#65: Doors Open When Leaders Obey God with Rich Bennett
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Release Date: 12/14/2022
#94 Religious Freedom in the Workplace with Bob Pruitt
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Episode Description: Have you found it challenging to navigate religious freedom in the workplace in the current social climate? Our guest today is Bob Pruitt who is Senior Counsel, Corporate Affairs Director with . Bob works to educate and equip churches, non-profits, Christian businesses, and other faith-based organizations regarding their legal religious rights. The ADF has helped Christians navigate significant legal issues, even at the level of the Supreme Court winning 14 cases in the last decade. Additionally, the ADF helps churches, para-church organizations, non-profits, and...
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#93 Building a God Honoring Business with Mike Sharrow
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Episode Description: Are you a leader who seeks to build a business that honors God in all areas? Our guest this week is Mike Sharrow, President and CEO of C12 Business Forums. Mike is someone who has wrestled with this question and helps Christian business owners that find themselves on a similar journey. Through his work with C12, Mike is encouraging and challenging others with the message that “God cares about what you do, why you do it, how you do it, and what it accomplishes.” As Christian leaders, we are called to integrate our faith and our work with excellence. In order to...
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#92 Stewardship in God’s Economy with Chuck Bentley
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Episode Description: One of our primary roles in God’s economy is to exercise wise principles of stewardship. Our guest this week is Chuck Bentley, CEO of Crown Financial Ministries. Additionally, he is the founder and executive director of the Christian Economic Forum. The work of CFM has served the church both domestically and in over 100 countries. Under Chuck’s leadership, the ministry of CFM continues to expand. This significant work centers around equipping the church and poverty-stricken communities to understand what God’s economy is, and the faithful stewardship that is...
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#91: Leading from a Sustainable Place with Garland Vance
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Episode Description: In the sometimes frantic and transitional nature of work culture, how do you lead from a sustainable place? Our guest is Dr. Garland Vance, Co-Founder of AdVance Leadership and author of Gettin’ (un)Busy. Throughout the years, Garland has observed the profound influence that leaders can have in an organization in terms of employee retention and engagement. To that end, Garland works to develop existing and future leaders to cultivate a culture of trust and strong relationships through positive influence. Therefore, in this episode, Garland shares his insights on how to...
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#90 Re-imagining Missions with Noel Brewer Yeatts
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Episode Description: The multitude of humanitarian crises around the world has presented the church with an opportunity to re-imagine missions work. In spite of the seemingly overwhelming needs around the world, it is possible to work towards holistic transformation, one person at a time. To that end, for over 30 years, the Christian humanitarian organization World Help has been bringing the light of Christ into the dark places. Our guest today is Noel Brewer Yeatts, President of World Help. Noel shares with us the mission of World Hope to provide “Help for today. Hope for...
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#89 Compassionate Care for Unplanned Pregnancies with Diane Ferraro
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Episode Description: One of the most powerful alternatives to abortion is compassionate care for those experiencing unplanned pregnancies. Our guest this week is Diane Ferraro, CEO of Save the Storks. The mission of Dianne and Save the Storks “is to create a story of hope and empowerment for every woman facing an unplanned pregnancy.” Throughout her life, Diane has experienced life, love, loss, hope and redemption. Diane was nearly aborted as a result of an unplanned pregnancy. However, her birth mother had a change of heart and placed Diane up for adoption instead. As she shares her...
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#88 The Way of the Unhurried Life with Alan Fadling
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Episode Description: Are you consumed and overwhelmed with the pace of life or have you discovered the way of the unhurried life? Today’s guest is , the Founder and President of Unhurried Living, Inc. Additionally, he is the author of An Unhurried Life and An Unhurried Leader. In this important conversation, Alan helps us slow down to recognize the negative impact that the challenge of hurry can have on our souls. Alan recognizes the challenge of hurry that we are confronted with on a daily basis, yet shows us another way forward, the way of unhurriedness. Looking to the example of...
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#87 Serving the Veteran Community with Kathy Gallowitz
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Episode Description: Do you have the desire to serve the veteran community? Our guest this week is retired Lieutenant Colonel Kathy Gallowitz. She is the founder and CEO of Vanguard Veteran, LLC. Additionally, Kathy is the author of Beyond “Thank You for Your Service”: The Veteran Champion Handbook for Civilians. Kathy grew up in a military family and moreover served for 29 years in the U.S. Air Force. Since her retirement, Kathy’s mission has shifted to caring for the veteran community by equipping civilians to “serve them in ways that make sense.” To that end, Vanguard...
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#86 Driving Your Culture with Employee Engagement with Preston Poore
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Episode Description: According to Preston Poore, “employee engagement is the fuel that drives the culture.” Preston has decades of leadership experience in the corporate world with the Hershey Company and Coca-Cola Company. Not only has Preston held significant positions, but he is also and more importantly, a leader who truly cares for the people he has been entrusted with. To that end, Preston is not only passionate about personal development but also the development of leaders and employees. For a business, church, para-church organization, or non-profit to function well, there needs to...
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#85 The Discipleship Dilemma with Dennis Allen
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Episode Description: Are you concerned with the current state of the church and would like to see a return to and refocusing on disciple-making? Our guest this week is Dennis Allen, author of the book, The Disciple Dilemma, in which he explores these concerns, trends, and offers a way forward. Dennis has held a vast array of leadership roles, from F-15 fighter pilot to a 6-time CEO, to serving with non-profits and churches. Through his writing and speaking, Dennis encourages and challenges Christian leaders in all sectors to rethink and return to discipleship as Jesus intended. “The journey...
info_outlineRich Bennett knows first-hand that doors open when we obey God. He was working in marketing for Sprint in KC when he felt the call of God to move to Colorado and join Focus on the Family, where he ended up serving on the executive team for 12 years! Then, in the last five years, he became President and CEO of Life Network, a nonprofit organization that provides physical, material, and emotional support for women and men facing unexpected pregnancies. Rich is a self-proclaimed "Chief Encouragement Officer." He told Bobby, "You can tell someone needs encouragement if they're breathing." Tune in for leadership lessons about moving beyond "how can you make me look good" and into a servant leadership position that says, "What can I do so my team succeeds?". Doesn't that sound like flipping the org chart?
In this episode, you'll hear:
- Why every CEO must be an encourager
- How great leaders remove obstacles for their team
- How Rich's organization helps families in need and reaches over 8,000 students every year
About the guest: Rich has almost three decades of leadership experience in the corporate and nonprofit sectors. For the last five years, Rich has served as President and CEO of Life Network, a nonprofit organization that provides physical, material, and emotional support for women and men facing unexpected pregnancies ... mentoring and counseling for new parents ... and risk avoidance education in schools. Prior to that, he was part of Focus on the Family's executive team where he led Family Ministries, Marketing, and Strategy areas during his 12 years tenure. He's also served in leadership roles at two Fortune 100 organizations: T-mobile and Honeywell. Rich is passionate about championing the value of life and helping parents "do family" well. He and his wife, Stephanie, have been married for 28 years and are the parents of two young adults.
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 nonprofit 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, and
The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?
Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com