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. 40 - Improving Decision Making and Communication
In this short coaching podcast, Jim Piper walks us through the keys points of what makes a decision actually become an actionable directive. Regardless of how the decision was made, it…
Ep. 39 - An Adoption Story: Told by Beau & Johnny Sirpilla
Jim Piper welcomes Beau and Johnny Sirpilla to the show to talk about adoption. You might remember Johnny Sirpilla from Episode 30 of The Today Counts Show where he talked about his bo…
Ep. 38 - Leadership In The Post-Pandemic World With Erin Porteous
Jim welcomes back Erin Porteous to continue the discussion about leadership. Erin is the CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. Since Erin led the Boys & Girls club through th…
Ep. 37 - Abortion and the Christian Worldview with Erin Kunkle
Erin Kunkle is back on the show to discuss one of, if not the most, serious issues in our society. Abortion is a heavily debated, divisive subject in today's culture. Jim Piper talks …
Ep. 36 - Homelessness with John Ramsey
John Ramsey is Jim Piper's guest on the show today. John is the founder and director of Tarrant County Hands of Hope. Hands of Hope is a homeless outreach ministry that is focused on …
Ep. 35 - Becoming The Leaders We Need To Be
Becoming The Leaders We Need To Be
Jim presents another coaching session for leaders who want to learn and grow. Specifically, this show is all about becoming the leaders we need to be.…
Ep. 34 - Overcoming Perfectionism with Bella Sirpilla
Overcoming Perfectionism with Bella Sirpilla
Today Jim Piper not only welcomes his guest Bella Sirpilla to the show but also his guest co-host Erin Porteous! Bella shares how her drive a…
Ep. 33 - The Leadership Value of Presence
Jim Piper talks about the importance of presence in leadership. He teaches the importance of being "all in" and totally present in the situation at hand, simplifying your focus to be m…
Ep. 32 - Columbine Shooting Survivor: Kacey Johnson
With recent school shootings like the one in Uvalde, Texas still fresh in our minds, it's hard to believe that it's been more than 20 years since the shooting at Columbine High School i…
Ep. 31 - Health And Healing Leadership with Andy Herod
Today Jim Piper talks with Andy Herod, the CEO of San Marcos Treatment Center. San Marcos Treatment Center is a psychiatric residential treatment facility specializing in treatment pro…
Ep. 30 - Life is Hard But I'll Be OK - Johnny Sirpilla
Successful business leader, entrepreneur, public speaker, teacher, author, board member for several non-profit and for profit companies and, most importantly, Dad... all of these titles…
Ep. 29 - How Being Challenged Can Change the Course of Your Life with Brett Kunkle
Today Jim Piper talks with his long time friend, Brett Kunkle. Brett is the founder and leader of MAVEN. The first thing you see when you visit the MAVEN website are three words; TR…
Ep. 28 - Faith and Commitment: The Birth of Confluence Ministries with Jude Del Hierro
Would you make a commitment that involved moving your family to the worst neighborhood in the inner city to serve your community and start a new ministry? If you are Jude and Cindy Del…
Ep. 27 - The Leader of Rocketown: Kenny Alonzo
Jim Piper's guest today is Kenny Alonzo, the Executive Director of Rocketown. Rocketown is a ministry founded by contemporary Christian music artist Michael W. Smith and located in Nas…
Ep. 26 - Advice For Young Leaders
This short coaching episode is a goldmine of information for young people starting their careers in the real world. For that matter, it's applicable to anyone of any age! Sometimes we…
Ep. 25 - An Entrepreneur's Story
In this episode Jim talks with Chris Dobkins founder of Njevity. Njevity provides Cloud and On Premises Accounting and Customer Relationship Management solutions to mid-market customer…
Ep. 24 - A Near Death Experience
Patrice Light-Mabary shares her incredible near death experience. Surviving eight cardiac arrests! What it was like to not be able to communicate while still knowing what was going on…
Ep. 23 - Mandy Martinez - Building Winning Teams
Jim's guest today is coach Mandy Martinez. Mandy is a highly successful cheer coach whose teams have won multiple state and regional championships. Mandy has been named the Continenta…
Ep. 22 - Leaders with the God Factor
What is "The God Factor"? It sounds like the title to some new thriller, action movie or the final level of a virtual reality game doesn't it? But... in reality, it is something much …
Ep. 21 - Bad Things
Bad things do happen. They happen in our daily lives, our families, our communities and around the world. Jim Piper shares his biblical views on this age old question. Why does God l…