Patrick Lencioni joins Dr. Krish Kandiah for a conversation about his work as an author, speaker, consultant, and founder of The Table Group. Patrick shares about his quick success in life and how it quickly taught him that these things he was chasing didn’t actually matter. He realized that the worldly success he wanted was a reflection of a broken view of leadership he held; instead of being a leader to meet a need, he was driven by the desire to be seen as important. Thankfully, he recalls, God got a hold of him and showed him that pride was getting in the way of becoming the leader he was made to be.

Patrick discusses the importance of leaders serving those around them and not just waiting for retirement to become philanthropic or charitable. Patrick often has to remind executives that they will have more impact on their employees and their spouses and families than almost anyone else, so to impact in this world, they should start there. We hope Patrick’s energy leaves you excited and inspired as you lead where God has placed you.

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Dr. Krish Kandiah has the pleasure of interviewing New Testament Scholar and Bishop Tom Wright this week. They recorded this in the spring of 2020, a few months into the lockdown, shortly after Tom released his book God and the Pandemic. Tom unpacks some of the concepts from there, but then they also journey through a collection of other topics from Tom’s start in leadership, to Paul and Timothy’s styles of leading, why leaders should read intellectual works, and how we can process suffering in light of the global moment of COVID-19.

Tom dives deeper into how Paul was unique in that he was incredibly gifted in multiple ways and was an intersection of special traits that positioned him perfectly for the tasks Jesus gave him. He was a Roman citizen, fluent in Greek and Hebrew, culturally astute to both the broader society and also Judaism. Paul was also incredibly smart, driven as a leader, and capable of developing others different from him like Timothy. There’s a lot we can learn from the leadership of Paul and Tom gives brilliant insight to this. We hope you enjoy this rich and powerful discussion with Tom Wright.

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Sheila Heen, a senior lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, joins Dr. Krish Kandiah to discuss her work in negotiations and conflict management and what leaders can take from her years of experience. When she started at Harvard Law School, Roger Fisher, famous for the Harvard Negotiation Project, took her under his wing and quickly immersed her into the world of negotiations and psychology.

Her experience brought her to a vast need in politics, business, charities, and families: how to resolve conflicts. This led to her writing Difficult Conversations, which was named one of the 50 most important books of psychology. Sheila explains to Krish that her work shows that people skills, critical to negotiations, is an essential leadership skill. Whether you need insights on challenges at work or bringing unity at home, Sheila Heen is sure to equip you in this conversation.

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Dr. Krish Kandiah is joined by Kevin Olusola, a member of the chart topping acapella group Pentatonix, to hear his story of life, music, and faith intersecting. Known for his “cello boxing” (playing the cello while beatboxing), he rose to fame as Pentatonix won the TV show The Sing Off and later became known for viral YouTube covers and fresh remakes of Christmas classics.

Kevin openly shares about what it is like to be a Christian in the music industry. What encourages him is the opportunity to be a light in dark places, which both the music industry and living in LA can feel like as a Christian. This mission is what helped inspire him to start Imagine LA, a community focused on bringing justice to cycles of family poverty and homelessness.

If you want to be inspired and encouraged to embrace God’s mission with whatever opportunities He lays before you, check out this conversation with Kevin Olusola!

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Paula Faris, author, podcaster, speaker, and former host of Good Morning America and The View joins Dr. Krish Kandiah to share about her career and faith. Paula opens up with Krish about the toll her career took on her, ultimately leading to her stepping back from the roles after a tragic chain of events in 2018 where she experienced multiple health issues. In reflection, Paula explains that what she didn’t realize until that moment, was that her career had slowly become her calling. Her identity and value became wrapped up in her career success and it led her towards overworking, compromising her Christian values, and neglecting the relationships with those she most loved. Paula tells Krish how it can be so easy for what happened to her to be the same experience for many leaders and people who are passionate about their work.

We hope Paula’s story helps you consider what the differences may be between your calling and career and how having a healthy perspective on those will help you love God and love others more.

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Andrew Morley, President and CEO of World Vision International, sits down with Dr. Krish Kandiah in this episode to share about his life, leadership and faith journey. Before joining the team at World Vision, Andrew worked for brands such as Google, Motorola, Sky Television, Harrods Group, Ford and Clear Channel UK. He is also currently an ordained minister curate at HTB Church in London where he serves on Sundays.

Over his career, Andrew has worked in numerous organisations and shares with listeners how he would make decisions on whether to stay or to go. He jokes that if he ever wrote a book, it would be on this idea of L.E.G.O. — love, experience, gifts, opportunities — a helpful framework that can guide people into their next season and calling.

World Vision was attractive to Andrew because of their Christ-centeredness, empowerment of local leaders, and global scale. He desires to continue World Vision’s great work to see children, families and communities empowered to overcome poverty and injustice around the world.

This episode will certainly encourage and inspire you as you think about the ways God might be shaping you and your future for incredible impact in the marketplace, ministry or non-profit sector. Visit wvi.org/leadershift to learn more about today’s guest, other episodes and how you and your ministry can partner with World Vision.

Jo Saxton is an author, speaker, podcaster and entrepreneurial coach. In this episode, she shares with Dr. Krish Kandiah about her life and leadership journey, ultimately leading her to now passionately advocating for leaders to find their purpose. In her new book, Ready to Rise, Jo tells of all the women she has met who never had a clear path for their gifts or calling and consequently never stepped into them. She wants to help change that.

We hope you enjoy this conversation with Jo Saxton. If you would like to hear Jo share more about life and leadership, check out her Lead Stories podcast. Visit wvi.org/leadershift to learn more about today’s guest, other episodes and how you and your ministry can partner with World Vision.

David Kinnaman is the President of the Barna Group and author of bestselling books Faith For Exiles, Unchristian, and You Lost Me. In this episode, Krish Kandiah dives deeper into David’s story of buying the Barna Group in his thirties and how the succession from the founder and president, George Barna, unfolded. David shares openly about his own journey of learning to lead, wrestling with ambition, honouring leaders ahead of him, and God developing his character through it all.

One of the latest projects from the Barna Group, in partnership with World Vision, is the Connected Generation, which David highlights in this conversation.

We hope this episode inspires you as you reach the next generation. Visit wvi.org/leadershift to learn more about today’s guest, other episodes and how you and your ministry can partner with World Vision.

Justice advocate, movement builder, peacemaker and spiritual leader Danielle Strickland joins Krish Kandiah for today’s episode. Danielle is the pioneer behind organizations like Amplify Peace, Women Speakers Collective, Brave Global and Infinitum Life which mobilizes people toward transformed living. Danielle and Krish discuss how leaders sometimes shy away from admitting something might not be working, why prayer is the centre of all of her initiatives and how Jesus’ leadership style shapes her own.

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Krish Kandiah sits down with Nicky Gumbel, Vicar of HTB Church in London and Pioneer of Alpha, along with his wife Pippa. In this interview Nicky and Pippa discuss the story of Alpha, their reluctance to be in the spotlight and the role today’s leader might play in addressing humanitarian issues today. Nicky and Pippa are hopeful, optimistic and inspiring leaders to sit across from. 

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