Leading Saints Podcast
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When the Youth Planned Stake Conference | A How I Lead Interview
June 01, 2022 14:35 - 31 minutes - 37.5 MBIn this podcast, Kurt sits down with four members of the Little Valley Stake in St. George, Utah, to talk about what happened when the stake president asked the youth (and their leaders) to plan stake conference. Guests include stake high councilor and Young Men leader Steve Chase, stake youth council member and high school sophomore Lucy Hansen, stake Young Women president Ashlie Bundy, and Brad Simister, second counselor in the stake presidency. Highlights 01:45 Introductions to the speaker...
How Power & Authority Impact Well-Intentioned Church Leaders | An Interview with Brian Klaas
May 28, 2022 18:14 - 59 minutes - 55.1 MBBrian Klaas is an expert on democracy, authoritarianism, US Politics, Western foreign policy, political violence, and elections. He has advised governments, US political campaigns, international politicians, the European Union, NATO, and more. Brian holds a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford and is an associate professor in Global Politics at University College London. He is a regular commentator and political consultant to an extensive lineup of international media outlets, ...
Is Elders Quorum Working?
May 25, 2022 07:44 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBThis is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in June 2019. We are instructed in the General Handbook (8.1.1) that “Members of the elders quorum work together to help accomplish the work of salvation and exaltation. They serve others, fulfill priesthood duties, build unity, and learn and live doctrine.” How effective is your quorum at succeeding in this purpose? Is there more that can be done to leverage the inspired quorum structure that has been restored in these latter days? The realit...
When Ward Members Struggle with Adult Children | An Interview with Bonnie Lyman
May 22, 2022 23:13 - 45 minutes - 42.7 MBBonnie Lyman has a BA in Elementary Education, is the parent of five "grown up kids", and a certified life coach. She has served as a ward Relief Society, Primary, and Young Women president, as a stake Young Women president and Primary counselor, a youth Sunday School, Primary, and Relief Society teacher, and as a mission medical coordinator and a music coordinator. Bonnie and her husband served in the Kenya Nairobi Mission as service missionaries before she launched her coaching business in ...
A Leader’s Vision is Only the Beginning | A How I Lead Interview with Greg and Deborah Stapley
May 18, 2022 07:28 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBGregory K. Stapley is the executive chairman and recently-retired chief executive officer of CareTrust REIT, a real estate investment trust investing in healthcare real estate. He received his J.D. from the University of Arizona and his B.A. in Humanities from Brigham Young University. He is a stake president and former high councilor, bishop, bishopric counselor, Gospel Doctrine teacher and missionary in the Spain Seville Mission. Deborah E. Stapley got her start in television in the late 80...
Defeating Fear, Doubt & Discouragement | An Interview with Dennis Deaton
May 14, 2022 21:35 - 56 minutes - 52.6 MBDennis R. Deaton is co-founder of Quma Learning Systems and a nationally known corporate educator and popular convention speaker on Mind Management, Human Productivity, Visioneering and The Ownership Spirit. He has taught numerous adult education classes for the Church Education System and was a regular speaker at BYU Campus Education Week for 22 years. Dennis received his BA degree from the University of Utah and his doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis, and has authored several...
Sanctifying Gathered Israel While We Gather Scattered Israel | A How I Lead Interview with Tim Welch
May 11, 2022 17:47 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MBTim Welch currently serves as second counselor in the Provo Missionary Training Center presidency. He previously presided over the Ohio Cincinnati Mission and has served as a stake president, bishop, high councilor, MTC branch presidency counselor, ward Young Men president, elders quorum president and missionary in the Michigan Lansing Mission. Professionally, he was vice president of sales for Won-Door Corporation. He and his wife Michele have five children and live in Highland, Utah. Highli...
Girls Camp, Grace, and the Bishop’s Office | An Interview with Emily Belle Freeman
May 07, 2022 07:02 - 54 minutes - 50.8 MBEmily Belle Freeman is a best-selling author and popular inspirational speaker. She has a deep love of the scriptures, which comes from a desire to find their application in everyday life. She is the author of numerous books, a favorite speaker at Time Out for Women, and cohosts with David Butler Don't Miss This, a "Come, Follow Me" study channel on YouTube. Emily has served in numerous callings in the Church, including in Young Women, Sunday School, Relief Society, and fourteen times as girl...
From Leading Marines to Leading Saints | A How I Lead Interview with Bart Sloat
May 04, 2022 17:16 - 54 minutes - 43.7 MBBarton Stuart Sloat was born in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, the youngest of four children. He attended BYU before serving a mission in the Nevada Las Vegas Mission, and later attended the University of Utah, graduating in Political Science and receiving a commission as a 2d Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He served as an Infantry Officer and commanded at the platoon, company, battalion and regimental level. He also served in numerous staff positions, including the faculty at the Marine Corps Unive...
Navigating Autism as a Church Leader | An Interview with Michele Portlock
April 30, 2022 07:41 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBMichele Portlock is a mother of four children living in Parker, Colorado. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Brigham Young University and worked as an elementary school teacher for two years before taking an extended sabbatical to raise her family. Michele recently completed a master’s degree in behavior therapy from Arizona State University where she developed skills which enable her to help others navigate the autism experience. Michele has three neurodivergent chil...
Creating Safety for LGBTQ Latter-day Saints in the Bishop’s Office
April 27, 2022 07:46 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBThis is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in August 2020. Blake works in the Brigham Young University Office of Success and Inclusion, offering confidential support to people who, for various reasons, feel marginalized. The goal is to help student body members feel unity. Previously he worked in the BYU University Relations office. One of his main areas of focus is helping LGBT students. He is a returned missionary. Highlights 3:24 Blake’s personal experience helps him relate. How h...
Are You a Command and Control Leader? | An Interview with David Kasperson
April 24, 2022 00:16 - 1 hour - 103 MBDavid P. Kasperson has been building high-trust partnerships and innovative solutions for clients of FranklinCovey’s Global Trust Practice for more than 15 years. Most of that time has been spent in collaboration with Stephen M. R. Covey, managing his speaking business, and custom client solutions as the Director of Business Development. An expert on trust, he has served clients via consulting, coaching, program design, and keynote speaking in more than twenty countries. He is co-author of th...
Leaders Helping LGBTQ Latter-day Saints
April 23, 2022 01:34 - 19 minutes - 16.5 MBIn this short interview, Kurt talks with Brent & Courtney Ebmeyer about the upcoming North Star Conference. The 2022 conference is June 9-11 both in-person and streaming online. Learn more about NorthStarLDS.org Listen to the podcast with Brent & Bruce Ebmeyer, Learning to Lead SSA Saints Read the TRANSCRIPT of this podcast The Leading Saints Podcast gets over 300,000 listens each month and has nearly 10 million total downloads as part of nonprofit Leading Saints' mission to help latter-day ...
Politics at Church | An Interview with Greg Matsen
April 16, 2022 17:42 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBGreg Matsen is the founder of Cwic Media and the host of its primary show called Cwic Show, which focuses on cultural issues affecting the restored church. He ran a large web development and marketing firm representing the vast majority of the sporting goods industry and some of the auto industry in Newport Beach, California in the 1990s, then built a wealth management firm in Scottsdale, Arizona, which he sold in early 2020. Greg has studied the scriptures and history almost daily since his ...
The LGBTQ Journey Through the Bishop’s Office | An Interview with Tyler Lefevor and Samuel Skidmore
April 12, 2022 19:03 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBTyler Lefevor, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at Utah State University where his research focuses on understanding how LGBTQ+ latter-day saints can flourish. He was raised LDS, served a mission in the New Jersey, Cherry Hills mission, and served as an Elders quorum president for 4 years. Tyler has since left the church to marry his husband, Brock. He also operates a small therapy practice. Sam Skidmore, MS, is a third-year doctoral student of clinical/counseling psychology at Ut...
My Approach to Ministering Interviews | A How I Lead Interview with Sharon Kaye Fisher
April 06, 2022 15:00 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBSharon Kaye Fisher has been a president of ward Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society organizations. She served as stake Primary president with one branch 800 miles away and one branch covering remote villages throughout Alaska. Sharon Kaye was raised in southern California and met her husband, Brent, at Brigham Young University where she received her bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education. She taught elementary school for a short time at the beginning of their marriage and then de...
Being an Essentialism Bishop | An Interview with Greg McKeown
March 30, 2022 17:42 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBThis is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in August 2016. Greg McKeown has dedicated his career to discovering why some people and teams break through to the next level—and others don’t. The definitive treatment of this issue is addressed in his New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. Greg hosts The Essentialism Podcast and is the CEO of McKeown Inc., with clients including Adobe, Apple, Google, Facebook, Pixar, Salesforce.com,...
Keeping Jesus as the Center of Leadership | An Interview with John Hilton III
March 27, 2022 05:59 - 35 minutes - 33.5 MBJohn Hilton III was born in San Francisco and grew up in Seattle. He served a mission in Denver, and got a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University. While there he met his wife Lani and they have six children. They have lived in Boise, Boston, Miami, Mexico, Jerusalem and China. John has a master's degree from Harvard and a Ph.D from BYU, both in Education. John is a professor of Religious Education at BYU. John has published several books with Deseret Book, including Considering the C...
Connecting People to Overcome Pornography | An Interview with Chandler Rogers
March 23, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MBAfter years of struggling in isolation to overcome pornography, Chandler founded Relay—an app that helps people stay connected and accountable along the road to recovery. It makes it easy to find and maintain tight-knit support in a team-based environment. Chandler served a Spanish-speaking mission in New York City and is graduating this spring from Brigham Young University in Strategy and Computer Science. Highlights 2:00 Chandler’s background and why he started his app 6:00 Chandler talks a...
Teaching Temple Covenants | An Interview with Anthony Sweat
March 19, 2022 17:00 - 50 minutes - 47.1 MBAnthony Sweat is an Associate Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, and previously taught Seminary and Institute for 13 years. With an early interest in art he obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts before pursuing religious education, earning a Ph.D in curriculum and instruction from Utah State University. He is the author of several articles and books dealing with the teachings and history of the Church, and a regular speaker at Latter-day Saint events and conferen...
T10 Teaching Temple Covenants | An Interview with Anthony Sweat
March 19, 2022 17:00 - 50 minutes - 47.1 MBAnthony Sweat is an Associate Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, and previously taught Seminary and Institute for 13 years. With an early interest in art he obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts before pursuing religious education, earning a Ph.D in curriculum and instruction from Utah State University. He is the author of several articles and books dealing with the teachings and history of the Church, and a regular speaker at Latter-day Saint events and conferen...
How I Lead as Bishop | An Interview with Neil Henderson
March 16, 2022 06:05 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MBNeil Henderson serves as bishop in his ward in Gorleston, England. He has previously served as a Young Men president and 1st counselor, counselor in numerous bishoprics, high councilor, and in the stake Young Men presidency. As a student he studied carpentry and joinery and also served in the British Army infantry RSV for around 10 years before joining the Fire and Rescue service in 1997, where he currently serves as a Watch Manager. Neil is a convert and the only member of the Church on his ...
The Principle of Love | An Interview with Elder Don R. Clarke
March 12, 2022 08:47 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBElder Don R. Clarke served as a General Authority from 2006 to 2015, first in the Second Quorum of the Seventy and as president and a counselor in the Central America Area, later in the First Quorum of the Seventy. He was assistant Executive Director in the Missionary Department and Area Assistant for the Utah North, Utah Salt Lake City, and Utah South Areas. He also served as Director of Church Hosting and currently serves as an emeritus General Authority and President of the Great Salt Lake...
Modeling Consistent Communication and Purpose | A How I Lead Interview with Daniel Bingham
March 09, 2022 08:48 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBDaniel Bingham is the previous CEO of Helena College–University of Montana and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where he earned a doctorate in community college leadership. His church service has included mission president, stake president, high councilor, bishopric counselor, ward Young Men president, seminary teacher, scoutmaster, ward mission leader, and missionary. During his service as mission president in the Australia Sydney South mission, he was in a bicycle accident re...
Teaching in the Church | An Interview with Russell Osguthorpe
March 07, 2022 14:26 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBRussell T. Osguthorpe has served as Sunday School General President, Area Seventy, and with his wife Lolly as mission leaders and temple president and matron. They are currently serving as virtual BYU-Pathway missionaries for students in the Caribbean. He holds a Ph.D. in instructional psychology and has served as a professor and administrator at Brigham Young University. He speaks several languages and enjoys swimming, hiking, and biking. He and his wife are the parents of five children and ...
How I Lead as Young Women President | An Interview with Lisa Valentine Clark
March 02, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MBLisa Valentine Clark is a writer, actress, and the host of The Lisa Show on BYUradio. She is a founding member of the theater-as-improv comedy troupe, The Thrillionaries; a writer, producer, and actress on the film Once I Was a Beehive; a host for 3 seasons on the TV show Random Acts; and a star in the BYUtv production Show Offs. She is the mother of five and author of Real Moms: Making It Up As We Go. Lisa is currently serving as the Young Women president in her ward. Highlights 01:30 Introd...
Helping Latter-day Youth Transition to Adulthood | An Interview with Mark McConville
February 26, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBDr. Mark McConville is a Clinical Psychologist licensed by the State of Ohio with over 30 years of professional experience in adult, adolescent, emerging adult, and family psychology. Mark serves as a senior faculty member of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland (GIC), a world renowned post-graduate training source for consulting and counseling professionals, and currently chairs GIC’s Advanced Training Program for Working With Children and Adolescents. Mark is the author of Failure to Launch: ...
T10 Leading Empowered and Confident Young Women | An Interview with Diljeet Taylor
February 23, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBThis is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in February 2020. Diljeet Taylor is the Brigham Young University Head Women's Cross Country Coach and Associate Director of Track & Field, and has been with BYU since 2016. She ran for Cal State Stanislaus and for the Nike Farm Olympic Development Team, then coached at Menlo College and later replaced her own coach at Cal State Stanislaus. A three-time All-American herself, she has coached 43 All-Americans and led the BYU Women's Cross Country...
T10 Why Testimony is Not the Only Goal for Latter-day Youth—Part 2 | A Presentation by Dan Duckworth
February 22, 2022 13:41 - 1 hour - 191 MBRegister for FREE to watch the Young Saints Virtual Conference Dan Duckworth is a disciple, family man, and changemaker. As a teacher and coach, he guides elite leaders to the top of their game. He’s the author of Stop Asking Why: Your Purpose is Self-Evident, and president of the Leading Saints Board of Directors. This podcast is the second of a 2-part presentation for the Young Saints Virtual Conference. Listen to PART 1: Why Testimony is Not the Only Goal for Latter-day Youth—Part 1 Hig...
Why Testimony is Not the Only Goal for Latter-day Youth—Part 2 | A Presentation by Dan Duckworth
February 22, 2022 13:41 - 1 hour - 191 MBWatch the Young Saints Virtual Conference with 14-day access to the Core Leader Library Dan Duckworth is a disciple, family man, and changemaker. As a teacher and coach, he guides elite leaders to the top of their game. He’s the author of Stop Asking Why: Your Purpose is Self-Evident, and president of the Leading Saints Board of Directors. This podcast is the second of a 2-part presentation for the Young Saints Virtual Conference. Listen to PART 1: Why Testimony is Not the Only Goal for Latte...
How to Develop Youth into Leaders | Peter Vidmar | Young Saints Conf. Clip
February 21, 2022 17:21 - 3 minutes - 3.83 MBRegister for free at: https://leadingsaints.org/youth
Why Testimony is Not the Only Goal for Latter-day Youth—Part 1 | A Presentation by Dan Duckworth
February 19, 2022 15:12 - 26 minutes - 25 MBRegister for FREE to watch the Young Saints Virtual Conference Dan Duckworth is a disciple, family man, and changemaker. As a teacher and coach, he guides elite leaders to the top of their game. He’s the author of Stop Asking Why: Your Purpose is Self-Evident, and president of the Leading Saints Board of Directors. This podcast is the first of a 2-part presentation for the Young Saints Virtual Conference. Highlights 6:10 What’s the difference between being a youth worker vs a youth mentor? ...
T10 Why Testimony is Not the Only Goal for Latter-day Youth—Part 1 | A Presentation by Dan Duckworth
February 19, 2022 15:12 - 26 minutes - 25 MBDan Duckworth is a disciple, family man, and changemaker. As a teacher and coach, he guides elite leaders to the top of their game. He’s the author of Stop Asking Why: Your Purpose is Self-Evident, and president of the Leading Saints Board of Directors. This podcast is the first of a 2-part presentation for the Young Saints Virtual Conference. Watch the Young Saints Virtual Conference with 14-day access to the Core Leader Library Highlights 6:10 What’s the difference between being a youth wo...
Latter-Day Saint Youth, Perfectionism, and Shame
February 18, 2022 22:45 - 3 minutes - 3.52 MBRegister for free at: https://leadingsaints.org/youth
How Does Sabbath Day Worship Impact Youth? | Prof. Mark Ogletree | Young Saints Conference Clip
February 18, 2022 11:21 - 2 minutes - 3.33 MBRegister for free at: https://leadingsaints.org/youth
Where do Youth Struggle with the Gospel the Most? | Al Carraway | Young Saints Conference Clip
February 17, 2022 17:00 - 3 minutes - 3.83 MBRegister for free at: https://leadingsaints.org/youth
The Struggles of Youth | A Presentation by Smith Alley
February 12, 2022 16:49 - 43 minutes - 40.9 MBRegister for FREE to watch the Young Saints Virtual Conference Smith Alley is an 18-year-old high school senior who struggled with the harmful effects of pornography and social media for five years. Deciding to change the course of his life at 14, he went through an addiction recovery program and fell in love with helping other people. He now speaks to groups on how to establish internal filters and use technology in a balanced and intentional way to avoid negative mental health effects and a...
Connecting with Individuals in Relief Society | How I Lead as a YSA Relief Society President | An Interview with Kessa Merrill
February 09, 2022 08:05 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBKessa Merrill is a young single adult member originally from Gilbert, Arizona, and is currently serving as stake Relief Society first counselor. Professionally she is an esthetician, studied public relations at Arizona State University, and is currently pursuing both of those passions as she works as the Operations Manager for the SkinBoss SkinSpa in Provo, Utah. During her time in Arizona she served as both the Latter-day Saint Student Association president and Interfaith Student Council pre...
T10 When the Stake President Struggles with Pornography | An Interview with Chris Raleigh
February 05, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBChris Raleigh grew up in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, and served in the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Mission. He has a bachelor’s degree in business, a master’s degree in education, and has taught for 28 years in both public and private school settings—including 23 years as a seminary and institute instructor. His Church assignments have included callings in the elders quorum, Sunday School, high council, bishopric, and as a bishop and stake president. In his current assignment he serves with his ...
When the Stake President Struggles with Pornography | An Interview with Chris Raleigh
February 05, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBChris Raleigh grew up in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, and served in the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Mission. He has a bachelor’s degree in business, a master’s degree in education, and has taught for 28 years in both public and private school settings—including 23 years as a seminary and institute instructor. His Church assignments have included callings in the elders quorum, Sunday School, high council, bishopric, and as a bishop and stake president. In his current assignment he serves with his ...
How I Lead as Stake President | An Interview with Randy Lonsdale
February 02, 2022 08:21 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBRandy Lonsdale and his wife Linda (Mendenhall) are Canadians living near Calgary, Alberta. They are thrilled to have six wonderful children and nine practically-perfect grandchildren. Randy is an in-house attorney handling engineering and construction contracts for a supermajor energy company. Randy's law career has taken his family to Vancouver (Canada), twice to South Korea, and to the island of Saipan (CNMI), and he still speaks Korean first learned during his mission to Seoul, Korea. He h...
“Teach Them Their Identity” | An Interview with Elaine Dalton
January 30, 2022 05:37 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBElaine Dalton was born and raised in Ogden, Utah, and received her bachelor's degree in English from Brigham Young University. She served alongside her husband, Stephen, in a singles ward bishopric and in stake callings, then at the general level of the Church for ten years on the Young Women general board and as the first and second counselor of the Young Women general presidency. She was called as Young Women general president from 2008 to 2013. Elaine and Stephen are the parents of five so...
T10 Being an Advocate for Those You Lead | An Interview with Rob Ferrell
January 26, 2022 08:10 - 1 hour - 117 MBThis is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in June 2019. Dr. Robert Ferrell has served as an elders quorum president, high councilor, YSA bishop, and YSA stake president, and has presented at firesides and conferences—including BYU Education Week—about connecting with young single adults. He grew up in the Bay Area of California but lives in Mountain Green, Utah, and worked as a periodontist in the Ogden area prior to leaving to serve as a mission president in the Peru Lima Central Mis...
Being an Advocate for Those You Lead | An Interview with Rob Ferrell
January 26, 2022 08:10 - 1 hour - 117 MBThis is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in June 2019. Dr. Robert Ferrell has served as an elders quorum president, high councilor, YSA bishop, and YSA stake president, and has presented at firesides and conferences—including BYU Education Week—about connecting with young single adults. He grew up in the Bay Area of California but lives in Mountain Green, Utah, and worked as a periodontist in the Ogden area prior to leaving to serve as a mission president in the Peru Lima Central Mi...
T10 Heaven and Cell: How to Use Smartphones to Teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ | An Interview with Brandon Comstock
January 22, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBBrandon Comstock has been teaching seminary for the past fourteen years in Southern Utah, and has also taught religion courses online for BYU-Idaho and Pathways International for five years. He has a bachelors degree in Business Management from BYU-Idaho, a masters in Instructional Technology from Utah State, and a doctorate in Educational Technology from Boise State, where his research focused on using smartphones in religious classrooms. Brandon has previously served as a Sunbeam teacher, f...
Heaven and Cell: How to Use Smartphones to Teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ | An Interview with Brandon Comstock
January 22, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBBrandon Comstock has been teaching seminary for the past fourteen years in Southern Utah, and has also taught religion courses online for BYU-Idaho and Pathways International for five years. He has a bachelors degree in Business Management from BYU-Idaho, a masters in Instructional Technology from Utah State, and a doctorate in Educational Technology from Boise State, where his research focused on using smartphones in religious classrooms. He has previously served as a Sunbeam teacher, four t...
How I Lead as Bishop | An Interview with Darren Bush
January 19, 2022 08:07 - 55 minutes - 76.3 MBDarren Bush is a husband, father, and paddler who advocates outdoor activities to feel the Spirit. Darren served a mission to southern Italy, met his wife, Stephanie, at Brigham Young University, and completed degrees in Italian and Psychology at University of Wisconsin–Madison after discovering it was the best place in the world. After completing a master's degree at the University of Rochester the family moved back to Wisconsin where he eventually bought Rutabaga Paddlesports. He has previo...
Giving Your Ward a Story to Tell and Other Ways to Promote Positive Ward Culture | An Interview with Kirk Weisler
January 17, 2022 20:41 - 57 minutes - 58.6 MBKirk Weisler is a leadership coach and trainer focused on team building and culture training. He is currently Chief Morale Officer for companies and organizations around the globe, offering coaching, keynote addresses, and workshops. A past leader of the National Speakers Association, Kirk is a master team builder and a professional storyteller, and has been a part of seven start-ups. He previously served in the 19th Special Forces and as a US Army Ranger. Kirk and his wife have been married ...
Finding the Why of Ward Tradition | An Interview with Nick Greer
January 08, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBNick Greer has been interested in all kinds of business and helping others his entire life. After serving a mission in Romania, Nick finished a degree in Finance at Brigham Young University and later shared his business-building passion as an adjunct professor. He has started multiple businesses, including Skipio–a customer-messaging platform—and Built Bar—low-calorie, high-protein bars that taste like candy. Nick and his wife, Deborah, also created the Five12 Foundation that provides a weeke...
Come Follow Me and the Power of Questions | An Interview with Evan Fitzpatrick
January 06, 2022 18:27 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBEvan Fitzpatrick is the founder of the Come Follow Me App. He is a husband and father of four girls, and for the past ten years has served in several bishoprics and with the young men. Professionally, Evan works for Bain Capital helping to lead the firm's efforts to drive growth and transformation in their portfolio companies. Highlights 1:30 Evan created the Come Follow Me app. 4:15 How the Come Follow Me app came about 9:15 Other communities/religions are driving innovation and creating app...