Part 1: When Being Released Hurts
Kurt Francom is the founder and executive director of Leading Saints, manages the day-to-day efforts of Leading Saints, and is the host of the podcast. Kurt graduated from the University of Utah in 2008 with a degree in Business Marketing. He ran a web development...
Extending the Ward Council | A How I Lead Interview with Ben Thatcher
Ben Thatcher is a life-long church member, having grown up in small wards and branches across Texas. He served in the France Paris mission and has degrees in Mass Communication (University of Utah) and Public Administration (University of North Texas). Ben has worked...
A Prophet’s Plea – Becoming Peacemakers
Stacey Carruth has served in a variety of callings under all of the organization umbrellas. She currently helps manage the co-sponsorship efforts between her stake and local refugee resettlement organizations. She works in journalism, focusing on the how and why of...
“He Will Magnify Your Efforts” | An Interview with Bonnie Oscarson
Bonnie Oscarson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah but her family moved and lived in several different states as she was growing up. She attended Brigham Young University and majored in commercial art. Bonnie met her husband, Paul Oscarson, when her family lived in St....
Expectations are Cheap
Let’s continue to explore the concept of leading through expectations. In a recent newsletter, I made the argument that even though it is common encouragement to lead with high love and high expectations, I consider expectations poison because they are behavior...
Ministering to Those Who Seem Hopeless | An Interview with Brent Daines and Jason Coombs
This is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in December 2019. Jason Coombs is a Utah native and lives in the Boise, Idaho, area with his wife and 7-year-old twins. They own a chain of substance use disorder treatment centers called Brick House Recovery. Kurt...
Continual Conversion – The Impact of Conference Talks
Rich Watson currently resides in Hope Mills, North Carolina, just near Fort Bragg. He served in the United States Air Force for 20 years, and has an education in psychology, with other degrees in education and social sciences. He has been happily married for over 22...
“I’m Not the Gatekeeper, I’m the Welcoming Committee” | An Interview with Kurt Brown
Kurt Brown hails from Sacramento, California, where his family joined the Church when he was young. He played two years of college basketball, studied Finance and Economics at Brigham Young University, and dropped out senior year to go to Wall Street, where he was a...
Offering Your Authentic Self to Those You Lead | A How I Lead Interview with Tommy Wilson
Tommy Wilson was born and raised in Georgia. He now lives in Crestview, Florida, and serves as first counselor in the stake presidency. He has also served in the stake Young Men organization and as a bishop. Highlights 02:40 Introduction to Tommy Wilson. He shares...
Growing and Strengthening the Kingdom
Ryan Snarr grew up in Layton, UT. He is a life-long church meeting doodler. He fulfilled a calling as a full-time missionary in the Lima Perú South, and later was called to serve as a musical missionary in the then Mormon Tabernacle Choir (now Tabernacle Choir on...
