The Today Counts Show
This is a show about Shaping Leaders toward health and effectiveness. What you learn, think, and do Today shapes your tomorrows. Our show is about encouraging you to lead your life with intentionality. Placing priority on your holistic health so that you can lead others well and accomplish your life's mission.
We aim to stimulate the intellect, spirit, and determination of each leader by addressing what we believe are the most important and helpful topics including your faith, your relationships, and the skills of leadership.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 180
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Ep. 61 - Coach Randy Gallegos: Life Lessons On The Mat
Today Jim Piper's guest represents two of his favorite things; high school sports and specifically, wrestling. Randy Gallegos is the head wrestling coach at Denver East High School in …
Ep. 59 - Tom Carlson on Communities, Entrepreneurs and Poverty
Jim Piper welcomes a new friend to the Today Counts Show. His name is Tom Carlson. Tom is the CEO and Executive Director of ECatalyst, an organization whose purpose is to transform de…
Ep. 58 - Johnny Sirpilla on Leadership
Today Jim welcomes back one of his favorite guests, Johnny Sirpilla. The topic is leadership and Johnny is a goldmine of knowledge and insight. Jim and Johnny share a lengthy conversa…
Ep. 57 - The Horror of Hiring
No, this is not a Halloween episode but the subject can be a scary one if you are responsible for hiring in your organization. Jim has a lot to say about hiring. He talks about the hi…
Ep. 56 - Charisma: The Best Customer Service and Hospitality starts with Charisma
How does charisma relate to customer service and hospitality? Well... think about it for a minute. People with truly charismatic personalities make you feel like they are interested i…
Ep. 55 - Getting the Right Things Done
Do you look back at the end of the week or the month and wonder why you're no closer to accomplishing your projects or goals? Or... do you look back at the end of the week or the month…
Ep. 54 - Church Leadership Talk with Jim Tomberlin: Trends, Multi-site, Mergers & Succession Planning
Jim Tomberlin is a rock star in the world of church mergers and MultiSite churches. He is the author of three books about related subjects and an encyclopedia (for those of you who rem…
Ep. 53 - Matt & Jennifer Martin - Second Chair Leadership
In this episode of "The Today Counts Show" Jim introduces us to his friends and colleagues, Matt and Jennifer Martin. Matt and Jennifer both serve as executive pastors at NorthRock Chu…
Ep. 52 - A Conversation With Ryan Hawk
Today Jim Piper welcomes a very, special guest to the show... Ryan Hawk! Ryan is a writer, advisor, entrepreneur and host of the hugely successful podcast "The Learning Leader Show". …
Ep. 51 - The Sin of Unforgiveness - Part 2
Jim is back with part two of today's topic; the sin of unforgiveness. If you missed Ep. 50 - The Sin of Unforgiveness - Part 1, you might want to give that one a listen and then return…
Ep. 50 - The Sin of Unforgiveness - Part 1
Jim Piper wants you to think about sin. Probably not in the way you might imagine. It could even be a completely new way for you to think about sin and the importance of forgiveness. …
Ep. 49 - How Do I Get Better?
As this year comes close to an end, Jim Piper continues with an underlying theme of reflection. It may sound cliché but remembering the events and the people in your past will help you…
Ep. 48 - Learning From Weakness
Reflection can be a good thing and a hard thing if you are honest with yourself. Today Jim shares some personal reflections in order to illustrate how to use this process to learn from…
Ep. 47 - It's Not About You
Jim Piper uses the opening line of Rick Warren's book, "The Purpose Driven Life", to expand on the importance of learning and understanding your purpose. Purpose creates energy and dri…
Ep. 46 - Do You Work Like An Amateur?
It's not very often that we discourage people from listening to The Today Counts Show, but... if you just show up at work to get a paycheck while you're waiting to win the lottery... …
Ep. 45 - Kim Barton and The Share Center: Pregnancy Options
The Today Counts Show has not shied away from the topic of abortion (Episode 37) or adoption (Episode 39). Today Jim Piper welcomes Kim Barton, director of The Share Center, to continu…
Ep. 44 - Goals - Why & How
Why have goals? How many goals should you have? How do you determine what your goals are? What does faith have to do with your goals? In this short coaching session, Jim will walk …
Ep. 43 - Lieutenant General Jerry Boykin - Domestic and World Events
It seems unlikely that most of us have a family friend who is a decorated General with decades of experience in the military, who worked his way through the most elite special forces te…
Ep. 42 - Getting Results!
Don't be stuck in neutral! Take the next 16 minutes to listen and learn some proven strategies for executing results. Jim Piper passes along four key principles that leaders should use…
Ep. 41 - The Power and Reality of Faith
What is faith and how can it affect your everyday life? Jim talks us through a thoughtful progression of how a foundation of faith in God can lead to faith in yourself and your abiliti…