Christian Business Leader with Darren Shearer

Bruce Hartman, former CFO of Foot Locker and the Yankee Candle Company, shares teachings from his new book, Jesus & Co: Connecting the Lessons of the Gospel with Today's Business World. Bruce is the founder of Gideon Advisors, a Christian advisory firm committed to "walking with people into a brighter future" as they help clients navigate life and career transitions and advance Christian values in the marketplace. A seasoned executive with 30 years of success creating shareholder value for Fortune 500 firms, including Yankee Candle and Foot Locker, he graduated in 2013 with a Master of Divinity from Drew University Theological School, earning the Daniel P. Kidder Award for the highest GPA in Pastoral Care. www.BruceLHartman.com Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

In this episode Paula Brown Stafford and Lisa T. Grimes offer a Biblical perspective on gender roles in the workplace. Paula Brown Stafford is a clinical researcher, business leader, and lecturer. She is a distinguished alumna at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is also an Adjunct Professor. Previously she was president of clinical development at QuintilesIMS, a Fortune 500 company. Lisa T. Grimes is a business leader, coach and speaker. She has spent most of the last 30 years in healthcare and lifestyle start-ups where she has served as CEO of PurThread Technologies, InSite Clinical Trials, and AcSentient. Together, Paula and Lisa founded Habergeon to help women achieve success, create balance, and experience fulfillment. And they're also the co-authors of a new book, Remember Who You Are: Achieve Success. Create Balance. Experience Fulfillment. https://habergeon.com/ Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

In this episode, Deneen Troupe-Buitrago shares practical business lessons gleaned from women in the Bible. Deneen is a speaker and trainer relieving the guilt from faith-based businesswomen by teaching them to connect faith and business and serve God more through their work. She leads women through professional, personal, and spiritual hands-on growth experiences by providing workshops, retreats, and coaching. She has created the Calling Clarity Course to help women succeed at and CLARIFY how to live out God's calling. And she's the author of the new book, CLARIFY: 12 Principles to Illuminate Your Calling to the Marketplace. www.GrowFromYourOverflow.com Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, we're joined by Archie W. Dunham. Archie is chairman emeritus of Chesapeake Energy, the second largest natural gas producer in the United States and the retired chairman of the board of ConocoPhillips. He was instrumental in orchestrating Conoco's IPO separation from DuPont in 1998, the largest in U.S. history at the time, and in negotiating the merger of equals between Conoco Inc. and Phillips in 2001 which created the third largest energy company in America and the fifth largest in the world. In 1998, Dunham was recognized by the World Affairs Council as Houston's International Citizen of the Year and inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. The most meaningful award he has ever received was being named Houston's Father of the Year in 1998. In addition to giving extravagantly to other worthy causes and organizations, the Dunhams have also been tremendously generous to Houston Baptist University which has resulted in various landmarks within the campus named in their honor that attest to their strong Christian faith and values, including the Dunham College of Business, Dunham Field, the Linda and Archie Dunham Theater and the Dunham Bible Museum. It's safe to say that the Christianity in Business Podcast may not exist if it wasn't for Archie and Linda Dunham. Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, Henry Kaestner shares how his faith impacts his investment decisions as a Christian venture capitalist in the startup funding world.  Henry is a Managing Principal at Sovereign's Capital LLC, a private equity fund helping faith-driven entrepreneurs building great businesses in both consumer and business software-as-a-service, tech-enabled consumer good/services, and healthcare technology, in both the U.S. and Southeast Asia. To date, they've invested in 36 companies. He's the co-Founder and previous CEO, and then Chairman of Bandwidth.com, a company that together with his business partner, David Morken, he has grown to $250 million in revenue. The values of Bandwidth.com have always been: Faith, Family, Work and Fitness (in that order). Bandwidth.com was the 4th fastest growing privately held company in the country from 2003 through 2007, a position it achieved without acquisition or institutional funding.  http://sovereignscapital.com/ http://www.faithdrivenentrepreneur.org Theology of Business is the show that helps marketplace Christians to partner with God in business to make disciples, transform the marketplace, and make an eternal impact. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

Casey Cease shares how he approaches his calling to be both the pastor of a local church and the CEO of a for-profit company. Casey is the founder and CEO of Lucid Books and lead pastor of Christ Community Church of Magnolia in Magnolia, Texas. He's also the author of Tragedy to Truth: A Story of Faith and Transformation. www.CaseyCease.com www.LucidBooksPublishing.com Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

Dr. Marjorie Cooper shares an opposing viewpoint to the idea that work can be a form of worship. Marjorie is a professor of marketing at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Her areas of interest are marketing, consumer behavior, and promotion. She holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary. Here is Marjorie's article referenced during the interview: https://cbfa-jbib.org/index.php/jbib/article/view/107/106 Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, Danita Bye shares strategies for mentoring and discipling Millennials in the workplace. Danita is founder and CEO of Sales Growth Specialists, a leadership and sales development firm that partners with business owners to improve sales performance as part of their growth strategy. She writes a leadership blog at www.DanitaBye.com, which provides tips, tools, and talk tracks for those who mentor emerging leaders. Committed to development of the next generation of leaders, Danita serves on the board of directors for two private Christian universities and The North Dakota Economic Development Foundation. She's the author of the new book, Millennials Matter: Proven Strategies for Building Your Next-Gen Leader. Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

On this episode, Ford Taylor shares a Bible-based model for balancing the tension between the need for both a transactional and a relational approach to leadership. He teaches this model in further detail in his new book, Relactional Leadership: When Relationships Collide with Transactions (Practical Tools for Every Leader). In this interview, you'll hear how he used this model of "Relactional Leadership" and its leadership tools to revive a fledgling t-shirt business and turn it into a $300 million publicly traded company.  Ford is the founder of FSH Strategy Consultants and Transformational Leadership, specializing in consulting, leadership development and cultural change within businesses and other organizations. He also leads a charitable international effort that provides TL to emerging countries worldwide.  www.TransformLead.com  Purchase the book, Relactional Leadership, on Amazon: CLICK TO BUY  Theology of Business is the show that helps marketplace Christians to partner with God in business to make disciples, transform the marketplace, and make an eternal impact. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

In this episode, Kent Johnson shares some of the biggest blunders business leaders and other business professionals are making when it comes to religious diversity in the workplace. Kent was a Senior Counsel at Texas Instruments Incorporated where, in different assignments over the years, he's had responsibility for legal support of nearly all of TI's worldwide businesses and business functions. Kent is passionate advocate of diversity in the workplace. He has served on governing boards of private schools and churches, and is a frequent speaker on the topic of faith in the workplace. (AB, Dartmouth; JD, Villanova School of Law). He is now offers management consulting services related to religious diversity in the workplace to show companies how to appropriately accommodate religious expression. And he advises Christian institutions on how to interact with people of other faiths. www.religiousdiversityatwork.com Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com