Lead Like Jesus: Leadership | Influence | Purpose

A changed heart means a changed leader. You are a leader who truly wants to lead like Jesus, the greatest leadership role model of all time—but you don't. Why? Paul had the same problem. He articulated his frustration perfectly in Romans 7:15: “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do.” Does this sound familiar to you? What is in the heart determines why we do what we do; our hearts are the source of our motivations. What motivates you to lead others? Is your leadership about you? We continue to see that the most persistent barrier to leading like Jesus is a heart motivated by self-interest.

Accurate Self Awareness is critical in the way we seek out, receive, and apply feedback. It begins with two critical questions: Whose Are You? and Who Are You? These questions ultimately point to our Identity. Self-awareness is simply a conscious knowledge of one's own character, feelings, motives and desires. Accurate self-awareness has the potential to propel us to new heights, safeguard from unnecessary blunders and strengthen relationships. If ignored, misguided or rejected, it can derail even the best, most skilled and prepared leaders.

Oleg Vasilevsky and his wife Lena have been a part of our global Lead Like Jesus family for over 5 years. They are from Ukraine, and today they are on the frontlines helping to feed thousands of war victims. "Food is the number one priority. Russians have destroyed bridges and roads and it's getting harder and harder to buy food. People are beginning to starve in some areas. At the same time there is a need for basic essentials. We are getting dozens of calls a day but have nothing to give. Churches who we partner with provide weekly care to 11,000 refugees as well as distribute food locally." - Oleg You can learn more about Oleg and his team's work, and how to help financially here: https://www.spiritofvictory.org

One indication of the new heart is an honest desire for candid feedback. The desire to serve better welcomes accurate feedback even when it is unflattering. Self-serving leaders, however, prefer flattery to truth — fearing that they risk losing their image, their position, and their power. That is their worst nightmare. How are you doing with feedback?

Leading like Jesus does not exist without grace, forgiveness and redemption. In today's episode Rich and Freddie discuss the importance of extending grace to others, the importance of forgiving ourselves, and the beauty of redemption that Jesus offers to all who come humbly to Him!

Technology is neither good nor bad. It's a tool. How we use it is the key. Technology, if abused, can lead to anxiety, separation, depression, sin, comparison and distortion. In today's episode we'll focus on leading your family through wise use of technology in your home.

The Mulligan movie, based on the book by Ken Blanchard and Wally Armstrong, is a heartwarming story of failure and second chances. Join us on this Part 2 conversation with the co-authors of the book and the executive producer of the movie about why The Mulligan story is so relevant for all of us today.

The Mulligan movie, based on the book by Ken Blanchard and Wally Armstrong, is a heartwarming story of failure and second chances. In today's episode we get the opportunity to chat with the co-authors of the book and the executive produce of the movie about why The Mulligan story is so relevant for all of us today.

Integrity starts at home and overflows to our workplace and other areas of our lives. In today's episode Rich and Freddie use the story of Eli as a lesson of how Eli's lack of integrity at home, with his own sons, cost him not only the lives of his children, but his position as the high priest. Questions we'll explore: • Am I faithful in small things both at work and at home? What are some of the “small” things I've been ignoring that are negatively impacting me personally, my home (spouse/children) and my workplace? • Are there any unhealthy habits I'm cultivating that are breaking fellowship with my loved ones and with my co-workers? • What small changes can I make at home and at work to cultivate integrity and build stronger relationships? Next step resources: - Biblical DISC Assessment - Biblical EIQ Assessment

"Whoever walks in integrity walks securely..." Proverbs 10:9 Leadership does not survive without integrity. What integrity gaps do you struggle with? Is there a difference between the image you project and what you do when no one is watching? Next step resources: https://leadlikejesus.com/ - The Heart of a Great Leader Study Guide as a self-study or a group study - The Heart of a Leader 5-Session online experience (self-paced online study) - Lead Like Jesus coach – to help you grow as a lead like Jesus leader in all aspects of your leadership journey

For many work, church or ministry activities take priority over family. Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves, and our spouses and children are our closest neighbor. Are we loving and leading them like Jesus? This episode is filled with simple, practical yet profound ways all of us can refocus in 2022 and help our families flourish, so that we can influence those outside of our homes for Christ.

Christ Connections - our ability to not only notice but be available for daily interruptions - is the final element of emotional intelligence in Christ. In today's episode three co-authors of the Emotional Intelligence in Christ help us understand how Jesus allowed interruptions in order to connect with people on a much deeper, personal level. Today's episode challenges all of us to be open to interruptions in order to value people over "to do" lists and activities.

Altruistic Attitude - ability to give to others without expecting anything in return - is another important aspect of emotional intelligence in Christ. In today's episode three co-authors of the Emotional Intelligence in Christ book help us understand selfless generosity and altruism, how it impacts us and others and how Jesus modeled it to us so perfectly.

Self-control is an important aspect of emotional intelligence in Christ. In today's episode three co-authors of the Emotional Intelligence in Christ book help us understand what self-control means, how it impacts us and others and how to grow and develop and grow in self-control so that we can lead like Jesus.  

Jesus Christ of Nazareth modeled the highest form of emotional intelligence, connecting the hearts of humanity: love in action. Using His acute awareness, words, intonation, body language, and self-control, Jesus won the hearts of the people who encountered Him from the youngest to the oldest; He positively impacted people's lives. What if you could do the same? In today's episode Rich Cummins, President and CEO of Lead Like Jesus talks with Lauren Miller, co-author of the Emotional Intelligence in Christ, and Ken Voges, author of the Biblical DISC, about the importance of knowing our identity: whose we are and who we are in Christ.

Jesus Christ of Nazareth modeled the highest form of emotional intelligence, connecting the hearts of humanity: love in action. Using His acute awareness, words, intonation, body language, and self-control, Jesus won the hearts of the people who encountered Him from the youngest to the oldest; He positively impacted people's lives. What if you could do the same? In today's episode Rich Cummins, President and CEO of Lead Like Jesus talks with Lauren MIller, co-author of the Emotional Intelligence in Christ, and Ken Voges, author of the Biblical DISC, about the importance of developing emotional intelligence.

Are anger, ego, fear, pride or self preservation driving the way you lead and influence others? Do unresolved past wounds cause you to continually react to people and situations only to regret those reactions later? Steve Arterburn, Founder of New Life Ministries, shares Biblically-based insights to help us stop reacting and start responding to people and situations in a God honoring way so that we can lead like Jesus.

Best selling author and leadership consultant, Dr. John Townsend shares insights from his book, People Fuel, that focuses on people we choose to surround ourselves with. There are people that fuel us and people that drain us. Dr. Townsend outlines relational nutrients we all need to cultivate good relationships that provide energy, focus, and the support to be all you were meant to be.

Are you allowing your past leadership mistakes to control and dictate your future? Steve Arterburn, Founder of New Life Ministries, shares Biblical wisdom on ways we can own our mistakes, repent and find freedom in God's grace and mercy.

Best selling author and leadership consultant, Dr. John Townsend, joins us today to share his wisdom about setting healthy boundaries in the workplace. Balanced life is much talked about but rarely practiced and today Dr. Townsend unveils practical steps to move us toward establishing healthy boundaries to help us and our teams flourish.

Leading lasting change requires understanding and addressing four essential levels of change: - Change in knowledge - Change in attitude - Change in behavior - Change in cultural norms and expectations Phil Hodges, co-founder of Lead Like Jesus addresses all four levels of change in today's episode.

Change is difficult. Change can impact the culture of any organization in multiple ways. The way leaders handle change can ultimately make or break the very people leaders are entrusted to shephard and care for. Phil Hodges does incredible job explaining various aspects of change and the way leaders should and should not handle change.

www.NextLevelGathering.com You're Invited to the NEXT LEVEL Global Gathering! Join us in person or via LIVE stream! NEXT LEVEL Global Gathering is an opportunity for leaders and influencers from around the globe to come together for one day to be inspired, challenged, and equipped for a journey to lead like Jesus in your spheres of influence. NEXT LEVEL Global Gathering is not another leadership conference. It's a starting point for thousands of leaders to embrace Jesus as the greatest leader role model of all time, and to become a disciple of Jesus' ways of leading and influencing.

Change is difficult. Change can impact the culture of any organization in multiple ways. The way leaders handle change can ultimately make or break the very people leaders are entrusted to shephard and care for. Phil Hodges does incredible job explaining various aspects of change and the way leaders should and should not handle change.

When it comes to Pride and Fear, do you know the warning signs to watch for? Today we'll talk about warning signs of Pride and Fear in both leaders and those who follow. We'll also discuss one of the most common fears all of us face: the fear of correction.

Pride and Fear are two primary culprits behind leadership failure, yet they are seldom talked about. In today's episode Rich and Freddie talk about warning signs of pride and fear and keys to avoid being a public success but a private failure.

Have you ever paused to think: What kind of a leader am? What's my heart motivation when leading and influencing others? In today's episode Rich and Freddie tackle "heart" questions about leadership and discuss why it's so hard to keep our hearts "right" in this process of leadership.  

What does leadership have to do with influence? Do you need to be in a position of power or prestige in order to influence others? Who has influenced you the most during your lifetime? Rich and Freddies tackle all of these questions and more in today's podcast episode. Tune in!

We have exciting news! We are re-launching the Lead Like Jesus Podcast and welcome Rich Cummins, our new President/CEO, and Freddie Scott, one of our new Board Members and a former NFL player, as the new co-hosts of the podcast! Both Rich and Freddie have immense experience leading and influencing others in the marketplace and in the faith-based sector. Their desire is to equip you as we grow together as leaders who lead like Jesus. So buckle up and subscribe to our podcast if you have not done so. Let's learn, grow, and be challenged in our leadership and influence while enjoying some friendly banter between Rich and Freddie.

Rich Cummins was selected as the new President/CEO of Lead Like Jesus and began this new calling November 2, 2020. With more than twenty years of senior leadership and c-suite experience, Rich is a life long learner who is passionate about developing people and organizations while cultivating a culture built on relationships, service, and excellence.

Dave Buehring is the Founder and President of Lionshare, a ministry that aims to co-mission with Jesus in fulfilling His Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) by igniting and equipping disciple-makers within the Church and throughout the vocations where believers work. In this episode of Leadership Conversations, Dave shares his heart about incredible things that happen when followers of Jesus view their vocations through the lens of the Great Commission. When that happens the result is the transformation of people and societies because those who embrace this truth go beyond the knowledge that their faith should impact their work and focus on making disciples among those who share their vocation.

Tim Olson is an author, educator, pastor, and life coach. His understanding of father-child relationships was fostered through years of observation and application as a teacher and Principal, a coach to clients around the world, and working with the National Fathering Ministry in Minnesota and Ukraine. Through it all, he’s found his way to helping others to discover who they are meant to be. In Part 1 Tim is outlining workplace-related issues cause by either poor father-child relationships or by absentee fathers. He also gives a 7-step approach to dealing with workplace anger, conflict, or passive-aggressive behaviors.

Leadership lessons are most effective when they are “caught,” as opposed to simply being “taught.” Greg Fisher, Content Director for the Global Teen Challenge is one of those leaders who not only embraced the leadership model of Jesus personally but is implementing it throughout his place of work. Here is part one of our interview with Greg where he shares ways he is practically living our the model of leading like Jesus.

Is Jesus' leadership model relevant to us today? Can we apply His ways of leading, influencing, equipping, and empowering others in today's workplaces? We tackle this question and more with John Sparks, Senior Director of Shared Services at World Vision International. With vast experience in the military, corporate America, and faith-based nonprofit, John helps us consider this question from all of those angles.

Want to multiply your impact? Leave a lasting legacy. Legacy is defined as "leaders’ lasting value which is measured by succession.” Author, Teacher and Speaker Sheryl Giesbrecht Turner talks about characteristics we can observe in leaders who prioritize the legacy of leadership. She also addresses why most leaders struggle with positioning their organizations to do great things without them.

These are unprecedented times. Leaders globally are looking for wisdom, answers, and encouragement on how to navigate this new normal we all find ourselves in. We have received questions that reflect leadership challenges posed by this new reality. In this Videocast three co-authors of Lead Like Jesus Revisited, Phyllis Hendry Halverson, Ken Blanchard, and Phil Hodges address seven questions that will help leaders around the globe navigate and respond to today's challenges.

Leading through times of change is a common leadership challenge. The ability to lead in this season separates leaders from managers. Do you know how to lead well during volatile times of change? Discover the importance of effective vision casting despite short-term pain.

Danita Bye is a best selling author and speaker and is an expert on the subject of millennials in the workplace. Building high capacity millennial salespeople and leaders can become a driver and differentiator for your business & your life. Danita specializes in coaching leaders of millennials, with a focus on empowering emerging leaders to maximize your sales growth efforts. In today's Leadership Conversations Danita outlines a 5-step practical plan for Boomers and Gen-Xers who manage and lead Millennials in order to mentor and disciple them into great leaders.

Danita Bye is a best selling author and speaker and is an expert on the subject of millennials in the workplace. Building high capacity millennial salespeople and leaders can become a driver and differentiator for your business & your life. Danita specializes in coaching leaders of millennials, with a focus on empowering emerging leaders to maximize your sales growth efforts. In today's Leadership Conversations Danita shares simple and very practical ways boomers and older generations can harness the energy and power of millennials in the workplace.

Before Peter surrendered his life to God, his marriage was a ticking time bomb, only salvageable by divine intervention. His business was his idol, and he felt immense pressure to run others over with it. Peter was a walking ball of fear, which manifested itself as uncontrolled anger. But Christ changed all that, granting Peter the peace he had not realized was possible. Dedicating his life and his business to God didn’t take away all of Peter’s problems. Keeping his new restaurant, Peter D’s, running was incredibly challenging and was the source of some of his biggest business failures. But God used those failures to draw Peter to Himself and make Peter more like Him. Learning to trust God to lead him through it all has turned those difficulties into growth and blessing in Peter’s life.

Just like our physical heart muscle that can be vibrant and healthy or dark and unhealthy, our spiritual heart displays the same healthy or unhealthy characteristics. And just like our physically unhealthy heart will look and behave differently than our physically healthy heart, our spiritual heart condition is also revealed by various external behaviors and attitudes. There are three critical questions that help us determine the spiritual condition of our heart. Today’s Leadership Conversations with Phyllis Hennecy Hendry will explore these questions and more! You can watch the video Zoomcast here.

Lionel Hollins is an American basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. Drafted out of Arizona State University, he played for the Portland Trail Blazers. After retiring from playing professional basketball, he had a successful career coaching teams like the Memphis Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets. In today's podcast Coach Hollins is sharing all of the life lessons he learned from being a player, being a Coach and from watching other coaches and players. Today's message is about consequences of our choices, commitment, and not taking shortcuts to success. "Great leaders have to first be great followers." 

Lionel Hollins is an American basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. Drafted out of Arizona State University, he played for the Portland Trail Blazers. After retiring from playing professional basketball, he had a successful career coaching teams like the Memphis Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets. In today's podcast, we will hear coach Hollins tell the story of being raised by his incredible grandmother who taught him the importance of overcoming obstacles. Having only an 8th grade education and trying to raise a handful of grandchildren on her own, Lionel's grandmother was an early influencer in his life, and contributed greatly to his success. Listen to his powerful story!

Jon Gordon's best-selling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world. His principles have been put to the test by numerous Fortune 500 companies, professional and college sports teams, school districts, hospitals, and non-profits. He is the author of 17 books including multiple best-sellers: The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, Training Camp, You Win in the Locker Room First, The Power of Positive Leadership and The Power of a Positive Team.  Today Jon shares with us his journey from fear, negativity and depression to someone whose life and marriage were transformed by the greatest leader of all time, Jesus. 

John Bryson is a lead pastor of Fellowship Memphis. He is also the author and presenter of College Ready and a lead writer and co-presenter of 33 Series Men's Bible Study. In today's episode John talks about the importance is allowing children to fail in order to grow them into resilient adults. In the second part of our podcast John talks about Biblical definition of manhood and what it means to be a serving leader as a husband and a father.

Today’s podcast hosts another emerging leader, Joe May, who is passionate about not only being a leader, but about modeling his leadership after the leadership model of Jesus. Joe is a managing partner at Evolve Capital Group and today he shares his journey of growing up in a strong Christian home, falling away from his faith for a season, and returning back to Jesus as a young man. Being raised in a single parent home was a challenge for Joe, but having Godly men step in and step up made all the difference. Joe is now dedicated to making Jesus his leader role model, influencing those he leads for His Kingdom. Hearing "Well Done" is Joe's ultimate measure of success. 

Kevin McGeorge is a young leader and a member of privately owned equity group. In today’s podcast, Kevin shares touching personal stories about learning to trust Jesus through life's ups and downs. Passionate about the importance of mentoring, Kevin speaks out about the biggest leadership challenge he believes young leaders face today: trust and how mentoring and coaching can help bridge that gap. By receiving and extending mentoring, Kevin has learned a lot about the need to help others understand WHO they are in Jesus and help them see their God-given value.   

Scott Limerick is a Church Relationship Manager at Compassion International. In today's podcast Scott shares his personal story of growing up in extreme poverty and learning later in life that he was a product of date rape. Scott shares boldly about ways his past wounds helped him embrace God's love and compassion and become the man and leader he is today.   In today’s podcast Scott shares how investing in young lives though Compassion International impacts not only the person, but the communities at large. Scott also shares how Compassion International infuses the message of serving leadership in all of their work which focuses on alleviating Spiritual, Emotional, Economic and Physical poverty.   

Scott Limerick is a Church Relationship Manager at Compassion International. In today's podcast Scott shares his personal story of growing up in extreme poverty and learning later in life that he was a product of date rape. Scott shares boldly about ways his past wounds helped him embrace God's love and compassion and become the man and leader he is today.  Scott is a firm believer that too many leaders shy away from their past hurts, and what he desires is to encourage leaders to allow God to use their past experiences and hurts to make them much more compassionate, loving and hope-inspiring leaders. 

Randy Odom is the President / CEO of Memphis Athletic Ministries (MAM). Founded in 1998, MAM exists to coach, grow, and lead the youth of Memphis by helping them discover their identity in Christ and their purpose in the community. MAM’s vision is to see identity found, hope restored, and lives changed. In today's episode Randy shares his personal story of being a young man who desperately needed help and direction, and how two athletic coaches embraced him and helped change the trajectory of his life, all in the name of Jesus. Randy reminds us about the power of just one individual embracing his/ her role as an influencer and a mentor!

Steve Rubado is the Program Manager for Lifeshape, one of Chick-fil-A’s nonprofit foundations. By building intentional relationships across all sectors of society, Lifeshape enables marketplace professionals to engage others with the message of Jesus, while using their greatest strengths to meet the world's greatest needs.  In today’s program Steve talks specifically about how the leadership model of Jesus transcends cultures, socio-economic strata and even religious backgrounds. Steve shares success stories from around the globe of how individuals and businesses change as a result of embracing a God-centric leadership approach.