Best Tim Groeschel Podcasts (2024)

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203 | Career Advice with Former Pepsi COO Grace Puma and Former Nike Executive Christiana Smith Shi + 6 Keys for Healthy Ambition 48:06

1h ago48:06

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Our guests are Grace Puma and Christiana Smith Shi, co-authors of the new book Career Forward: Strategies from Women Who've Made It. Grace is former COO of PepsiCo, and Christiana is a former executive with NIKE and also Senior Partner at McKinsey & Co. We discuss their corporate careers, the difference between a job and a career, why sponsors and …

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Ep. 503 Miltiades 1:33:01

2h ago1:33:01

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Today we're going way back in history to pre-democracy Greece to talk about Miltiades, a man who didn't take no shit and always got his revenge. He had a pretty good early life due to his dad being a famous badass chariot rider. Then things took a bit of a turn, but he kept pushing on, making his own legacy as the guy who took every opportunity to …

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CNLP 644 | Annie F. Downs On The Opportunity Churches Are Missing With Single Men and Women, A New Take on Sexual Purity, Finishing Well, and Lessons from 100 Million Podcast Downloads 1:33:22

8h ago1:33:22

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Annie F. Downs talks about how churches are missing opportunities in ministry to and with single men and women. Plus, she discusses a new take on sexual purity, how to finish well, why your 50s, 60s, and 70s are your best decades, the state of publishing and podcasting, and lessons from New York. Show Notes On The Rise Newsletter Preaching Cheat Sh…

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Ep. 502 John Bell Hood 56:19

2h ago56:19

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Today's person of interest is another traitor, I mean, Confederate general. John Bell Hood cut his teeth early in the Civil War being the guy that always attacked hard. Spoiler alert, you don't always want to attack hard. He even inspired a quote from Robert E. Lee himself. Though he probably wasn't very happy about it. As always we had a lot of fu…

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202 | Preston Sprinkle, Host of Theology in the Raw Podcast and NYT Best-Selling Author + 5 Things from the Internet 45:21

1h ago45:21

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Our guest is PRESTON SPRINKLE, speaker, host of the uber popular Theology in the Raw Podcast, NYT best-selling author, and president of The Center for Faith, Sexuality and Gender. Preston's recent book is entitled Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire. Preston is a go to thought leader and theologian regarding tough cultural topics. We discuss…

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Ep. 501 Vlad "The Impaler" Dracula 1:24:20

3d ago1:24:20

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That's right, dear listeners, you recognize that name. We're headed back in time to the no longer existing country of Wallachia to talk about the inspiration for one of the greatest and most classic of the horror monsters. Now our boy Vlad the Impaler, or Vlad Dracula, or however you want to refer to him, got real brutal back in his day. The Impale…

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CNLP 643 | George Kamel on How to Effectively Pitch Yourself As a Young Leader, How to Get Noticed and Promoted in Leadership, EQ Tips, and Money Advice for Millennials and Gen Z In the New Housing Reality ... 1:20:12

10h ago1:20:12

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George Kamel talks about his rise from a college graduate intern at Dave Ramsey to an on-air personality. He outlines how to effectively pitch yourself to an influencer as a young leader, how to get noticed and promoted in leadership, shares EQ tips, and gives financial advice for Millennials and Gen Z in the new housing reality. Show Notes On The …

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Ep. 500 Thomas Jeffrey 1:11:41

7d ago1:11:41

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Today we'll be talking about a dude that got shipped off to Australia after running amok through England. And I'm not one to side with the Brits, but well, Thomas Jeffrey for sure earned himself that transportation sentence. Then he got to Australia and totally calmed down. I'm kidding, he became an even bigger turd and ran around even more amok. S…

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CNLP 642 | Willie and Korie Robertson on Duck Dynasty's Backstory, The Terrible Side of Rapid Growth, And How to Make Marriage, Family, and Friendship Work in the Spotlight 1:29:41

6d ago1:29:41

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Duck Dynasty's Willie and Korie Robertson share the backstory behind the rise of their A&E reality show and how they got started. Plus, Willie and Korie discuss the terrible side of rapid growth and how to make marriage, family, and friendship work when you're in the spotlight. Show Notes On The Rise Newsletter Preaching Cheat Sheet Watch on YouTub…

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201 | Food Network Star, Author and Celebrity Chef Aarti Sequeira + 10 Women Leaders to Know 49:57

7d ago49:57

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Our guest is Aarti Sequeira, winner of season six of Food Network Star. She's a Celebrity Chef, journalist, best-selling author and most recently the author of Unwind, a devotional cookbook. She continues to write, speak and be part of multiple shows on the Food Network. We discuss integrity, the power of authenticity, cooking on TV, leadership tip…

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Ep. 499 Hong Xiuquan 1:36:53

7d ago1:36:53

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If you can read that name you know what it means, we'll be fucking up a lot of pronunciations today. Hong Xiuquan was a simple man, in that he was incredibly stupid. Then he decided one day that not only was he not actually stupid, he was goddamn divine. So of course he calls for a crusade, or whatever they'd call it in China. And so begins one of …

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CNLP 641 | Daniel Harkavy On Imagining Your Funeral When You're a Young Leader, Self-Leadership, Team Effectiveness, and What Separates The Best Leaders from the Rest 1:10:54

9d ago1:10:54

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What's the value of imagining your own funeral? Daniel Harkavy, author and top leadership coach, discusses the significance of imagining your funeral when you're a young leader. He and Carey dive into life planning, self-leadership, team effectiveness, and what separates the best leaders from the rest. Show Notes On The Rise Newsletter Preaching Ch…

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Ep. 498 Robert the Bruce 1:00:19

12d ago1:00:19

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On today's episode we're diving in on this badass fucking Scotsman, the Outlaw King, Robert the Bruce. This man wanted nothing more than to kick some English ass, but he was smart about it. He bided his time until it was right then well, let's just say there's a reason we're talking about him today. So join us as we talk about his bonkers ass life …

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200 | Chick-fil-A Executive Mark Miller on Uncommon Greatness and over 45 years of Developing Leaders 38:31

14d ago38:31

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Our guest is Mark Miller, longtime director of leadership development at Chick-fil-A. Mark is a speaker, coach, and best-selling author, with now 25 leadership books in print, including his most recent Uncommon Greatness. We discuss the 5 keys for transformative leadership, his advice right now to leaders, best lessons learned from Chick-fil-A, and…

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Ep. 497 Bridget Rose Dugdale 1:08:15

15d ago1:08:15

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On today's episode we have a super rich English woman who was smart as hell in school. And also pretty much incompetent at everything she did in the real world. Or inept at best I suppose. But hey, she committed real hard to the causes she believed in so at least there's that? She also thought very highly of her contributions, and you'll get to hea…

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CNLP 640 | Shauna Pilgreen on Church Planting Mistakes, Best Practices in a Post-Christian and Progressive Culture, Planting a Church Without a PlayBook, and How to Communicate with Deeply Unchurched People ... 1:00:03

18d ago1:00:03

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How do you plant a church without a playbook? Shauna Pilgreen discusses planting a church in San Francisco without a playbook, church planting mistakes, and best planting practices in a post-Christian and progressive culture. Plus, Carey and Shauna explore how to communicate with deeply unchurched people. Show Notes On The Rise Newsletter Preaching…

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Ep. 496 John Wayne Gacy 1:44:42

20d ago1:44:42

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We're closing out anniversary week with an episode on a heavily requested scumbag, the Killer Clown himself, John Wayne Gacy. Gacy had a real shitty childhood, and unlike what a decent person would do, he decided to make this everyone else's problem too. So he ran around just raping and murdering, murdering and raping. Everybody already knows the b…

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CNLP 639 | Jeff Jones on Rebranding Christianity, What the Church Can Learn from Dominos Pizza, And How to Know What the Community Really Thinks About Your Church or Organization 1:17:36

23d ago1:17:36

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Jeff Jones discusses rebranding Christianity. He and Carey talk about how to know what the community really thinks about your church or business and how to calculate the net promotor score for your church or business. Plus, Jeff and Carey dive into what the church can learn from Dominos Pizza and other rebranding campaigns. Show Notes On The Rise N…

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199 | Shelley Giglio, Co-Founder of the Passion Conference Movement, Talking about 60,000 College Students at Mercedes Benz Stadium, and Her Advice to Leaders Today 52:06

21d ago52:06

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Our guest is Shelley Giglio, Co-Founder of the Passion Movement, including Passion Conferences, and is Chief Strategist, and Director of Label Operations and Artist Management for Sixstepsrecords, and Founder of The Grove and The Grove Conference. Shelley has helped create and produce Passion Conferences for the last 25 years, arguably the most inf…

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Ep. 495 Gregory "Pappy" Boyington 2:06:22

23d ago2:06:22

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What's that in the sky? Is it a bird? A plane? No it's, well actually yea it's a plane. And this bad motherfucker, Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, is flying it. This dude was smart as hell and became a plane engineer, but that wasn't enough for him. He wanted to fly them. And also shoot Japs. So he took every single opportunity he had to do so until it …

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CNLP 638 | Jon Chasteen On Leading Broken Churches and Organizations You Inherited, Leading a Church After a Moral Failure, And When to Kill What Your Predecessor Built or Leave it Alone 1:14:00

25d ago1:14:00

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Jon Chasteen talks about what he learned after being picked (at age 34) to be the senior pastor of a megachurch after the founding pastor's moral failure. He discusses the keys to leading broken churches and organizations you inherited, does a post-mortem on leading a church after a moral failure, and shares how to know when to kill what your prede…

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Ep. 494 John Ashley 1:04:36

27d ago1:04:36

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On today's episode we'll be talking about the guy that might be the origin of everyone thinking Florida is full of psychopaths. John Ashley had a pretty unassuming name, the looks of a Bond villain, and a rap sheet that is truly impressive. This swamp dweller just decided one day that he was gonna commit to crime as his personality, and boy did he.…

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198 | March Top Ten Leadership List + Frank Bealer, co-founder of Phase Franchise Partners 43:08

28d ago43:08

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It's the March Top Ten Leadership List episode! Plus, our guest is Frank Bealer, co-founder of Phase Franchise Partners and the Phase Family Center. Frank spent many years in the marketplace, and served as Family Pastor at Elevation Church for many years. We discuss leadership, innovation, future church models, family engagement, and much more. Plu…

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Ep. 493 Grace O'Malley 1:25:07

1M ago1:25:07

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Today we're going to Ireland, a land of mostly faerie nonsense, to talk about an actual real badass. The Pirate Queen, Grace O'Malley decided from a very early age that she wasn't going to have a life of regular chick shit. She wanted to sail around and do pirate shit. And fuck with the British of course. But she was smart, she knew when it wasn't …

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CNLP 637 | Tim Stevens On the Dynamics of Abuse At Willow Creek, The Problem of Isolated Leaders, Leading When You Start With Zero Trust, And Building a New Culture and Finding Momentum As You Reach the ... 1:10:05

29d ago1:10:05

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Former Willow Creek Executive Pastor Tim Stevens unpacks the situation at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. In a transparent conversation, Tim dissects the dynamics of abuse at Willow Creek, outlines the problem with isolated leadership, and covers how to lead when you start with zero trust. Tim and Carey also discuss how to build a new cul…

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Ep. 492 Jerry "Mad Dog" Shriver 54:54

1M ago54:54

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Today we're talking about a dude who made even special operations dudes and a guy with the Medal of Honor feel kind of nervous. Jerry "Mad Dog" Shriver tore shit up in Vietnam, but he stayed in country waaaaay too long. While he may not have lived a long life, he damn sure packed more into it than most people could in several life times. Enjoy!…

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CNLP 636 | Jennie Allen on Recovering From Feeling Numb In Life and Leadership, Untangling Your Emotions, Gen Z Revival, Why There Are No Fake Christians Left, and the Value of Being Raw & Transparent 1:31:35

1M ago1:31:35

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Jennie Allen talks deeply about how to recover from feeling numb in life and leadership. She and Carey discuss untangling your emotions, Gen Z revival, and why there are no fake Christians left. Plus, Jennie touches on the value of being raw and transparent. Show Notes PreachingWorkshop.com On The Rise Newsletter Preaching Cheat Sheet Watch on YouT…

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197 | Craig Groeschel + 10 Leadership Podcasts You Should Subscribe to 50:04

1M ago50:04

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Our guest is Craig Groeschel, senior pastor of Life.Church, a NYT best-selling author of multiple books, including his most recent Think Ahead, and host of the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast, one of the most popular podcasts on the planet. Craig is also a frequent speaker at conferences around the US. We discuss leadership, influence, disciplin…

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Ep. 491 Oliver Hazard Perry 1:34:23

1M ago1:34:23

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It's time, dear listeners, for another badass on the water. And he did it without Kevin Costner's gross webbed feet and gills. Oliver Hazard Perry grew up watching his dad being a bad motherfucker on a ship and decided he wanted to follow in his footsteps, and then one up him. He wound up fighting the British, the terrors of the sea at the time, an…

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CNLP 635 | Cal Newport With Advice to Church Leaders on Boundaries, How Pseudo-Productivity Leads to Burnout, and Why Slow Productivity is the Future for Knowledge Workers 1:39:51

1M ago1:39:51

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Cal Newport returns to the podcast with advice to church leaders and business leaders on setting boundaries and how to not be available to your congregation and customers 24/7, every day of the week. Plus, Cal discusses why pseudo-productivity leads to burnout and why slow productivity is the future for knowledge workers and thought leaders. Show N…

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Ep. 490 Ben Thompson 1:00:20

1M ago1:00:20

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We're headed back to ye olde west to talk about this dapper motherfucker, Ben Thompson. All he wanted to do was gamble and hang out with famous people, but dudes just kept having to try him, so he just had to shoot them. Even the juries kept agreeing that he was in the right. And he managed to get that agreement without Buffalo Bills money, Johnny …

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196 | Welcome to the Basement with Podcaster, Author, Influencer and Upsetter Tim Ross + 20 Conferences to Attend in 2024 53:19

1M ago53:19

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Our guest is Tim Ross, host of The Basement Podcast, author of Welcome to the Basement, social media influencer, and founder of Upset the World. We discuss leadership, influence, The Basement, navigating vocation changes, what he means by upset the world, his advice to leaders, and more. Plus, check out the list of 20 Leadership Conferences to atte…

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Ep. 489 Doris "Dorie" Miller 1:33:32

2M ago1:33:32

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Today we got one bad seagoing motherfucker for you, dear listeners. Doris Miller was one of many sailors present at Pearl Harbor. And when he looked up into the sky and saw it full of planes with their blinkers on he said, "Not today, Japan!" and hopped on a gun and started firing. It's debatable how effective he actually was on said gun, but his b…

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CNLP 634 | Daryl Cripe on How to Reverse the Decline in Small, Mid-Sized, & Stuck Churches, How to Reach New People With No New Money, And How to Hit the Tipping Point in Church Revitalization 1:16:15

1M ago1:16:15

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Daryl Cripe has worked with hundreds of church leaders and boards of all sizes. He shares the one key (more than anything else) that can reverse the decline in small, mid-sized, and stuck large churches. Plus, Daryl shares how your church can reach new people without spending money you don't have and how to hit the tipping point in church revitaliz…

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Ep. 488 Salvatore Riina 1:07:35

2M ago1:07:35

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Welcome again, dear listeners, as we close out our week of shitbags with a real winner. This Sicilian, Salvatore Riina, comes to us from Italy, obviously, the land of goofball ass names, a history of failure, and for a specific point in time, more goddamn explosions than a Michael Bay movie. Somebody must have explained the concept of collateral da…

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CNLP 633 | Craig Groeschel On the Three Things That Are Growing Life Church Right Now, His Best Advice for Leaders, and the Power of Pre-Decisions and Batch Decision-Making 1:21:24

2M ago1:21:24

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Craig Groeschel is back on the podcast talking about the three things that are helping Life.Church grow right now. Plus, he spends time reflecting on his life and leadership over the last four decades and offers his best advice for leaders in their twenties, thirties, forties, and fifties. Craig and Carey also discuss the power of pre-decisions and…

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195 | Big Brother Host and CBS Journalist Julie Chen Moonves + 5 Things from the Internet 47:40

2M ago47:40

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Our guest is Julie Chen Moonves, host of Big Brother on CBS and longtime journalist and TV personality as a co-host on The Early Show. Julie is the author of the recent audio memoir entitled But First, God. We discuss her faith journey, the best leaders she's worked for, God101, parenting styles, and much more. Plus, check out the latest 5 Things f…

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Ep. 487 Harry Bennett 1:33:25

2M ago1:33:25

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Welcome back, dear listeners. If you don't like Henry Ford, well, you're right. Also, be prepared to think Harry Bennett is an equally shitty person since well, he was Ford's right hand man. Meaning he was the guy that actually carried out the ideas that Ford had. Since Ford wasn't gonna get his own hands dirty, oh no. So expect plenty of shenaniga…

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