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#89 Compassionate Care for Unplanned Pregnancies with Diane Ferraro

Release Date: 05/15/2023

#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...

#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...

#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...

#91: Leading from a Sustainable Place with Garland Vance

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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...

#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...

#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...

#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...

#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...

#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...

#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...

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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 powerful life story, Diane confesses, “nothing in my life has been predictable.” Her life experience and career in marketing has uniquely prepared her for her work with Save the Storks.

The ministry of Save the Storks provides holistic, compassionate care for women experiencing unplanned pregnancies through a variety of resources to empower them and instill hope for the journey ahead. To that end, Diane has embraced lessons from her marketing work in the entrepreneurial world to be an advocate for truth, and rise above the competition. This has certainly been demonstrated through the steadfast work of Save the Storks. In their partnerships with churches and businesses and also other non-profits they are effectively ministering to the mothers, fathers, and the children that are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. While life is unpredictable and full of challenges, life remains beautiful and sacred. Diane and the work of Save the Storks is committed to upholding the sanctity of life, in a compassionate and holistic way.

In this episode, Diane and Bobby will discuss:

Save the Storks partnerships with other pro-life ministries.
The Stork Bus; providing care through mobile medical units.
Opportunities to partner with Save the Storks in the mission of providing pro-life care in your sphere of influence.

To learn more, please visit: https://savethestorks.com/

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About the guest:Diane Ferraro is the CEO of Save the Storks, a nonprofit whose mission is to create a story of hope and empowerment for every woman in an unplanned pregnancy. Save the Storks empowers women with resources, education and support to help them choose life.

Ferraro has over 25 years of business and marketing experience and has held leadership roles as a chief communications officer and vice president of marketing in a variety of industries including nonprofit, luxury retail, tech and education. As an adopted child and a foster and adoptive mother, she is a lifelong advocate for life and adoption. Ferraro is especially grateful to her birth mom who walked away from her scheduled abortion at a clinic in Mexico and instead made the choice to find a family to adopt her "unwanted" baby girl.

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:

Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com

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