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  • Life After Ministry - Leading Through the Trust Jungle (featuring Rob McKenna)

    What happens when trust breaks inside a church, nonprofit, or leadership team?


    Dr. Rob McKenna explains why trust is more than a feeling, how leaders can rebuild it after failure, and why succession is really the transfer of trust.


    This conversation explores emotional maturity, candor, vulnerability, blind spots, competence, reliability, and the three questions every team member is asking: Do I matter? Are you telling me the truth? Do I belong here?

    Key Takeaways
    • Trust has identifiable drivers, including candor, competence, reliability, emotional maturity, and concern for others.
    • Nearly half of employees experience their workplace as a “jungle of trust.”
    • Competence matters, but competence alone does not make someone a trusted leader.
    • Rebuilding trust requires responsibility, self-awareness, grace, and continual repair.
    • Succession is more than transferring a role; it is transferring trust into a team and organizational culture.
    • Leaders must create conditions where people can tell the truth and receive difficult feedback.
    • Every team member is asking: Do I matter? Are you telling me the truth? Do I belong here?
    Chapter Markers

    00:00 – Succession as the transfer of trust
    01:23 – Introducing Dr. Rob McKenna
    02:15 – Why trust is difficult in ministry and nonprofit organizations
    06:04 – The State of Trust at Work
    08:34 – Signs that trust is missing
    10:25 – Why competence alone is not enough
    14:19 – What it means to be a whole leader
    18:00 – Handling difficult conversations during transition
    20:00 – Succession and the transfer of trust
    24:51 – How leaders rebuild trust after failure
    28:34 – Blind spots and meaningful change
    32:44 – What individuals can do in a jungle of trust
    35:57 – How organizations can begin rebuilding trust
    39:00 – Closing thoughts and resources


    Visit MinistryTransitions.com if a leadership transition is exposing cracks in trust. To learn more about Dr. Rob McKenna’s work, Whole Leaders, Wild Trust, and WiLD Leaders’ tools, visit wildleaders.org.

    40 min
  • Joni Eareckson Tada: Sharing Hope - The Riches of Christ

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    The Hope of Heaven – Drawing from personal experiences and vivid imagery from Scripture, Joni Eareckson Tada helps readers grasp just how rich the hope of heaven is. She helps us understand why the Bible uses symbols to describe it and gives helpful answers to questions many readers may have. She paints a compelling vision of heaven as a place of restoration, beauty, and perfect communion with God – a vision that will rekindle our excitement about the true "happily ever after" that awaits us. 

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    4 min
  • Max Lucado Daily Devotional - Get Moving

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    Elijah was depressed. Among God’s word to him were these: “Go back the way you came through the desert to Damascus. When you get there anoint Hazael…Then anoint Jehu…Finally, anoint Elisha…to succeed you as prophet” (1 Kings 19:15-17 MSG).

    These assignments add up to one point: Get moving. God’s message to the prophet was “I still have work for you to do. You may think you’re alone; you’re not. Thousands will stand with you. It’s time for you to get back in the game.”

    God’s message to you is this: You are more than the sum of your dark days. I bought you, and I have a destiny for you. Now, with my help, let’s get back in the game.

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    1 min
  • The Called to Flourish Podcast - Your Leadership Can Look Healthy and Still Be Running on Empty — Mindy Caliguire, Soul Care

    A leader's metrics can be strong and their mission moving forward while their soul quietly erodes underneath — and most leaders miss it until it becomes a crisis. This conversation with Mindy Caliguire, co-founder and CEO of Soul Care, unpacks why external success so often hides internal depletion, what the early warning signs actually look like, and what it means to lead from overflow instead of constantly recovering to baseline.

    You'll Gain Insight On:

    • The warning signs of soul depletion most leaders miss or ignore
    • Why mission drive and soul care aren't meant to be opposing forces
    • The difference between resting enough to function and leading from overflow
    • A simple framework — a page, a person, a plan — for taking action

    Subscribe to Called to Flourish and share this conversation with a fellow leader. Access full show notes, resources, and transcript at: https://workplaces.org/podcast/leadership-burnout-soul-care-for-christian-leaders-mindy-caliguire

     

     

    43 min
  • Office Hours with Arthur Brooks - How to Be More Optimistic with Simon Sinek

    Simon Sinek is an optimist, bestselling author of Start with Why, and founder of The Optimism Company.

    In this special episode of Office Hours, part of the Be Hope podcast takeover during the United Nations General Assembly, Simon joins me to explore what optimism really requires. We discuss how optimism differs from hope, why relationships help us sustain a belief in a better future, how our expectations shape others, and why pessimism has become so powerful. We also explain how leaders can turn optimism into action through a clear vision, and how each of us can become more optimistic by creating space to imagine a better future and finding a vision worth pursuing.

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    57 min
  • EntreLeadership - Instantly Get 20 Hours Back in Your Week

    Hiring an assistant isn’t just about getting busywork off your plate. 

    In this episode, head coach John Felkins sits down with Mia Higgins, Ramsey Solutions’ director of assistant operations, to unpack the biggest misconceptions about assistants and how the right person can become a trusted partner who helps you focus on the work only you can do.

     

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    22 min
  • Big Swings Only - Heather Monahan: Fire the Villains in Your Life and Build Unshakable Confidence

    Fired at 43 with an 18-month non-compete, Heather Monahan had to rebuild her career from scratch — and it led her to her real purpose. In this episode, she and Kwame break down why confidence is a learnable skill, why "done" beats "perfect," and why firing the "energy vampires" in your life can change everything.


    You'll learn:

    • Why arrogance is actually rooted in insecurity
    • How to turn goals into deadlines that stick
    • A simple therapy trick for silencing your inner critic

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      53 min
    • The StoryBrand Podcast - All Marketing Has to Follow these Four Rules

      How do you know if your marketing is going to work? Most people fly by the seat of their pants: they rely on a gut instinct or a general consensus, but those aren't actually very reliable. They're certainly not worth risking the future of your business on.

       

      Before you put out ANY message for your business (a post, a tagline, a header) you need to make sure they follow the Four Rules of Messaging.

       

      Based on years of experience, centuries of storytelling, and successful for literally thousands of businesses, the Four Rules of Messaging keep your messaging from complicated, confusing, and ignored.

       

      Rule 1: Make it Zero Cognitive Load

      Rule 2: Link it to Survival

      Rule 3: ...

      Rule 4: ...

       

      ....listen to this episode of the StoryBrand podcast to learn the rules and how to implement them into your business marketing.

      If you ever wonder why some marketing instantly grabs your attention while the rest gets ignored, know that it's not about luck. It's not about a bigger budget.

      The marketing that works follows just a few simple principles that make it easy to understandable, memorable, and impossible to overlook. That's why StoryBrand has a free guide.

      The Four Rules of Messaging PDF will teach you those principles and in just a few minutes you'll have a simple but powerful framework for improving every message you create from your website and emails to your ads and sales calls.

      Download your free copy of The Four Rules of Messaging: https://storybrand.com/the-4-rules-of-messaging?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=4rules-lead-gen-2026&utm_term=sbpod&utm_content=sbpodcast

       

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      Attend StoryBrand Your Business LIVE to learn how to explain what you do in a way customers instantly understand:
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      13 min

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