The Shepherd Leadership Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The Savannah Bananas put on the greatest show in sports!  They have created an amazing vision with a focus on Fans First in the world of sports entertainment through the show they put on with their baseball team.  Their success speaks for itself.  They have sold out every game they have ever played! There is a 5+ year waiting list for their season tickets!  They started with 1 tea...

Send us Fan Mail There is no such thing as a silent leader!! Leaders are always communicating something.  We want it to be the things that help drive others towards their best and our best.  Listen in as Nick gives some practical resources and principles for how shepherd leaders should communicate to guide those entrusted to them to thrive, and watch your team, organization, & family thrive. 

Send us Fan Mail John Crosby is the founder & Executive Director of Priority Insight where he serves leaders as an Executive Coach and teacher.  Priority Insight uniquely serves organizations by taking biblical principles and helping leaders apply those principles to their leadership.   John and his wife Jo also are the founders of Five Stones Counseling in Savannah, Ga where they do couples c...

Send us Fan Mail After a long pause due to a very unexpectedly demanding 2025, we are back in full strength posting episodes in 2026 to come alongside you as we grow to be thriving shepherd leaders that help those entrusted to us thrive.  Did you know there is a secret commitment of all lifelong thriving leaders?   There is one foundational rhythm and habit that all great leaders that are healthy...

Send us Fan Mail What do you want to be known FOR?  What are you known FOR?  In today’s culture many people make their stand on what they are AGAINST rather than what they are FOR.  This month’s guest, author, speaker, & leader Jeff Henderson talks about the power of getting really clear as a leader on what you are FOR, what you want to be known FOR, and who you are FOR.   Jeff wrote the bests...

Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of 2025 I wanted to recap all of the amazing things we learned in 2024.  We had our BEST YEAR, receiving over 10,000 downloads of the podcast.  I am so grateful to everyone that has invested your time in this content.  My prayer is that it is valuable to you and your leadership growth and that not only you benefit as a leader, but that those you lead benefit...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in to Part 2 of my conversation with retired Chick-fil-A President, Tim Tassopolous, who enjoyed a 46 year career with the brand spanning 6 different decades, & led Chick-fil-A through some it's most robust growth seasons.   Tim's wisdom and calm leadership style help us realize that anyone can be a leader others would follow for life by making the leadership...

Send us Fan Mail What if you had the opportunity to take some one on one basketball lessons from Michael Jordan, or some vocal performance lessons from Adele, or quarterback camp with Tom Brady, or acting lessons from Meryl Streep?  Incredible right?!  That's what it felt like to sit with my friend Tim Tassopoulos, retired President & Chief Operating Officer at Chick-fil-A, Inc.   In a 46...

Send us Fan Mail Former CEO of Saab, Sea World, & Herschend Family Entertainment, Joel Manby says that leading with love is the greatest strategic advantage any organization can have.   In his book, Love Works - 7 Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders, Joel talks about his history of leadership and how he found the greatest strategy for effective leadership through a very familiar biblical...

Send us Fan Mail If you win at work but lose at home, you still lose.  Join leadership author and coach Randy Gravitt and I as we discuss what it looks like to build a foundation of winning at home first and to encourage those entrusted to you to win at home first.   Randy and his team at Lead Every Day have a dream and a vision of a "world well led".  He says that begins with fathers an...

Send us Fan Mail Have you considered that the primary thing hindering your family, your team, your church, or your organization from thriving is your own mental, emotional, & spiritual health? I have a conversation with Dr. John Delony about how a leader's pursuit of mental & emotional wellness can not only have a huge impact in their life, but an exponential impact in the lives of th...

Send us Fan Mail Some things sound really good in theory, but how do you actually make them work.  Listen to my conversation with 4 of my leaders from Chick-fil-A and hear how they engage with our team members as shepherd leaders, and strive to become leaders they can follow for LIFE! 

Send us Fan Mail Ken Coleman is a national bestselling author of the books  The Proximity Principle &  From Paycheck to Purpose .  Ken is a dynamic personality for Ramsey Solutions where he is the host of his own nationally syndicated radio show and routinely hosts  The Ramsey Show , one of the most listened to radio programs in the nation.  Ken is a routine guest on shows like Fox News, Fox B...

Send us Fan Mail Learn from Britt McDade, Owner/Operator of Chick-fil-A Vidalia, about how challenging those entrusted to you to be their best & to bring their best can help guide them to thrive and be all that God created them to be.  

Send us Fan Mail Statistically, being selected as a Chick-fil-A Owner/Operator is more difficult than being selected into Harvard or the CIA.   In this episode we get to learn from Alex Vann, a veteran multi-unit Chick-fil-A Owner/Operator in Columbus, Georgia who has had shepherded & mentored 13 Chick-fil-A Owner/Operators to be selected from his team in 21 years.   Alex is a shepherd leader...

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Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered, "Why is this generation so different?" or "Why is my boss like that?"  Do you find it difficult to lead and shepherd this next generation?  Are you 'leading up' and want to know the best way to steward the relationships with your older Team Members? Dr. Tim Elmore, founder & CEO of Growing Leaders & bestselling author,...

Send us Fan Mail At the end of our leadership journey, the effectiveness of our leadership will not be measured on the nobility of our intentions but on the impact of our actions!  In this episode we talk about how you can fit in all of your intentions to know, guide, protect, & provide for those entrusted to you by turning them into impactful actions that help you shepherd well and be a leade...

Send us Fan Mail What a FUN conversation with multi-unit Chick-fil-A Operator & author of the book "Irrational Kindness", Kevin Williams.  Kevin's approach to life and work is so radical in how he strives to prioritize "kindness over everything".  We learn how much fun it is to engage in irrational kindness and how we can shepherd those entrusted to us well by providin...

Send us Fan Mail David Chen is one remarkable Shepherd Leader!  David's life of leadership proves that you can shepherd in any vocation!  Beginning as a engineering graduate from Georgia Tech to working at Starbucks to going on the mission field to selecting Chick-fil-A Operators and now being a Chick-fil-A Operator - David has led a life dedicated to serving others and to influence their lif...

Send us Fan Mail We finish the 2nd part of the conversation from the previous episode of what shepherd leaders provide for those entrusted to them.  In the previous episode we learned that shepherd leaders will provide for the needs of those they lead.  Today we talk about how we also are to provide CARE.  As Christ followers our leadership should look differently than the leadership seen across t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we unpack the final principle of Shepherd Leadership, to PROVIDE for those entrusted to you.  If the goal of a shepherd leader is for those entrusted to them to thrive, then a good shepherd leader will PROVIDE what they NEED to thrive.   We talk about those needs specifically through the lens of Abraham Maslow's 5 Hierarchy of Needs.  Join in to hear how we ca...

Send us Fan Mail The 3rd principle of Shepherd Leadership is to PROTECT those entrusted to our care.  Protecting those entrusted to us as leaders seems like a natural and apparent responsibility of the leader but in today's leadership culture it can be avoided and neglected.   Listen in to find how good Shepherd Leaders PROTECT those entrusted to them by their PRESENCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, BOUNDA...

Send us Fan Mail As a leader have you ever felt as though you were spinning your wheels?  Like you go in every day just hoping good things will happen for you and your teams.   What about as a parent?  I have felt like that.  In this episode we will talk about how a good shepherd leader has a vision for those that are entrusted to them and will GUIDE them towards the actions, attitudes, and behavi...

Send us Fan Mail Have you invested so much time, energy, & resources in leading people or in relationships just to feel like you are spinning your wheels and not get anywhere? You aren't connecting, they are getting results, and maybe even seem disengaged.  Maybe you don't know them as well as you think you do.  You cannot GROW people that you do not KNOW!  The cornerstone principle...