True North Leader with Bobby Albert

#9: How Real Ranch Cowboys Milk Cows to Raise Millions... with Mike Castles


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Forty years ago, kids with Cerebral Palsy had few rehabilitation services available to them, and those services were beyond their family's means. Leaders stepped up and the first in the nation Ranch Rodeo was formed and now has raised over $4 million dollars. In this episode, Mike Castles, President and CEO of North Texas Rehab Center tells the story of the cowboys, how he has learned leadership, and following through on what the Lord tells you.

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About my guest: Mike Castles

Born in 1947 in Wichita Falls Texas, Mike graduated from Rider High School in 1966 and the University of Houston in 1970 where he was a member of the golf team. Mike served in the Army and Air Force Reserves and was active duty 1971-73 at the Defense Language Institute.

Mike owned and operated a golf driving range while in high school, and later a tropical plant business in Dallas. He and his wife Kenda worked part time for ABC Television on their golf telecasts during and after college. They also operated convenience stores in Wichita Falls until he was hired as President/CEO of North Texas Rehabilitation Center in 1991. Kenda passed away in 2013. The family consists of a daughter, two sons and their wives, ten grandchildren and one great grandson. Mike and several of his family members attend Grace Church.

His primary goals in life are to serve God by being a loving family leader, treating others with respect and grace, and leading others to the Lord by example and encouragement.

The North Texas Rehabilitation Center has a 69-year tradition of improving the lives of children and adults with disabilities in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. Established in 1948, the North Texas Rehabilitation Center is a nonprofit outpatient facility that provides quality medical and educational rehabilitation services to children and adults with disabilities in 23 counties of North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. You can find them online at http://www.ntrehab.org/

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 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 Business 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, and

The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

Find out more at BobbyAlbert.com

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