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Michael Wozniak - leadership coach/ business strategist/author/former executive with PepsiCo and the NBA - takes us on his journey of faith and work including growing up in a catholic home where faith was personal; an alcoholic father and the subconscious push to athletics; an exchange of performance for authenticity; his older brother becoming his “dad”; the idea of God owing us something; finding identity in Christ; “be, do, have”; the distraction of comparison; getting into sports marketing in Japan through God’s no; helping establish the NBA’s Japan market; the challenges of the Japanese business culture; his book “Employee Drift”; building covenants with your people; the childlike lesson of getting watermelon from red pepper seeds; shifting leadership dynamics to trust; seeing work as worship; and much, much more!

https://michaelwozniak.net/

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Tia Henderson - HR Leader specializing in Employee Relations, Talent Management, Regulatory Compliance, Process Optimization, Career Development, and Mentorship - shares her story and her faith including knowing God but not following; a career transition and breakdown that brought her closer to Jesus; diving into scripture and devotionals; having an attitude of "take it or leave it" as protection; the scary act of dismantling the walls that she built up to expose a vulnerability; how she became an empath; her gift of discernment; the pivotal moment of a Meetup (app) gathering about anxiety and PTSD; how her own recovery affords her the knowledge to help others in the workplace; how her own experience with a workplace Leave of Absence brought her to her HR career; bringing others encouragement while going through a difficult season; how to express her faith in HR; and much more!

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Michael Hall - Founder & CEO of Hold The Reins, and former Navy Seal - shares his impactful intersection of faith and work including growing up Catholic and then leaving the Catholic Church as a teen; diving into scripture at a Southern Baptist church; reconnecting with his biological father; joining the Navy and fighting a “holy war”; digging through trauma compartmentalization; forgiving himself; how the military culture impacts behavior and mindsets; vulnerability hangover; “me and Jesus were bar buddies”; making peace with death; the role of disconnection in training; equine therapy’s role in connection; how a co-workers suicide and the COVID pandemic were a catalyst for Hold The Reins; how horses allow for vulnerability, breaking down walls, and self-discovery; “Through the threshold of that door, awaits the horse and the Holy Spirit.”; and so much more!

https://www.holdthereins.org/

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