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035 What Do I Keep? What Do I Change? | Church World Service President & CEO Rick Santos
Season 1 Episode 35
When Rick Santos became CEO of Church World Service, it was a homecoming.
He had spent his first 13 years in international development there, left fo…
23 hours ago
034 Am I Even Supposed to Be the CEO? | YouVersion Founder & CEO Bobby Gruenewald
Season 1 Episode 34
In 2021, YouVersion’s Bible App passed half a billion devices. The team celebrated. Bobby Gruenewald knew growth was barely above flat, and the miles…
1 week ago
033 Can I Tell the Board I'm Drowning? | Community Food Club Executive Director AJ Fossel
Season 1 Episode 33
In six months, the Community Food Club grew by 47 percent. AJ Fossel had six people on staff. She was stocking onions in the back because there was n…
2 weeks ago
032 RIF or Resign? | Thompson Child and Family Focus President & CEO Will Jones
Season 1 Episode 32
Three days into his tenure, Will Jones was asked to sign a letter moving $150,000 from Thompson's endowment to cover a $200,000 payroll.
Two weeks la…
3 weeks ago
031 Am I Supposed to Decide This? | M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust CEO Romanita Hairston
Season 1 Episode 31
The hard calls, the ones that are 51/49, are supposed to land on the CEO's desk. Romanita Hairston warns that without a clear escalation framework, y…
4 weeks ago
030 Is This Mission Drift? | FCA President & CEO Shane Williamson
Season 1 Episode 30
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes had worked the same way with high school and college athletes since 1954.
Then someone asked a question in a lea…
1 month ago
029 What Am I Even Doing Here? | Prison Fellowship President & CEO Heather Rice-Minus
Season 1 Episode 29
Heather Rice-Minus walked out of a board meeting without an important approval.
She had presented a new mission and vision for Prison Fellowship, bui…
1 month, 1 week ago
028 Teach Me to Care and Not to Care | Biola University President Barry Corey
Season 1 Episode 28
Barry Corey is starting his twentieth year as president of Biola University. He says he is on his third presidency at the same institution.
Early on, …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
027 Weather the Storm? Or Walk Away? | Growing Hope Globally President & CEO Kaitlyn Slate
Season 1 Episode 27
Kaitlyn Slate stepped into her first CEO role knowing she was very different from her predecessor.
The board wanted her to diversify revenue. The sta…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
026 Do We Pull the Plug on a 50-Year Program? | Jews for Jesus CEO Aaron Abramson
Season 1 Episode 26
Jews for Jesus had been sending staff to present to churches for 50 years, more than 1000/year. Pastors invited them in. Churches put them on the sch…
2 months ago