There are many leaders within our congregations who have a wealth of knowledge and experience, and there are younger leaders yearning for mentorship. I was curious to learn how we as church leaders could best serve these high-capacity folks within our congregation and steward their insight.

Often, businesses are built to solve the founder’s problem, and Casey Caston founded Marriage365 in response to the difficulty of navigating a healthy marriage and leading a ministry. Originally, Marriage365 was not aimed at couples in ministry, but over time, they have evolved to serve couples both in and out of the church.

Recently, I had a great conversation with Krisha Beuhler, VP of Human Resources at BELAY, where we talked about BELAY’s approach to remote and hybrid leadership. They are not only a virtual staffing company—they have been fully remote as a staff since their inception in 2010.

My longtime friend and mentor, Jack Hamilton joined us to “remind us about some things that you already know,” like Peter in 2 Peter.

Kadi Cole is the founder of Kadi Cole & Company, a leadership development company specializing in equipping individuals and organizations. We sat down for a virtual interview to discuss how to develop female leaders.

In her time with us, Holly shared what she’s learning about the workplace’s newest demographic challenge: the Gen Z employee. Holly, a Millennial, offered her own experience leading the next generation and emphasized the importance of people development in the workplace.

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Matt Tresidder, CEO and Co-Founder of Leadr, to discuss the power of the 1:1 meeting, and the mission of Leadr to develop 1M leaders with their people development software.

Ricky is the senior pastor of Southwest Church in Indian Wells, Calif., where he leads a fast-growing community of believers compelled by its vision to be a gospel-centered, multiethnic, intergenerational church that loves discipleship. Ricky focused his time with our members on the leadership “R.I.D.E.,” an acronym inspired by Paul’s remarkable model of leadership presented to us in 2 Timothy.

Carey Nieuwhof shared about his own experience with burn out and what it looks like to come back from it. We were joined by Jenni Catron, who spoke about the building blocks for organizational success.

Tony Morgan, Founder & Lead Strategist at The Unstuck Group, sat down with me (virtually) for an interview to discuss the Unstuck Church Report and the church trends he has noticed over the past year.

I was so excited when Miguel De La Mora joined our team in February. We invited Miguel on to our team to fill the role of Campus Pastor at Willow Creek Community Church, as well as being on our teaching team. As Miguel and I were talking one day, he began to talk about the difference between an owned vision and borrowed vision. It was so good, I asked him if I could unpack it with him via video interview.

Dan Reiland, author, speaker, and executive pastor at 12Stone Church sat down with me (virtually) for an interview to discuss confident leadership. Dan and I have been friends for many years and have even coached together in the past.

Kadi is the founder of Kadi Cole & Company, a leadership development company specializing in equipping individuals and organizations. Kadi presented insights from her books, Find Your Leadership Voice in 90 Days and Developing Female Leaders. She dedicated most of her session to answering many of the tough questions our members had about developing and empowering female leaders in their churches.

I have been close friends with Jenni Catron, Founder and CEO of The 4Sight Group, for nearly twelve years. Jenni is an exceptional author, speaker, and leader, who has inspired, encouraged, and equipped others for success for over fifteen years.

Tony is the founder and lead strategist of The Unstuck Group, a company that helps leaders grow healthy churches by guiding them through experiences that focus vision, strategy, and action. Tony presented findings from the Unstuck Report and offered invaluable advice to our members about strategizing in the new normal.

I sat down (virtually) with my friend and former boss, William Vanderbloemen, Founder and CEO of Vanderbloemen, to discuss what he has seen in the world of staffing recently. Even after working for William for nearly six years, there is still so much I learn from him every time we speak.

I had the opportunity to interview Luke Hesher from HouseRight Production. I love all things technology, so the conversation with a leading contractor for all things audio, video and lighting was captivating. Luke and I both have a passion for planning major projects well — starting from mission and vision before you start buying speakers or soundboards.

Last month, Phil and I talked about buildings, design, changes since Covid, and more.