Rob Hoskins: OneHope Inc |CEO | Three of Life’s Questions to Find Your Purpose

The Wow Factor

Rob Hoskins is a highly respected global development leader known for his work with NPO/NGO leaders and his ability to develop sustainable transformation initiatives. He has served major institutions and corporations, helped rehab and revitalize their missions, and scaled growth through successful leadership transitions. Rob has been President of OneHope, Inc. since 2004, which has helped reach over 2 billion children with messages of hope. He has served in various leadership roles in numerous networks and is presently the Senior Advisor to the World Evangelical Alliance. Rob holds degrees in Cultural Anthropology, Theology, and Divinity. Rob and his wife Kim reside in Pompano Beach, Florida, and together they have two daughters and three grandchildren.

In this episode, we sit down with Rob Hoskins, the CEO and President of OneHope, a global ministry that reaches millions of children and youth with the message of the Gospel. Rob discusses the importance of creating a positive organizational transition, explores some of the questions that helped him find his purpose as a leader, and delves into why we should lean into the spiritual when creating our life’s vision. Rob also emphasizes the critical importance of being open, honest, and authentic and how this impacts your relationships and leadership style.

“Misionality is in my bloodstream and in my DNA.” - Rob Hoskins

“Living a missional life is much more fulfilling than trying to be self-fulfilled.” - Rob Hoskins

Good leadership is about having confidence and being self-aware.” -  Rob Hoskins

This Week on The Wow Factor:

  • Robs upbringing as the child of committed missionaries
  • What missionality is, and the importance of having a lifelong mission that drives you
  • Rob’s relationship with his father and why he remains so inspired by him and the way his parents live their lives
  • The importance of creating a positive transition in an organization
  • How OneHope moved from a Christian publishing house to a user-driven organization 
  • Why sometimes you have to create the market as an entrepreneur
  • Why Rob believes that so many leaders shy away from change
  • Some of the components that help you find your purpose as a leader 
  • The comparison between what younger leaders and older leaders are seeking in their lives
  • Why it’s so critical to be open, honest, and authentic with your children

Rob Hoskins’ Word of Wisdom:

I go back to scripture for this, to the verse that says, we look not at the things which are seen, but the things which are unseen, because the things which are seen are temporal, the things which are unseen are eternal.

Connect with Rob Hoskins: 

  • Rob Hoskins' Website
  • OneHope Website 
  • Rob Hoskins on Facebook
  • Rob Hoskins on Instagram
  • Rob Hoskins on LinkedIn

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  • Brad Formsma on LinkedIn
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