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On the first Friday of every month we will encourage and equip leaders to help those entrusted to them THRIVE and to be a leader that people will follow for LIFE! Podcast host, Nick Westbrook, has had people entrusted to his leadership for over 20 years as a former high school Head Football Coach, sales team leader, & ministry to now being the Owner/Operator of one of the highest volume Chick-fil-A restaurants in Georgia. Through engaging, inspirational, & fun 30 minute episodes, Nick will unpack Shepherd Leadership and engage with other shepherd leaders about how they are making an impact in their organizations.
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Send a text John Crosby is the founder & Executive Director of Priority Insight where he serves leaders as an Executive Coach and teacher. Priority Insight uniquely serves organizations by taking biblical principles and helping leaders apply those principles to their leadership. John and his wife Jo also are the founders of Five Stones Counseling in Savannah, Ga where they do couples counseling together. Find out more about John and his ministry at www.priorityinsigh...
Send a text After a long pause due to a very unexpectedly demanding 2025, we are back in full strength posting episodes in 2026 to come alongside you as we grow to be thriving shepherd leaders that help those entrusted to us thrive. Did you know there is a secret commitment of all lifelong thriving leaders? There is one foundational rhythm and habit that all great leaders that are healthy & thriving do that those that are not healthy & thriving don't do? Nick dives ...
Send a text What do you want to be known FOR? What are you known FOR? In today’s culture many people make their stand on what they are AGAINST rather than what they are FOR. This month’s guest, author, speaker, & leader Jeff Henderson talks about the power of getting really clear as a leader on what you are FOR, what you want to be known FOR, and who you are FOR. Jeff wrote the bestselling book, Know What You are FOR: A Growth Strategy for Work, An Even Better Str...
Send a text In this first episode of 2025 I wanted to recap all of the amazing things we learned in 2024. We had our BEST YEAR, receiving over 10,000 downloads of the podcast. I am so grateful to everyone that has invested your time in this content. My prayer is that it is valuable to you and your leadership growth and that not only you benefit as a leader, but that those you lead benefit as you become a better Shepherd Leader to those entrusted to you. We are a...
Send a text Listen in to Part 2 of my conversation with retired Chick-fil-A President, Tim Tassopolous, who enjoyed a 46 year career with the brand spanning 6 different decades, & led Chick-fil-A through some it's most robust growth seasons. Tim's wisdom and calm leadership style help us realize that anyone can be a leader others would follow for life by making the leadership decisions of character and care that define a Shepherd Leader.
Send a text What if you had the opportunity to take some one on one basketball lessons from Michael Jordan, or some vocal performance lessons from Adele, or quarterback camp with Tom Brady, or acting lessons from Meryl Streep? Incredible right?! That's what it felt like to sit with my friend Tim Tassopoulos, retired President & Chief Operating Officer at Chick-fil-A, Inc. In a 46 year career that spanned 6 different decades and countless innovations, challenges, award...
Send a text Former CEO of Saab, Sea World, & Herschend Family Entertainment, Joel Manby says that leading with love is the greatest strategic advantage any organization can have. In his book, Love Works - 7 Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders, Joel talks about his history of leadership and how he found the greatest strategy for effective leadership through a very familiar biblical passage & the everyday life of the Herschend Family Entertainment owners Jack & Peter H...
Send a text If you win at work but lose at home, you still lose. Join leadership author and coach Randy Gravitt and I as we discuss what it looks like to build a foundation of winning at home first and to encourage those entrusted to you to win at home first. Randy and his team at Lead Every Day have a dream and a vision of a "world well led". He says that begins with fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, making the commitment to win at home first...
Send a text Have you considered that the primary thing hindering your family, your team, your church, or your organization from thriving is your own mental, emotional, & spiritual health? I have a conversation with Dr. John Delony about how a leader's pursuit of mental & emotional wellness can not only have a huge impact in their life, but an exponential impact in the lives of those entrusted to them. Dr. John Delony's 3 books have made a radical impact on the leadership wor...
Send a text Some things sound really good in theory, but how do you actually make them work. Listen to my conversation with 4 of my leaders from Chick-fil-A and hear how they engage with our team members as shepherd leaders, and strive to become leaders they can follow for LIFE!
Send a text Ken Coleman is a national bestselling author of the books The Proximity Principle & From Paycheck to Purpose. Ken is a dynamic personality for Ramsey Solutions where he is the host of his own nationally syndicated radio show and routinely hosts The Ramsey Show, one of the most listened to radio programs in the nation. Ken is a routine guest on shows like Fox News, Fox Business, FORBES, & yahoo! Finance. Ken is passionate about people doing...
Send a text Learn from Britt McDade, Owner/Operator of Chick-fil-A Vidalia, about how challenging those entrusted to you to be their best & to bring their best can help guide them to thrive and be all that God created them to be.
Send a text Statistically, being selected as a Chick-fil-A Owner/Operator is more difficult than being selected into Harvard or the CIA. In this episode we get to learn from Alex Vann, a veteran multi-unit Chick-fil-A Owner/Operator in Columbus, Georgia who has had shepherded & mentored 13 Chick-fil-A Owner/Operators to be selected from his team in 21 years. Alex is a shepherd leader at home as a committed husband and father. He is a leader of leaders in our fraterni...
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Send a text Have you ever wondered, "Why is this generation so different?" or "Why is my boss like that?" Do you find it difficult to lead and shepherd this next generation? Are you 'leading up' and want to know the best way to steward the relationships with your older Team Members? Dr. Tim Elmore, founder & CEO of Growing Leaders & bestselling author, shares with us amazing insights from his book A New Kind of Diversity on how we can make the differen...
Send a text At the end of our leadership journey, the effectiveness of our leadership will not be measured on the nobility of our intentions but on the impact of our actions! In this episode we talk about how you can fit in all of your intentions to know, guide, protect, & provide for those entrusted to you by turning them into impactful actions that help you shepherd well and be a leader others will follow for life!
Send a text What a FUN conversation with multi-unit Chick-fil-A Operator & author of the book "Irrational Kindness", Kevin Williams. Kevin's approach to life and work is so radical in how he strives to prioritize "kindness over everything". We learn how much fun it is to engage in irrational kindness and how we can shepherd those entrusted to us well by providing them with irrational kindness & guiding them to live a life of irrational kindness. This episode challe...
Send a text David Chen is one remarkable Shepherd Leader! David's life of leadership proves that you can shepherd in any vocation! Beginning as a engineering graduate from Georgia Tech to working at Starbucks to going on the mission field to selecting Chick-fil-A Operators and now being a Chick-fil-A Operator - David has led a life dedicated to serving others and to influence their life for Christ. David is known for being an Operator that leads a phenomenal culture and ...
Send a text We finish the 2nd part of the conversation from the previous episode of what shepherd leaders provide for those entrusted to them. In the previous episode we learned that shepherd leaders will provide for the needs of those they lead. Today we talk about how we also are to provide CARE. As Christ followers our leadership should look differently than the leadership seen across the world. The way our leadership can look differently is to provide genuine care...
Send a text In this episode we unpack the final principle of Shepherd Leadership, to PROVIDE for those entrusted to you. If the goal of a shepherd leader is for those entrusted to them to thrive, then a good shepherd leader will PROVIDE what they NEED to thrive. We talk about those needs specifically through the lens of Abraham Maslow's 5 Hierarchy of Needs. Join in to hear how we can shepherd our families, our organizations, and our teams to thrive by doing the loving w...
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