Leader Farming

Join Zach as he talks to Phil Gable about his journey of learning what it means to work from your identity and not for it.

Listen as Zach joins Jeff Orsinego to talk on his podcast "A Battle Worth Fighting" about his journey through the years of learning to not find his identity in achievement.

Why does life have to be both hard and good? Join Jay and Zach as they wrestle with some really tough questions about betrayal, risk taking and extending trust.

In this episode, Zach interviews one of his restaurant Leaders, CJ Ware. CJ talks about his upcoming move to Texas and how his leadership journey has prepared him for moving out on his own. He shares a few stories from winter seasons in his life and how he almost left Chick-fil-A due to burn-out. You are sure to be inspired by listening to this young man's story.

In this episode, recorded this past winter, Zach interviews his friend Dr. Alan Kemper. Dr. Kemper is a former college professor that proposes the idea that getting all A's can be a "failure." Be prepared to glean wisdom from this conversation about the game of entrepreneurship and the four fires philosophy. Where you dump your logs will determine how well you weather the storms of life. Connect with Dr. Alan Kemper at four-fires.com or leadworkforceconsulting.com

Conrad's story challenges all of us to think about what we have given our heart, mind and soul over to and how loss can bring us to the end of ourselves.  How many times have we wanted something for ourselves, but then looked back and realized that isn't what we needed?  

In this conversation, Zach introduces his life coach and friend, Chris Matakas.  Chris has dedicated his life to helping others see how Jiu-Jitsu is one of the best vehicles for personal development.  He shares some of his personal journey through winter seasons and his wisdom for life: "If you increase voluntary struggle, you will decrease involuntary suffering."  Learn more about Chris and his work at www.chrismatakas.com

In this episode, Zach and Clif talk about his faith journey from being a business owner to a covert missionary. Coming to us from a jungle in Central America, Clif expresses his gratitude for the difficult seasons in his life and how he would have settled for a much smaller story with out his winter seasons.  

In this episode, Zach and Courtney talk about how their business relationship has turned into a deep friendship.  In Courtney's intimate story he shares how a winter season in his life turned into what he calls a "mini Ice Age."  Listeners will certainly be encourage by his transparency and vulnerability. 

In this episode, Leo shares his journey of becoming a man after God's heart.  He shares how he went from playing professional basketball in Europe to Hollywood and then walked away from everything to be a better husband, father and friend.  

On this episode, we flip the script and Zach's close friend, Ben Cope is the host.  He interviews Zach about his current season and what he's learning about himself as he grapples with God.  

In this episode, long time friends Zach and Rob talk about how much their lives have intersected over the years and how what we do with our emotions determines whether we will grow or resist growth.  

In this episode, Zach and Noble Gibbens talk about his emotional growth journey and the work he is doing now with the EQ Gangster podcast and EQ Mafia.  You are sure to be entertained and challenged with their conversation around emotional fitness.  

In this podcast episode, Zach and Andre talk about how their friendship led to conversations about diversity as they reminisce about the some of Zach's leaders that ultimately became Chick-fil-A Operators.  Additionally, Andre shares about a winter season in his life that he has never before shared publicly and offers some incredible wisdom for our listeners.  

"When your heart expands from pain, it remains expanded in it's capacity to love."  Bing Oliver shares a powerful story of his healing journey through a very long winter season.  

Honored to host Joe Weber, Chick-fil-A Operator in Castle Rock, Colorado.  Joe talks about his journey in the hospitality industry and how having a seasonal growth mindset has given him new language for his story.

In this episode, Zach and Jared talk about their journey of writing a book together and how two people from different generations and very different backgrounds became unlikely friends.  Jared transparently shares about a recent winter season in his life and what he learned from that season.  

In this episode of the Leader Farming Podcast, Dean shares some stories about his life and choices he made along the way during some difficult times that ultimately lead to growth opportunities.  Zach and Dean also spend time talking about the partnership that has evolved to help team members with their education.

Spring has sprung!  In this episode, Zach and Hugo talk about new growth opportunities in the business and their personal lives.  However, with springs arrival, especially in the south, we do experience some bad weather such as tornadoes!  

Zach and Eric talk about his journey from the military to entrepreneur.  His work as a cartoonist and business book illustrator allowed us to work together on a recent project and become close friends.  I'm excited to share this conversation with you as we discuss his seasonal growth journey. 

Zach and Robert talk about the seasonal growth mindset and how this has played out in Robert's life.  

Hugo shares his perspective on growing through a winter season and some of his reflections on other seasons of growth.  

In the first episode of the Leader Farming Podcast, Zach & Ben talk about cultivating entrepreneurship in our children.