A Christian CEO’s Guide to Building Sustainable Culture 350

About this episode

The episode discusses building a sustainable kingdom culture in business with insights from CEO Stephanie Smith.

What does it actually take to build a sustainable kingdom culture as your business grows? This week I'm joined by Stephanie Smith — CEO of Inspiration Travel, the premier Christian international travel company that has been creating custom-designed Christian travel events for over four decades. Stephanie is a second-generation CEO, a servant leader, and one of my own coaching clients — and she brings both deep wisdom and refreshing authenticity to one of the most important conversations we can have as Christian business leaders. If you are scaling, bringing on new team members, or simply wondering how to keep the culture the Lord gave you alive as your organization grows — this episode is for you. In This Episode: How Inspiration Travel's mission, vision, and five core values show up in their work Why Stephanie believes the purpose of her company might actually be the impact she makes on her employees What stewardship really means for a Christian CEO, and why it goes far beyond finances The three C's of sustaining culture: clarity, consistency, and accountability Why nobody just absorbs culture — and what you actually have to do to build it intentionally Five practical ways…

People in this episode

Host: Erin Harrigan

Guest: Stephanie Smith

Topics covered

• sustainable culture
• Christian leadership
• business growth
• servant leadership
• team dynamics

Keywords

• Christian CEO
• sustainable culture
• business growth
• servant leadership
• team members

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Inspiration Travel

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