Why Culture Can’t Be Faked

About this episode

Tim Ahlman and Coach Patrick Daberkow discuss the importance of healthy team culture and the role of faith in shaping life.

In this episode of Lead Time, Tim Ahlman sits down with Coach Patrick Daberkow, head football coach at Concordia University, Nebraska. Together, they talk about what makes a healthy team culture, why football still matters in an age of individualism, how young men are formed through accountability and hardship, and why faith cannot simply be one priority among many — it has to shape the whole life. This conversation is about more than football. It is about discipleship, culture, character, a...

People in this episode

Host: Tim Ahlman

Guest: Patrick Daberkow

Topics covered

• team culture
• football
• discipleship
• character
• accountability
• faith

Keywords

• team culture
• football
• discipleship
• character
• accountability
• faith

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Concordia University, Nebraska

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