Word of the Week - Impact Leadership
Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” — Matthew 5:16I
Impact Leadership is leadership that carries eternal significance — leadership that integrates faith, calling, and influence so that lives are changed, Kingdom is advanced, and Jesus is seen. Impact leadership is not just about results — it’s about eternal fruit.
Last Wednesday at Highlands College, Founders Advisors had the joy of serving again as the Title Sponsor for the Highlands College Impact Leadership Conference. We had 3 great keynote speakers this year that spoke on leadership to include: John Maxwell, Ryan Leak, and Chris Hodges. The content was fresh, relevant, and applicable. I plan to share a link next week with the talks and content.
This is a highlight every year, and this year was especially meaningful because I had the opportunity to share in our official launch of the Impact CEO Podcast — a platform to inspire and equip faith-driven leaders to maximize eternal impact through their businesses and leadership. The purpose of the Impact CEO Podcast is simple: Real CEOs sharing Real Stories making Eternal Impact! Impact CEO exists to encourage Kingdom-hearted business leaders to live fully integrated lives – where faith, leadership, and business integrate for Eternal Impact. You can learn more by visiting Impact CEO.
Principles of Impact Leadership
Lead with an Eternal Perspective
Impact begins with perspective. When we lead with eternity in mind, our priorities shift from temporary success to eternal significance. Every day becomes an opportunity to invest in something that will outlast us—people, discipleship, and the advancement of God’s Kingdom. I call this the divine twofer, we not only get to build great companies but do it in a way that honors God, serves people and builds God’s Kingdom. “Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven… For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” – Matthew 6:20–21
Lead by Serving God and Others
Servant Leadership begins with purpose towards a higher calling. We are not serving ourselves, our egos, or even just our teams—we are serving God’s greater mission. When we lead with this perspective, we find deep meaning in our work and joy in seeing others succeed. Every act of service becomes an act of worship. We are serving God by serving His people and the vision He’s entrusted to us. We get to be part of what God is doing in and through others. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 3:23-24
Lead for Multiplication
Leadership that ends with us is not leadership — it’s ownership. Impact leadership multiplies through discipleship, empowerment, and generational investment. The true test of Impact Leadership is will it last beyond me? Will it reproduce and continue to grow and multiply. This is God’s model to change the world, He uses us as leaders to plant seeds in other leaders for exponential Impact. “But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” Matthew 13:23
This is the heart of Abide & Lead — we abide in Christ first, so we can lead with an anointing from God by the power of the Holy Spirit and not from our own strength. Fruit/Impact multiplies when we Abide and Lead. When we invest in people who invest in others. The greatest legacy of our leadership will not be what we build but who we build it for. When we lead with eternity in view…serve like Christ…and multiply through others…our influence becomes eternal. This is Impact Leadership.
Challenge Question: Are you abiding in Christ daily? Are you leading day to day with an eternal perspective? Where can you intentionally lead with eternal impact this week? Who is one person within your sphere of influence you can serve, invest in, or encourage — to multiply their God-given potential.
Closing Prayer: Father, thank You for allowing us to be part of what you are doing for eternity. Help us to fix our eyes on what is eternal, not temporary. Teach us to serve others with humility and love, just as Jesus served us. Give us wisdom to invest in people, multiply leaders, and influence others toward Christ. May our leadership bear fruit that lasts forever. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Have a powerful week of Impact Leadership — leading for what lasts!