Lead & Deliver Podcast

What does it look like to lead a 3,100-student school and build a national organization at the same time? Dr. Jason Rachels has been doing exactly that.Dr. Jason is the president of Calvary Christian Academy in South Florida and the founder of Schools United, a national peer network now connecting thousands of Christian educators across the country. What started as an informal lunch between school leaders in Broward County grew into 78 peer groups and a conference drawing over 3,000 attendees, built intentionally around affordable, role-specific professional development and the kind of unity Jesus prayed for in John 17.In this episode, we talk about how Schools United actually works, why peer-driven learning beats most professional development models, how Dr. Jason restructured his leadership team to lead both organizations without burning out, and what gives him genuine hope about the next generation of students and educators.If you lead a Christian school, work in Christian education, or know someone who does, this one is worth sharing.🔗 Learn more about Schools United: https://schoolsunited.org/🔗 Calvary Christian Academy: https://www.ccaeagles.org/Kingdom Planning Resources:Free leadership resources: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/resourcesSubscribe to Lead and Deliver Newsletter: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/newsletterWatch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KingdomPlanningFree Market Competition Analysis Snapshot: https://Market.kingdomplanning.orgFree Hidden Strain Questionaire: https://Strain.kingdomplanning.orgFree Leadership Clarity Scorecard: https://Leaderscorecard.kingdomplanning.org5 Hidden Strains ebook: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Strains-Quietly-Working-Organization/dp/B0HLH11KGV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2EDPOQFINBBDC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1M5I_TRwuhvASLmfPGJ0ZabaMw7DmzUC_KK_rGh8G_B2T5IVSxYCMJLf42TRkRuu_UPc99STWYf-zwVY-XIFkl0Yz8PEWQpVgsTdJeA_UhrK3X2OpW5FjFVklq5ooy3JJb2aLQm-GFk4wRr1EaUWAA.Xh3Ksyc20wTmDzi9wDWOutDVkum3LrzsbP9pfVmx5zo&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+5+hidden+strains&qid=1790867915&sprefix=%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1#ChristianEducation #SchoolLeadership #SchoolsUnited #CalvaryChristianAcademy #ChristianSchool #LeadAndDeliver #EducationLeadership #PeerLearning #ProfessionalDevelopment #ChristianLeadership #Podcast #PrivateSchool #FaithAndWork #OrganizationalHealth #KingdomPlanning

What does it actually look like when a leader gets stuck? Not the version they post about on LinkedIn, but the real version, where they are busy all the time and nothing is actually moving forward?Dr. Bill Brunson has spent his career helping leaders in the church and the marketplace answer that question. He is the founder of Deeper Purpose Coaching, a Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach and Speaker, a certified DISC consultant, and holds a Doctorate in Leadership from Emory University. His forthcoming book, The Silent Years, makes a case that the 400-year gap between Malachi and Bethlehem was not silence at all. It was preparation.In this episode we cover:Why stuck leaders are almost always busy leaders, and what is actually keeping them from moving forwardThe difference between goal-setting and a personal growth plan, and why that distinction changes everythingHow DISC works as a leadership tool beyond personality typing, and what it gives you that self-reflection alone cannotWhat the silent years of Scripture have to say to any leader who is doing faithful work in a season where the fruit is not visible yetWhy pastors are often more resistant to personal growth work than business leaders, and what both groups can learn from each otherConnect with Bill: deeperpurposecoaching.comKingdom Planning Resources:Free leadership resources: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/resourcesSubscribe to Lead and Deliver Newsletter: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/newsletterWatch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KingdomPlanningFree Market Competition Analysis Snapshot: https://Market.kingdomplanning.orgFree Hidden Strain Questionaire: https://Strain.kingdomplanning.orgFree Leadership Clarity Scorecard: https://Leaderscorecard.kingdomplanning.org5 Hidden Strains ebook: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Strains-Quietly-Working-Organization/dp/B0HLH11KGV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2EDPOQFINBBDC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1M5I_TRwuhvASLmfPGJ0ZabaMw7DmzUC_KK_rGh8G_B2T5IVSxYCMJLf42TRkRuu_UPc99STWYf-zwVY-XIFkl0Yz8PEWQpVgsTdJeA_UhrK3X2OpW5FjFVklq5ooy3JJb2aLQm-GFk4wRr1EaUWAA.Xh3Ksyc20wTmDzi9wDWOutDVkum3LrzsbP9pfVmx5zo&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+5+hidden+strains&qid=1790867915&sprefix=%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1#LeadAndDeliver #BillBrunson #DeeperPurposeCoaching #TheSilentYears #LeadershipDevelopment #PersonalGrowthPlan #DISCAssessment #ChristianLeadership #FaithAndWork #StuckToSignificant #ChurchLeadership #MarketplaceLeadership #MaxwellLeadership #OrganizationalHealth #KingdomPlanning #LeadershipCoaching #WaitingSeason #FaithfulStewardship #PodcastForLeaders #ChristianBusiness

Most Christian business leaders are running their companies alone, and nobody is naming it.Ray Hilbert spent 23 years building Truth at Work into a nationwide movement serving nearly 800 companies, then stepped away to launch Kingdom Factor, a peer mastermind community now active in 600 businesses across the country. The model is built on Psalm 78:72 and one foundational conviction: integrity of heart and skillful hands are not separate goals. They are the same assignment.In this conversation, Ray and Josh cover the business failure that shaped everything, why profit and prophetic witness belong in the same sentence, the four-step biblical decision-making process Ray has used for decades, how a cancer diagnosis led Ray to build Exhale Vault, and what the next generation of Christian business leaders actually needs.This is a conversation about leadership that holds when it costs you something.Connect with Ray Hilbert:Kingdom Factor: https://kingdomfactor.us/Exhale Vault: https://exhalevault.com/Kingdom Planning Resources:Free leadership resources: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/resourcesSubscribe to Lead and Deliver Newsletter: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/newsletterWatch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KingdomPlanningFree Market Competition Analysis Snapshot: https://Market.kingdomplanning.orgFree Hidden Strain Questionaire: https://Strain.kingdomplanning.orgFree Leadership Clarity Scorecard: https://Leaderscorecard.kingdomplanning.org5 Hidden Strains ebook: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Strains-Quietly-Working-Organization/dp/B0HLH11KGV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2EDPOQFINBBDC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1M5I_TRwuhvASLmfPGJ0ZabaMw7DmzUC_KK_rGh8G_B2T5IVSxYCMJLf42TRkRuu_UPc99STWYf-zwVY-XIFkl0Yz8PEWQpVgsTdJeA_UhrK3X2OpW5FjFVklq5ooy3JJb2aLQm-GFk4wRr1EaUWAA.Xh3Ksyc20wTmDzi9wDWOutDVkum3LrzsbP9pfVmx5zo&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+5+hidden+strains&qid=1790867915&sprefix=%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1

Dave Hataj has owned and operated Edgerton Gear, a custom gear manufacturing company, for over 34 years. He holds a doctorate in transformational leadership and is the founder of Craftsman with Character, a free workforce development program connecting students with experienced tradespeople through job shadowing and character-based curriculum.In this episode, Dave shares the journey from being a controlling, knowledge-hoarding leader to building a business that can run without him, and why it took burnout and illness to get him there.What we cover in this conversation:1. How Dave transitioned leadership of Edgerton Gear to his sons after 34 years2. Why he believes sharing knowledge increases job security rather than threatening it3. How faith functions as the foundation of his business operations, not a program or add-on4. Edgerton Gear's 24-hour quote and shop floor commitment in an industry where lead times run 4 to 5 months5. The skilled trades workforce crisis and how Craftsman with Character is addressing it6. Why Dave made the Craftsman with Character curriculum completely free7. His case against retirement and what older workers owe the next generation8. The real cost of key person dependency, and what it takes to break itConnect with Dave Hataj:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davehataj/Edgerton Gear: https://www.edgertongear.com/Craftsman with Character: https://www.cwcharacter.org/Good Work Book: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Work-Collar-Business-Communities/dp/0802419577/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Q43EELC5IINM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lgRZZC8DBdEV587lcPhv9KDa_V-ka7CqWe833LuVrmxXiulJHNKcV0SNtLxoYbqG.5gcJBGkeL0Omc-CUjEnGo-W-7vN1C4VwZaJJ1js5Q-4&dib_tag=se&keywords=dave+hataj&qid=1790265873&sprefix=%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1The Craftsman's Code Book: https://www.amazon.com/Craftsmans-Code-Blueprint-Building-Meaningful/dp/B0GF3Q192F/ref=sr_1_2?crid=Q43EELC5IINM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lgRZZC8DBdEV587lcPhv9KDa_V-ka7CqWe833LuVrmxXiulJHNKcV0SNtLxoYbqG.5gcJBGkeL0Omc-CUjEnGo-W-7vN1C4VwZaJJ1js5Q-4&dib_tag=se&keywords=dave+hataj&qid=1790265873&sprefix=%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-2Kingdom Planning Resources:Free leadership resources: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/resourcesSubscribe to Lead and Deliver Newsletter: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/newsletterWatch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KingdomPlanningFree Market Competition Analysis Snapshot: https://Market.kingdomplanning.orgFree Hidden Strain Questionaire: https://Strain.kingdomplanning.orgFree Leadership Clarity Scorecard: https://Leaderscorecard.kingdomplanning.org5 Hidden Strains ebook: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=5+hidden+strains&crid=LB4ZO3JDKTVL&sprefix=5+hidden+strain%2Caps%2C142&ref=nb_sb_noss_2#EdgertonGear#CraftsmanWithCharacter#DaveHatage#GearManufacturing#SkilledTradesWorkforce#FamilyBusinessSuccession#MentoringTheNextGeneration#KeyPersonDependency#LeadAndDeliver#BuildWhatOutlastsYou

Joshua Prabhakar grew up on the mission field in India, spent 20+ years in pharmaceuticals and gene therapy, and now leads the At Emmaus Initiative, a resource hub helping Christian corporate executives integrate their faith with their professional lives, without losing either one.In this episode, Josh and I talk about the gap between what churches teach and what the workplace actually demands, why showing love has to come before sharing truth, and what servant leadership looks like when you're the only Christian in the room.We also get into the serendipitous career path that took Joshua from a genetics lab to Novartis to building a national coaching initiative for faith-driven executives, and what he's learned about trusting God's guidance when the plan wasn't yours to begin with.If you lead in a secular environment and you've ever felt the tension between your convictions and your context, this conversation is for you.Topics covered:- Integrating faith and work in corporate settings- Why most churches aren't equipping professionals for secular environments- Servant leadership as a mission field- The At Emmaus Initiative and what it offers Christian executives- Renewing minds through love and behavior, not debateConnect with Joshua Prabhakar:At Emmaus Initiative: https://atemmaus.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuaprabhakar/Kingdom Planning Information:Free leadership resources: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/resourcesSubscribe to Lead and Deliver Newsletter: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/newsletterWatch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KingdomPlanningFree Market Competition Analysis Snapshot: https://Market.kingdomplanning.orgFree Hidden Strain Questionaire: https://Strain.kingdomplanning.orgFree Leadership Clarity Scorecard: https://Leaderscorecard.kingdomplanning.org5 Hidden Strains ebook: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=5+hidden+strains&crid=LB4ZO3JDKTVL&sprefix=5+hidden+strain%2Caps%2C142&ref=nb_sb_noss_2#LeadershipClarity #MinistryLeadership #ChurchLeader #FaithAndWork #ChristianLeadership #KingdomPlanning #LeadAndDeliver

Ben Hinton was given a 20% chance of survival at six weeks old. At 13, he lost sight in his right eye. In 2013, a traumatic brain injury left his cognitive function at a third-grade level. Eight weeks later, he ran a half marathon.But this conversation isn't about resilience as a personality trait. It's about what happens when suffering becomes a wilderness, and wilderness becomes the place where faith actually takes root.Ben is a motivational speaker, author of Let Faith Grow, and a member of the C-Suite for Christ Speaker Bureau. In this episode, he unpacks the pressure that follows being called a miracle, why he chose storytelling over instruction, and what running taught him about surrendering to God's process rather than grinding through it.We also get into his philosophy of progress over perfection, the false wall between faith and the workplace, and why guarding your time matters more than managing it.In this episode:-Growing up as a "miracle baby" and the identity pressure that followed-Losing sight in one eye and finding refuge in basketball-Running a half marathon 8 weeks after a traumatic brain injury-What wilderness seasons reveal about your reliance on God-Faith in the marketplace and the C-Suite for Christ Speaker Bureau-Why Ben writes in stories, not steps-Let Faith Grow and what it means to surrender to the process📖 Let Faith Grow — https://www.letfaithgrow.org🎙️ Connect with Ben — https://www.linkedin.com/in/letfaithgrow/Kingdom Planning Information:Free leadership resources: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/resourcesSubscribe to Lead and Deliver Newsletter: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/newsletterWatch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KingdomPlanningFree Market Competition Analysis Snapshot: https://Market.kingdomplanning.orgFree Hidden Strain Questionaire: https://Strain.kingdomplanning.orgFree Leadership Clarity Scorecard: https://Leaderscorecard.kingdomplanning.org5 Hidden Strains ebook: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=5+hidden+strains&crid=LB4ZO3JDKTVL&sprefix=5+hidden+strain%2Caps%2C142&ref=nb_sb_noss_2#ChristianLeadership #FaithAtWork #CSuiteForChrist #LetFaithGrow #MinistryLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #KingdomPlanning

Amanda Chambers, CEO of the Institute for Organizational Leadership (IOL Global), joins the Lead and Deliver podcast to talk about rebuilding her family's legacy nonprofit, leading servant-first in secular environments, and why the biggest failure in project management isn't missed deadlines, it's silence.We also get into burnout among Christian leaders, the ethics of AI in coaching and leadership development, and what finding rest in the Lord has to do with running a business.This is a conversation for anyone carrying more than they're letting on.In this episode:- How Amanda rebuilt IOL Global after her family's nonprofit closed- Servant leadership in rooms that don't share your faith- Why hiding problems is the real project management failure- Burnout in ministry and how to recognize it before it costs you- A grounded, honest take on using AI ethically in leadership workConnect with Amanda:IOL Global: https://www.iolglobal.comKingdom Planning Information:Free leadership resources: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/resourcesSubscribe to Lead and Deliver Newsletter: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/newsletterWatch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KingdomPlanningFree Market Competition Analysis Snapshot: https://Market.kingdomplanning.orgFree Hidden Strain Questionaire: https://Strain.kingdomplanning.orgFree Leadership Clarity Scorecard: https://Leaderscorecard.kingdomplanning.org5 Hidden Strains ebook: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=5+hidden+strains&crid=LB4ZO3JDKTVL&sprefix=5+hidden+strain%2Caps%2C142&ref=nb_sb_noss_2#LeadAndDeliver #MinistryLeadership #ChurchLeader #LeadershipClarity #OrganizationalHealth #KingdomPlanning #ServantLeadership #ChristianBusiness #ProjectManagement #AIEthics

From the battlefield to the border, from combat doctrine to organizational clarity.In this episode of Lead and Deliver, I sit down with Jordan Ames, a retired Marine Raider and founder of Red Letter Pursuit, a mission working the Uganda-Kenya border to disrupt human trafficking at its root. Since January 2024, Red Letter Pursuit has rescued over 400 victims, graduated 95 individuals from vocational training programs, and supported 92 arrests, all in partnership with local law enforcement and community leaders.Jordan also leads Red Letter Leadership, a coaching practice built on 370 leadership lessons drawn from the Gospels, now taught in university leadership classrooms.We talk about:1. How Red Letter Pursuit evolved from a dissolved organization into a mission built on trust and provision2. The difference between rescue and interdiction, and why both matter in the fight against trafficking3. How poverty drives exploitation, and why vocational training is core to lasting restoration4. The RIGS doctrine (Recon, Isolate, Gain foothold, Seize) and how this military framework for attacking fortified positions applies directly to leading organizations through resistance5. What it looks like to build partnerships across governments, NGOs, and communities without losing sight of the missionThis conversation is a study in what it means to lead with clarity when the stakes are real and the path forward is not always visible.Learn more about Jordan's work:Red Letter Pursuit: https://www.RedLetterPursuit.orgRed Letter Leadership: https://www.RedLetterLeadership.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-d-ames/Kingdom Planning Information:Free leadership resources: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/resourcesSubscribe to Lead and Deliver Newsletter: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/newsletterWatch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KingdomPlanningFree Market Competition Analysis Snapshot: https://Market.kingdomplanning.orgFree Hidden Strain Questionaire: https://Strain.kingdomplanning.orgFree Leadership Clarity Scorecard: https://Leaderscorecard.kingdomplanning.org5 Hidden Strains ebook: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=5+hidden+strains&crid=LB4ZO3JDKTVL&sprefix=5+hidden+strain%2Caps%2C142&ref=nb_sb_noss_2#CounterTrafficking #EndHumanTrafficking #ServantLeadership #VeteranLeadership #FaithInAction

Every organization, church or business, carries the same hidden strains. Decision bottlenecks. Role confusion. A team that runs on the energy of one key person instead of a healthy structure. In this episode of Lead and Deliver Live, I sit down with Chris McClure, founder of McClure Coaching, to talk about what changed when he traded twenty years of pastoring for the world of business leadership coaching, and what stayed exactly the same.

Chris shares the mission trip to Guyana at sixteen that first pointed him toward leadership development, his Magnetic Leadership System built around God-centered living, relationships, mindset, stewardship, and time, and why he believes Christian business leaders have a chance to be "pastors to executives" simply by how they run their meetings and treat their people.

We talk about:

1. Why personal branding online has to match your character in person

2. Building team culture through structured, worthwhile meetings instead of another email

3. The pull toward mediocrity every leader has to name and resist

4. Integrating faith into business without preaching, using the "ministry of presence”

5. Why strong relationships and trust matter as much as your KPIs

If you lead a team, in a church or in a company, and you've felt the quiet friction of unclear roles or a culture that runs on one person's shoulders, this conversation names it plainly.

"The prudent see danger and take precautions, but the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." Proverbs 22:3, NLT

Learn more about Chris McClure and McClure Coaching, and connect with Kingdom Planning:

McClure Coaching: https://mcclurecoaching.com/

Chris’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisrmcclure/

Kingdom Planning Information:

Free leadership resources: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/resources

Subscribe to Lead and Deliver Newsletter: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/newsletter

Watch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KingdomPlanning

Free Market Competition Analysis Snapshot: https://Market.kingdomplanning.org

Free Hidden Strain Questionaire: https://Strain.kingdomplanning.org

Free Leadership Clarity Scorecard: https://Leaderscorecard.kingdomplanning.org

5 Hidden Strains ebook: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=5+hidden+strains&crid=LB4ZO3JDKTVL&sprefix=5+hidden+strain%2Caps%2C142&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

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What happens when a Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel realizes that medals, missions, and mental health treatment still aren't enough?

Rick Wolf spent decades leading Marines. He watched warriors come home broken in ways that therapy alone couldn't reach. What he found was a deeper wound, one rooted not in trauma but in identity. And he built an entire organization around addressing it.

Soul Survivor Outdoors takes active duty service members into the outdoors and creates space for the kinds of conversations that don't happen in a clinical setting. Rock climbing. Whitewater rafting. Horseback riding. Not as therapy, but as a doorway. A way to lower defenses and open people to something more lasting than coping strategies.

In this episode, Rick and I talk about how Soul Survivor Outdoor started at 29 Palms with wounded Marines and no real plan, how the organization expanded from California to Texas, Tennessee, Colorado, and eventually Poland, what it looks like to scale a ministry without losing the relational core that makes it work, and why 30 to 40 percent of service members who attend a single day program walk away having made a spiritual decision.

This conversation is for anyone leading an organization built around people. The principles Rick lives by, authenticity over polish, relationship over program, identity over achievement, are the same ones that determine whether any mission-driven work actually holds together over time.

Connect with Rick and Soul Survivor Outdoor:

Website: https://www.soulsurvivoroutdoor.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/soul-survivor-outdoor

Instagram: https://instagram.com/sso_outdoor

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soulsurvivoroutdoor

Youtube: https://youtube.com/@sso_outdoor?si=2tU15BygaNprgJo6

Kingdom Planning Information:

Free leadership resources: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/resources

Subscribe to Lead and Deliver Newsletter: https://www.kingdomplanning.org/newsletter

Watch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/KingdomPlanning

Free Market Competition Analysis Snapshot: https://Market.kingdomplanning.org

Free Hidden Strain Questionaire: https://Strain.kingdomplanning.org

Free Leadership Clarity Scorecard: https://Leaderscorecard.kingdomplanning.org

5 Hidden Strains ebook: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=5+hidden+strains&crid=LB4ZO3JDKTVL&sprefix=5+hidden+strain%2Caps%2C142&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Kingdom Planning helps faith-based leaders identify organizational strain before it becomes crisis. Proverbs 22:3

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