Listening, Leading, and Creating Lasting Change with Keion Henderson
Student of the Game · Season 3 · Episode 11
Listening, Leading, and Creating Lasting Change
with Keion Henderson, The Lighthouse Church
Brad Noll welcomes his former college teammate and roommate Keion Henderson, founder and pastor of The Lighthouse Church in Houston. Keion explains why listening is his superpower, how to study yourself full before any big presentation, and why trust keeps the cost of doing business low. The two also look back on the IPFW days and the moment that inspired Keion to believe more was possible.
▶ Listen to the episodeKey Takeaways
- Listening is a superpower. Keion says the people who know him best all say the same thing: he listens. He calls listening his superpower in scaling.
- Turn every loss into a lecture. Keion treats life as a classroom and every circumstance as a lesson, because getting a yes out of life means accepting the no's.
- Study yourself full, then think yourself clear. Most nerves come from a lack of preparation. Learn everything you can, decide what your audience actually needs, then trust what you put in and let it flow.
- Stewardship comes before scale. If you cannot manage a little wisely, you will not be ready for more. Respecting the resources you have attracts sustainability.
- When trust is high, cost is low. Drawing on The Speed of Trust, Keion says it is too expensive for customers not to be able to predict you.
- Measure success by relationships. Keion does not measure success by a bank account, a garage, or an address, but by his impact on people and how long those relationships last.
Chapters
- 00:00Brad welcomes his college teammate and roommate
- 01:40Faith, culture, and listening as a superpower
- 07:20From Gary, Indiana to IPFW basketball
- 10:33Fundamentals of ministry: believe what you believe
- 17:00Reciprocity and the day inspiration woke up
- 21:20Study yourself full, think yourself clear
- 26:26Filling the tub and the power of listening
- 31:19People are the business and the speed of trust
- 38:23Winning at the game of life and filling your own tank
- 42:56A first church, a Lincoln, and flowers for family
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