What's your first impression? Leaders proactively seek the truth in the answer to that question.  Greg Atkinson, Founder of Worsip Impressions, Executive Director of ExPastors.com, author, speaker, and coach, shares leadership tips from his experience as a consulting church mystery guest. Greg visits and arranges mystery visits for churches, businesses, and non-profits seeking truth about their first impressions.  Your Leaderbyte Host, Chester Goad dives into deep conversation that's sure to provide some tips and resources to improve your leadership. 

Greg Atkinson: Greg Atkinson is the Founder of Worship Impressions and Executive Director of ExPastors.com. Greg is an author, leadership coach, and consultant. Greg has worked with churches of all stages and sizes, including some of the largest and fastest-growing churches in the country, as well as with businesses, non-profits, and organizations such as Josh McDowell Ministries.

Worship Impressions

Expastors

Expastors Survey (for ALL pastors: current and former)

Erskin Anavitarte, is a Texas Born, Nashville based singer songwriter. He spends a lot of time on the road, nationally and globally, out sharing a message of hope out in communities, coffee shops, and concert venues.  He and Leaderbyte Host, Chester Goad, discuss family, creativity, music, and more. Don't miss his thoughts on leadership, or his take on the journey of a creative and his recent tour to India. Chester and Erskin share their favorite Christmas gift growing up, and they also talk advocacy. Check it out! Helpful links below: 

http://www.erskinmusic.com/#

https://www.holtinternational.org/

In this solo episode, your Leaderbyte host shares 5 Gifts Every Leader Should Give the Team and a special Christmas message!  If you're struggling with what to give your team, or even friends and family this season, you won't want to miss this episode of the leaderbyte!  This is our 11th episode, we're still amateurs, but we're thankful to be building an audience, and that you're a part of it! Merry Christmas! 

Taylor Tagg offers some practical "how-to" advice on forgiving others. It's a challenge to lead when you haven't let go of something. Taylor helps leaders, business executives and everyday individuals from all walks of life, take those first steps toward actually forgiving someone. We often discuss the "why" of forgiveness but we almost never consider that there may be practical steps to take to actually do it! It's an interesting conversation and you'll find some nuggets of wisdom to apply to your own life here. This episode offers a different perspective, and is definitely another leadership conversation worth having.

Your Leaderbyte Host, Chester Goad talks with The Skit Guys about laughter, leadership, and their partnership with the Stupid Poverty Project and how you can help. You'll learn more about their backgrounds, whether or not they get self-conscious and what you need to do when you're feeling self-conscious and why it's important to be encouraging. 

www.skitguys.com

www.stupidpoverty.org 

One Direction's Drummer Josh Devine, and former Kutless Drummer Jeff Gilbert now of FH, and ES Collective join the show to discuss their unique partnership and efforts to provide relief to Rwanda, and there's a really cool way you can involved. 

Fans can win One Direction’s world-famous drum kit now through December 31 by visiting http://www.thehardestplaces.com/sweepstakes and making a donation that will help make a difference. The more you donate, the more you'll be entered to win. 

To learn more about Food for the Hungry or FH check out the website.

Follow Josh Devine on Twitter @joshdevinedrums 

Follow Jeff Gilbert on Twitter @jeff_gilbert 

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In Part Two of Leading through Ugliness, we discuss Hurricane Matthew and disaster relief with veteran disaster volunteer and site director, Bill Fogarty.  Bill began his Disaster Relief journey with Hurricane Katrina, and has since become a leader in several disaster relief volunteer efforts.  Currently Bill Fogarty provides leadership to 14 Hurricane Matthew sites in North Carolina. In this Bonus episode, our Host Chester Goad, continues to dig deep into leading through ugly situations. What sort of person volunteers for disaster relief? What are the most important things leaders must remember during crisis situations?  North Carolina and communities all along the coast are still hurting. Is volunteering for you? How can you help? 

• W.Va. Flood (June) - 127,583 meals prepared, 535 clean up jobs; 5,228 Showers provided; 1,550 loads of laundry

• 1,442,628 meals prepared

Part One of Leading through Ugliness. Leaderbyte Host Chester Goad talks leadership strategy with experts leading massive volunteer relief efforts in the midst of disasters like Hurricane Matthew and ongoing efforts to end Human Trafficking. Guests are: David Melber, Vice President of Faith-Based relief organization SEND Relief and Mickey Caison, Executive Director of the Faith-Based SBDR, who is also a national emergency and disaster relief veteran. These organizations operate the largest disaster relief efforts in the United States. In the next episode, Part Two we'll dig deeper and discuss Hurricane Matthew with a SEND Relief/ SBDR volunteer for a "boots on the ground perspective" and current efforts in North Carolina. 

Leaderbyte Host Chester Goad, talks zombies, film, family and leadership with Actor Jason Vail. Jason has been in over 60 movies. He's appeared on The Originals, Sleepy Hollow, Drop Dead Diva, and has had recurring roles on a variety of soaps, and played John Wilkes Booth in Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies! Most recently he can be seen in "Boo! A Madea Halloween", and a horror flick called, "Family Possessions". This spring you can catch Jason on Tyler Perry's "The Haves and The Have Nots", the History Channel's new Navy Seals Drama "Six", and more.

Check out this introductory episode of The Leaderbyte Podcast to learn more about your host Chester Goad, the format of the show, and more!