”Bad attitudes are more contagious than the measles.”

Friends, this is one of my favorite quotes from this episode with Cheryl Bachelder, former CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. Today, we chat all things about attitude, servant leadership, and what it means to be a bold, brave leader in the marketplace.

We specifically chat through:

💥 Why our attitude and thinking will become a self-fulfilling prophecy
💥 What Servant Leadership is and why leadership isn’t about you

💥 Why bold, brave leaders don’t win popularity contests
💥 Going to work with God, the intersection of faith and work

I don’t know about you, but as a leader, I want to create an environment, a culture, where people want to be. And as a leader, I’m called to not only create that environment but also help others get there. This episode reminded me of our high calling as leaders, and let me just remind you, you are a leader. We are all leaders and God has placed us where we are today, to faithfully lead. I pray that this episode reminds you of the bold, brave leader that He has created you to be. 

Books by Cheryl Bachelder: 

• Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others

Connect with  Cheryl at:

• Website: https://www.cherylbachelder.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylb/ (Please note that you heard her interview on She Impacts Culture to connect!)

Friends, get your pen and paper out, I promise, you will want to take notes as you listen in to today’s guest, Cheryl Bachelder, former CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. 

In today’s episode, Cheryl and I chat through many of the topics that professional women like you and me, are thinking about and questioning on a daily basis. Things like:

💥 Second-guessing our stages of life
💥 Our failures and how God redeems those experiences
💥 Knowing who to take feedback from 
💥 Being the unexpected leader that “they” didn’t see coming
💥 Choosing to see the “land of opportunity”

Friends, if you’ve ever experienced failure or have been embarrassed by certain failures in your life, listen in. Not only does Cheryl share about a difficult moment in her professional life, but I do too, something I don’t think I’ve ever shared before. This episode will help you see how God wants to redeem those experiences as He prepares you for the next right thing He has for you. 

Books by Cheryl Bachelder: 

• Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others

Connect with  Cheryl at:

• Website: https://www.cherylbachelder.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylb/ (Please note that you heard her interview on She Impacts Culture to connect!)

Are we allowing our differences of opinion to divide us, specifically on social media? 

Friends, in today's episode, we are tackling this question! And if you know me, you know this is a topic that is close to my heart. As a communicator, I want to help you communicate in such a way that will open doors to more conversations, rather than close them. 

It's today's communication tip, I chat through some of the online communication questions you may have. Questions like:

• Should I share my beliefs and viewpoints on social media?
• Are there certain topics that shouldn't be discussed on social media?
• Am I compromising what I believe if I don't share about it on social media?
• How can I walk away from the computer, knowing that what I posted was done in a God-honoring way?

If you have found yourself asking these questions, then I'd like to invite you to listen to today's communication tip! My hope is that my personal examples will encourage you to seek God when it comes to your social media profiles and message.

Friends, here is what I want you to know today: your everyday moments of life matter! Your voice matters! And you’ve been called to Missional Ministry!

I’m excited to share Part Two of my conversation with Dr. Colleen Derr, President of Wesley Seminary! 

Today, you are in for something new! Here are a few of the topics we chat through:

💥 Missional Ministry: What is it and what does it look like?

💥 Faith formation and how it happens in the everyday moments of life

💥 Using our voice when it matters. Why? Because we only have so many opportunities and we have to make it count!

Friends, as you listen in, I want you to think about the voice that God has given you. How does He want you to use it? Also, where are the places you can show up? And lastly, what open doors is God asking you to step into, right now?

Be encouraged as you live into the missional assignment that God has for you!

If you missed Part One of my conversation with Dr. Colleen Derr, President of Wesley Seminary, then be sure to listen to that episode too! We chat about the obstacles and challenges women face as leaders, Navigating fear when stepping into something new, and how our obedience to follow through on what God has called us to, can be a spiritual act of worship.

Want to learn more about Dr. Jen and She Impacts Culture? Visit her HERE!

Connect with Dr. Derr 

• Wesley Seminary Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WesleySem/
• Personal Facebook (if you like grandkids and food): https://www.facebook.com/colleen.derr

What if God calls you to a position you never imagined having? 

What if that assignment means moving beyond what you thought your life would look like and instead, moving forward in obedience to God and where He is calling you? 

Friends, I’m excited to introduce you to Dr. Colleen Derr, President of Wesley Seminary, one of the VERY few female presidents of a seminary!

In today’s episode, Colleen and I chat through:

💥 The obstacles and challenges women face as leaders

💥 Navigating fear when stepping into something new

💥 How our obedience to follow through on what God has called us to, can be a spiritual act of worship.

Friends, never doubt that God can and will call you to positions of leadership, high positions of leadership too. This is what I love about God, he chooses to use very ordinary people like you and me, to lead in big ways to impact and influence culture! May Dr. Derr’s story inspire you to move forward in obedience, when God calls you! 

Connect with Dr. Derr 

• Wesley Seminary Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WesleySem/
• Personal Facebook (if you like grandkids and food): https://www.facebook.com/colleen.derr

"Go where you're sent. Stay where you're put. Unpack,as if you're never going to leave. And give what you've got." -Jill Briscoe

Do you find it hard to go where you're sent and stay where you're put? If so, you are not alone. I want to encourage you to GO and UNPACK as if you're never going to leave, even if it doesn’t line up with your ideas, or your plans. 

In today's episode, I'm going to share a bit of my story and we are going to specifically look at Genesis 13 the story of Lot and Abram as they go their separate ways. What catches my attention in this story is that Abram gives Lot the opportunity to choose the land he will settle in and Lot chooses the land that was pleasing to the eye. 

🌿 The land that looked good. 
🌿 The land that looked the most fertile.
🌿 The land that was most beautiful.   

You see, Lot made choices based on what his eyes could see. And if you know the story, you know that the land Lot chose was the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, an evil, wicked place. Today, I want to encourage you to make choices not so much on what your eyes can see, but on the leading of God. Why? Because all that "glitters and shines" isn't always best for you. Many times it's in the unseen that God moves in unexpected ways. 

Friends, this is a first in the history of the She Impacts Culture podcast! And quite honestly, it might be an only! I have my first (and probably only) male guest on the podcast! If you haven’t listened to part one with Jordan Raynor yet, be sure to do so! You will LOVE it! 
 
And guess what? Part two is just as impactful! In today’s episode, Jordan and I chat through:
 
🔥 How Jesus spent 80% of His life in a vocation. That should stop us in our tracks.
🔥 The work we are doing today is not secondary or secular. It is good!
🔥 Knowing what your one thing is. Stop trying to do it all so you can thrive in your unique God-given work.
🔥 Finding the thing you can do most exceptionally well in service to God’s glory and the good of others.
🔥 How we get to love what we do by getting crazy good at it.
 
Friends, this is another power-packed episode with Jordan! Get ready because once again, you’ll be encouraged and empowered to pursue the work that God has called you to, with excellence! What you do matters! 

Books by Jordan: 

• The Creator in You
• Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive
• Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created To Do
• Called to Create: A Biblical Invitation to Create, Innovate, and Risk

Connect with Jordan at: 

• Website: https://jordanraynor.com/

Podcast: 

• The Call to Mastery
• The Word Before Work
• Redeem the Day

Friends, this is a first in the history of the #SheImpactsCulture podcast! And quite honestly, it might be an only!

Today, I’m excited to welcome my first (and again, most likely, only) male guest on the #SheImpactsCulture podcast!!

It’s Jordan Raynor!!! If you know him, you love him! If you don’t know him, get to know him! He has written some of the most impactful books on the topic of faith and work, that I have EVER read! Seriously, go to Amazon and buy his books! Your outlook on work will never be the same!

Today in Part One of our discussion, Jordan and I chat through:

📌 The difference between Gospel-Driven Ambition and ambition in general

 📌Why our work outside of the church is just as eternally significant as the work that is happening in the church

📌 And lastly, Jordan’s new book, The Creator in You which you will want to get right now! 

Friends, if you’ve been struggling with knowing and understanding the work that God has called you to, listen in. I can promise you that your outlook and perspective will change! You’ll leave our conversation knowing that what you do matters and that what you do is eternally significant. 

Books by Jordan: 

• The Creator in You
• Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive
• Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created To Do
• Called to Create: A Biblical Invitation to Create, Innovate, and Risk

Connect with Jordan at: 

• Website: https://jordanraynor.com/

Podcast: 

• The Call to Mastery
• The Word Before Work
• Redeem the Day

Can you guess what it is? Do you know what one of my BIG no-nos for social media is? I suspect you've either done this or had this done to you. And I can tell you if you find yourself doing this, let me encourage you to no longer do it after listening to this month's communication tip. Why? Because I want to help you #BeWorthFollowing online. I want multiple doors of opportunity to open up for you. I want you to stand out on social media for good reasons! 

 If you want to #BeWorthFollowing online, this tip is for you! 

 As a professor of communication, I'm driven to equip you to communicate with excellence. Excellence that will help you make a lasting impact. Excellence that will open multiple doors of opportunity for you to walk through. Excellence that will impact an entire culture.

Let's get going with this month's strategic communication tip if you're ready! And if you missed last month's communication tip (which was all about Cosmopolitan Communication), you can find it HERE.

I’m excited because today you get to listen in to Part #2 of my conversation with Melissa Nixon. She is the #1 example of a faith-based trailblazing woman who is living a courageous life and I’m so excited that YOU have the opportunity to learn from her so that you too can live a courageous life!  If you haven’t listened in to part one yet, be sure to do so to hear her story of life transformation on the inside AND the outside! 

You don’t want to miss this! As one of my listeners shared with me, “Her words are so powerful!!” I promise you, what Melissa shares will move you! 

Today, we chat about:

• Breaking promises to yourself
• Doing what you’re supposed to do regardless of the outcome 
• Setting micro-goals
• How to not give up on yourself

Friends, you can do hard things! Just imagine what the other side of consistency in your life can and will look like! 

Connect with Melissa at:

• Website: https://courageouslifeacademy.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissajnixon/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissa.nixon.94
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissajnixon/