Huntley Leadership Podcast
Catholic Leadership Podcast for clergy, entrepreneurs and people of influence looking to be inspired and challenged to be their best!
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Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Parents and youth ministers in the Catholic church want their children to grow up and attend a parish where they can get sustained formation. The problem is that many parishes are not actually equipped with leaders who can do that effectively.
Even with well-trained youth leaders, the capacity is limited in parishes that are not well-led and where the culture isn't healthy at its core. This is how your best people end up burnt out because they aren't being given the support needed to thrive.
As parish leaders, we're often waiting for the "next generation" to come to us, or perhaps they're already here, but they're leaving because we aren't connecting in the way that they need us to. It's vital for us to address these growing concerns, be willing to break away from what no longer works and reimagine the way that we reach the next generation with the love of Jesus!
This week's guest helps parishes create a culture where this type of change can happen.
Joel Stepanek is the VP of Parish Services at Life Teen, an organization that provides a safe and fun place for youth to experience Catholic community, get answers to their questions, and, most importantly, experience Jesus in a profound and personal way.
Our conversation dives into some of our deep-seated cultural norms and offers incredible insight about how we can more effectively engage young people in the Church.
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Stewarding the physical spaces that God has entrusted to us as the Catholic Church can be daunting! Across the world, there are church leaders realizing that they have more building capacity than they have the staff capacity to maintain; many simply realize that their spaces aren't as effective as they once were.
Conversations around our places of worship are not unique to leaders in 2022 either! Looking at Scripture, we find an incredibly rich history regarding the places God's people gathered to worship.
In this week's episode, I'm joined by Graham Singh, Founder, and CEO of Trinity Centres Foundation–a Canadian charity established to transform historic city centre church properties into impactful community hubs. Our conversation dives into the church's history–as well as the current state of where things are–and provides a hope-filled vision for the future as leaders navigate these challenging topics!
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Is your Alpha program getting the results you expect? Are people excited about what's happening? Are they experiencing God's presence in an authentic way through Alpha? Is it dynamic? Engaging? Exciting?
Because if not, something has to change!
But how do you bring life to an Alpha program that is getting stale, boring and lifeless? How do you get participants to come back each week and be excited to be there?
This week's guest is Louis Cain, Director of Evangelization at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Saint John, Indiana. After inheriting the parish Alpha program and running it for two years himself, Louis and the leadership team decided to completely overhaul how they ran their program to resemble the Alpha recipe more closely. The results were extraordinary!
If you're ready to bring new life to your own parish's Alpha program, this episode is a must-listen!
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
On the 100th episode of the Ron Huntley Leadership Podcast, I'm joined by Fr. Sammie Maletta & Khalil Hattar for a conversation about generosity as Catholic leaders.
We dive deep into parish renewal, Catholic leadership and what it means to be a parish that blesses & resources others! They share insights gained through their own ministry work, give practical perspective to those who are just starting out, and offer so much value about transforming your mindset & becoming an even greater blessing to the communities around you.
Being a Catholic leader is hard work; being sustainably fruitful is even harder! Becoming competent as a leader takes commitment, humility and drive. And being generous doesn't always come easy. But with the right approach, you can develop a culture of generosity as you increase your own impact, and begin helping others do the same!
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Mobilizing people for mission is fundamental in church leadership. The fruit of our labours as Catholic leaders should include creating missionary disciples!
But it's one thing to KNOW that you need to mobilize your church for missional impact; it's a whole other thing to actually go about CREATING that kind of culture.
What if creating a missional culture wasn't about fixing everything for everyone all the time, but rather identifying what people are naturally gifted at, and linking the mission with people's natural loves and strengths?
In this episode, I'm joined by Marcel LeJeune, President & Founder of Catholic Missionary Disciples. Marcel is an avid blogger, author, speaker, & Catholic leadership coach, working with his team to equip Catholic leaders for transformational ministry. In our conversation, he provided so much incredible perspective on what it looks like to equip & release your parishioners to share the love of Jesus with the world around them!
If you're a leader who feels your capacity is at its limit, this episode will leave you encouraged & provide invaluable insights that will challenge what you believe is possible!
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Culture isn't a buzzword, or gimmick; it's not something that you can simply talk about. Culture is the environment and feeling you experience when you walk through the doors of an organization. It's a real thing that's felt, and it needs to be developed intentionally!
Your parish or organization has a culture. Whether that culture was created intentionally or not, it does exist; and people feel it!
What can you do to create a culture where people want to be, where they know they're valued, and that makes them want to continue coming back time-and-time again?
On this episode, I'm joined by Chris Adams, CEO of Ellis Adams Group (EAG), a luxury brand consulting firm working within the hospitality industry! His firm has worked with brands such as the Ritz Carlton, Marriott, and many more. Chris started at the bottom and worked his way up the corporate ladder, and in our conversation, he shared some of his learnings and insight about developing a culture where teams can thrive, and guests are consistently blown away!
Whether you're in business, leading a ministry, or are clergy in the Catholic Church, this episode will give practical insight into equipping your team for impact, and creating an authentic culture that people will want to come back to.
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
How do you gain traction with your organization's vision? How do you get your whole team aligned behind a common goal in a way that creates momentum?
Joe DiPenta helps leaders do exactly that. Joe is a retired NHL Stanley Cup champion who now focuses his passion on helping organizations and teams get traction toward their vision. As a professional EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) Implementer, Joe helps CEOs, parishes, sports teams and other businesses take active steps toward achieving their vision, and see results they previously believed to be unattainable.
Post pro-hockey, Joe joined an organization that had poor staff retention and declining revenue. After implementing the principles of EOS, they began to see things shift & were quickly seeing remarkable results! Since then, Joe has been passionate about helping other companies & leaders experience the same success. He now spends his time speaking & working with organizations to implement these principles into their own businesses.
This episode will challenge your current perspective on what is, or isn't, possible within your organization, and leave you encouraged about your own potential for impact!
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Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
As a pastor, how is your relationship with your associate? As an associate, how is your relationship with your pastor? As a bishop, what are your expectations and hope for the pastor/associate relationship?
To put it another way: How do you build a church together while juggling two unique leadership styles?
By opening the conversation and exploring the 'how' behind a healthy pastor/associate relationship, we can grow in our own relationships and maximize the potential of our churches. Heath, growth, and impact are possible if we are intentional!
On this episode, we dive deep into the relationship between a Pastor & an Associate. Fr. Sammie Maletta, a pastor of 20-plus years, and Fr. Declan McNicholas, an associate pastor, collaborate in exceptional ways to bring about organizational health & empower other leaders in their parish for impact. They joined me this week to share about their experience of learning to lead alongside one another!
This podcast could be a great conversation starter with your own Pastor/Associate.
Highlighting the importance of embracing two unique perspectives, learning to respect one another's input, and maintaining a common vision of what they hope to accomplish, this episode will leave you encouraged & empowered as you grow your own relationships with the leaders around you.
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Vision is a big word. Leaders sometimes use it as a buzzword, but how do we really put it into practice?
So often we get caught up in the how-tos, making sure that the programs are in place, without the vision for why we are doing what we are doing. This can lead to people being turned off by the church because there is no soul behind what they offer. And yet, with a little vision and imagination, we can make our ministries more inviting, more welcoming and can increase the sense of belonging among our laity.
How do we define vision for us as Catholic leaders? Why do we need it? Is it a "nice to have" or does it enable us to carry out our mission? In this episode, Christian & Ron discuss the importance of vision, and how we can allow it to permeate and influence everything we're doing in our ministries!
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
This week, Ron interviews Erin Monnin & Cristofer Pereyra, co-authors of a book titled, 'Catholic Leadership for Civil Society'. In this conversation, we discuss the responsibility & role of lay professional Catholics to influence the world around them while living out their faith in the secular society in which they work, live and serve.
Erin & Cristofer share valuable truth about how lay Catholic leadership is not meant to confined to the Catholic community exclusively; our mission & calling is to be a light that illuminates every aspect of secular society with the Truth of the Gospel.
Their book explores the "unique responsibility and privileged opportunity to influence the world for Christ" that lay Catholic professionals have been given, and how to maximize the impact made on your sphere of influence.