The Leadership Community Podcast
Through leadership conversations, your hosts Jonny Clarke & Julian Clark, provide resource which will equip you to raise your own leadership community
Episodes

Sep 29, 2025
Sep 29, 2025
50 min
Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
In this episode, you are listening to the conversation we had with Chad Brooks.
Chad is an author and writes a lot about church health and productivity. He is an ordained United Methodist Church Elder and a bi-vocational Pastor. He understands the challenges of ministry having been in ministry for many years.
His heart is to equip church leaders with tools to transform busyness into meaningful community impact.
You can find out more about him on social media, search for @productivepastor or @revchadbrooks
Our conversation focused on the topic of being a productive leader and a productive church.
Some of the topics we talked about included:
His journey into the topic of productivity
The productivity habits he has
The mindset of a productive leader
Reasons leaders don't follow through on intentions
Productivity patterns that can help a church be healthy
The need for a communications role
We hope this conversation helps you to reflect on your own productivity, enabling you to lead better in your context.
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
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Sep 22, 2025
Sep 22, 2025
47 min
Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
In this episode, you are listening to our conversation with Jo Cox.
Jo is a bible-based productivity expert, helping Christians design their days that are both personally fulfilling and honouring to God.
Some of the topics we talked about included:
Why productivity matters
Discovering your why
Main obstacles to being productive
Coaching someone on this topic
Biggest struggles to be productive
How she plans her week
This is another practical conversation, which will help you lead better in your context.
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
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Sep 15, 2025
Sep 15, 2025
52 min
Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
In this episode, you are listening to our conversation with Joy Blundell.
Joy is a Life and Leadership Coach who helps people unlock their potential and create change. She is a leader, pastor, and speaker who has pioneered multiple transformative initiatives, projects and organisations that empower people to bring about change in their world.
As a coach, she is passionate about helping people find their purpose and connect their personal stories to larger narratives.
Some of the topics we talked about included:
Her journey into coaching
Why coaching is important
How coaching and discipleship work together
Jesus as the master coach and the questions he asked
Practical ways you can start coaching today
This is a practical conversation, which can help you lead better in your context.
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
Come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__ and join our mailing list too, and grab your free 'How To' PDF. Go to our website leadershipcommunity.online

Sep 8, 2025
Sep 8, 2025
59 min
Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
In this episode, you are listening to our conversation with Angela Gaeta.
Angela is a dedicated Christian minister who, alongside her husband Gianni, founded a vibrant ministry based in Vienna. With a heart for spiritual transformation across Central Europe, Angela works tirelessly to establish Churches and develop leaders who can bring positive, Godly influence into every sphere of society.
Angela is part of the National Leadership Team of the Assemblies of God in Great Britain and is responsible for the mission strategy.
Some of the topics we talked about included:
Her mission journey
Building spiritual communities
The characteristics and habits of a misson-minded leader
How to practically transform the community
Women in ministry
You will enjoy hearing Angela's story and the wisdom she shares on this topic.
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
Come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__ and join our mailing list too, and grab your free 'How To' PDF. Go to our website leadershipcommunity.online

Sep 1, 2025
Sep 1, 2025
55 min
Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
In this episode, you are listening to our conversation with Ian Green.
Ian Green is a speaker, coach, consultant, and author with over four decades of experience inspiring, networking, and provoking individuals and organisations to think bigger.
Ian found faith as a teenager and quickly rose in church leadership, particularly in youth ministry, eventually leading the National Youth Department for the Assemblies of God in Great Britain for 10 years. He later founded Youth Ministries International, which evolved into Next Level International.
Now he is part of Kingdomize Global, helping churches, NGO's and other organisations focus on community transformation.
Some of the topics we talked about included:
His faith journey and how he got involved in community transformation
How would he describe community transformation
Stories of community transformation
The shift from social action to community transformation
Practical ways church leaders can be better at transforming communities
This is a fascinating conversation, which we guarantee will make you think.
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
Come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__ and join our mailing list too, and grab your free 'How To' PDF. Go to our website leadershipcommunity.online

Aug 25, 2025
Aug 25, 2025
48 min
Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
This month, all of the episodes on The Leadership Community Podcast have been on the topic of Vision. This is the last of four great conversations for you from leaders across the globe.
In this episode, we have a conversation with Pastor Mike Stough, a member of the team at Destiny Worship Center in NW Florida. He is part of the Teaching Team and also oversees all the Ministries and Teams at the Campus, about 600-700 people.
He gets to build and develop leaders as part of this role.
Some of the topics we talked about:
Why building leaders is a non-negotiable
How he defines leadership
The attributes he is looking for in potential leaders
How does he grow leaders
Challenging some of the vague directives people often use
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
Come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__ and join our mailing list too, get the links from the episode and grab your free 'How To' PDF. Go to our website leadershipcommunity.online

Aug 18, 2025
Aug 18, 2025
49 min
Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
This month, all of the episodes on The Leadership Community Podcast are on the topic of Vision. We have four great conversations for you from leaders across the globe.
In this episode, we have a conversation with Pastor Tom Jacobsen, Pastor of City Church, Tórshavn, on the Faroe Islands.
Since stepping into the role, the Church has faced the challenge of a global pandemic and, more recently, the building burning down.
It was great to chat with Tom about the vision for City Church and how they have adapted the outworking of it when faced with such significant changes.
Some of the topics we talked about:
Leading a Church on the Faroe Islands
The church burning down
His transition into the role of Pastor
What the vision of City Church is and how they get people to engage with it
How they adapted to make the vision happen without a building
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
Come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__ and join our mailing list too, get the links from the episode and grab your free 'How To' PDF. Go to our website leadershipcommunity.online

Aug 11, 2025
Aug 11, 2025
1hr 5 min
Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
This month, all of the episodes on The Leadership Community Podcast are on the topic of Vision. We have four great conversations for you from leaders across the globe.
In this episode, we have a conversation with Pastor Matt Boyle.
Matt, alongside his wife, Keira, is the Lead Pastor of Sozo Church. Originally from England, they answered God’s call to relocate to the United States and plant their lives in the vibrant city of Miami.
They have a vision to see heaven’s possibilities become a reality and have a deep passion for helping people connect with Jesus and discover His purpose for their lives.
Some of the topics we talked about included:
Moving from the UK to Miami
Being a Brit leading in the USA
Cultivating a fresh vision
How to cast a new vision
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
Come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__ and join our mailing list too, get the links from the episode and grab your free 'How To' PDF. Go to our website leadershipcommunity.online

Aug 4, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
51 min
Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
This month, all of the episodes on The Leadership Community Podcast are on the topic of Vision. We have four great conversations for you from leaders across the globe.
In this episode, our conversation is with Pastor Jock James.
Jock, alongside his wife, Shirley, is the Lead Pastor of Life Church in Bradford. They have a passion for family, for the City, and for seeing God's creative potential at work in people.
Listen to Jock talk about the Church he has been part of for over 20 years, how he transitioned into the leadership and worked at resetting the vision, building on all that had gone before.
Some of the topics we talked about included:
His approach for setting a fresh direction while honouring the past
What was going on inside him when asked to lead
Health is our vision
What the vision looks like now
Keeping that vision alive
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
Come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__ and join our mailing list too, get the links from the episode and grab your free 'How To' PDF. Go to our website leadershipcommunity.online

Jul 28, 2025
Jul 28, 2025
54 min
Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
In this episode, we have a conversation with Rachel Calland.
Rachel is an Associate Leader and part of the Lead Team at Way, a non-denominational Church in Wigan. She is also part of the Magnify Collective, a platform and community empowering ambitious women of faith to thrive and flourish in mainstream industries and culture.
Our conversation focused on women in ministry. Rachel shared openly and honestly about her own experiences as we talked about some of the following topics:
The barriers to leadership that women face
Her personal experience with these barriers
How she has overcome them
Leading authentically as a leader who is a woman
The ways male leaders can support and empower women in the teams they lead
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
Come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__ and join our mailing list too. You will get the links from the episode, and you can grab a free 'How To' PDF. Go to our website leadershipcommunity.online

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