Stewarding Your Influence

A unique friendship forged on a plane. Our guests, Hans Finzel and his friend, Patrick Kelly , shed light on bridging generational gaps, especially between the boomers and the millennials. They have co-authored the book, Millennial Boom, where they explain the great untapped potential and ways these generations can mutually influence and mentor one another through intentional relationship. Hans Fi...

Our guest, Bill Simpson , shares how leaders in the marketplace, whether they are men or women reporting to one another, can apply the Biblical principles of love & respect without getting into compromising situations. After all, we have learned that relationally men crave respect, while women crave love and security. Bill Simpson's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes: https://pinnacleforum.com/202...

Our guest, Shun Lee Fong , shares that part of our job is being a co-creator with Him. How do we apply this approach in every vocation, and as leaders, foster an environment where employees can shine according to how God wired them? Shun Lee Fong's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes: https://pinnacleforum.com/2020/03/ ul-podcast-95 /

What if God called you to leave everything and start anew halfway around the world? Or just across the country?  Could you?  Could you discern God's voice? Walk with our guest, Andy Mason , on an extraordinary journey towards leadership that fully trusts God. Andy Mason's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes: https://pinnacleforum.com/2020/02/ul-podcast-94/

The gaps, even chasms, between the generations, from the Boomers to Generation Z, can be bridged, and our guest, Jessica Stollings , discusses how we can do this, and unleash greater leadership across generational divides. Jessica Stollings' bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes: https://pinnacleforum.com/2020/02/ul-podcast-93/

Dr. Juli Slattery , one-time co-host of the Focus on the Family Broadcast, guides us into an aspect of our lives that has enormous impact on who we are and how we lead, yet receives very little attention in our churches or in studies on leadership. Dr. Juli Slattery's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes: https://pinnacleforum.com/2020/01/ ul-podcast-92 /

It's as common sense as it is elusive, as profound as it is simple.  Allowing the "KLT" factor to guide our lives will extend your shadow of influence and your servant-leadership. Kevin Knebl's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes: https://pinnacleforum.com/2020/01/ul-podcast-91/

In this fascinating episode, you will be invigorated and inspired as our guest, Dr. Ken Barnes , a veteran of international business and an Oxford instructor, shows us how a proper, biblical understanding of capitalism unleashes leadership and offers a flourishing, appealing alternative to what he calls "post-modern capitalism". Dr. Ken Barnes' bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes: https://pinnaclef...

From years of personal experience, observations, and interviews with successful Christian women leaders, Caroline Mendez helps us – men and women both -- better understand how encouraging and empowering Christian women to lead in the marketplace will result in greater cultural transformation and the advancement of God's kingdom. Caroline Mendez's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes: https://pinnacl...

"We are responsible for the stewardship of our influence." So stated Joni Eareckson Tada.  In this episode we explore how we can even steward influence with God – and how this impacts our leadership in the culture. Guy Rodgers' bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes: https://pinnacleforum.com/2019/12/ul-podcast-88/

Our guests, Scott & Bethany Palmer , have identified five "money personalities."  Understanding these, and how to transform conflicts over money into thriving cooperation over money, will leverage your leadership, improve your relationships in the workplace – and, whether you're married or want to be, will change the way you deal with the issue that is at the heart of 70% of divorces. Scott & Beth...

Ken Eldred , arguably one of the most successful Christian business leaders you could ever meet, takes us on a journey of three "P's," and how our understanding of these will release us to more influential levels of servant-leadership. Ken Eldred's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes: https://pinnacleforum.com/2019/11/ ul-podcast-86 /

In this episode Shae Bynes joins us, as we explore how our leadership calling is accelerated through understanding how we are to be "kingdom driven" in whatever platform of leadership and influence God has afforded to us. Shae Bynes' bio . PinnacleForum.com https://pinnacleforum.com/2019/11/ ul-podcast-85 /

Perry Marshall , recognized as a world leader in Internet marketing, challenges us to let God speak, guide and move us in ways that may be different than we are used to or comfortable with. Perry Marshall's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes:  https://pinnacleforum.com/2019/11/ ul-podcast-84 /

Dennis Prager discusses the rapidly growing threat to free speech, how this threat is very real, and how Christian leaders must respond at this pivotal time in our history. Dennis Prager's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes:  https://pinnacleforum.com/2019/11/ul-podcast-83/

There is no shortcut: Acquiring and practicing key life skills is indispensable to the expansion of our footprints of influence. Join our guest, Kevin Wayne Johnson , as he unpacks this for us. Kevin Wayne Johnson's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes:  https://pinnacleforum.com/2019/10/ ul-podcast-82 /

In order for the kingdom of God to be advanced and American culture be transformed, there is a desperate need for Christian leadership that is "experimental."  Join our guest, Tracey Armstrong , in this episode as we explore why and how. Tracey Armstrong's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes:  https://pinnacleforum.com/2019/10/ ul-podcast-81 /

Christian leaders can, at times, struggle with how "marketing" can appear to be "self-promotion."  But since "leadership" is ultimately about "influence", the promotion of what we offer is, in effect, "marketing." In this episode our guests, Kathryn and Michael Redman , offer us refreshing perspectives and insights into how we can successfully influence and persuade others while avoiding the trap...

In this rapid-fire interview, Dr.  Ken Boa challenges us to more biblical "being" and more relevant "doing," as he unpacks why we need to know where our culture came from, how it has changed, and how we can excel as transformational leaders in what is becoming "cultural chaos." Dr. Ken Boa's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes:  https://pinnacleforum.com/2019/10/ ul-podcast-79 /

Most people try to avoid conflict, and there are times that's a good thing. But not always. Our guest, John Jenkins , unpacks the skills that we can learn and apply to successfully resolve conflicts, beginning with "SBI" and "LUVAA."  You don't want to miss this one! John Jenkins' bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes:  https://pinnacleforum.com/2019/10/ ul-podcast-78 /

In Part II of our conversation with Kelly  Baader , she continues to walk us on a rich and deep pathway to fullness in servant-leadership, as she explores questions such as "what do we do when we face that point of disappointment or death?" Kelly Baader's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes:  https://pinnacleforum.com/2019/09/ ul-podcast-77 /

Our guest's life journey to the heights of business and leadership coaching has been defined by incredible obstacles and overcoming those obstacles. In Part I of a two-part series, Kelly Baader  unpacks deep wisdom and insights into what she calls "identity aligned success" – how knowing who we are and how we are called is indispensable to the unleashing of our leadership. Kelly Baader's bio . Pin...

In the marketplace, everything from businesses to non-profit organizations have become increasingly secularized and increasingly diverse.  In this must-listen-to episode, Patricia Asp , a veteran of executive leadership in the business world unpacks for us how we as Christians can successfully lead in this rapidly changing climate. Patricia Asp's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes:  https://pinnac...

In this episode, Warwick  Fairfax  shares with us how "crucible moments" refine us and define us, and how they are essential building blocks for a foundation of  influential leadership and authentic significance. Warwick Fairfax's bio . PinnacleForum.com Show Notes:  https://pinnacleforum.com/2019/09/ ul-podcast-74 /

Apologetics. It's just for scholars and theologians, right?  Hardly.  In this fast-paced, dynamic interview, our guest, Dr. Michael Brown  shows us how every Christian leader will be more effective in serving other Christians, reaching out to non-believers, and becoming strengthened in their faith, by developing a solid, reasonable defense for Christianity. Dr. Michael Brown's bio . PinnacleForum....