True North Leader with Bobby Albert

Episode Description: Who is your managing director? This question was once asked to this week’s guest Peter Demos. Peter is a successful restauranteur, author, and the president and CEO of Demos’ Brands and Demos Family Kitchen. From his early days as a dishwasher in his father’s restaurant to going through law school, to returning to the hospitality industry, Peter shares the wisdom he gained through his experience.   Peter’s father laid a foundation of honesty, integrity, and a solid work ethic, which Peter has instilled in his children who have also grown up around the hospitality industry. It wasn’t until 2013 that Peter came to a saving faith in Christ. After his conversion, Peter began to realize that all aspects of his life and business come under the Lordship of Christ. This has been a significant catalyst in shaping the purpose of Peter’s work, to glorify God by serving others. Peter has learned how to live in the reality that ultimately, God is the managing director of our lives.   To this end, Peter and Bobby will discuss:

• Working from the ground up in a family business.
• The importance of values such as teamwork, honesty, integrity, excellence, and a strong work ethic.
• Cultivating a workplace where employees have the opportunity to grow internally and externally.
• Navigating the process of having to terminate an employee.
• Integrating our faith and life under the lordship of Christ.
• Navigating faith in the workplace from a legal perspective.

____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Peter Demos is the president and CEO of Demos’ Brands and Demos Family Kitchen and a successful restaurateur, having founded six different Demos restaurant locations and 14 entities, including two PDK Southern Kitchen and Pantry restaurants across middle Tennessee. Demos returned to the hospitality industry after earning his law degree and is a highly requested speaker on the topics of leading with courage and purpose. Demos is a business thinker who applies his knowledge to the most important pursuit of life: God. Demos brings his biblical perspective and insight gained from his own struggles to guide others to truth and authenticity in a broken world. Demos is the author of “On the Duty of Christian Civil Disobedience” and “Afraid to Trust. To learn more, visit peterdemos.org.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

  Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com

Episode Description: Sometimes, our long-term plans change, and we must adapt to lead by capturing the opportunities that come our way. This week, Bobby welcomes, Dr. Roger Parrott, the president of Belhaven University and author of Opportunity Leadership: Stop Planning and Start Getting Results. Roger shares his insights from 34 years of his role as a president in higher education to help us as leaders capture opportunities and trust in God’s plan. As Christians, we are called to steward the opportunities, resources, and people that come our way. This is something that takes patience, and we may have to learn the skill of anticipatory waiting in the moment as we trust God for the future. This is a paradigm-shifting conversation that will challenge and encourage you in what may be a new way of leadership for many of us.   On this episode, Roger and Bobby will discuss:

• How “Opportunity Leadership” is Biblical and powerful.
• How Belhaven University shifted from long-range planning to focus on opportunities.
• Trusting in God’s plan and timing to bring us to the destinations he has prepared for us.
• Shifting from long-range planning does not abdicate operational planning.
• Learning how to adapt to capture opportunity.
• Learning how to be patient in the process.
• The importance of empowering your people.
• Belhaven University’s commitment to walking in truth and grace.

  ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Dr. Roger Parrott is one of America’s most experienced university presidents, leading Belhaven University, a doctoral level institution, highly regarded as one of only 36 schools in the world working at the highest level of collegiate Arts programs. Belhaven was named in 2021 to “Best University to Work For” by the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Roger   was recognized as one of the “The 10 Most Visionary Education Leaders of 2021” by Education Magazine. For a quarter-century he served in board leadership roles with Lausanne Movement and The Mission America Coalition and was chairman of the 2004 Forum for World Evangelization. He is the author of Opportunity Leadership: Stop Planning and Start Getting Results, and The Longview: Lasting Strategies for Rising Leaders.   Roger has been a sought after consultant to over 100 different ministries, and has experience serving on boards of international, national and local ministries and non-profits, as well as higher education leadership organizations.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

  Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com

Episode Description: Is it possible that our understanding of what success looks like, needs to be redefined? Our guest this week is Tim Winders who is a strategic coach, author, and the host of SeekGoCreate. By the world’s standards, Tim was very successful in his business and real estate ventures. However, the recession of 2008 led to the stripping away of the signs of his success, where he and his wife found themselves living out of a van. Although he felt downtrodden and as though his identity had been stripped to the bone, Tim learned through this difficult process what it means to trust in God in all areas of life.   Now, success has been redefined for Tim’s life and calling. He is confident in his calling to teach, train, and coach others to help them understand who they are created to be and to get to where they want to be. Through Tim’s conversation with Bobby, he challenges us to embrace the redefining of success. True success is not marked by our achievements, possessions, and resources, but rather, a heart that seeks after God and his kingdom.   In this conversation, you will hear:

• Place our trust in God and his kingdom instead of the systems and successes of this world.
• The leader as a shepherd, steward, and caretaker.
• Stewarding our people and resources well.
• Leading with love and compassion.
• Investing in and supporting your team.
• Avoiding the pitfalls of pride.
• Integrating all aspects of our life, business, relationships, and faith.
• How to avoid the idols that ensnare us.

  ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Tim Winders is a Strategic Coach, Author, and host of SeekGoCreate, a podcast and YouTube interview show. He has worked in the areas of Leadership, Business, and Ministry for almost 40 years. Tim was the guy that looked like he had it all: the big house in a Country Club resort, two businesses valued at over a million dollars each, plus over $15 million in real estate. But, in 2008, the real estate markets crashed. After a slow and painful erosion of his companies, he and his wife were bankrupt and homeless living out of their Honda van.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

  Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com

Episode Description: Her father’s legacy of kindness has profoundly impacted the life and work of Pamela Ballard. Pamela is the Chief Executive Officer of the Community Service Council (CSC) in Tulsa, OK. After 80 years, Pamela is the first female to hold the position of CEO with the CSC. The driving motivator of the CSC is “Improving Oklahomans’ Lives through Research, Planning, and Action.” Pamela brings 31 years of management experience from the non-profit and banking sectors to her role and the mission of the CSC. The CSC serves the marginalized through numerous programs and resources focusing on particular demographics and the needs within those communities. The CSC offers veterans’ services, a fatherhood initiative, services to mothers and children, a childcare resource center, and the 211 non-emergency 24/7 call line for those who need help with rent, utilities, food, diapers, etc.   Arguably, the most important thing that Pamela brings to the CSC is her faith and the spiritual legacy of her father. For Pamela, a life lived in the service of others has been a lifelong journey shaped by the impact of her father who is a minister. He demonstrates what a life devoted to and marked by Christ and his love for us and others ought to look like. Life is simultaneously adventurous and challenging, particularly in the non-profit sector. In the midst of all the needs that the CSC exists to meet, the importance of kindness and the impact that can have cannot be overstated. As Christians, we need to keep in the forefront of our lives and callings the centrality of loving God, loving ourselves, and loving others. As Pamela says, “you can’t love from an empty vessel.” When we get these things right, we can leave behind a legacy of kindness to our families, friends, work and faith communities.   In this conversation, you will hear:

• The impact and importance of a Christ-centered legacy of kindness.
• Our speech and actions can have either positive or negative effects at home and in the workplace.
• The importance of developing leaders.
• Making hard calls to consistently walk in integrity and be in line with our mission.
• The transformative power of giving as we invest in God’s work in the world.
• How pie-baking contests and other creative events can be the means for raising awareness and fundraising.
• The greatest opportunity that non-profits, and particularly faith-based entities have is to show love in kindness.

  STOP losing your best people today, with this FREE GUIDE (a $250 value)! >>https://values-driven-leadership-llc.ck.page/8cbcb90c87   Find more great tools and resources with the Lead2Grow Academy Subscription. Learn more here ➝ www.lead2growacademy.com     ___________________________________________________________ About the guest: Pam is a Certified Nonprofit Executive, a Certified Nonprofit Consultant, and holds a certification in Human Resource Management. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Oklahoma, with a Bachelor's Degree in Administrative Leadership and a Master's Degree in Human Relations with an emphasis in Community Service and a concentration in Organizational Studies.   She was recently named the Compassionate Tulsan for November, and in 2021, was named one of Tulsa Community College's 50 Notable Alums. She was the Outstanding Senior when she graduated from OU's College of Liberal Studies. Pam serves on the Mayor's Ethics Commission and is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma. Since May of 2021, she has completed two trips to eastern Poland, volunteering with Ukrainian Moms and teaching English to Polish and Ukrainian children.   She most enjoys spending time with her family (two sets of boy-girl twins in the mix!), is a blue-ribbon, award-winning pie-baker, and occasionally skydives for fun!   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

  Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com

Episode Description: Sometimes, we all need that push to “get off of the bench and into the game.” This week’s guest, Barry Meguiar reminds and challenges us of the importance of sharing our faith with the people that we encounter. Barry is the president of Meguiar’s Inc., an industry leader in automotive detailing products. Additionally, he is the founder and president of Ignite America which exists to move people closer to Jesus through the sharing of our faith. This sharing of our faith comes from our love for God, and should be motivated by freedom and joy rather than obligation. Leading people to Jesus through the sharing our faith and our conduct is a key component of Christianity. Barry invites us to choose faith over fear and get off of the bench and into the game, by extending the authentic love that we have experienced.   In this episode, Barry and Bobby will talk about:  

• Living your life for God’s purpose.
• All Christians are called to full-time ministry in their individual contexts.
• What it looks like to be ignited for God.
• Boldly following the leading of the Holy Spirit.
• The joy we experience through the sharing of our faith.
• Choosing faith, not fear to be a key motivator.
• Igniting revival, one person at a time.
• How the joy of the Lord sustains us through challenging seasons in life, ministry, and business.

  ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Barry Meguiar is the third-generation president of Meguiar’s Inc., which produces one of the top-selling car waxes in America. He’s also the founder and president of Ignite America, a ministry focused on igniting Christians to ignite America with revival - one person at a time. His television show “Car Crazy” aired worldwide for many years on the Discovery Networks and his “Ignite Your Life” television show airs on Christian television networks in the United States and online. “Ignite With Barry Meguiar” radio features are heard daily on over eight hundred Christian radio stations, and Meguiar hosts a podcast by the same name. He has served on the Assemblies of God World Missions Board and has been honored with the National Religious Broadcasters’ Billy Graham Award for Excellence in Christian Communications and Moody Theological Seminary’s 1886 Legacy Award.       About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

  Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com

Episode Description: How can we communicate the gospel effectively and faithfully in a digital age? This week’s guest is Peter Kerridge, the Chief Executive of Premier, which is the largest Christian broadcaster in the United Kingdom. Peter joins Bobby to share the story of Premier and its impact in the UK, and beyond. At its heart, Premier exists to “enable faith in everyday life and to bring Christ into every community.” Premier began as a radio station after receiving its broadcast license from the government and since 1995 has grown into a multi-media organization. Premier consistently and faithfully proclaims the gospel, through its radio programming, podcasts, news broadcast, and other resources. 2 million people per week listen to the radio broadcast, which is more than attend church in the UK. Peter sees this digital age as presenting a tremendous opportunity to communicate the gospel to impact the world for Christ.   In this episode, Peter and Bobby discuss:

• The challenges and opportunities in an age of complexity.
• How technology has been and can be a friend of the church, for the communication of the gospel.
• Helping people on their spiritual journey.
• The importance of finding a middle ground as Christians.
• How to engage with the doubting and the wounded.
• Helping people grappling with life and faith through the ministry of apologetics.
• How to be the people of God in the 21st century.
• Re-imagining the church of the 21st century.
• The opportunity that technology presents for global involvement and influence of the church.

  STOP losing your best people today, with this FREE GUIDE (a $250 value)! >>https://values-driven-leadership-llc.ck.page/8cbcb90c87   Find more great tools and resources with the Lead2Grow Academy Subscription. Learn more here ➝ www.lead2growacademy.com       ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Peter has been the Chief Executive of Premier since October 1996 and has been responsible for leading and transforming a struggling radio station into a thriving organization that is helping the UK church to communicate the gospel effectively in a digital age. He studied Theology at Oxford University and served as Assoc. Minister at Avenue Baptist Church in Southend-on-Sea before freelancing with the local radio station. He eventually became the station's Religious and Community Affairs Manager, helping to launch local Christian radio in Essex before joining Premier as a Managing Director.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

  Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com

Episode Description: Episode Description:  How do you foster a Biblical Worldview? From its humble beginnings in a basement to its widespread domestic and international presence and influence, Classical Conversations (CC) has embodied this call to know God and make him known within the homeschooling community through its Biblical worldview curriculum. Our guest this week is the CEO of CC, Robert Bortins. Robert, who was one of the initial 11 students in his parent’s basement that embarked on this journey, joins Bobby to discuss the heart, mission, and growth of the homeschooling movement that is CC. Robert believes that “all subjects reveal God’s glory,” and through the resources and curriculum that CC offers, parents are equipped to help their children grow in God’s truth and to grow a community of like-minded Christ followers.   In this week’s episode, Robert and Bobby will discuss the following:  

• What it looks like to know God and make him known through homeschooling.
• Living out our faith in contemporary society.
• The intersection of our faith and the subjects that the students will learn.
• The importance of who we interact with and how we interact with them on a daily basis.
• Establishing and following through with good habits will help us meet our goals.
• Fostering an organizational culture that embodies the mission and lives out its values.
• Embracing and living out a servant lifestyle.

  STOP losing your best people today, with this FREE GUIDE (a $250 value)! >>https://values-driven-leadership-llc.ck.page/8cbcb90c87   Find more great tools and resources with the Lead2Grow Academy Subscription. Learn more here ➝ www.lead2growacademy.com       ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Robert Bortins is the CEO of Classical Conversations®. The company has grown from supporting homeschoolers in about 40 states to supporting homeschoolers in over 50 countries and has become the world’s largest classical homeschooling organization under his guidance.   Robert is on the academic board of the Classical Learning test and on Gutenberg College’s board of advisors. He is also a member of C12 Group, the largest professional development network of Christian CEOs and executives.   Under Robert’s leadership, Classical Conversations has been named a Certified Best Christian Workplace by BCWI for five years and he has recently launched his own Podcast, Refining Rhetoric.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

  Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com

Episode Description:   Jeremy McMath is someone who has demonstrated how to orient not one but two companies, through which lives are impacted and the kingdom of God continues to grow. In 2013 Jeremy started Civil Southeast, LLC, which provides civil engineering services, and in 2017 Abram Homes, LLC, which provides home design and build services.   Jeremy saw the founding of both companies as a means to love God and love others well. From his early days working in his dad’s NAPA auto parts shop and cutting grass to his current life calling, he has always valued and practiced knowing, loving, and serving people well. He has lived this out in the context of his home, his church, and his companies. This orientation towards kingdom growth and impact is found in our relationship with God, through which we learn how to love and serve those around us, and in doing so, learn to love ourselves also. On this journey of faith, Jeremy has embraced what it means to continually trust in God’s timing and provision and steward the resources and people that God has entrusted him with. Through Jeremy’s lived experience he encourages and challenges us to “recognize the opportunity that exists in each one of us.”   In this episode, Jeremy and Bobby will discuss:

• Orienting your family, company, and teams towards kingdom service which positively impacts those around you.
• How to build, cultivate, and maintain trust with your teams, customers, and contractors.
• Living out your calling, values, and mission statements.
• How our relationship with God is foundational to our relationship with others.
• Shepherding your family and your teams.

  STOP losing your best people today, with this FREE GUIDE (a $250 value)! >>https://values-driven-leadership-llc.ck.page/8cbcb90c87   Find more great tools and resources with the Lead2Grow Academy Subscription. Learn more here ➝ www.lead2growacademy.com     ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Jeremy just celebrated being married to his best friend Jennifer for twenty years and they reside in Andalusia Alabama with their three kids (Ian, Lauren, & Presley) where they serve at FBC. At his core, Jeremy is called to serve others and gets to live out his calling at Civil Southeast, LLC and Abram Homes, LLC. Civil Southeast is a civil engineering and land surveying company serving governmental and private clients with water, sewer, transportation, storm drainage, and recreational type projects while Abram Homes is a custom home builder serving the residential market.   Jeremy is a 2001 Civil Engineering Graduate from Auburn University and has focused most of his career on being a consulting civil engineer. Over the past 5 years Jeremy felt called to begin transitioning from being a manager of projects to a manager of the two businesses. This intentional transition has been challenging but rewarding as he continues to see God provide the team needed to serve their clients.   Jeremy loves to travel to national parks with his family and friends. He aspires to be about the journey instead of the destination but admits this is easier said than done for his personality.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

  Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com

Episode Description: Are you looking for strategies to impact domains of society with the Gospel? Mark Gauthier is someone who has committed his life to abide in Christ, proclaim the gospel, and make disciples of all nations. Mark is the Vice President for North America and Oceania with Cru (formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ International). He encountered Christ as a college student at Colorado Christian University, because of the ministry of Cru. Mark has served with Cru in a variety of roles for the last 36 years. Mark believes in the life-changing power of the gospel as he has experienced it personally. Witnessing the impact of the Gospel in his family, in the places he has traveled, and in the contexts that he has served in. It is Mark and Cru’s mission to help fulfill the Great Commission by winning and multiplying disciples who will be equipped and sent out to continue to share the hope that is found in Christ alone.   To this end, you will hear Mark and Bobby discuss:

• The dynamic reality of faith.
• Cru’s strategies to impact domains of society with the Gospel.
• The recent obstacles that have arisen and how to maintain focus on the mission.
• How to continually abide in Christ in the midst of these challenges and opportunities.
• Keeping your eyes on the Lord as a leader and an organization.

  STOP losing your best people today, with this FREE GUIDE (a $250 value)! >>https://values-driven-leadership-llc.ck.page/8cbcb90c87   Find more great tools and resources with the Lead2Grow Academy Subscription. Learn more here ➝ www.lead2growacademy.com ____________________________________________________________ Show Notes: About the guest: Mark Gauthier met Christ through Cru while a student at Colorado State University. The new reality of having God in his life was striking as he began to experience Christ’s love and forgiveness.   As a student, Mark participated in a Cru summer project to Romania. It was there, in 1983, that he felt a call to missions. He joined the staff of Cru in 1986.   During his initial years with Cru, Mark served as a chaplain at Harvard University. Mark and his wife Kristi developed the first catalytic student movement in the U.S., reaching out to Boston’s 300,000 students and 70 campuses. These early experiences of entrusting ministry strategies and resources to students and volunteers and challenging them to believe God for the results have marked Mark’s approach to the Great Commission for the last 30 years.   Mark served in a variety of roles on the U.S. Campus National Team. In 2002 he became the Executive Director of the U.S. Campus Ministry. He was appointed as U.S. National Director in 2020 and represents all of North America and Oceania on the Global Executive Team. About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

  Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com

Episode Description: The ministry of pro-life pregnancy centers is essential in providing compassionate care for women who are navigating what can be the crisis of an unplanned pregnancy. Our guest this week is Monica Henderson, the Executive Director of BsideU for Life in Louisville, KY. BsideU for Life provides pro-life pregnancy care, resources, and programs to mothers and fathers who are navigating pregnancy in this context. Monica’s background as a commercial real estate attorney and service as a board member of various non-profits has equipped her with the skillset and network to effectively serve as the Director of this pregnancy center. Along the way Monica has learned not only how to provide compassionate care and counsel through the ministry of BsideU for Life, but also how to navigate the interpersonal, cultural, and political challenges that are encountered in this context. In addition to her oversight of BsideU for Life, Monica works with the Care Net Center advising other pregnancy centers navigating the organizational complexities and challenges.   In this episode, Monica and Bobby discuss:  

• The compassionate care available to women navigating the challenges of an unplanned pregnancy.
• The importance of the involvement of the father and providing an opportunity for them to be a positive influence in the life of the mother and child.
• The “salt and light” staff that serve at pro-life pregnancy centers.
• Learning how to attune yourself as a leader to the people on your team.
• Interpersonal development and conflict resolution.
• The importance of a wide variety of mentor relationships.
• Navigating increasing opposition to pro-life pregnancy centers.

  STOP losing your best people today, with this FREE GUIDE (a $250 value)! >>https://values-driven-leadership-llc.ck.page/8cbcb90c87 ____________________________________________________________ About the guest: Monica Henderson is the Executive Director of BsideU for Life, a pro-life pregnancy and life skills ministry in Louisville, Kentucky. She’s a graduate of Furman University (B.A. in Political Science, 1990), and the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville (JD, 1998) She also studied historic preservation planning at Cornell University.   Before joining BsideU for Life in January 2009, Monica practiced law for 10 years, 9 of them with a large Louisville firm in their commercial real estate group. Her legal background and experience advising nonprofits gifted her to serve in this season of the ministry. In addition to overseeing the day-to-day operations of the center with a staff of 24, she is a Care Net Center Specialist, advising pregnancy center directors all over the country in areas of board development and relations, personnel, and fundraising. She has served on a number of nonprofit boards, most recently with Access Justice, a Christian legal aid organization in Louisville. She was a member of Little Flock Baptist Church in Shepherdsville, KY for 19 years, serving in the past as a children’s Sunday School teacher, Bylaws Committee Chair and Trustee. She and her husband Todd moved their membership to Highview Baptist Church (Louisville, KY) in 2018, where she currently serves as Chair of the Finance Committee, and as a Trustee.   She’s been married to her husband Todd since 1992, and they have two adult sons and a double doodle named Bennett who is the pregnancy center’s semi-official therapy dog.   About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company.  In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders.   Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations.  He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored:  

• Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job
• True North Business: A Leader’s Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact
• The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?

  Find out more at www.valuesdrivenculture.com