Tanner, the CEO of Every Home for Christ, shares his journey from rural Montana to leading a global ministry. He discusses the audacious mission of Every Home for Christ and the various ways they carry Christ to everyone and every place. Tanner also talks about his experience of taking over leadership from the legendary Dick Eastman and the challenges of succession. He emphasizes the importance of boundaries, play, and seeking support in maintaining health while traveling. Tanner shares his favorite cereal, guilty pleasure song, and a quote that inspires him. He concludes with a message of encouragement for those feeling discouraged.TakeawaysEvery Home for Christ has an audacious mission to carry Christ to everyone and every place.Succession can be a challenging process, but intentional communication and trust-building are key.Setting boundaries and prioritizing health, both physically and mentally, is crucial for leaders who travel frequently.Play and humor can humanize leadership and strengthen relationships within a team.Gratitude and taking small steps are important during difficult times.Every Home for Christ's website (www.everyhome.org) is a great resource to learn more about their work.Sound Bites"I think getting good at saying no, really weighing out whether this is truly important or not.""Play disarms and allows us to have relational connection.""Listen, you're in good company. The world is a hard spot. I think everybody in the world at some point experiences some kind of suffering."

In this episode of the Stay Forth Leadership Podcast, Alan and Jonathan  discuss the theme of finding newness and freshness when feeling stuck. They emphasize the importance of changing pace, place, and perspective to gain a new outlook. They also explore the mindset shifts necessary to move from feeling stuck to being a designer of one's own life. The conversation covers various strategies for finding newness, including getting away from technology, changing environments, and cultivating new relationships.
 
The episode concludes with reflection questions and a call to take action.
 
Takeaways
Changing pace, place, and perspective can help bring newness and freshness when feeling stuck.
Mindset shifts are necessary to move from feeling stuck to being a designer of one's own life.
Strategies for finding newness include getting away from technology, changing environments, and cultivating new relationships.
Reflection and taking action are key to transforming information into meaningful change.
 
Quotables
"It's refreshing and it's just a different way to communicate important information."
"Change of pace plus change of place equals change of perspective."
"Being away from just instant information and supercomputers that fit in our pockets is probably one of the better ways that I can find newness."

In this episode, Jonathan and Alan introduce their summer series on living and leading in a lighter way. They discuss the purpose of the series and how it differs from their regular podcast episodes. The main theme of this episode is overwhelm and the opportunity for clarity. They explore the lies associated with overwhelm and the importance of taking action to find clarity. They provide examples and encourage listeners to identify the sources of overwhelm in their own lives and take steps towards greater clarity.
 
Takeaways
The summer series is designed to provide a more transformational look at living and leading in a lighter way.
Overwhelm is an obstacle that can be overcome through clarity.
There are two types of overwhelm: positive overwhelm (having too many good things) and negative overwhelm (feeling burdened by responsibilities).
The lies associated with overwhelm are the need for certainty and the belief that everything must be done by oneself.
Taking action and seeking clarity are essential to overcoming overwhelm.
Identify the sources of overwhelm in your life and take steps towards greater clarity.
Quotables
"When clarity goes up, overwhelm goes down."
"Overwhelm is something that is standing between you and where you want to be."
Chapters
00:00Introduction to the Summer Series
09:24Overwhelm and Clarity
13:27The Lies of Overwhelm
19:04Identifying Sources of Overwhelm
23:19Steps Towards Greater Clarity

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In episode, Dr. Tashion Macon takes us on a journey through her remarkable career in pop culture and positive psychology. Join us as she delves into her new book, Coming in Hot: A Blueprint for Black Women Setting the World Ablaze, and shares powerful insights on showing up as your greatest self.
About Dr. Tashion Macon
Dr.Tashion Macon is a trailblazer. Her professional experience lives at the intersections of brand marketing, pop-culture, philanthropy, and positive psychology.
Growing up in East St. Louis, IL, Dr. Macon’s traumatic and transformative experiences showed her that she could accomplish anything. Her life trajectory gives her the ability to authentically invite everyone she encounters to achieve their highest vibration.
Dr. Macon has helped iconic companies like Arista/LaFace Records, Interscope/Universal, NBC, T-Mobile, and Warner Brothers achieve their financial and marketing objectives, and she’s led mission-focused organizations like Akoin, Communi- ties In Schools, South Carolina Institutes of Information and Innovation, The Teaching Lab, The Weitz Foundation, Voice Vision Value, and Women’s Foundation of the South to fulfill their purpose. She uniquely understands how to strike – when the proverbial iron is HOT to maximize career-enhancing outcomes.
Her new book, Coming In Hot: A Blueprint For Black Women Setting The World Ablaze is a love letter to Black Women. Dr. Macon introduces her innovative “Hotlist”, a framework to support Black women as they count the costs and the coins to cultivate a career path that is as authentic and unique as they are.
A best-selling author, speaker, and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Dr. Macon’s Coming in Hot offers Black women a thought-provoking and straight-talking guide for professional access, agency, and ascension – one borne of experience and steeped in wit and wisdom.
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Sound Bites:
"Purpose does not need permission to be what it's born to be."
"Your title is something you rent, your talent is something you own."
"Bet on your own blaze, push all your chips in on that."
Key Takeaways:
Show up as your greatest self and cultivate a career that is uniquely yours.
Bring your essence and talent to everything you do.
Trust your unique design and bet on your own blaze.
Divine doors will open for you, even in times of discouragement.
Declare what you desire and follow the direction of divine discontent.
Connect with Dr. Tashion Macon
Books: https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Hot-Blueprint-Setting-Ablaze-ebook/dp/B0D4VYV611?ref_=ast_author_dp&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1cMKFxP3fhaqj0QiSmGoyA.Oe9WzymZkX1fv1jUsJlq_Eob_XrVydE0qHgQAwuTprM&dib_tag=AUTHOR
Website: https://www.tashionmacon.com/
 
 

In this episode, Alan Briggs and Chad Lunsford demystify the concept of sabbatical and share their personal experiences. They discuss the importance of sabbatical for pastors and leaders, and how it can be a life-giving opportunity for rest, reflection, and reorientation.
They outline the three phases of a healthy sabbatical: prepare, experience, and reorient. The hosts emphasize the need for engagement and intentional decision-making during sabbatical, and the value of having a sabbatical coach to guide and support the process.
If you or someone you know are experiencing, planning or thinking about a sabbatical ingest this episode!
To pursue your free Breakthrough Sabbatical Coaching session head to www.stayforth.com/coaching
Takeaways
Sabbatical is a valuable opportunity for pastors and leaders to rest, reflect, and reorient.
There are three phases of a healthy sabbatical: prepare, experience, and reorient. Sabbatical is not an escape from life, but an engagement with deep personal and relational matters.
Having a sabbatical coach can provide guidance and support throughout the sabbatical process.
Quotables
"We want to demystify sabbatical."
"I've experienced sabbatical being incredibly life-giving opportunity and gift."
"Sabbatical is different for each person."
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Welcome back, friends! In this episode, we dive into a crucial yet often overlooked conversation about the aftermath of moral failures in leadership. What happens when a leader falls from grace? How do they find their way back to meaning and purpose?
Our guest today is Pastor and Author Greg Lindsay, who opens up about his own experience of crashing and burning as a pastor. Greg shares insights from his new book, "The Rest of Your Story," a candid account of his journey through shame, suicidal thoughts, and the long road to restoration.
We discuss the significance of understanding one's story, the impact of past traumas, and the importance of experiencing Jesus in the healing process. Greg emphasizes the necessity of community and trusted relationships in finding true freedom and redemption.
Whether you're a leader who's been through a similar fall or someone seeking hope and encouragement, this episode promises to provide valuable insights and inspiration. Join us as we explore the path to healing and the importance of staying true to one's calling despite life's challenges.
About Greg Lindsey
Greg Lindsey is a trial attorney turned church planter who has been the lead pastor of Discovery Church in Colorado Springs for over fifteen years. He is also one of the founding leaders of COSILoveYou, a Colorado Springs-based organization committed to uniting and igniting the local church in love for the city. Greg and his wife, Stacy, have been married forty years and have four daughters and nine grandkids.
Connect with Greg
Book: https://amzn.to/4cbjJp8
Instagram: @greglindseyauthor
Twitter: @greglindsey
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Steve Carter was next in line to pastor Willow Creek Community Church, but as scandals arose around Bill Hybels Steve walked away in order to heal and care for his family. He talks about the trauma of that season, the faith it required of him and how he experienced restoration and you can too. This is a GREAT episode to share with anyone who has experienced church hurt in any facet. We need more hopeful stories like this of people who have journeyed well and done the work. Pick up his brand new book Grieve, Breathe, Receive on Amazon.
About Steve Carter
Steve Carter is the best selling author of The Thing Beneath The Thing, host of the Craft and Character podcast, a coach to communicators who are looking to find their unique voice or take their next step of growth in speaking and teaches regularly at churches, conferences, and various businesses around the country. He is the former lead teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and currently serves as a teaching pastor at Forest City Church. He lives outside Chicago, Illinois, with his wife and two kids.
Takeaways
Embrace grief and learn to sit with the pain in order to find healing and renewal.
Forgiveness is a powerful gift that allows us to release bitterness and anger and experience freedom.
Finding a sense of place and belonging can be a significant part of the healing process.
Leaders often struggle with grieving and celebrating, but both are essential for personal growth and maturity.
There is hope and a surprise waiting for leaders who are hurting, even in the midst of difficult circumstances.
Quotes
"Grieve what is, grieve what I thought it was gonna be, grieve how key people let me down, breathe in the new mercies, exhale all bitterness and resentment and anger, and receive what I need to learn, receive what I need to own, receive who I need to become."
"Go to the desert and wait for instructions because I am... I was trying to achieve my way out of it. I was trying to figure out, okay, like, where can I go? What's a bigger city? What's a better opportunity? Because that's how I'd always handled my sadness and stress was just look to go do something more. And I thought the desert was metaphorical, but I took out my journal and just started to write similar to the donut shop and... I just wrote down the line, you can't achieve your way out of this, you can only grieve your way through it."
"Trust is a mathematical formula. Safe plus consistent, again and again, over and over on repeat, makes you worthy of trust. Unsafe, consistent, again and again, over and over, makes you unworthy of trust. And safe but inconsistent, again and again, over and over on repeat, makes you unworthy of trust. The question is, are you worthy of trust?"
Connect with Steve
Website: https://www.stevecarter.org/
Book: https://amzn.to/3x87cnc
 

Alan interviews Pat Lencioni for part 2 of our Working Genius series. This episode focuses on how to apply The Working Genius to teams. This is THE best assessment we've ever seen for team alignment and common language. We are honored to have The Working Genius as a sponsor for this podcast.
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About Pat Lencioni
Pat is one of the founders of The Table Group and is the pioneer of the organizational health movement. He is the author of 13 books, which have sold over 8 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages.
As President of the Table Group, Pat spends his time speaking and writing about leadership, teamwork, and organizational health and consulting with executives and their teams.
Prior to founding the firm in 1997, Pat worked at Bain & Company, Oracle Corporation and Sybase. Pat lives in the Bay Area with his wife and four boys.
Takeaways
Understanding the six types of working genius can transform teams and improve productivity and morale.
Borrowing geniuses across teams can lead to increased innovation and success.
Understanding frustrations can be liberating and prevent burnout.
The team map is a valuable tool for visualizing the distribution of geniuses and frustrations within a team.
Using the vocabulary of working genius can improve team communication and project flow.
Understanding individual and team dynamics is crucial for improving productivity and avoiding conflict.
The concept of working genius identifies six types of genius that individuals possess.
Clarity and communication are essential for ensuring alignment within teams.
Working genius can be connected to other concepts introduced by Lencioni, such as the five dysfunctions of a team and the ideal team player.
Taking the working genius assessment can provide valuable insights for individuals and teams.
Quotables
"Nobody on their team had the genius of wonder."
"Let's just put people in the right role and give them the right responsibilities that correspond to what gives them joy and energy."
"She has enablement, which means whenever a customer or an employee says, I need help, she's right there."
"You have to see how it comes about. And we know it's going to be painful for you."
"People can now actually call each other out on things in a way that doesn't feel like they're being judged or attacked, but they're being honored."
"People talk to one another using the language of working genius, which in a good way objectifies feedback that used to feel personal."