Faith-Driven Leadership: Ken’s Journey from Corporate Success to Sharing Jesus’ Story on Exploring the Marketplace (S:4 - Ep 27)

Exploring the Marketplace

Charisma Podcast Network

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode of Exploring the Marketplace, Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson are joined by a remarkable leader driven by purpose—Ken Calwell. Ken is the CEO of Come Near. Ken's career spans from leadership in blue-chip food service and CPG brands to his current role, where he leads a team sharing Jesus' story in creative, impactful ways. Ken's journey has been shaped by his faith, which began influencing his career after a life-changing moment in 1991.

From major roles at PepsiCo, Domino's, and Papa Murphy's, to navigating the challenges of nonprofit leadership, Ken shares how God has guided him through pivotal moments. He discusses his transition from corporate success to finding deeper meaning and purpose, and how his connection to Christ opened doors for him in innovative and unexpected ways. Discover how Ken has leveraged his expertise to drive significant transformations in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors, all while staying anchored in his faith.

Tune in for an inspiring conversation about leadership, innovation, and the power of using your talents for a higher purpose!

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0:00.0	This is exploring the Marketplace podcast. I'm Sean Bowles.
0:06.0	And I'm Bob Heston and together we're inviting you into conversation about what God is doing with
0:10.9	entrepreneurs, influencers,
0:12.8	in everyday career fields.
0:15.0	Get a fresh perspective with our commentary
0:16.7	and stay for the main chorus from our hand-picked guests
0:19.2	who are vulnerable, transparent, and sharing
0:21.1	how their faith affects their career in powerful ways.
0:24.8	If a picture is worth a thousand words, then their life stories with a thousand sermons.
0:28.8	Here we go.
0:30.0	Welcome to exploring the marketplace. I'm Bob Hasen with my great friend Sean Bulls.
0:34.6	Sean, what are we doing on the show today?
0:36.6	Well, Bob, today on the show we're going to talk about what happens when God gives us a direction
0:40.4	to go and it feels against the flow of everyone else. There's some people
0:44.0	on the workforce, you know this, who are Christians who are falling their faith
0:46.7	journey and biblical convictions, but it's an upstream battle for sure. But what
0:51.0	happens when this pays off and God brings it unlikely
0:53.4	breakthroughs that only happen when we follow him. So we're going to talk about
0:56.0	this because this happens and people talk about how they're paying a price but
0:59.1	they don't see the reward at the end a lot. I know you've had people talk
1:02.1	about that too like, why am I doing this why am I following it's so much easier for everybody else like I wish I could do it their way so we're going to talk about that then we have a very special guest Ken Cowwell who is the director of He Gets Us, which is the CEO of
1:14.7	Come near, an organization that runs. He gets us. I know you've seen it to Bob,
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