The Lead Comes After

Red Letters Recordings
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The Lead Comes After is a leadership podcast from Red Letters Leadership built on a simple but unflinching premise: leadership isn't the starting point, it's the result. Each episode takes one quality the world associates with great leaders, like service, listening, humility, sacrifice, and traces it back to what Jesus modeled before He ever led. Drawing on Scripture and real-world application, we'll explore what has to happen in you before it can happen through you, for leaders in the church, in business, and everywhere in between.

Episodes

  1. Aug 24

    The Lead Comes After Surrender

    The hardest thing a leader does isn't deciding — it's letting go of control. In this episode of The Lead Comes After, host Shane Davis unpacks the difference between management and surrender, and why the best leaders learn to hold the reins loosely. Grounded in Proverbs 3:5-6, we look at what Scripture and research both say about letting go: Moses releasing the seat of judgment in Exodus 18, Gideon surrendering the credit for victory in Judges 7, and Jesus surrendering the outcome itself in the garden of Gethsemane. Along the way, we look at the data on delegation — a Gallup study found CEOs with strong delegation skills grew revenue 33% faster than those who held on tightly — and tell the story of Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A, who built a decision into his company on day one that reportedly costs it over $1 billion a year, on purpose. If you lead a team, a business, a ministry, or a family, this episode will challenge you to ask what you're still gripping that was never fully yours to control. Key Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 New episodes of The Lead Comes After release [cadence]. Subscribe so you don't miss what's next, and share this episode with a leader who needs to hear it. Red Letters Leadership is part of Red Letters Ministries. www.redlettersministries.org

  2. Aug 10

    The Lead Comes After Humility

    Before you can lead anyone else, something has to happen in you first. In Episode 1 of The Lead Comes After, we start where every leader should — at the bottom. What separates the leaders people follow for years from the ones they endure? It's not a title. It's not a corner office. It's what's underneath — and it starts with humility. In this episode of The Lead Comes After, Shane Davis unpacks why humility isn't weakness — it's the foundation everything else in leadership is built on. Drawing from Philippians 2, the leadership example of Jesus, real-world research from a landmark 2024 study of 610 leaders across 18 industries, and the remarkable story of Abraham Lincoln, this episode will challenge how you think about influence, credit, and what it means to lead well.

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About

The Lead Comes After is a leadership podcast from Red Letters Leadership built on a simple but unflinching premise: leadership isn't the starting point, it's the result. Each episode takes one quality the world associates with great leaders, like service, listening, humility, sacrifice, and traces it back to what Jesus modeled before He ever led. Drawing on Scripture and real-world application, we'll explore what has to happen in you before it can happen through you, for leaders in the church, in business, and everywhere in between.

Information

  • Creator
    Red Letters Recordings
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Red Letters Recordings