LEADERSHIP RESOURCES
[Podcast] Episode 57: Breakthrough is in You: A Conversation with Jeff Smith
In this episode of the AVAIL Leadership Podcast, we’re sitting down with pastor, leader, and author Jeff Smith. Together, we’ll delve into Jeff’s latest book, Breakthrough is in You, and dissect the a...
Hoist the Sails: Unleashing the church through educational partnership
In March 2020, we witnessed something unexpected: deserted city streets, a masked population, and a shutdown that created ripples we can still feel and see more than a year later.
The assumptions we ...
An AVAIL Conversation: Robert Barriger on guiding principles for making decisions in a complicated world
AVAIL Media Host, Virgil Sierra, recently sat down with Robert Barringer for the AVAIL Leadership Podcast. Robert and his wife, Karyn, arrived in Peru 38 years ago as missionaries and planted a church...
[Podcast] Episode 56: Innovation Meets Leadership: A Conversation with Natalie Born
In this episode of the AVAIL Podcast, we’re sitting down with Natalie Born. Natalie is the Founder of Innovation Meets Leadership and VP of Innovation for Territory Global. In today’s episode, she’ll ...
The Power of Number Two
Today we live in a world obsessed with “leadership” development. I’m all for it, although the sheer number of leadership books, seminars, blogs, conferences, and more is sometimes overwhelming. What I...
The Need for Leaders to Grow
If a leader is growing, then gifted, passionate leaders are eager to join and contribute, and the organization almost certainly grows. But when leaders aren't growing, the best people stay away, and t...
[Podcast] Episode 55: Out of the Cave: A Conversation with Chris Hodges
In this episode of the AVAIL Podcast, we’re sitting down with Chris Hodges! Chris is the Founding Pastor of Church of the Highlands, co-founder of ARC, and founder of GROW and Highlands College. In to...
Letting Go: Why great leaders release the need for control
You may be familiar with the myth that, once a leader learns to “let go,” he or she may finally be at peace. Sometimes letting go is framed as “not micromanaging one’s team.” Other times, letting go s...
Detour to Dreams: How to find opportunity in your opposition
Five words at the bottom of the TV screen captured my attention: “She gave birth in chains.” I quickly turned the volume up to hear a 27-year-old Sudanese woman tell the account of how she was impriso...
[Podcast] Episode 54: The Word for You Today: A Conversation with Debby Gass
In this episode of the AVAIL Podcast, we’re sitting down with Debby Gass. Debby, alongside her husband, Bob Gass, wrote and popularized The Word for You Today. In this episode, she’ll share her experi...
