Faith-Driven Leader

Our guest today is my good friend, Tim Metzner. Tim is a serial entrepreneur - one of a small handful of incredibly prolific and wise faith-filled entrepreneurs I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside in our community.  Tim’s fingerprints are all over the midwest entrepreneurial ecosystem. He helped launch Astronomer, Cincinnati's first unicorn (out of Cincinnati's first Venture Studio,...

Hi friends! Welcome back to the Faith Driven Leader Podcast, where we get encouraged and equipped by learning from amazing Faith Driven Leaders.  Our guest today is Jo Saxton. Jo is a speaker, podcaster, and author. She is the founder of the Ezer Collective, an initiative dedicated to investing in women leaders around the world, equipping them to own their voice, and boldly step into their calling...

Hi friends! Today’s episode is extra good because we have two guests: Darrin Murriner and Kirsten Moorfield. Darrin and Kirsten are Faith Driven entrepreneurs and are the co-founders of Cloverleaf. Cloverleaf offers a coaching tool with technology that sends personalized, meaningful coaching tips. By leveraging respected psychology data from behavioral assessments such as DISC and Enneagram, Myers...

Hi friends! Our guest today is Mike Sharrow, CEO of C12 Busines Forums, the global leader in CEO/Owner peer advisory groups for Christians serving more than 4,000 members across the US, SE Asia, South Africa and Brazil.  Mike leads a team in San Antonio, Texas that supports more than 190 full-time C12 Chairs who serve as “missionpreneurs” helping CEOs, entrepreneurs and key players build “great bu...

Hi friends! Our guest today is Mike Mulcahy, Founder and President of Kings Path Partners LLC.  Kings Path is a wealth services firm supporting individuals, families, and foundations in the stewardship of their wealth.  Started in 2015, Kings Path advises on over $1 billion in assets.  Kings Path commits 20% of its profits to charity.  Mike is passionate about impact investing both as a mentor and...

Hi friends! Welcome to the Faith Driven Leader podcast, where we encourage and equip one another through the stories of amazing Faith Driven Leaders! Our Guest for today is my dear friend, Kimberly Stuart.  Kim is an author, speaker, and one of the most genuine, funny, and beautifully real people I know. You are going to want to pick up her new book: Star for Jesus and Other Jobs I Quit. This is K...

Hi friends! Our guest today is Catherine Gates. Catherine is the VP of Business Partnerships for Polished Network:  Polished is committed to emboldening women in their faith and work. They have chapters around the US, with more being established quickly.  Catherine’s passion is to help others integrate their faith into their work by recognizing God wants to be in every area of our lives. She loves...

Hi friends! I'm Ann Eileen Thompson, welcoming you to the Faith Driven Leader Podcast, where we equip and encourage each other to build our leadership and careers on a foundation of deep trust in our good Father God through conversations with incredible Faith Driven Market and Ministry Leaders who live out their faith in their leadership and have the stories and the fruit to prove it. I'm...

Our guest today is Heidi Rasmussen.  Heidi is the Co-founder and CEO of Freshbenies, a Dallas-based company that helps employers and their employees save healthcare costs and confusion. To date, freshbenies has saved clients $100 million. They enable employers to contain costs and increase access to virtual care, while members save hundreds to thousands each year. Freshbenies combines technology a...

Our guest today is Larry Griffith. Larry is the CEO of Corporate Chaplains of America.  Larry leads a team of over 300 chaplains who provide care and support to employees across various industries and thousands of locations. Larry brings over 30 years of executive experience in operations, sales, marketing, and finance, and a proven track record of transforming corporate cultures, growing revenues...

Our guest today is Sonia Jackson Myles. Sonia founded The Sister Accord® Foundation intending to have one billion girls and women learn to love themselves and each other. Now in its ninth year, the Foundation works to inspire future female leaders, starting with changing how girls and women treat, support, and interact with each other.  Before founding the organization, Sonia was an executive in c...

David is a new friend of mine, and the author of the newly published book “ The Just Leader: Thriving in a Fractured World." David is the founder and CEO of 11 Ten Leadership, a leadership development company that works with executive leaders and their teams to strengthen their leadership, culture, and impact.   Prior to starting 11 Ten Leadership, David served as the CEO of Jobs for Life, a...

Our Guest today is Denis Beausejour. Denis is the Author of "The Biggest Idea Ever", a business and spirituality memoir for marketplace leaders seeking next-level growth.  He is a Former VP Advertising at Procter & Gamble, where he built a successful career, and found Jesus while on assignment in Japan. As He grew in His faith, he made a tremendous impact at P&G on not only the b...

Our guest today is Suzy Deering.  Suzy Deering is an accomplished non-traditional marketer with experience across multiple industries, brands and disciplines. Most recently, Suzy was the Global Chief Marketing Officer for the Ford Motor Company. Prior to Ford, Deering was the Global Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer of eBay Prior to eBay and was the CEO of Moxie (renamed to Formerly Known As),...

David Kinnaman is the CEO of Barna Group, a leading research and communications company that works with churches, nonprofits, and businesses ranging from film studios to financial services. Since 1995, David has directed interviews with more than two million individuals and overseen thousands of U.S. and global research studies. He’s author of the bestselling books Faith For Exiles , Good Faith ,...

Hi friends! I am Ann Eileen Thompson. Welcome back to the Faith Driven Leader Podcast, where we love to share the stories from amazing Faith Driven Leaders.  Our guest today is my good friend Laura Smith. Laura is a gifted writer, speaker, and a gentle, joyful, peaceful soul that we can all learn from.  Talk today about her New book: Holy care for the Whole Self…which is really a guide to how we c...

Our guest today is Jordan Raynor. Jordan is a leading voice in the faith and work movement. Through his bestselling books ( The Creator in You , Redeeming Your Time , Master of One , and Called to Create ), the Mere Christians podcast, and his weekly devotionals , Jordan has helped millions of Christians in every country on earth connect the gospel to their work.  Jordan’s newest book, The Sacredn...

Hi friends! I am Ann Eileen Thompson. Welcome back to the Faith Driven Leader Podcast, where we love to share the stories from amazing Faith Driven Leaders.  Our guest today is Alli Patterson. Alli is a Teaching Pastor at Crossroads Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. After a successful career at Procter & Gamble, Alli turned her passion to equipping others to know Jesus through the pages of the Bible...

Our guest today is Dr Kevin Brown. Dr Brown is the President of Asbury University. Some of you may recall that in February 2023, a significant outpouring of the Holy Spirit broke out on the campus of Asbury University, a school of about 1100 students in the tiny town of Wilmore Kentucky.  For more than two straight weeks, without stop, students and visitors worshiped, prayed, and encountered the L...

Our guest today is Emily Chang, CEO of Wunderman Thompson N.A. West. Emily and I both began our careers at Procter and Gamble, and we met in a bible study led by our friend and colleague, Vivienne Bechtold. Years later, Emily’s career has been a meteoric ride up corporate ladders with posts as CEO for McCann Worldgroup in China, CMO of Starbucks China, Chief Commercial Officer at InterContinental...

Hi friends! I am Ann Eileen Thompson. Welcome back to the Faith Driven Leader Podcast. We are on a mission to equip and embolden one another trust in our good Father God even more deeply in our lives and our careers. We love to share the stories of incredible guests who are letting their faith drive their leadership in lives and businesses.  Our guest today is Bart Hansen. Bart is a founding board...

Hi friends! I am Ann Eileen Thompson and this is the Faith Driven Leader Podcast, where we equip and embolden one another toward a career and a life built on deep trust in our good Father God. We find our inspiration in the stories of incredible guests who are letting their faith drive their leadership in life, family, ministry, and the marketplace.  Our guest today is Dr. Merary Simeon. Merary is...

Our guest today is Chris Patton. Chris is the CEO of His Way at Work, a non-profit organization that empowers business leaders to create sustainable cultures of care. Chris and his team work with leaders across so many sectors to implement vision, strategy and an operating system that is built on a foundation of the eternal perspective of our businesses – in other words, our businesses belong to G...

For the past several decades Kim Botto led children’s and student ministries at the local church while also leading initiatives around adoption and foster care. As an adoptive mom and special needs grandma, Kim is passionate about creating environments where all kids feel safe, included and welcome. Through speaking, writing and coaching Kim works with parents and church leaders to equip volunteer...

Hi friends! I am Ann Eileen Thompson welcoming you to the Faith Driven Leader Podcast, where we equip and embolden each other to build our leadership and our careers on a foundation of deep trust in our good Father God, through conversations with incredible Faith Driven Market and Ministry Leaders who really live out their faith in their leadership, and have the stories, and the fruit, to prove it...