How I Lead as a Coach and a Catholic | An Interview with Frank Layden

by Leading Saints | Sep 2, 2019 | Bishops, Core Cast, Elders Quorum, How I lead, Podcast Episodes, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Ward Council, Ward Mission Leader, Youth Leadership | 1 comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreFrank Layden is a retired basketball coach and executive of the National Basketball Association’s Utah Jazz. Layden during his coaching days was known for his lighthearted approach to the...

How to Design a Perfect Ward

by Leading Saints | Aug 27, 2019 | Articles, Bishops, Elders Quorum, Full-Time Missionaries, Ministering, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Teaching, Ward Council, Ward Mission Leader, Youth Leadership | 6 comments

Daniel Duckworth is a leadership professional. He works primarily as a transformational teacher to transform the leadership performance of executives and managers. He also works as a transformational consultant to facilitate strategic execution of major change...

Addressing Female Pornography Use in Relief Society | An Interview with a Former YSA Relief Society Presidency

by Leading Saints | Aug 25, 2019 | Bishops, Core Cast, Full-Time Missionaries, Ministering, Podcast Episodes, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Ward Council, Ward Mission Leader, Youth Leadership | 5 comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreWhitney Woodruff was shocked when President Rob Ferrell extended the call for her to serve as the stake Relief Society president in her young single adult stake. This was a calling typically...

The Two Most Overlooked Words in Scripture

by Leading Saints | Aug 20, 2019 | Articles, Bishops, Elders Quorum, Ministering, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Ward Council, Ward Mission Leader, Youth Leadership | 0 comments

Steve Donegan is a retired U.S. Army warrant officer.  He joined the Army and made this prophetic statement during his initial training: “The Army will either make me an alcoholic or a Christian.”  Luckily, he chose the latter.  His Army career took him...

How I Lead as Lt. Governor & Primary Music Leader | An Interview with Spencer Cox

by Leading Saints | Aug 18, 2019 | Bishops, Core Cast, Elders Quorum, How I lead, Ministering, Podcast Episodes, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Ward Council, Ward Mission Leader, Youth Leadership | 0 comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreSpencer Cox is currently serving as Utah’s Lieutenant Governor and running for Governor of Utah. He served as a bishop while also serving as the mayor of the town of Fairview, Utah, and...

Minimizing Trauma When Those We Love Question their Latter-day Saint Faith

by Leading Saints | Aug 13, 2019 | Articles, Bishops, Elders Quorum, Full-Time Missionaries, Ministering, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Ward Council, Ward Mission Leader, Youth Leadership | 0 comments

Mark Matheson is a visiting professor of business at “the BYU of the East Coast”, Southern Virginia University. Matheson received a doctorate in organizational leadership from the University of Phoenix, a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard...

Ministering to Those Who Question | An Interview with David Ostler

by Leading Saints | Aug 11, 2019 | Bishops, Elders Quorum, Full-Time Missionaries, Ministering, Podcast Episodes, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Ward Council, Ward Mission Leader, Youth Leadership | 1 comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreDavid Ostler is a former bishop, stake president and mission president (Freetown, Sierra Leone). Now retired, he has a professional business background focused on executive management of...

Becoming a Change Agent in the Lives of Those You Lead: What Every Leader Needs to Understand About Influence

by Ryan Gottfredson | Jul 30, 2019 | Articles, Bishops, Elders Quorum, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Ward Council, Ward Mission Leader, Youth Leadership | 4 comments

You are a Bishop, and a 17-year-old in your ward discloses to you that he has been smoking marijuana You are a ministering brother that has just been given a “special assignment” to help someone on welfare ween off welfare You are a Sunday School President that wants...

Seekers Wanted | An Interview with Anthony Sweat

by Leading Saints | Jul 28, 2019 | Bishops, Elders Quorum, Full-Time Missionaries, Most Popular, Podcast Episodes, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Stake Leadership, Teaching, Ward Council, Ward Mission Leader, Youth Leadership | 0 comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreAnthony Sweat is a “regular Latter-day Saint” who is trying to do his best.  He is a Church Education System educator for his career, has a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, and is a professor...

How I Lead as the Bishop’s Wife | Interviews with Jordan Brown and Amanda Fristrom

by Leading Saints | Jul 21, 2019 | Bishops, How I lead, Podcast Episodes, Ward Council | 2 comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreIn this podcast, Kurt interviews two women with the unofficial leadership calling of Bishop’s Wife. Sister Jordan Brown First he speaks with Jordan Brown, who lives in Spanish Fork, Utah, where...