The Shepherd Leadership Podcast

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Listen in to Part 2 of my conversation with retired Chick-fil-A President, Tim Tassopolous, who enjoyed a 46 year career with the brand spanning 6 different decades, & led Chick-fil-A through some it's most robust growth seasons.  

Tim's wisdom and calm leadership style help us realize that anyone can be a leader others would follow for life by making the leadership decisions of character and care that define a Shepherd Leader.  

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What if you had the opportunity to take some one on one basketball lessons from Michael Jordan, or some vocal performance lessons from Adele, or quarterback camp with Tom Brady, or acting lessons from Meryl Streep?  Incredible right?! 

That's what it felt like to sit with my friend Tim Tassopoulos, retired President & Chief Operating Officer at Chick-fil-A, Inc.  

In a 46 year career that spanned 6 different decades and countless innovations, challenges, awards, and changes in the industry and company, Tim left a legacy of faithful stewardship of the leadership responsibilities he was offered that is characterized as humble, strong, confident, resolute, and loving.  

In this 2 part series, Tim shares leadership lessons he's learned from his career and his relationship with Founder, Truett Cathy, his predecessor, Jimmy Collins, & his former Operator and first boss, Gary Bettis - while working with and collaborating with some incredible leaders along the way.  

Get out a notebook because we are about to get a Masterclass in leadership from the best leader I have ever personally known.  

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Former CEO of Saab, Sea World, & Herschend Family Entertainment, Joel Manby says that leading with love is the greatest strategic advantage any organization can have.  

In his book, Love Works - 7 Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders, Joel talks about his history of leadership and how he found the greatest strategy for effective leadership through a very familiar biblical passage & the everyday life of the Herschend Family Entertainment owners Jack & Peter Herschend.  

In this fun conversation Joel talks about what he learned from his leadership experiences and encourages and challenges us to lead with love to shepherd those entrusted to us thrive and be a leader they can follow for LIFE! 

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If you win at work but lose at home, you still lose. 

Join leadership author and coach Randy Gravitt and I as we discuss what it looks like to build a foundation of winning at home first and to encourage those entrusted to you to win at home first.  

Randy and his team at Lead Every Day have a dream and a vision of a "world well led".  He says that begins with fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, making the commitment to win at home first and create healthy, thriving homes where "those that know us best love us most." 

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Have you considered that the primary thing hindering your family, your team, your church, or your organization from thriving is your own mental, emotional, & spiritual health?

I have a conversation with Dr. John Delony about how a leader's pursuit of mental & emotional wellness can not only have a huge impact in their life, but an exponential impact in the lives of those entrusted to them. 

Dr. John Delony's 3 books have made a radical impact on the leadership world in the last few years. 
Redefining Anxiety
Own Your Past Change Your Future
Building an Anxious-Free Life
John's work has helped put leaders on a path to wellness and helped them create a path for wellness for those they shepherd.  John has a YouTube channel, podcast & radio show, The Dr. John Delony Show, where he answers live questions from callers and gives life changing advice for how they can pursue "well" in their life and relationships. 

Join in our chat to learn how you can have control over the cycle of mental & emotional turmoil you wrestle through and be sure that you don't throw it on your kids, your spouse, your co-workers, or your direct reports.  

This conversation was AWESOME! 

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Some things sound really good in theory, but how do you actually make them work. 

Listen to my conversation with 4 of my leaders from Chick-fil-A and hear how they engage with our team members as shepherd leaders, and strive to become leaders they can follow for LIFE! 

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Ken Coleman is a national bestselling author of the books The Proximity Principle & From Paycheck to Purpose.  Ken is a dynamic personality for Ramsey Solutions where he is the host of his own nationally syndicated radio show and routinely hosts The Ramsey Show, one of the most listened to radio programs in the nation.  Ken is a routine guest on shows like Fox News, Fox Business, FORBES, & yahoo! Finance. 

Ken is passionate about people doing the work they were uniquely designed to do and for organizations to create environments where people can thrive and become their very best selves. 

This episode is absolute GOLD for leaders who want to create a culture where their people can become their best and put them on a trajectory of living their most impactful life. 

Check out more of Ken's bio & work at www.kencoleman.com. 

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Learn from Britt McDade, Owner/Operator of Chick-fil-A Vidalia, about how challenging those entrusted to you to be their best & to bring their best can help guide them to thrive and be all that God created them to be.  

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Statistically, being selected as a Chick-fil-A Owner/Operator is more difficult than being selected into Harvard or the CIA.  

In this episode we get to learn from Alex Vann, a veteran multi-unit Chick-fil-A Owner/Operator in Columbus, Georgia who has had shepherded & mentored 13 Chick-fil-A Owner/Operators to be selected from his team in 21 years.  

Alex is a shepherd leader at home as a committed husband and father.  He is a leader of leaders in our fraternity of over 2000 Operators across the country. 

Enjoy learning from one of the best as we learn Alex's approach to a decorated career and legacy as a shepherd of shepherds.  

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