Todd Gongwer - Author, "Lead ... for God's Sake"

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🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

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Todd Gongwer is an author, speaker, entrepreneur and former college coach who is passionate about helping others discover their purpose in leadership and life. He is the author of the best-selling book "Lead ... for God's Sake!"

His expertise in the area of leadership and team dynamics come from over twenty-five years of a wide range of experiences spanning the world of business and athletics. He’s held senior positions in companies ranging from entrepreneurial start-up to public entity while also serving as an assistant college basketball coach for one of the winningest small College programs in the country during the 1990’s.

Todd's message has been featured in numerous publications such as ESPN the Magazine, ESPN.com, YahooSports, and Grantland. In addition, his powerful messages are impacting leaders from Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, major universities, professional sports teams, school districts, and churches throughout the country.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Todd about leadership, lessons on turning 50, pivoting during a pandemic, why we should all strive to be Joe the Janitor, and the importance of aligning our pursuits with God.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.5	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:20.1	What's up, guys? This is Sports Spectrum. I am Jason Romano.
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1:03.8	Today on the show, this is an interview that I've been waiting to do for a very long time.
1:10.0	And this is one that is with a friend of mine. His name is
1:14.5	Todd Gongwer. His book is called Lead for God's sake. He's an author, a speaker, a leadership expert.
1:21.3	And he wrote this book back in 2010. He tells the story about the book during this interview.
1:27.3	But this is one of the more powerful the book during this interview.
1:32.0	But this is one of the more powerful books I've ever read.
1:35.3	It has changed my life in many ways.
1:41.6	It has helped me see, even going back nine years ago when I read it, it's helped me see how to go about being a leader, to lead like Jesus, right?
1:45.3	To lead for God's sake, what that looks like.
1:48.9	And this book is written so beautifully because it's a parable.
1:53.1	It tells the story of Coach Steve Rocker and his unique relationship with Joe, the janitor, at a high school.
2:03.2	And man, if you have read this,
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