Lead Stories Podcast

The Learning Circle is today's Tool of the Trade.  Join Jo and Steph to learn how you can engage with God and respond and learn from life's ups and downs.   Video of this podcast -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kie_en4YA58&t= Mark 1:14-15 Kairos moment: an 'aha moment' or an event in our lives we want to learn from.   3 parts to repentance (a change in your mind): Observe Reflect Discuss   3 pa...

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Welcome to season 6! In this series 'Tools of the Trade' - there will be some tools to help with the 'how' of leadership.   Today's tool: SWOT Analysis : which stands for S trengths, W eaknesses, O pportunities and T hreats. It is a diagnostics tool to help us examine our lives and be intentional going forward.   You can see this episode as a video (with whiteboard explanation) at: https://youtu.b...

Today's episode is a re-broadcast of an Advent sermon preached by Stephanie's Co-Pastor Michael Binder this December entitled "The Light of the World Radiates". The entire Advent series from Mill City Church can be found HERE Going into 2019, Jo and Steph are looking to equip leaders of teams and give them tools for leadership through the podcast and the online resources at www.leadstoriesmedia.co...

Today's episode is a re-broadcast of an Advent sermon Stephanie preached this December entitled "The Light of the World Orients". The entire Advent series from Mill City Church can be found HERE Going into 2019, Jo and Steph are looking to equip leaders of teams and give them tools for leadership through the podcast and the online resources at www.leadstoriesmedia.com/resources .  

Today's episode is a re-broadcast of an Advent sermon Jo preached this December entitled "The Light of the World Exposes". The entire Advent series from Mill City Church can be found HERE Going into 2019, Jo and Steph are looking to equip leaders of teams and give them tools for leadership through the podcast and the online resources at www.leadstoriesmedia.com/resources .  

It's the final episode of Season 5 and Jo and Steph are looking back over 2018 and into 2019.   In this episode, they discuss some of the highlights of this year which include the 'Breaking the mold' series. They highlight episodes with Lisa Sharon Harper and Dominique Gilliard who wrote 'Rethinking incarceration' and the episode: 'When breaking the mold breaks you', as well as 'Breaking the Mold...

Enjoy this new episode of Lead Voices, the companion podcast to Lead Stories, featuring our friends who will inspire, challenge, stretch and encourage you. Today's guest is Katelyn Beaty author of the book "A Women's Place: A Christian Vision for Your Calling in the Office, the Home and the World" Katelyn is also the acquisition editor for Brazos Press, a division of Baker Books. She has written f...

Nina Barnes, Vice President of Student Life at University of Northwestern chats today with Steph about leadership, coaching and navigating conflict as a woman and a person of color.   Listen in to hear her discuss why being a person of color has been harder to navigate than being a female leader, and how she approaches situations where she may not have been welcomed as a woman or person of color....

This week Jo and Steph are talking about looking forward to 2019 and being intentional about the rhythms we put in place. Listen in to hear some of the things Jo and Steph are intentional about and be inspired to think about how you want to engage with 2019. Sign up for the Hello, Goodbye online event (not just for women!): Sunday Dec 2nd 4-6pm Central time. You can attend live and interact or get...

It's mid-November but Jo and Steph are beginning to look back over 2018 and into 2019 before the busyness of the Christmas season overtakes us! Sign up for the Hello, Goodbye online event: Sunday, Dec 2nd 4-6pm Central time . You can attend live and interact, or get the download afterward.   The updated and improved 'Hello, Goodbye guide' is included as part of the online event fee ($19 special pr...

This is a brand new episode of Lead Voices, the companion podcast to Lead Stories, featuring our friends who will inspire, challenge, stretch and encourage you. Today's Lead Voice is Alli Worthington, business coach, author, speaker and podcast host.  Listen in as they discuss what the Bible says about true happiness and talk about Alli's newest book, "The Year of Living Happy: Finding Contentment...

Chris Bates chats athletic coaching and what it means to be a high-performance leader. He shares what it means to cover others as a coach, the importance of team to succeed and reasons why we ignore our physical wellbeing as leaders.   Follow Chris at: instagram.com/seabaits15v Or email him directly at: cbates@raincrosshp.com   Resource mentioned: Ken Blanchard: Leading at a higher Level   Discuss...

Check out the 5 Week Coaching Primers for November-December 2018 by registering by November 9th while spots are available: www. CraftedCoachingAndConsulting.com 5 Week Primers Currently offered: Starting Missional Communities with Keisha Polonio Strengthening Your Writing with Grace P. Cho Vision Casting and Selling the Mission: Fundraising 101 with Gwen Adams Between Two Worlds - Leadership and M...

Lead Stories continues its ongoing conversation around the value of coaching.  Today's Lead Voice is Tyler Reagin, a husband and father and president of Catalyst as well as the Catalyst Leader podcast host. His new book "The Life Giving Leader" speaks to the importance of identity based leadership. His desire is to help leaders become  empowered and confident, and learn lead from their truest selv...

Rachelle Gardner, Literary agent, and writing, publishing and platform builder coach talks to Jo and Steph today about what coaching writers looks like for her. Listen in now to discover: What she looks for in someone she might represent as an agent, What writing coaching looks like and why it is worth it How she redirects people who aren't ready for publishing yet Whether she thinks everyone has...

Kathy Khang, Author, speaker and leadership consultant talks coaching and cultural competency today. They discuss tips for people who feel they have lost their voice and ways to grow in cultural competency beyond having a friend who is from a different culture.  Kathy also explains the important difference between diversity and cultural competency.   Discussion questions: 1) What are you doing int...

Natasha Sistrunk Robinson is an international speaker, leadership consultant, diversity and mentoring coach with nearly 20 years of leadership experience in the military, federal government, church, seminary, and nonprofit sectors. She is  the author of the new release,  A Sojourner's Truth: Choosing Freedom and Courage in a Divided World  (October 9, 2018 release),  Mentor for Life , and  Hope fo...

Certified coach Keisha Polonio is chatting to Jo and Steph today about what it means for her to coach others.  They discuss the difference between coaches, mentor, and counselors, what healthy accountability looks like and what unhealthy and healthy motivation looks like. Keisha also shares the things that are necessary to get get the most out of a good coaching relationship.   Check out Keisha's...

Jo and Steph talk with Claire Williams , an Executive Coach about what coaching looks like for her and how it is different from other types of leaders or advisors.   Discussing the value of some very pertinent questions, Claire shares how she uses her coaching skills in both work and home life (with her four-year-old son!) and what success looks like for her as a coach. Check out CTI Co-active tra...

Where have you been coached in life? Did you ever find yourself in a season where you weren't being coached? Where would you like to be coached right now? In this episode Jo and Steph discuss various ways they have been coached and how they have found them. They also discuss the importance of the 'intentional process-orientated relationship', and how important it is that we embrace a process and n...

Today we kick off a new addition to Lead Stories called Lead Voices featuring our friends who will inspire, challenge, stretch and encourage you.  Bob Goff is an attorney, adjunct professor and the author of the New York Times Best-Selling book Love Does  and Love Does for Kids .  The U.S. Department of State recognizes Bob as a diplomat and he is known as an Honorary Consul for the Republic of Ug...

Jo and Steph are back!  Listen in to find out the inside stories of what they have been up to over the break. What exactly did God talk to Jo about in England? What are Steph's tips for writers after she spent her summer finishing the first draft of her book?   And what can you expect from this new Lead Stories season 5?! More new voices, more equipping, more inspiration and more practical tools t...

In this sermon Pastor Steph  shares the story of her earliest memories learning about the concept of race in her life. She gives a vulnerable account of what it was like to grow up with "aunties and uncles" who didn't look like her, but were family nevertheless. She teaches from Acts 10 about the Peter being led to the gentiles. To connect with Pastor Steph, you can follower her @PastorSteph on al...

Sandra Maria Van Opstal, a second-generation Latina, pastors at  Grace Community Church on the west-side of Chicago.  She is a preacher, liturgist and activist who re-imagining the intersection of worship and justice.  Today's podcast features Sandra's powerful and passionate talk from The Justice Conference. Get more information about Sandra HERE Twitter Get more information about the next Justic...