Leaders in Living Rooms
Sean Morgan invites you into intimate, “living room” conversations with high-caliber leaders that few others have access to. When you gather in a living room, you have the opportunity to hear deeper glimpses into someone’s life. Join Sean and leaders such as Carey Nieuwhof, Andy Stanley, Pat Gelsinger, Dharius Daniels, Derwin Gray, Ken Costa, and Glenn Packiam as they discuss how to aim for health during the various transitions leadership inevitably brings.
Latest episodes
Sep 22, 2020 • 1h 15min
LILR 016 | Warren Bird talks Growth Barriers and Church Leadership Insight
In this episode of Leaders in Living Rooms, Sean Morgan sits down with Warren Bird, author of 33 church leadership books. Warren brings incredible insight and wisdom into church leadership that you won't want to miss. This is Warren Bird at his best.
Sep 8, 2020 • 1h 3min
LILR 015 | Pete Wynter: Changing the World Beyond the Walls of Church and "Walking with a Limp"
Pete Wynter is the Director of Leadership College London, a curate at Holy Trinity Brompton, and founder and trustee at OneLife. Pete is passionate about changing the world by influencing global leaders and seeing the cascading effect of their influence. Pete understands that your influence begins by examining your character—he talks about his own journey of examination and how he helps leaders do the same.
Aug 25, 2020 • 60min
LILR 014 | Ray Johnston on Momentum Plus Hiring and Keeping the Best Teams
Ray Johnston joins Leaders in Living Rooms to give us insight into his creative genius, his leadership acumen, and why after 25 years Bayside Church is the fastest growing church in America. You DON'T want to miss this!
Aug 11, 2020 • 54min
LILR 013 | Jim Tomberlin on Multiplication through Mergers, Multi-site and Leadership Succession
Jim Tomberlin joins Sean to consider how the new realities of 2020 are changing church multiplication and how mergers can help solve succession issues and pastoral compensation. They also discuss Better Together: Making Church Mergers Work, Jim's book with Warren Bird that has been expanded and updated in a new edition.
Jul 14, 2020 • 52min
LILR 012 | Brad Lomenick on Influencer Power, Staying Curious and Hope vs. Reality
Brad Lomenick talks with Sean Morgan about how to be a thought leader, the ways to influence without positional power, curating vs. creating, living in the tension of hope and reality, and what Brad's been up to since leaving Catalyst.
Jun 9, 2020 • 48min
LILR 011 | Pat Gelsinger Talks Leading with Vision and Shaping Culture
Pat Gelsinger joins Sean Morgan to talk through Pat's journey from a farming family in Pennsylvania to becoming Glassdoor's #1 CEO in the country in 2019 at VMware and co-founder of Transforming the Bay with Christ. Pat's technology background provides a new light to our ongoing conversation on transition. Listen in as he humbly provides excellent leadership advice centered around leading with vision and shaping culture.
May 12, 2020 • 38min
LILR 010 | Ken Costa Talks Culture Change, Church In Our Homes, and Staying Relevant as a Leader
Ken Costa shares insight amidst rapidly changing church methods, the spiritual context of church in our homes, and staying relevant as a leader and influencer with age. Ken is a renowned investment banker, Chairman Emeritus of Alpha International, and author of several books: God at Work, Know Your Why, Strange Kingdom, and Joseph of Arimathea: The Extraordinary Calling of Ordinary People.
Apr 14, 2020 • 49min
LILR 009 | Dave Stone Talks Transition Leadership at Southeast Christian and His New Role at Harvest Bible Chapel
In this episode of Leaders in Living Rooms, Sean Morgan sits down with Dave Stone to reflect back on following founder Bob Russell at Southeast Christian Church, then passing the baton last year to Kyle Idleman, and now his interim role at Harvest Bible Chapel.
Mar 24, 2020 • 18min
LILR BONUS | Steve Carter Talks Online Church, New Dynamics, and Adapting Your Communication Style
In the rapid move to church online, communicators need a crash course on how to communicate more effectively. No longer is there a large room full of people you can be eye-to-eye with—you've now got families gathering together around screens in their living rooms and kitchens. Your style of communication must adapt. Steve Carter brings wisdom worth following. Please visit our website for the full content of Steve's blogpost.
Mar 10, 2020 • 56min
LILR 008 | James Grogan & Mike Meeks Talk Leadership Transition, Multisite Mergers, and Raising Up Young Leaders
In this episode of Leaders in Living Rooms, Sean Morgan sits down with James Grogan and Mike Meeks from Eastlake Church to talk leadership transition, multisite mergers, being boldly honest, team culture, and raising up young leaders. After 20 years of Mike's faithful leadership at Eastlake, in 2017 he handed off the Lead Pastor role to James Grogan. Listen in on their story of healthy succession.
