Leading Saints Podcast
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How to Establish Unity After a Ward Split |An Interview with Lynn Luker, Relief Society President
August 21, 2015 14:29 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MBLynn Luker is a Relief Society president in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her life leading up to this heavy calling has including many trials and blessings that have impacted the way she leads and loves the sister in her Relief Society. Sister Luker's Leadership Principles: Know the sisters, visit in their homes Have charity, however, learn to be proactive, not reactive ** Be an example, warts and all, know that you are serving at this time for a reason. Delegate and then get out of the w...
When the Leader Becomes the Beggar | How I Lead: Greg Clawson
August 08, 2015 15:43 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBGreg Clawson, who you may recognize from the recent podcast on memory training, has served for 10 years in the Young Men organization, four years as Elders Quorum President, and has been serving as Ward Mission Leader for about a year. In this interview Greg shares his successes and even his current challenges figuring out how to be a Ward Mission Leader. Greg shares some deeply personal and compelling stories that drive home the leadership principles he has learned. 5 Key Leadership Principl...
Powering Your Ward Through Priorities, People, and Relationships
August 04, 2015 01:31 - 58 minutes - 79.6 MBChris Trendler is a BYU graduate, former Elder Quorum President, former missionary in Argentina and a executive consultant at ghSmart, a leadership consulting firm. We have a fascinating discussion about the latest book produced by ehSmart titled, Power Score: Your Formula for Leadership Success. This book is meant for a business leadership audience, but it contains many interesting principles that are applicable to LDS leadership. Some of the questions you will hear discussed on the inter...
How to Remember Everyone’s Name at Church | An Interview With Greg Clawson
July 23, 2015 01:00 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBGreg Clawson from My Memory Works joins Kurt Francom to discuss memory tactics for LDS leaders. Remembering names and birthdays, allows leaders to be more effective with more impact, and why a good memory makes you an even greater leader. They discuss the foundations of remembering names, birthdays, and personal details, of ward members, co-workers, and others. Why we should never say, “I’m not very good with names!” again... How can any leader can use the "C.I.G.A.R.” method to quickly...
How I Lead as a Mission President | An Interview With Larry Gelwix
July 14, 2015 16:26 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBLarry Gelwix is widely known as the Head Coach of the Highland High School rugby team where he lead his team for 36 years with an overall record of 419–10 and 19 national championships. The movie Forever Strong is based on his experience as the coach of that team. Larry and wife Cathy have also served in numerous callings in the church and recently returned from serving as mission presidents of the California Fresno Mission from 2011 to 2014. They live in the Salt Lake area and are the parent...
Helping LDS Leaders Understand Joseph Smith’s Polygamy
July 04, 2015 22:13 - 1 hour - 123 MBBrian and Laura Hales are the authors of Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding. Brian is an anesthesiologist. Brian’s interest in polygamy began when he had a family member who was excommunicated for joining a polygamist group. As a result he researched and wrote three books about polygamy. However, he kept getting questions specifically about Joseph Smith and polygamy, which is why he wrote Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: History and Theology (plus 2 more volumes) and Joseph Smith...
How to Manage Callings in Your Ward or Stake | Tips & Tricks
June 30, 2015 17:46 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBThere is a constant passive aggressive struggle between auxiliary leaders and those that hold the keys to extend church callings to members. This struggle is also apparent between bishoprics, and stake presidencies when stake callings are needed in the ward (i.e. clerks, elder’s quorum leaders, high priest group leaders, etc.). A Relief Society president, for example, needs an instructor called for an upcoming lesson. She knows that if the person isn’t called with enough time to prepare the l...
Making Room In LDS Wards For Those That Doubt – Fowler’s 6 Stages of Faith
June 07, 2015 05:11 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBBill Reel from Mormon Discussion Podcast joins me again for chapter 2 in our discussion about the leader's role in assisted Church members that experience a faith crisis. In this interview we discuss the framework of the Fowler 6 Stages of Faith. Understanding these concepts will help LDS leaders gain a deeper perspective of the stages people experience when facing serious doubts of faith. Bill spends some time explaining what each faith stage represents and then why stages 3 and 4 are the m...
The Forgotten Female Leaders in the Church | “She Shall Be An Ensign” by Ardis Parshall
June 04, 2015 17:31 - 47 minutes - 65.2 MBArdis Parshall is a professional researching that has spend the last 15+ years in LDS Church history. Over those years she has compiled some of the riches LDS leadership stories related to women in the Church. Her work is important because many of these stories have been lost in LDS folklore and need to be heard. She just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help her fund the book project where she plans to compile these stories so they have a place on the LDS Church history shelf. In this int...
“Tell me about your mother.” | Leader to Leader Episode 13
May 27, 2015 12:45 - 15 minutes - 20.7 MBThis experience comes from the April 1985 General Conference when Elder Marvin J. Ashton talked about his experience learning from a prophet while visiting those in prison: Another lesson was learned from President Kimball as we visited a prison together. One day a few years ago President Kimball said, “Marvin, I’d like you to take me to visit the Utah State Prison.” He remembered that when I was in charge of the Social Services programs for the Church I had had the responsibility for prison...
Innovating Home Teaching | Thoughts From Clay Christensen & James Quigley
May 24, 2015 15:56 - 26 minutes - 36 MBGreat inspiration comes to those that listen to genius. Great minds challenge one to think deeper about the problem in front of them. One of those geniuses is Clayton Christensen. Not only is he a Harvard Business Professor and famous author he is also a Latter-day Saint and former Area Seventy. I enjoy listening to him solve business and leadership problems because it makes me wonder if his answers would be similar if asked to solve similar LDS leadership problems.
How I Lead and Manage Leading Saints | An Interview With Kurt Francom
May 17, 2015 11:17 - 1 hour - 94.2 MBChris Staggs was so kind to sit in the interviewer chair and ask me some questions. With more than 20 How I Lead interviews on Leading Saints I thought it was time to open up personally and talk more specifically about how I lead as a bishop, why I started Leading Saints, and what I see in the future for this organization.
How I Lead the Elder’s Quorum | Creating a Superior Quorum Meeting Experience
May 14, 2015 13:55 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBPresident Rychen Jones is an elder's quorum president in Salem, Oregon. At the time of this interview he had served for 9 months. Listen to this interview in order to hear how he approaches his weekly quorum meeting to make it focused and enjoyable for those in attendance.
How I Lead As A Long-Term Bishop | An Interview with Bishop Chad Francom
May 11, 2015 13:20 - 45 minutes - 61.8 MBChad Francom is a bishop in West Valley City, UT. He is also my older brother. I was excited to interview him and hear about what he learned in the last 8 years as bishop. Yes, that right's, he's been bishop for 8 years and counting. He's a remarkable big brother and I am excited to share with you his knowledge in this interviews. Bishop Francom's 5 Leadership Principles: Delegate or Make Auxiliary/Quorum President's make most decisions that affect their auxiliary/Quorum (with reason) Ma...
Creating Positive Change Through Vital Behaviors| An Interview with Steve Willis
May 08, 2015 04:02 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBSteve Willis has served in many leadership capacities in the church including Bishop, Branch President, Stake Presidency, and is currently serving as a Young Men’s President. One aspect that he teaches is how to focus on vital behaviors and how to achieve specific outcomes. Whether you are a bishop looking to improve your ward’s mission plan or a youth leader trying to increase attendance, focusing on the techniques outlined can help you magnify your calling. In this interview we find some...
How I Lead in the Inner-City | An Interview with Kreig & Sherry Smith
April 28, 2015 00:54 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBKreig and Sherry Smith are from Overland Park, Kansas. They are preparing to serve a Leader and Member Support mission in the Brazil, Santa Maria Mission on September 7th , 2015. Following his service as a missionary in Brazil, Kreig and Sherry met in a class while attending BYU. Kreig has a Masters degree in Organizational Behavior and Sherry has a Masters degree in Communicative Disorders. After moving around in their early marriage they moved to Kansas where they raised their family of 4 c...
Teaching Sexuality to LDS Youth & Children | An Interview with Dina Alexander
April 18, 2015 04:12 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBHow young is too young to have conversations with your children about intimacy and human sexuality? On this podcast, we get the answer from Dina Alexander, President and Founder of Educate and Empower Kids. In the digital age, where a couple of clicks can lead your child to a place he or she shouldn’t be online, it is increasingly important to protect them and educate them about this topic. Dina addresses the need to start the conversation around sexuality and pornography early. In her books...