The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

Maple Leaf Foods CEO, Michael McCain, joins the podcast to talk about the problem with short-term thinking in leadership, how to recruit top talent, and creating a fantastic culture in a $4 billion dollar company. Get more on this episode by going to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode516.

Flatirons Church Lead Pastor, Jim Burgen, and Executive Pastor, Jesse DeYoung, talk candidly and openly about how a toxic leadership culture developed at Flatirons, how Jim ended up fusing church size and growth with his personal identity, how the weight of leading a large church became crushing, the impact of a forced sabbatical, and how Jim came back to a different, healthier and more humble kind of leadership. Get more on this episode by going to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode515.

Comedian and motivational speaker, Tripp Crosby, joins the podcast and talks about how to become more creative, the genesis of brilliant ideas, building up your confidence, what to do when you bomb on stage, and the letter he wrote to his mom. Get more on this episode by going to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode514.

Bestselling author, Thom Rainer, returns to the podcast to discuss the three biggest shifts he's seeing in the church right now: the death of denominations, the stunning decline in peoples' commitment to evangelism and the promising hope for small churches through digital evangelism. Get more on this episode by going to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode513.

Author and pastor, Brian Zahnd, gives an in-depth explanation of the deconstruction that's happening in Christianity today, a brief history of existentialism, Friedrich Nietzsche and the alternative to Christianity, and the oddity of post-Christian America. Get more on this episode by going to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode512.

Author and New Life Church Pastor, Rich Villodas, returns to the podcast to talk about the three waves of people leaving the church, why pastors keep failing, what Gen Z and Boomers want from a church and why they don't match, the next generation of pastors, and how stress impacts the body, heart and spirit. Get more on this episode by going to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode511.

#1 NYT bestselling author, podcaster and finance expert, Ramit Sethi, explains why so many couples fight about money (and how to end the argument), the power invisible scripts have over our thinking and lives, and why his counter-intuitive approach to marketing works. Get more on this episode by going to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode510.

New York Times bestselling author and Revisionist History host, Malcolm Gladwell, talks about his personal faith journey, his career theory, Jerry Falwell and Chuck Colson and the intersection of church and politics, and how he fuels his curiosity. Get more on this episode by going to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode509.

Story Church founder, Sam Collier, opens up about planting a church during a pandemic, why he started with Hillsong and decided to leave, replanting his church, leading while bleeding and why big church is the new small church. For more on this episode, go to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode508.

Duke University Professor, Chris Bail, discusses what his research revealed about the truth about algorithms, how 6% of social media users generate 73% of extreme content, the miserable social life of internet trolls, why echo chambers aren't the problem, and the (hopeful?) future of social media. For more on this episode, go to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode507.