What is a ReLeader? Jon Chasteen is Jim Piper's guest today and author of the book, "ReLeader: How To Fix What You Didn't Break". In this podcast Jon defines the term "ReLeader" and also shares his thoughts on leadership in general. A quick explanation of a ReLeader is someone who comes into an existing company or organization to assume the leadership role. That may sound easier than building something new from the ground up but is it? To be a successful ReLeader requires a willingness to research the original vision and mission. If things have drifted away from that vision or mission, how do you correct that, should you correct that, should you steer the ship in a new direction? Most importantly, once you know what should be done, when do you do it and how do you do it? Was the previous leader a great leader or a terrible leader? How will you gain the trust of the people you are tasked with leading? Hmmm.... maybe this ReLeader thing isn't so easy!

This episode of The Today Counts is really packed with information and advice that leaders can put to good use in the real world. The scenarios Jim and Jon discuss are based on their personal experiences and those of their mentors. These are not hypothetical theories, these are stories based on living life as leaders. The best part is it's free! All you have to do is listen and learn.

Jon Chasteen has been the Lead Pastor of Victory Church, a multicampus church with campuses in both Oklahoma and Texas, since 2014. Jon was also President of The King's University from 2018 to 2023.

You can reach Jon Chasteen through the Victory Church website - https://victory.church/

Or, through his website - releader.co

You can find Jon's Book, "ReLeader: How To Fix What You Didn't Break" on Amazon, as well as his other book, "Half the Battle: Healing Your Hidden Hurts".

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Jim's guest on this episode of the Today Counts Show is Damon Nailer. Damon is the Family Resource Center Program Director for the Children’s Coalition for Northeast Louisiana. The organization is located in Monroe, Louisiana and offers many community services ranging from Early Head Start programs and teacher training to Parenting Education for individuals and groups. Damon works with families that have lost custody of their child, or children, and connects them with the resources they need to work towards putting their families back together. This may involve first helping a parent get through a substance abuse program or providing mental healthcare services. Most importantly, Damon teaches and coaches these parents, especially fathers, about parenting. Unfortunately, many of these parents grew up in broken families so they did not have a model to reference the role of a parent in a child's life. Damon also grew up in a fatherless home. That is what drives him to educate and break the cycle of broken families. It is important work.

Jim and Damon also take on the topic of communication. Damon shares a great, common sense tip on communicating with people. "Commonalities connect but differences divide". Work on training yourself to first look for things you have in common with someone instead of what is different. It is a simple concept but one that could really change how you approach communication.

Jim and Damon spend a lot of time on communication and how decisions concerning how much information to share can affect person communication, business communication and even media communication. Media communication and the public trust, or the lack thereof, sparks a whole discussion in itself!

You can find Damon Nailer on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damon-nailer-78932b17

Find out more about Children’s Coalition for Northeast Louisiana and how you can support their mission at: https://www.childrenscoalition.org/

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Angie Taylor started what would become Valor Global Foundation by holding what she thought would be a small meeting with about 10 parents to talk about her vision of a new model for educating our children. It turned into a meeting with about 300 people, many of whom paid deposits that night to enroll their children in a school that did not exist yet! That is the power of laying out a clear vision and the way forward to achieve that vision. Valor Global Foundation now has several brick and mortar schools in the US, several international campus locations and an online school.

Jim and Angie spend an hour or so talking about Angie's background and experience, the things that are wrong with the current education model and what motivated her to leave her job and start the foundation. She explains how the Standardized Testing Industry and the emphasis on test scores is driving a system that is not teaching our children to think, or to be creative, or to understand the connection between what they are learning and how it applies to the real world. Angie knew there was a better way. There is so much information presented in this podcast that these show notes could become a text book! But who wants to read pages of notes when you can get the information straight from the source.

Speaking of books, Angie Taylor has written a book titled, "The Way of Valor" that's all about the new movement in education. Most agree the current system is broken. This book lays out a new way forward that better educates and prepares children for the real world and life as a productive, responsible adult. The book is available on Amazon.

You can reach Angie Taylor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-taylor-7a213712a
or through the Valor Global Foundation website: https://valorglobalfoundation.org/

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