In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Dan discuss: 

• Anchoring yourself to your family and to God.
• Growing your career while meaningfully growing your faith. 
• Secrets to running your business differently. 
• Getting creative with using your business platform for God.

Key Takeaways: 

• An organization that is led by people who follow Jesus should be different. 
• As a marketplace leader, you have an incredible ministering platform given to you by the Lord. 
• If you are deploying many ideas and trusting God, even if many of them fail, many will work. If you are acting as God’s steward, if He wants it to keep going, it will continue on through His efforts through you. 
• Connect to the heart of your team and employees. Treat them right, build an amazing culture, and your organization will go far. 

"I am so thankful that the Lord grounded us in deep dependency, because it's great at a deep sense of humility, and thankfulness in our organization." —  Dan Horner

About Dan Horner: Dan Horner is one of the two founding partners of True Homes located in Charlotte, NC.  True Homes develop communities and build 2,400 homes per year in 5 geographic markets throughout the Carolinas. True Homes has grown to be the 34th largest homebuilder in the United States and is the largest privately-owned homebuilder in the Carolinas.  

True Homes was honored as the “National Homebuilder of the Year” by Professional Builder Magazine in 2020.  In 2018, True Homes was honored with the Homebuilding Industry’s top award for operational excellence, The National Housing Quality Award – Gold Level.  In addition, True Homes have been honored as the “Top Place to Work” in Charlotte out of 6,000 companies for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 by The Charlotte Observer and Energage, a national research company.  In 2020, Energage recognized True Homes as the “Top Leadership Team” out of 50,000 companies with less than 500 employees across the United States.

Dan has 32 years of homebuilding experience.  Dan served as an executive for CP Morgan from 1995 – 2006 leading the organization's growth from 200 homes/ year to over 3,500 homes/ year.  He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer from 2003-2006 prior to starting True Homes with his business partner, Mark Boyce.  He served as a strategic advisor to Allen Edwin Homes from 2006-2020 assisting them to become the largest homebuilder in Michigan.  Dan serves on the Advisory Team of Elevation Church, serves on the Board of Directors for Mission Uprising, and is the founder of “The Outpost”, a Christian men’s ministry started in 2003.  He graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision.  

Today, Dan continues to lead True Homes and the True Homes Foundation which was started in 2009.  The True Homes Foundation is focused on making an impact within the areas of affordable housing, living wage jobs, education, healthcare, and family support.  As part of their Foundation work, Dan has launched an initiative called KSuite, a forum of Kingdom-minded leaders working together to use their Marketplace Platforms to transform their city.  Through these many efforts, Dan’s hope is for people within his community to have the opportunity for more life.

Dan resides in Charlotte, NC with his wife, Diane of 32 years.  Dan’s greatest joy in life comes from spending time with Diane and their three children and son-in-law - Graham, Morgan, James, and Jackson.

Connect with Dan Horner:

Website: https://www.truehomesusa.com/

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