#66: What Does Your Leadership Say About Jesus? with Bobby Eaton
True North Leader with Bobby Albert
Release Date: 12/20/2022
#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
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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_outlineBobby Eaton wants his actions in leadership and life to reflect the love of Jesus. His goal is to do as much as he can and help as many as he can for as long as he can. From dropping out of school to do mason work to bankruptcy and becoming a part owner in over 22 companies, Bobby knows firsthand how God can lift you out of the ashes and into divine appointments. Today, he shares the hard lessons he learned as a leader and father so you can see how God transforms lives when we listen to the Holy Spirit. Bobby's heart for the Lord is reflected right in his core values - number one, God matters, and number two, people matter. Tune in to hear about making Jesus look good in all you do and trusting God when you want to give up.
In this episode, you'll hear:
- Bobby's journey from bankruptcy to being part owner in 22 companies
- The spirit-led realization he had about his children not wanting to work in the business
- His legacy plan to create generational businesses and wealth
About the guest: In 2006, Bobby Eaton wanted to build a shed company established on Quality, Customer Service, and Competitive Pricing. At the time, he was running a successful metal roofing and construction company. The dilemma he faced was what to do in the winter months and the rainy season. He is a family man and his family is very important to him. He and his wife are blessed with four sons and four daughters, and when Liberty Storage Solutions, LLC was founded, it was with the hope that someday the company would be a blessing for all of his family. With the vision of creating a quality product, he went to work and purchased a two-acre parcel of land in Rowan County. Like most small businesses, it was trial and error, but he finally perfected his design! As he continued to grow he faced increasingly tough competition and found themselves at a crossroads. After much prayer and contemplation, he decided to continue living by out values of putting God first and trusting in his guiding light. They are excited to move into the future while still holding to the foundational values that the business was established on!You can get Bobby's book, The Boy in the Window: A Mennonite Memoir, here: https://a.co/d/gxgmRMS
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, and
The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America?
Find out more at ValuesDrivenCulture.com