Being Human with Steve Cuss

Brian Virtue is a Professor at International Graduate School of Leadership living in Manila. He is a fan of Servant Leadership, Congregational Systems, and Cross-Cultural Training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"If we want to be well as human beings, we need to become aware of what's bubbling the surface in us." In this new episode, Steve Cuss is on the mic by himself giving us some basic tools for managing leadership anxiety.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Corporate business leader Preston Poore has more than two decades of upper-level management experience, including as director of franchise leadership at The Coca-Cola Company. He has also worked for The Hershey Company, Dale Carnegie Training, Ralston Purina, and AmSouth Bank.In addition, Preston is a minority shareholder and small-business owner of Numerica Corporation, an air, missile, and space defense company based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He serves on the board of directors and as corporate secretary.Preston is a certified John Maxwell Team coach, speaker, and trainer.He served on a Young Life committee, was an elder and member of Fellowship Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, was a facilitator for Christian Leadership Concepts, and serves at Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Preston holds an MBA from Samford University and a BS in management from Colorado State University.His corporate work has been recognized through many awards such as the Dale Carnegie Sales Talk Champion award; The Hershey Company’s President’s Cup, a coveted national sales award that Preston won twice; and The Coca-Cola Company’s Woodruff Cup, a global top performance award.Preston is a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and the Sons of the American Revolution.His wealth of hard-won experience and training in both personal and professional development inspired Preston to transfer his business leadership acumen to the Christian community. Through the Discipled Leader book, blog, and podcast, he seeks to increase the discipleship and leadership skills of Christians across the country. Preston and his wife, Carla, daughter, Caroline, and son, Benton, live in Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tim Costello studied law and worked as a lawyer, later studying theology in Switzerland. He's a Baptist Minister living in Melbourne, Australia who has a high profile given his years of work on Social Justice and Mission.Presently Tim is a Senior Fellow with the Centre for Public Christianity and the Executive Director of Micah Australia. He's written several books including his memoir, A Lot with a Little. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve wraps up the season with a personal update and a couple of tools for the summer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greg Holder is author of Never Settle, The Genius of One, co-creator of Advent Conspiracy and a contributing writer for The Voice Bible. He serves as lead pastor at The Crossing, reaching nearly 10,000 people in person and online, calling people from an unlikely mix of spiritual backgrounds to consider what it means to follow Jesus in today’s world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John and Amber Carroll have been partners in ministry and life for nearly 20 years. During that time, they have discovered the depths of God’s love and the breadth of God’s grace. They’ve also learned a lot about each other, as well as the beauty and challenges of working side-by-side in the local church. Amber holds a Master of Theology degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. Since 2003, she has served the church in a variety of roles, including youth, worship, executive director and lead pastor. Amber’s heartbeat is to see the local church thrive wherever and however it is planted. John holds a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. His church roles include youth, spiritual formation and teaching pastor. John currently serves as the Director of the School of Kingdom Living for Dallas Willard Ministries. His heartbeat includes the two “ships” in life: DiscipleSHIP and RelationSHIP.  John and Amber belong to the Evangelical Covenant Church. They have two wonderful teenage kids and currently live in Melbourne, Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a former convict who found God and reaped the benefits from an aftercare program in Arizona, Matt saw the great need for a similar kind of program here in the Midwest after moving to Wichita in 2011. After two years of prayer, planning, brick walls, and dead ends, God’s spirit began to move in a mighty way. An unlikely team of people was brought together, and doors that had been closed for years began to open. Matt and his wife Christina live in Shawnee, KS. with their two young sons. They have also been blessed with three grandsons from their older daughters. Matt is as a published author, preaches, and consults with organizations focusing on re-entry programming and church planting.As the Executive Director, Matt provides visionary leadership and oversight for the ministry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew Arndt is the Lead Pastor of New Life East (one of seven congregations of New Life Church in Colorado Springs), where he also hosts the Essential Church podcast, a weekly conversation designed to strengthen the thinking of church and ministry leaders. Prior to joining New Life’s team, he served as Lead Pastor of Bloom Church: a neo-monastic, charismatic, liturgical, justice-driven network of house churches in Denver. He received his MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and has written for Missio Alliance, Patheos, The Other Journal, and Mere Orthodoxy. He lives in the Springs with his wife Mandi and their four kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The amazing Rich Stearns (online @RichStearns) joins Steve Cuss to talk about being fired as CEO twice in a year, rapidly learning while leading, global poverty, and his excellent new leadership book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices