Ordinary People. Extraordinary Lives.
It’s easy to overlook the every day aspect of our lives and minimize our contribution to the lives of others. Welcome to “Ordinary People. Extraordinary Lives.” The podcast that helps us experience the grace of God when facing the everyday challenges of life.
Episode 213 - Generosity in Leadership - Adding Value Beyond Measure

Unlock the secrets of impactful leadership! Join Lance in Episode 213 as he delves into four powerful insights on generosity, revealing its significant value in leadership.
Episode 212 - Breaking Free - Be Yourself in a World of Comparison

Join Lance in this podcast and let’s avoid the toxic comparison trap by gaining insights and tips that will help us live with more joy.
Episode 211 - Joyful Dialogues - The Power of Uplifting Conversations

Leaders process important information with others and it’s important to know who we are sharing with and what kind of conversations are helpful. In this podcast, Lance identifies four types of conversations and what we need to be looking for as leaders when we process important decisions with others.
Episode 210 - Leading at Home - Part 3

Join Lance in exploring crucial aspects of leading at home, where authority meets empowerment. Discover the art of balancing these core truth in Leading at Home - Part 3.
Episode 209 - Leading at Home - Part 2

Leading at home is one of the most important tasks we are given. Whether it’s with your marriage, children, friends, or blended family, healthy leadership at home will make a powerful and positive impact on others. In this episode, Lance describes three different family leadership styles and what their strengths and weaknesses can be.
Episode 208 - Leading at Home - Part 1

In this podcast, Lance unravels the profound significance of family leadership, showing how it shapes the bonds and well-being of your loved ones. Join us as we explore the significance of family leadership.
Breaking Free - Solo to Synergy

In this episode, Lance explores the dangers of an independent attitude in leadership, identifies potential causes, and offers a healthy alternative.
Mastering Delegation - Igniting Your Teams Potential

Listen as Lance talks about “Mastering Delegation: Igniting Your Team’s Potential” and learn the art of delegation, and how it can help you ignite your team’s potential.
Navigating Chaos - Flourishing During Turbulent Times

If you have been leading for very long, you will face turbulent times. In this podcast, Lance brings to the surface important topics to consider and implement, so you and your organization can flourish during turbulent times.
Overcoming Personal Failure

Episode 204 - Overcoming Personal Failure, explores how to overcome personal failures through concepts such as embracing humility, finding strength in faith, seeking forgiveness, and taking practical steps towards growth.
Small Moments, Mighty Leadership - Unleashing the Benefits

In this episode, Lance talks about the importance of creating and seizing small moments in a leadership environment because small moments promote mighty leadership.
The Power of Selfless Leadership With Self Care

Leaders are selfless people and without healthy boundaries, they can become burnt out leaders. In this episode, Lance talks about the needed and healthy tension between a selfless leader and self-care.
Speaking Hope - The Power of Hopeful Communication

In episode 201, Lance encourages us to embrace the power of hopeful communication for positivity and change by offering an outline for developing hopeful messages.
Solving Workplace Disagreements

Where there are people, there will be disagreements. In this podcast, Lance offers 10 helpful steps for solving workplace disagreements.
Leaders Need To Be Followers First

Pastor Lance shares four purposes for why leaders need to be followers first.
The Personal Benefits of Leadership

Healthy leaders prioritize adding value to others, In this episode, Lance emphasizes the personal benefits of leadership that empower us to navigate challenging times and remain faithful as effective and fulfilled leaders.
Leading from Bed: Navigating Leadership Responsibilities While Under the Weather

Leaders want to add value to others and that motivation is hindered when a leader is under the weather. In this podcast, Lance shares personal stories to identify helpful tips for how to maintain leadership responsibility when under the weather.
Leaders Make Decisions

Leaders are consistently faced with small and large decisions. In this podcast, Lance shares five guiding principles for making good decisions.
Creating a Positive Environment

Leadership has a great opportunity to create positive environments, but what does that mean? In this episode, Lance highlights four essential contributions every leader can make to establish and sustain a positive environment.
Finding Confidence as a Leader

Following leaders who are confident is better than following leaders who are not. In this episode, Lance identifies signs that reveal diminishing confidence and shows us places where we can find confidence.
Kindness Matters

Being a kind leader matters and it’s more than being nice. In this episode, Lance talks about the secret power of becoming a kind person and how you can practice kindness as a leader.
Tips for Transition

Everyone experiences transition. In this podcast, Lance shares a personal story about a time of transition in his life and offers five tips for times of transition.
Connecting Through Confrontation

What if confrontation actually works towards the benefit of your leadership space instead of being the crazy uncle we keep locked up in the basement of denial? In this podcast, Lance shares some insight and wisdom on how you can intentionally practice connecting through confrontation.
Why Have A Cultural Glossary

Lance reveals an easy to overlook secret to effective leadership - a cultural glossary. In this episode, he gives seven reasons why leaders should develop a cultural glossary.
Learning to Navigate Conflict

Learning to navigate conflict is essential to having an enjoyable and efficient leadership environment. In this podcast, Lance borrows a definition from author Danny Silk and helps us understand the necessary components for effectively navigating conflict.
Improve Your Leadership Through Reading

It’s important for leaders to stay sharp, be prepared, and stay hungry. In this podcast, Lance shares 5 reasons why leaders should improve through reading.
The Holy Call of Leadership

Leaders must take their call to leadership seriously. In this podcast, Lance utilizes a famous biblical story to help us understand what serious call to leadership looks like.
BE a Leader

In this episode, Lance reminds us of how people are facing battles that we can’t see, and that our leadership needs to add value to others. Reminding us to BE a leader, Lance offers three “BE” statements to help us.
3 Questions for Purposeful Leadership

Leadership is a process; a process that lasts a lifetime. To help us be committed to the process, have clarity, continue to develop, be fruitful, and add value to others, Lance borrows three questions from Ken Coleman.
Defeating the Killer Ds

Disappointment, delay, disturbance - these are just a few of the Killer D’s that can either work for a leader or against a leader. In this podcast, Lance encourages us to take advantage of these moments and defeat the Killer D’s by leveraging for them good.
Four Leadership Hopes for 2023

Lance starts the 2023 podcast season by sharing four leadership hopes for the listeners. Utilize this year to help people grow, be empowered, build trust, and work together.
Weakness, A Leader's Secret Advantage

In this episode, Lance talks about the private issue of weakness in leadership and offers 5 suggestions for turning weakness into a leader’s secret advantage.
Leading from a Place of Rest

In a world of hurry that prides itself on busyness, Lance offers an alternative. Lance highlights the power of leading from a place of rest.
The Proximity of a Leader

It's too easy for a leader to distance themselves from those they lead, whether it be by office location, traveling, new work styles, or personal reasons. In this podcast, Lance underscores the importance of a leader's healthy proximity in three areas with those they lead and serve.
Grow Your Future

When you plant intentionally, you can grow your leadership into what you desire. In this podcast, Lance uses a Dave Ramsey quote as a launching pad into discussing some helpful ideas to help you grow your leadership.
Life Without Mentors

Sadly, too many of us are living life without mentors. In this podcast, Lance shares several ideas to help us find mentorship in a life without mentors.
Delegation - A Leader's Necessary Friend

Delegation is a leader’s necessary friend, and in this podcast, Lance shares with us several reasons why delegation is important and the requirements for healthy delegation.
A Leaders Core Values

A leader’s core values are essential to the direction and health of that leader’s sphere of influence. In this podcast, Lance identifies reasons why naming our core values is important, and ways that we can discover what our core values are.
How Do We Stay Focused During Times of Disruption

Disruption and unforeseen situations happen to every leader, and the cost of the disruption is focus. In this podcast, Lance offers six questions to help you be proactive in maintaining focus during times of disruption.
Powerful Relationships

Leadership success is measured by how many leaders we have developed, and not how many followers we have. Lance shares some needed insight to what powerful relationships look like because they are needed to develop leaders.