Next Step Leadership
Next Step Leadership is a podcast dedicated to helping you make your next step your best step. Your next step could very well determine the trajectory or direction of your life. Where we step, how we step, and when we step are all vital considerations for your next step. Chris Maxwell and Tracy Reynolds combine decades of experience in ministry, higher education, writing, music, leading organizations, and developing teams to inspire you to aspire in life one step at a time. We desire to assist you in making your next step your very best step.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 236
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Interview with Jacob "Ten20" Thompson, Part 2 - Season 2, Episode 24
Chris and Tracy invite you to continue listening to Jacob TEN20 Thompson. Jacob is an author, poet, pastor, speaker, husband, and dad who lives with Friedreich’s Ataxia. He also lives with the love o…
Interview with Jacob "Ten20" Thompson, Part 1 - Season 2, Episode 23
Life does not always go the way we prefer. Disappointments appear. Disturbances occur. How do we respond? How should we? Jacob Thompson tells his story about God meeting us in times of weaknesses and…
Interview with Tim Elmore, Part 2 - Season 2, Episode 22
In the second conversation with author and leader Tim Elmore, Tracy Reynolds and Chris Maxwell ask a few questions and listen again in amazement to Tim’s inspiring wisdom. Tim goes into more details …
Interview with Tim Elmore, Part 1 - Season 2, Episode 21
Tim Elmore Is a well known leader, speaker, and author. His wisdom is an ideal fit for the Next Step Leadership podcast. Tracy and Chris ask Tim a few questions and his compassion comes with his resp…
Interview with Eric Foster-Whiddon, Part 2 - Season 2, Episode 20
Chris and Tracy continue their conversation with international professor Eric Foster-Whiddon. With Eric’s learning and ministry experience, he has a compassion to serve deeply and train ministers to …
Interview With Eric Foster-Whiddon, Part 1 - Season 2, Episode 19
Tracy and Chris are excited to talk with Eric Foster-Whiddon. Next Step Leadership continues inviting present and future leaders and learners who listen to others in their life journeys. Eric is toda…
Interview with Leonard Sweet, Part 2 - Season 2, Episode 18
Tracy and Chris listen again to the insight of author and thinker Dr. Leonard Sweet. Through Dr. Sweet’s creative, wise, challenging perspective, he continues daring and luring leaders toward what re…
Interview with Leonard Sweet, Part 1 - Season 2, Episode 17
Professor and author Leonard Sweet is the guest in this episode of Next Step Leadership. Chris Maxwell and Tracy Reynolds are honored with this opportunity to learn from Dr. Sweet. His books, sermons…
Interview with JJ Getz, Part 2 - Season 2, Episode 16
Tracy and Chris think and talk and dream together again with JJ Getz. In this second conversation, JJ offers insight from the younger generation. She tells stories about growing up as a pastor’s chil…
Interview with JJ Getz, Part 1 - Season 2, Episode 15
In this week’s Next Step Leadership podcast, Chris Maxwell and Tracy Reynolds interview JJ Getz—a young leader they have watched begin her journey of leadership. JJ is a voice today’s leaders need to…
Interview with Doug Bursch, Part 2 - Season, 2, Episode 14
In this episode of Next Step Leadership, Chris and Tracy continue their conversation about ministry with Doug Bursch. Doug is an author and pastor, and he again offers deep care for today’s leaders. …
Interview with Doug Bursch, Part 1 - Season 2, Episode 13
Tracy Reynolds and Chris Maxwell welcome pastor, author, and speaker Doug Bursch to this podcast. Glancing into the future through the lens of the present, Doug talks about authentic pastoral ministr…
Interview with Michele Pillar, Part 2 - Season 2, Episode 12
Chris and Tracy continue listening to singer and author Michele Pillar tell her story about when her life was tangled and how she finally became untangled. These days it is vital we learn from servan…
Interview with Michele Pillar, Part 1 - Season 2, Episode 11
In this fascinating episode of Next Step Leadership, Tracy and Chris interview award winning singer Michele Pillar. Michele’s story is important for leaders to hear during these days when headlines, …
Interview with Dan Reiland, Part 2 - Season 2, Episode 10
Author and Executive Pastor Dan Reiland continues his guidance for today’s leaders. Chris and Tracy enjoy the insight Dan provides, especially during the complicated seasons for today’s churches, bus…
Interview with Dan Reiland, Part 1 - Season 2, Episode 9
In this episode of Next Step Leadership, Tracy and Chris talk with author and leader Dan Reiland. Dan offers deep insight from his role as an Executive Pastor of 12Stone Church, and his many years in…
Interview with Jamie Cain, Part 2 - Season 2, Episode 8
As their conversation with Jamie Cain continues, Tracy Reynolds and Chris Maxwell think with Jamie about rejoicing well and grieving well. Many of life’s seasons are painful. Many are just what leade…
Interview with Jamie Cain, Part 1- Season 2, Episode 7
Chris and Tracy interview Jamie Cain in this episode of Next Step Leadership. Jamie talks about his vocational journey. Like many leaders, his story didn't go the way he expected. But his adventure h…
Equilibrium, Part 2 - Season 2, Episode 6
Tracy continues talking to Chris about his new book, Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. Chris and Tracy focus on the meaning of the chapters, and offer thoughts on how t…
Equilibrium, Part 1 - Season 2, Episode 5
Tracy Reynolds turns this episode around and interviews Chris Maxwell, his co-host. Tracy asks Chris about his new book, Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. This is Maxwe…