A Call To Leadership

Hosted by Dr. Nate Salah

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Jan 2026

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A Call to Leadership is a weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Nate Salah, designed to inspire and equip leaders to grow in their faith, strengthen their influence, and lead with purpose. Through meaningful conversations, practical teachings, and biblical insights, Dr. Salah empowers leaders to navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship, leadership, and legacy-building through remaining rooted in obedience to God. Whether you’re building a foundation, refining your leadership, or creating a legacy, this podcast offers tools and encouragement for every step of your journey. Join Dr. Salah as he unfolds Christ-centered servant leadership to live God’s story in us, embrace His call to love radically and lead boldly, and pursue the ultimate goal: " Well done, good and faithful servant.” A Call to Leadership is a teaching outreach of Great Summit Leadership Academy. Learn more at www.greatsummit.com. Tune in weekly for inspiration, growth, and actionable wisdom. Available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , YouTube, and all major platforms.

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January 28, 202612 min

EP312: New Beginnings (Final Episode)

This final episode of A Call to Leadership is not a goodbye, but a recalibration. Dr. Nate Salah reflects on 312 episodes of leadership lessons centered on alignment, stewardship, integrity, and obedience. This conversation challenges leaders to examine the cost of success, the health of their inner life, and the legacy they are building in business, family, and faith. Press play for a powerful closing reflection on leadership that lasts beyond applause. Key Takeaways To Listen For Why obedience often brings resistance before it brings clarity How joy grounded in Christ remains steady even when circumstances shift The role alignment plays in preventing success from quietly costing your peace When leadership begins to collapse privately long before it shows publicly Ways spiritual pressure forms resilient, purpose-driven Christian leaders Connect With Us Master your context with real results leadership training! To learn more, visit our website at www.greatsummit.com . For tax, bookkeeping, or accounting help, contact Dr. Nate’s team at www.theincometaxcenter.com or send an email to info@theincometaxcenter.com . Follow Dr. Nate on His Social Media LinkedIn: Nate Salah, Ph.D Instagram: @natesalah Facebook: Nate Salah TikTok: @drnatesalah Clubhouse: @natesalah

January 21, 202633 min

EP311: Blessed are the Persecuted for Righteousness with Joe Thompson and Travis Revelle

What if resistance is proof that you’re living out your faith correctly? In the final Beatitude, Jesus reframes persecution as a pathway to joy, authority, and spiritual maturity. This episode explores why obedience invites opposition, how subtle attacks test conviction, and what faithful leaders must be prepared for. Press play to discover why persecution isn’t failure, it’s formation. Key Takeaways To Listen For How persecution can actually signal obedience rather than failure The subtle ways spiritual resistance shows up through doubt, exclusion, and dismissal Why joy grounded in Christ remains steady even when circumstances change What faithfulness reveals in others when it challenges comfort or compromise How enduring opposition shapes resilient, long-term Christian leadership Resources Mentioned In This Episode EP280: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit EP284: Blessed are Those Who Mourn EP289: Blessed are the Meek EP292: Blessed are those who Hunger EP297: Blessed are the Merciful with Joe Thompson and Travis Revelle EP309: Blessed are the Pure In Heart with Joe Thompson and Travis Revelle EP310: Blessed are the Peacemakers with Joe Thompson and Travis Revelle Connect With Us Master your context with real results leadership training! To learn more, visit our website at www.greatsummit.com . For tax, bookkeeping, or accounting help, contact Dr. Nate’s team at www.theincometaxcenter.com or send an email to info@theincometaxcenter.com . Follow Dr. Nate on His Social Media LinkedIn: Nate Salah, Ph.D Instagram: @natesalah Facebook: Nate Salah TikTok: @drnatesalah Clubhouse: @natesalah

January 14, 202635 min

EP310: Blessed are the Peacemakers with Joe Thompson and Travis Revelle

Effective Christian leadership requires peacemaking, not peacekeeping. In this episode, the hosts explore the Beatitude “Blessed are the peacemakers” and explain how internal peace drives healthier leadership, conflict resolution, and faith-based decisions in business and family life. Listen now to learn why courage and clarity are essential to lasting peace. Key Takeaways To Listen For How peacemakers actively create peace instead of avoiding hard conversations The key difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking, and why it matters Why internal peace must come first before external peace is possible How true peacemaking requires courage, strength, and emotional maturity When walking away is not failure, but a necessary act of peacemaking Resources Mentioned In This Episode EP280: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit EP284: Blessed are Those Who Mourn EP289: Blessed are the Meek EP292: Blessed are those who Hunger EP297: Blessed are the Merciful with Joe Thompson and Travis Revelle EP309: Blessed are the Pure In Heart with Joe Thompson and Travis Revelle Connect With Us Master your context with real results leadership training! To learn more, visit our website at www.greatsummit.com . For tax, bookkeeping, or accounting help, contact Dr. Nate’s team at www.theincometaxcenter.com or send an email to info@theincometaxcenter.com . Follow Dr. Nate on His Social Media LinkedIn: Nate Salah, Ph.D Instagram: @natesalah Facebook: Nate Salah TikTok: @drnatesalah Clubhouse: @natesalah

January 7, 202644 min

EP309: Blessed are the Pure In Heart with Joe Thompson and Travis Revelle

Strong Christian leadership is rooted in clarity, not control. In this episode, we will unpack the Beatitude “pure in heart” and explain how internal clarity fuels faith-driven leadership, wiser decisions, and lasting personal growth. Listen now to learn why aligned motives create stronger leaders and healthier lives. Key Takeaways To Listen For How the Beatitudes shape leadership at home, not just in faith Teaching “pure in heart” through clarity, not perfection Recognizing mixed motives in parenting decisions Why internal clarity brings peace to family leadership How surrender strengthens you as a parent and guide Resources Mentioned In This Episode EP280: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit EP284: Blessed are Those Who Mourn EP289: Blessed are the Meek EP292: Blessed are those who Hunger EP297: Blessed are the Merciful with Joe Thompson and Travis Revelle Connect With Us Master your context with real results leadership training! To learn more, visit our website at www.greatsummit.com . For tax, bookkeeping, or accounting help, contact Dr. Nate’s team at www.theincometaxcenter.com or send an email to info@theincometaxcenter.com . Follow Dr. Nate on His Social Media LinkedIn: Nate Salah, Ph.D Instagram: @natesalah Facebook: Nate Salah TikTok: @drnatesalah Clubhouse: @natesalah

December 31, 202520 min

EP308: Radical Purpose Part 6 - Does Purpose Pay

Does purpose-driven leadership actually pay off over time, or do shortcuts win in the end? In this final episode of the Radical Purpose series, we explore stewardship, trust, culture, and why lasting leadership impact depends on endurance, not speed. Press play to learn why purpose compounds slowly but produces results that outlast the leader. Key Takeaways To Listen For Why purpose is not proven by speed, but by durability over time How stewardship, not vision alone, determines whether leadership last Why many leaders fail from unprepared success rather than lack of vision How trust becomes the invisible infrastructure that sustains organizations Why true leadership success should be measured by continuation, not accumulation Resources Mentioned In This Episode EP303: Radical Purpose, Part 1 - Context Matters EP304: Radical Purpose, Part 2 - Traits are Seeds EP305: Radical Purpose Part 3 - Skills Sharpen Purpose EP306: Radical Purpose Part 4 - The Spark EP307: Radical Purpose Part 5 - Courageous Conviction Radical Purpose by Dr. Nate Salah Connect With Us Master your context with real results leadership training! To learn more, visit our website at www.greatsummit.com . For tax, bookkeeping, or accounting help, contact Dr. Nate’s team at www.theincometaxcenter.com or send an email to info@theincometaxcenter.com . Follow Dr. Nate on His Social Media LinkedIn: Nate Salah, Ph.D Instagram: @natesalah Facebook: Nate Salah TikTok: @drnatesalah Clubhouse: @natesalah

December 24, 202559 min

EP307: Radical Purpose Part 5 - Courageous Conviction

Most leaders don’t fail because they lack vision. They hesitate when vision starts to cost them. In this episode, we explore the leadership threshold where purpose becomes uncomfortable, and conviction is tested. Through the stories of Hershey, Disney, and Jobs, we reveal why discomfort and courage go hand in hand. Press play to discover whether the resistance you feel is fear or the signal you are being called forward. Key Takeaways To Listen For Why obedience often requires courage long before clarity ever arrives How discomfort can be confirmation that you are walking in alignment, not missing the mark Why God often forms leaders in isolation before He grants influence The personal cost that inevitably comes with pursuing a vision bigger than yourself The spiritual battle between doubt and conviction that every called leader must face Resources Mentioned In This Episode EP303: Radical Purpose, Part 1 - Context Matters EP304: Radical Purpose, Part 2 - Traits are Seeds EP305: Radical Purpose Part 3 - Skills Sharpen Purpose EP306: Radical Purpose Part 4 - The Spark Radical Purpose by Dr. Nate Salah Connect With Us Master your context with real results leadership training! To learn more, visit our website at www.greatsummit.com . For tax, bookkeeping, or accounting help, contact Dr. Nate’s team at www.theincometaxcenter.com or send an email to info@theincometaxcenter.com . Follow Dr. Nate on His Social Media LinkedIn: Nate Salah, Ph.D Instagram: @natesalah Facebook: Nate Salah TikTok: @drnatesalah Clubhouse: @natesalah

December 17, 2025Episode 30638 min

EP306: Radical Purpose Part 4 - The Spark

What if the moment that could change your future is the spark you’ve been ignoring? In this episode, Dr. Nate reveals how the first flicker of curiosity and imagination becomes the doorway to purpose, drawing on the early sparks that shaped Hershey, Disney and Jobs. This is where fascination turns into conviction and vision begins to take form. Press play to discover the spark inside you and what it’s trying to awaken. Key Takeaways To Listen For How curiosity becomes the first ignition point of purpose Why Walt Disney turned hardship into imagination and wonder How Steve Jobs followed fascination into world-changing design The progression from curiosity to imagination to vision How vision evolves into a sacred burden that refuses to leave you Resources Mentioned In This Episode EP303: Radical Purpose, Part 1 - Context Matters EP304: Radical Purpose, Part 2 - Traits are Seeds EP305: Radical Purpose Part 3 - Skills Sharpen Purpose Radical Purpose by Dr. Nate Salah Connect With Us Master your context with real results leadership training! To learn more, visit our website at www.greatsummit.com . For tax, bookkeeping, or accounting help, contact Dr. Nate’s team at www.theincometaxcenter.com or send an email to info@theincometaxcenter.com . Follow Dr. Nate on His Social Media LinkedIn: Nate Salah, Ph.D Instagram: @natesalah Facebook: Nate Salah TikTok: @drnatesalah Clubhouse: @natesalah

December 10, 202520 min

EP305: Radical Purpose Part 3 - Skills Sharpen Purpose

The skills that shaped your purpose didn’t appear by chance; they were forged through repetition, pressure, and the work you never thought mattered. In this episode, we reveal how Hershey, Disney, and Jobs developed the mastery that powered their calling, and how your own early skills may be pointing toward something greater. If you’re ready to uncover the skill that could unlock your next level of leadership, press play and step into your Radical Purpose. Key Takeaways To Listen For Why skills turn raw traits into real leadership capacity How Milton Hershey mastered precision through repetition and failure The work ethic behind Walt Disney’s creative craftsmanship Why Steve Jobs’ design literacy came from obsession, not talent The “skill you avoid” that might unlock your next level Resources Mentioned In This Episode Radical Purpose by Dr. Nate Salah EP303: Radical Purpose, Part 1 - Context Matters EP304: Radical Purpose, Part 2 - Traits are Seeds Connect With Us Master your context with real results leadership training! To learn more, visit our website at www.greatsummit.com . For tax, bookkeeping, or accounting help, contact Dr. Nate’s team at www.theincometaxcenter.com or send an email to info@theincometaxcenter.com . Follow Dr. Nate on His Social Media LinkedIn: Nate Salah, Ph.D Instagram: @natesalah Facebook: Nate Salah TikTok: @drnatesalah Clubhouse: @natesalah

December 3, 202521 min

EP304: Radical Purpose, Part 2 - Traits are Seeds

What if the traits you carried as a child were actually the blueprint for your future purpose? In this episode, we explore how early ambition, curiosity, resilience, and hunger silently shaped visionary leaders and how those same traits are shaping you. You’ll walk away seeing your wiring, your story, and your leadership potential with completely new clarity. Press play to uncover the purpose your traits have been pointing to all along. Key Takeaways To Listen For How early traits like curiosity, hunger, and determination reveal clues to your leadership calling The quiet ambition and rapid learning habits that shaped Milton Hershey into a visionary leader Why Walt Disney’s expressive creativity became the foundation of his lifelong mission to create joy How Steve Jobs used intensity, curiosity, and simplicity to drive world-changing innovation Why misunderstood childhood traits often evolve into powerful and effective leadership Resources Mentioned In This Episode Radical Purpose by Dr. Nate Salah EP303: Radical Purpose, Part 1 - Context Matters Connect With Us Master your context with real results leadership training! To learn more, visit our website at www.greatsummit.com . For tax, bookkeeping, or accounting help, contact Dr. Nate’s team at www.theincometaxcenter.com or send an email to info@theincometaxcenter.com . Follow Dr. Nate on His Social Media LinkedIn: Nate Salah, Ph.D Instagram: @natesalah Facebook: Nate Salah TikTok: @drnatesalah Clubhouse: @natesalah

November 27, 202521 min

EP303: Radical Purpose, Part 1 - Context Matters

Before vision shapes the world, the world shapes the visionary. This episode unpacks how family dynamics, early challenges, and hidden emotional scripts planted the traits that drive your leadership today. With insights from the lives of iconic innovators and Nate’s own story, you’ll learn how context becomes calling. Listen in and see how the ground you came from reveals the purpose you’re growing into. Key Takeaways To Listen For How your upbringing becomes the unseen blueprint behind your leadership style The childhood tension that pushed Milton Hershey toward excellence and purpose The emotional contrast in Walt Disney’s home that shaped a world of wonder Why Steve Jobs’ mix of craftsmanship and chaos became his creative advantage The reflection prompts that help uncover the seeds of your own calling Resources Mentioned In This Episode Radical Purpose by Dr. Nate Salah Connect With Us Master your context with real results leadership training! To learn more, visit our website at www.greatsummit.com . For tax, bookkeeping, or accounting help, contact Dr. Nate’s team at www.theincometaxcenter.com or send an email to info@theincometaxcenter.com . Follow Dr. Nate on His Social Media LinkedIn: Nate Salah, Ph.D Instagram: @natesalah Facebook: Nate Salah TikTok: @drnatesalah Clubhouse: @natesalah

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