AVAIL Podcast
The Art of Leadership
The AVAIL Podcast exists to connect innovators in ministry and business with the top leadership voices in our world. Get ready to be challenged, inspired, and encouraged as you prepare to reach the next level of your leadership journey. www.theartofleadership.com
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Apr 11, 2023 • 47min
Episode 140: When Leaders Serve, Others Will Follow with Nido Qubein
In today’s episode, Nido Qubein paints an intricate picture of leadership, but reduces it to one simple principle—the commission to lead is the commission to give. The world knows a leader by their heart, and while leaders must pioneer their way through fires, it should never be extinguished!

Apr 4, 2023 • 42min
Episode 139: What is Going Right? With Valorie Burton
On this episode of the AVAIL podcast, Valerie Burton introduces the power of coaching with a twist—coaching isn’t just a life-changing service, it’s an exercise in academics! Through the confluence of positive psychology and coaching, you can flip the script and tell a different story—obstacles are sheep in wolves’ clothing; they are disguised as an enemy but unearthed as an opportunity. As you call the bluff on false urgencies and make room for the meaningful, get ready for an overflow of God’s infinite possibilities for you!

Mar 28, 2023 • 39min
Episode 138: Benny Tate on Defying the Odds
In this episode, we sit down with Rock Spring Church Senior Pastor Benny Tate! Together, we'll discuss Benny Tate's book, "Defy the Odds," and glean from Pastor Tate's 30+ years of pastoral and leadership wisdom.

Mar 21, 2023 • 41min
Episode 137: Pastor Todd Bishop on Unleashing Your Leadership
In this episode of the AVAIL podcast, we sit down with seasoned leader and pastor Todd Bishop to discuss the release of his new book, Leadership Unleashed. Together, we'll touch on some of the practical wisdom from the book and learn how to take our leadership to the next level.

Mar 14, 2023 • 46min
Episode 136: The Surgery of Soul Care with Renee Hill Carter
On today’s AVAIL podcast episode, our guest, Renée Hill Carter, imparts words of wisdom on the epidemic of leaders' emotional self-neglect, the masquerade of resilience, and the disregard of emotional symptoms. Leaders: suspend the notion that you can’t afford rest—you can’t afford not to.

Mar 7, 2023 • 40min
Episode 135: People Over Product with Dave Gibbons
In this episode, Dave Gibbons calls all leaders to be the confluence at the junction of cultural and church polarization by living in one accord with God. We learn the key to innovation is not to keep our eyes on the prize, but on God’s image bearers.

Feb 28, 2023 • 42min
Episode 134: Jesus, The Father of Revolution with Brent McCorkle
In this episode, we learn from Brent McCorkle, the director of the upcoming film Jesus Revolution, about how failure is not optional for exceptional leadership (but essential), how life’s storms fertilize the terrain of a leader’s heart to shepherd the hearts of those being led, and how your art is only as good as the love you lay bare to others.

Feb 21, 2023 • 39min
Episode 133: Vetoing Violence Doesn’t Happen in a Vacuum with Dr. Roger A. Mitchell Jr.
In this episode, Dr. Roger A. Mitchell shares the roots behind his zeal for violence prevention, God’s intention to use your profession to expand the boundaries of your reach, the church’s responsibility to mitigate risk factors of violence, and how we are called to take a page out of John the Baptist’s book and prepare the way for others to flourish!

Feb 14, 2023 • 41min
Episode 132: Slay the Giant of Deception with Strategy with Adam F. Jones
In this episode, we claim victory over the weapons formed against us with Adam F. Jones. Adam’s new book, Weapons of Mass Deception, arms us to deny access to enemy assaults, come out from hiding and mend our fractured identities, and repair the damage done to our fissured hearts. The enemy will crack your vessel, but with a fierce counterattack, it doesn’t have to leak.

Feb 7, 2023 • 40min
Episode 131: Make Today Your Masterpiece with Bob Fashano
In this episode, we welcome Bob Fashano to the AVAIL podcast to discuss the heart behind his new book Make Today Your Masterpiece! In this episode, Bob teaches us that leaders create masterpieces through deliberate day-to-day decisions, that your purpose is accomplished when you help others achieve theirs first, and that gratitude is an essential ingredient for designing YOUR masterpiece—not later, but today!


