Part 1: Leading Saints in 2024

Let's look back at 2023, look forward to 2024, and answer some
commonly-asked questions about Leading Saints and its future. This
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Get 14-day access to the Core Leader Library Highlights 3:30 The
story behind Leading Saints and how it started. Kurt’s first
leading experience as an elders quorum president in his singles
ward. 5:50 Kurt poured himself into his calling and did some good
things but also made a lot of mistakes. He gave the typical guilt
trip lesson about doing home teaching and got no results. 8:30
After getting married, Kurt moved into a ward and was called to be
a counselor in the bishopric and then as high priest group leader.
He started looking around at all the leadership books to find ways
to improve and understand leadership better. 10:20 May 26, 2010 is
the birthday of Leading Saints. It started as a hobby blog where
Kurt would read a leadership book and try to apply it to leadership
in the church. After four years he turned it into a podcast and did
interviews. 12:30 The process of starting Leading Saints and taking
it full time. Kurt really had to hustle and do a lot of side jobs
when starting Leading Saints but he really had a vision of what it
could be. 14:30 What can we expect from Leading Saints in 2024? New
website and creating more community within Leading Saints 16:30
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