How I Lead in New Zealand | An Interview with Wilson Wu
Leading Saints Podcast
Leading Saints
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Wilson Wu was born and raised in New Zealand, a convert to the Church, and served in the China Hong Kong mission. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in International Business and works as a claims manager for a public health insurance company, Accident Compensation Corporation. Wilson currently serves in his bishopric and has previously served as a Young Men counselor, branch clerk, counselor in an elders quorum presidency, ward executive secretary, elders quorum president, stake executive secretary, and assistant stake clerk. He and his wife have one daughter.
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02:40 Introduction to Wilson Wu from New Zealand. He shares his conversion story. 05:30 Wilson tells about how Leading Saints helped him through a dark time in his life during 2021 08:00 What the Church is like in Wilson’s ward and stake in New Zealand 10:00 Wilson’s advice to someone that has been called as a counselor in the bishopric 12:30 Principle one – Be where the Spirit guides. Wilson shares his own experience of being where the Lord wants him to be and accepting that. 19:20 Wilson shares an experience he had being where the spirit wanted him to be when he was the elders quorum president. 22:30 Principle two – Being willing to serve in the invisible callings. Serving quietly and giving the glory to God. 27:00 Principle three – Loving the people that you serve 34:40 Principle four – To be a great leader you need to be a great follower
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| 0:55.0 | So my name is Kurt Frankham and I am the founder and executive director of Leading Saints and obviously the host of the |
| 1:05.3 | Leading Saints podcast. |
| 1:06.3 | Now I started Leading Saints back in 2010. |
| 1:10.0 | It was just a hobby blog and it grew from there by the time 2014 came around. |
| 1:15.8 | We started the podcast and that's really when it got some attraction and took off 2016. |
| 1:21.2 | We became a 501c3 nonprofit organization and we've been growing ever since. |
| 1:26.3 | And now I get the opportunity of interviewing and talking with remarkable people all over the world. |
| 1:32.1 | Now this is a segment we do on the |
| 1:33.7 | leading Saints podcast called How I Lead and we reach out to everyday leaders. They're |
| 1:38.6 | not experts, gurus, authors, PhDs, they're just everyday leaders who've been asked to serve in a specific leadership |
| 1:45.5 | calling and we simply ask them, how is it that you lead? |
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