288: Navigating Organizational Change with Confidence - Part 1
Podcast Episode 287 - The Vulnerable Leader - Interview with Jason Holdridge Part 2
Podcast Episode 286 - The Vulnerable Leader - Interview with Jason Holdridge Part 1
Episode 285 – Six Insights from John’s Vacation – Part 2
Episode 284: Six Insights from John’s Vacation – Part 1
Episode 283: De-sizing the Church – Karl Vaters Interview – Part 2
Episode 282 – De-sizing the Church – Karl Vaters Interview – Part 1
Episode 281: Finishing Well
Episode 280: Stress & You
Episode 279: The Pain & Power of Pruning
Episode 278: The Power of No
Episode 277: The Unhurried Leader
Episode 276: Three Temptations of Leadership
Episode 275: The Leader's Need to Pivot
Episode 274: Leadership & Forgiveness - Part 2
Episode 272 - Harnessing the Energy of Core Values - Part 2
Episode 271 - Harnessing the Energy of Core Values - Part 1
Episode 270 - Casting Your Vision - Part 2
Episode 266:The Power of Forty
Episode 265: The Number One Contributor to Burnout
Episode 269 – Casting Your 2025 Vision – Part 1
Episode 268:John’s Four Biggest Aha’s of 2024
Episode 267:Pay Attention to Your Own Yard
Episode 263 -The Trap of Isolation
Episode 264: Emotional Intelligence & You
Episode 261 - How to Let Your Team Help You
Episode 262 : A Pastor’s Most Common Leadership Lid
Episode 260 - Implementing a Succession Plan
Episode 259 - Are You Overstaying?
Episode 258 - Jesus' Invitation to Weary Leaders
Episode 257 - A Leaders' Most Important Assignment
Episode 256 – Leading in an Election Year