Everything in life rises and falls on leadership. Leadership is influence. Ken Blanchard, of the One-Minute Manager fame, says his leadership is influenced by Jesus Christ. Blanchard is a driving force behind the Lead Like Jesus effort that is empowering leaders around the world. The Lead Like Jesus organization is led by Phyllis Hendry Halverson. 

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Phyllis Hendry Halverson is a much sought-after leadership speaker who heads the leadership movement Lead Like Jesus. 

Resources: 

WEB: https://leadlikejesus.com/

BOOK: Lead Like Jesus Revisited: Lessons From the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time

Do you hate your job? An astonishing amount of people do. Today's workplace is – well – complicated, to say the least, with different generations, expectations and leadership styles. But with all the moving parts, culture wins, says our guest. 

GUEST: William Vanderbloemen is a frequent contributor to Forbes Magazine. He's an expert on work place culture and the author of the book Culture Wins: The Roadmap to an Irresistible Workplace

Resources: 

GUEST: https://www.vanderbloemen.com/

BOOK: Culture Wins: The Roadmap to an Irresistible Workplace

Quietly and behind-the-scenes business professionals around the globe have created an IT network and web presence that appears when real life issues are searched. The effort is called Jesus.net. The work is intriguing, expanding and the results are something to get excited about. 

GUEST: Arjo de Vroom is based in the Netherlands. He and others across the globe have connected to put the Gospel in front of those who have real life hurts and needs. You can join the effort. 

Music can change our workplace mood quickly. When that music has a message of faith, hope and love, life at work can brighten quickly. 

GUEST: Rodney Dean Boyden is a superstar on Facebook, amassing more than two million views on one post alone. He's a master craftsman by day and when there's a piano or keyboard near, he puts his hammer and saw down to share his music and message. What a message!

Resources:

WEB: https://www.facebook.com/RodneyBoyden

BOOK: My Grandmother's Faith: The Outcome of Unconditional Love

Somebody needs your workplace and life stories – how you've worked with impossible bosses and difficult co-workers ... how faith has made a difference at work. Two authorities in storytelling join Terry to share their own story and help empower us to tell our own. 

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Bruce and Karen Barbour are known around the world for their ability to tell and package a story. Karen is a content producer, having written many best-selling books. Bruce is legendary in the book publishing business. 

What does faith in Jesus really look like in the workplace? Our public display of faith is a product of our private time with Jesus. Above all else, our faith is most seen when we love others. Whether on a football field or a sales route, home office or cubicle, faith in Jesus makes a difference, not only for us but those around us. 

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Todd Gerelds works in the bio tech business. His faith in Jesus makes a difference day in and day out – and he got an early start seeing faith in action tagging alongside his dad, a legendary high school football coach whose team and its players' lives were transformed by faith in Jesus. Gerelds captured it in a book later became a movie. 

Referenced resources:

WEB: http://www.toddgerelds.com/

BOOK:
Always Fall Forward: Life Lessons I’ll Never Forget from “The Coach"

Woodlawn: One Hope. One Dream. One Way.

Whether it's a Google or You Tube search, in solving a problem we track down the advice of the one who either created the device that's stumping us or we seek out the very best the authority on the subject that we can find. Gary Bates says it's the same with life – especially with our work life. In fact, Bates says it's best to go all that way back to the beginning – he means THE beginning. 

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Gary Bates is one of the most intriguing guys you'll ever hear on the subject of where planet earth began and how that totally plays into your life now.

Resources:  

WEB: https://creation.com/

A proper perspective of work will take you through much pain and duress on the job. It is an eye-opener, not to mention game changer, to know that all work, not just that of ministry, can be of service to the Lord. 

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Dr. Larry Peabody wrote a thin little paperback book that was tossed to Terry about a month from his college graduation. The principles are timeless and have helped Terry and thousands keep their head on straight in good work times and horrific ones. Perspective Dr. Peabody provides will make all the difference in your work life, no matter how many months or years you've been working. 

GUEST: Dr. Larry Peabody

Information Referenced: 

BOOKS:

Job-Shadowing Daniel: Walking the Talk at Work

Secular Work is Full-time Service | Serving Jesus in the Workplace

Curing Sunday Spectatoritis: From Passivity to Participation in Church

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