The L3 Leadership Podcast with Doug Smith

In this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, you'll hear Dave Buehring, Founder & President of Lionshare, share how to make disciples of Jesus in every vocation.

Key Takeaways:

Jesus can impact every sphere of your life. He came to change the world, not just the church. We often limit disciple-making to the church or something only the church does.

Disciple-Making vs. Mentoring: Disciple-Making always tethers things to Jesus. How to live and work practically for Jesus.

Since most of us were not intentionally discipled, we don’t know how to disciple others.

How do we make disciples? We look for people who are F.A.S.T.

Faithful

Available

Servent-Hearted

Teachable

The first question I ask in looking for someone to disciple: In whose ears will my words be big? Those are the people that we have favor with. They listen to what we have to say, do it, and come back for more.

Dave discusses his one-year disciple-making curriculum and why it works.

The whole mission of the early church would’ve been to do what Jesus did. What did he do? He made disciples. Church planting and church growth are supposed to be the fruit of proper discipleship.

“Just becuase you have the gift of God on you, doesn’t mean your character is where it needs to be.”
Dave's Latest Book:
The Great Opportunity: Making Disciples of Jesus In Every Vocation.
About Dave Buehring:
Dave Buehring is a devoted disciple of Jesus who is engaged in equipping the Church, guiding leaders, and reproducing disciple-makers. Over four-plus decades, Dave has led on local, national, and international fronts. He has had the opportunity to speak thousands of times in hundreds of settings, including conferences and retreats, leadership summits, vocational venues, churches, schools and universities, and humanitarian aid trainings. He is often found walking alongside leaders of all ages, who lead throughout the vocations. Referencing wisdom from the Scriptures, blended with his broad experiences, he guides them toward living godly lives and leading in the ways of God.

Dave is the Founder and President of Lionshare (www.Lionshare.org), a nonprofit organization aimed at igniting and equipping churches and societal leaders to fulfill Jesus’ Great Co-Mission of making disciple makers. He’s the author of A Discipleship Journey, a scripturally sound, proven and practical resource used in numberous nations throughout the world; The Jesus Blueprint: Rediscovering His Original Plan for Changing the World; and the upcoming book The Great Opportunity: Making Disciples of Jesus in Every Vocation. Dave annually hosts and teaches a six-month leadership intensive for vocational leaders called "A Leadership Journey." He also can be regularly heard on Lionshare’s podcast Wisdom Unlocked: The Ways of God.

Dave has the privilege of participating in the pastoral team at his home church, Grace Chapel, and has been a part of an international community of leaders, Messenger Fellowship, for over thirty years.

Dave and his wife, Cheryl, reside in the beautiful hills of Franklin, Tennessee, where they enjoy spending time with their family and friends.

In this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, you’ll hear Doug Smith interview Clint Hurdle, Former Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates on the topic of transitioning well in leadership.

About Clint Hurdle:

Clint Hurdle is the former manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a position he held for nine seasons, earning him the title of NL Manager of the Year in 2013. Before working with the Pirates, Clint managed the Colorado Rockies and helped them achieve the 2007 National League pennant. Clint formerly played baseball for the Kansas City Royals along with the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Mets and was featured in Sports Illustrated in 1978.

Key Take Aways from the Interview:

• Clint talks about the importance of modeling positivity, faith, and character off of the ballfield and in life.
• What did you intentionally do to make an impact? I was intentional about listening to people and see people. I never wanted to make someone feel like they were less than I was, or that I was greater than they were. I surrounded myself with people who told me what I needed to hear, not what I wanted to hear. We are to have a “white-belt mentality”, realizing that there is always so much to learn.
• The message that I would leave the people of Pittsburgh with is: The best is yet to come.
• Clint talks about the impact that God has had in his life.
• There’s always going to be people who are smarter than you and have more talent than you, but you should never be outworked or be out-prepared.
• Transition well. I believe there is beauty in honoring the exit. So many people focus on the entrance of a new leader, but I believe that your exit is more important than your exit. When transitioning out of a leadership role, exit well and give the next person level ground to succeed.

Quotes:

“You model the behavior you want to instill in others.” – Clint Hurdle

Conversation Link:

https://www.clinthurdle.com/

In this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, you’ll hear Gordon MacDonald, pastor and best-selling author, share leadership advice for every decade of your life, the importance of rest, and more!

About Gordon

Gordon MacDonald has been a pastor and author for over forty years. For many years he pastored Grace Chapel in Lexington, Massachusetts, and continues to serve as Pastor Emeritus. He has also provided leadership to influential ministries such as Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, which he served as President for three years, and World Relief, which he currently serves as Chairman. Gordon’s best-selling books include Ordering Your Private World, Mid-Course Correction, and, most recently, A Resilient Life. He also writes and serves as Editor-at-Large for Christianity Today’s Leadership Journal. When not writing, leading, or speaking at conferences, Gordon and his wife Gail can be found hiking the trails of New England.

Episode Summary:

• Gordon’s in his 80's, so we asked him to give advice to leaders in each decade starting with the 20's.
• We talk a lot about leadership and ambition and the importance of rest.
• Gordon was one of 4 leaders chosen to walk President Bill Clinton through everything he went through in his presidency... it was fascinating to talk about that.
• We also talk about what leadership succession and beyond looks like.

Key Takeaways:

1. Ambition in leadership can be positive, but it does have a spectrum that must be kept in check. It’s good to want to make a difference, but “Drivenness must be consecrated daily”.
2. “Business brings emptiness. I always keep a sabbath.” There are no two sabbaths that are the same. It’s all about getting true rest and being renewed. If you can’t get everything done in 6 days, then you’re either doing too much or are doing it wrong.
3. About every seven years, your dreams will get tested. This is either because you fail, or someone fails you.
4. Right now at 81, I am most interested in raising up younger pastors and being a spiritual father to those who will go after me.
5. For those who are looking for a spiritual father or a mentor, my advice is to start “dating”. Date your potential mentor, take them to coffee, ask them questions, see how you click and whether or not you hit it off. Don’t just ask someone to be your mentor. Take it slow and take time to develop a real relationship first.
6. Failure always generates humility. Always take full responsibility for your mistakes. Think about what you can learn from them and what you can teach others from them. Never cover up your mistakes.

In this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, you’ll hear Joel Manby talk about how to integrate love into your leadership.
4 Key Leadership Insights:

1. What did I do to “get out of the pile” or get noticed as a younger leader?

• Certainly, the following characteristics helped: skillset, intuition, the anticipation of the next steps, but more than anything... work ethic. “I may have not been the smartest, I was the most hard-working”. “I did the very best job that I could in everything that I did.”

2. What does loving people in an organization look like?

• There has to be processes and systems put in place to hold up your organizational values. These are systems that reward and correct according to your values and desired culture.
• Leading with love is not a soft thing or just a “Christian” thing. Leading with tough love is often the case. Leading with tough love means holding people accountable and having difficult conversations in order to uphold your company’s vision and values.

3. A rule of loving leadership: Praise in public, admonish in private.

• A simple cadence that I’ve followed when offering this tough love is: Praise them for their strengths, admonish them specifically and briefly, and put them right back on the horse.

4. Your guests will never rise above the enthusiasm and interest of your employees.
About Joel Manby:
Joel has been the CEO of major corporations for over 25+ years leading organizations such SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, Herschend Enterprises (the largest family-owned theme park and entertainment company in the United States), Saab Automobile USA, and Amazon’s car selling partner, which was sold to CarsDirect.com in 2001. Joel summarized these leadership principles in my book Love Works detailing how to integrate “love the verb” into the leadership ethos and philosophy of any organization.

Joel is currently the non-executive Chairman of Orange, a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and distribution of student, youth, and next-generation curriculum to over 9,000 churches in 40+ countries. In addition to his duties as chairman of Orange, Joel consults and speaks on Love Works, crisis leadership lessons, and other leadership topics designed to fit the needs of an audience.
Episode Links:
https://joelmanby.com/

Love Works

Joel’s Blog

Need a laugh? Check out Joel’s Folsom Prison parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wCICnvRszUMore L3 Leadership Podcast Episode: l3leaderhsip.org/podcast

In this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith interviews Jeremy Pryor, Founder of Family Teams and several other businesses and non-profit organizations. Jeremy shares timely insight on how to lead your family team effectively.

7 Key Take-Aways from Episode 266

1. Family Teams is an organization that seeks to restore the Biblical blue print of family.
Culture redefined family and the church went along. Now the family unit is suffering. Family Teams wants to change that and restore the Biblical model of family.
2. Jeremy shares their sabbath.
The family meal (Shabbat) is a kick-off to our sabbath. Jeremy shares, in-depth, their sabbath meal, and how it’s created a lasting and impactful family tradition.
3. What does Sabbath look like for you?

• “The goal is to find your off button” - Jeremy Pryor

It’s not easy to rest. It takes work and intentionality to take a full day off and not do things that feel like work. The important thing is to know that it takes time to find your “off-button”.

4. Jeremy talks about the 7 Day Rhythm.

Families in America are burnt-out. We need a restrain & framework for our family unit that helps them sustain effectiveness. God gave us the “Week” as that framework.

Learning how to manage your week, one day at a time, is God’s model for your family.

It happens through week by week planning and coordination. Each week is set up by a weekly family Team Meeting.
“Many family problems are the accumulation of broken systems.” - Jeremy Pryor

5. Family is defined as a multigenerational team on mission.

There has to be clarity around the mission of your family, so that there is a sense of purpose in your family. It’s not family as the mission... It’s family on mission. In the end, we have to realize that it’s not about us and that we live for something greater.

6. Reward. Correction. Discipline.

This is the way the adult works. Our adult lives are ordered by this process. Why, then, do we try to raise our kids without these three important elements. There’s a skill to training and raising children. We should be devoted to sharpening that skill.

7. Lead Your Family.

My hope is that fathers and mothers would see themselves as the heads of their families. You don’t leave your family when you go to work. You represent your family and you lead your family in your actions away from your family.

Links mentioned:

• FamilyTeams.com
• Family Revision: How Ancient Wisdom Can Heal the Modern Family by Jeremy Pryor & Jeff Bethke
• 31 Creative Ways to Build Your Family Team: Practical Everyday Tools That Will Make an Immediate Difference By Jeremy Pryor
• Father's Compass: 21 Insights to Guide Dads Through the Journey of Fatherhood by Jeremy Pryor
• Family Teams Weekend Online Conference

About Jeremy Pryor:
Jeremy met his wife April in Jerusalem in 1997 when they were students. They’ve spent the last 20 years building Team Pryor together. The have five kids: Kelsey, Jackson, Sydney, Elisa and Kaira. They live in a multigenerational house with Jeremy parents and April’s mom in Fort Thomas, KY just a few mile