Executive Minds Podcast | Professional Development and Career Tips for Entrepreneurs, Executives, and Non-Profit Leaders

Welcome to the Executive Minds Podcast! There will come a time in all of our lives and careers where we will need to make a change. Whether that means shifting your academic focus early in life or your organizational focus after you’ve established your career, we would all do well to become masters of the pivot. In basketball, pivoting is helpful because it allows you to shift your direction and create an advantage relative to your defender. You remain anchored in place, but with a fresh direction you can often see a clearer path to the basket. This week on the podcast, David and Shane discussed what they call the 5 “M’s” of pivoting: Mission, Methods, Momentum, Means, and Membership.

Welcome to Executive Minds Podcast! Once again, Shane and David sit down with Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy to talk about the importance of family and how the magic is made at Chick-fil-A. Dan is a true servant leader and it’s humbling to be able to sit and listen to him share the wisdom he has gained in his lifetime in and around the Chick-fil-A family.

This week, Shane and David sit down with Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy to talk about the importance of family and how the magic is made at Chick-fil-A. Dan is a true servant leader and it’s humbling to be able to sit and listen to him share the wisdom he has gained in his lifetime in and around the Chick-fil-A family.

Welcome to Launch Youniversity!   Leadership exists within an interesting tension. Great leaders are not only worthy of following today - we need to be able to trust that our leaders have a vision for the future.  As leaders, we’re all looking for ways and opportunities to lead people and create influence. We’re called not only to be really good right now, but also to plan to be great in the future. In today’s podcast, Shane and David are breaking down a talk Shane gave at this year’s Chick-fil-A 2020 planning session in Atlanta. How can we be our best today while working at becoming our best tomorrow?   Welcome to episode 150 of the Launch Youniversity Podcast.  

Welcome to Launch Youniversity! On this week’s episode, Shane Benson and David Farmer are together to discuss the life-saving magic of scripting. When most of us hear the word ‘scripting,’ we think of movies or television shows, but what Shane and David are talking about today is not referring to a pre-set narrative, but rather the automation of executable tasks. How can we bundle or automate the things we do in our daily work or personal lives in order to make it just a touch easier to move through our days. Shane and David tag team this week’s episode to give personal, real-life examples of how this idea can revolutionize your time management. 

Welcome to Launch Youniversity! On this week's episode, we sat down with Rodney Bullard, Chick-Fil-A Corporate Social Responsibility Leader and Executive Director of the Chick-Fil-A Foundation. Rodney is a frequent public speaker as well as being the bestselling author of Heroes Wanted: Why the World Needs You to Live Your Heart Out. We talked with Rodney about what it means to be a "difference maker" in our lives and businesses. We were lucky to be able to have this conversation with Rodney and we know you'll enjoy it as well!  

Welcome to Launch Youniversity! This week in episode 147, David Farmer continues the discussion with the author, speaker, and brand consultant Jeff Henderson as he prepares to release his new book Know What You're FOR: A Growth Strategy for Work, An Even Better Strategy for Life. Jeff is a master communicator having been recently named by Forbes Magazine as one of 20 speakers you shouldn’t miss. As always the case with Jeff, this was a lively, insightful, and informative discussion about bringing a big idea to life.

Welcome to Launch Youniversity! This week in episode 146, David Farmer sits down for a behind-the-scenes discussion with the author, speaker, and brand consultant Jeff Henderson as he prepares to release his new book Know What You're FOR: A Growth Strategy for Work, An Even Better Strategy for Life. Jeff is a master communicator having been recently named by Forbes Magazine as one of 20 speakers you shouldn’t miss. As always the case with Jeff, this was a lively, insightful, and informative discussion.

Welcome to episode 145 of the Launch Youniversity Podcast. On this “best of episode,” the guys talk about both creating capacity and fostering creativity. During the first half of this episode, the guys talk about stretching yourself to try new things and how part of the formula of success is continued growth. Real growth comes from new and different experiences. During the second half of this episode, the guys talk about cultivating great ideas and the formula for creating the margin for that creativity. 

Welcome to episode 144 of Launch Youniversity! This week, Kevin Jennings and David Farmer sit down with Bethaney Bree Wilkinson, the Director of Programming for Plywood People and the creator of The Diversity Gap, for an insightful conversation for leaders and team makers on reimagining diversity (“the undeniable presence of difference”) in the workplace through the prism of dignity and eradicating disparities.