
Real Stories | Real CEOs | Eternal Impact

Real Stories | Real CEOs | Eternal Impact
Impact CEO exists to inspire and equip Kingdom-minded business leaders to live fully integrated lives — where faith, leadership, and business integrate for eternal impact. Hosted by Duane Donner, Founder and CEO of Founders Advisors and Abide & Lead, each episode features authentic conversations with CEOs, founders, and industry leaders who are building companies that are making an eternal impact.
Impact CEO exists to inspire and equip Kingdom-minded business leaders to live fully integrated lives — where faith, leadership, and business integrate for eternal impact. Hosted by Duane Donner, Founder and CEO of Founders Advisors and Abide & Lead, each episode features authentic conversations with CEOs, founders, and industry leaders who are building companies that are making an eternal impact.
We invite you to join us for these transformative stories, practical wisdom, and Kingdom-centered leadership conversations about abiding in Christ, integrating faith into business, building legacy through stewardship, and turning success into significance — and significance into surrender.
We invite you to join us for these transformative stories, practical wisdom, and Kingdom-centered leadership conversations about abiding in Christ, integrating faith into business, building legacy through stewardship, and turning success into significance — and significance into surrender.
In this episode of Impact CEO, Duane Donner sits down with B.J. Davis, co-founder of Grit Land Company and one of the founding members of the Abide & Lead community, for a deeply personal conversation about failure, redemption, and discovering your true identity in Christ. B.J. shares the incredible story of growing up in a strong Christian home, drifting from his faith, chasing success, and ultimately losing everything during the 2008 housing collapse. At rock bottom, with his marriage failing, his business gone, and nowhere to turn, God met him in a life-changing way. But this isn't just a story about salvation. It's about the years that followed as B.J. learned the difference between simply believing in God's grace and truly abiding in Christ every day. This is an honest conversation about grace, discipleship, and second chances. Whether you're leading a business, rebuilding after failure, or simply longing for a deeper walk with God, B.J.'s story is a powerful reminder that God isn't finished with your story yet.
Welcome to Impact CEO, where real CEOs share how they integrate faith and leadership to build companies with eternal impact. In this kickoff episode, Duane Donner, founder of Abide & Lead and CEO of Founders Advisors, shares the story behind Abide & Lead, how his faith reshaped his approach to business, and why abiding in Christ is the foundation for effective leadership. You’ll hear practical insights on servant leadership, culture-building, and what to expect from future conversations with high-impact leaders.
In this episode, Duane and Pastor Chris Hodges, Founding Pastor of Church of the Highlands and Chancellor of Highlands College, talk about the defining moments that shaped Duane's faith. Duane shares how God used key mentors, challenges, and seasons of refining to reveal his calling and what it means to discover purpose through surrender. This conversation sets the stage for intentional living and seeing your work as worship.
Entrepreneur and Kingdom builder Pete Ochs joins Duane to explore what it means to move from success to significance to surrender. Together, they unpack how honoring the Sabbath, wisely stewarding your finances, and integrating economic, social, and spiritual capital lead to sustainable impact.
Bobby shares about building a thriving, profitable company rooted in faith, love, and servant leadership. Bobby shares how his company's culture of "lifting others" has transformed lives, strengthened performance, and even helped save an employee's life. A compelling conversation on leadership, culture, abiding in Christ, and using business as a platform for eternal impact.
Welcome to Impact CEO, where real CEOs share how they integrate faith and leadership to build companies with eternal impact. In this kickoff episode, Duane Donner, founder of Abide & Lead and CEO of Founders Advisors, shares the story behind Abide & Lead, how his faith reshaped his approach to business, and why abiding in Christ is the foundation for effective leadership. You’ll hear practical insights on servant leadership, culture-building, and what to expect from future conversations with high-impact leaders.
In this episode, Duane and Pastor Chris Hodges, Founding Pastor of Church of the Highlands and Chancellor of Highlands College, talk about the defining moments that shaped Duane's faith. Duane shares how God used key mentors, challenges, and seasons of refining to reveal his calling and what it means to discover purpose through surrender. This conversation sets the stage for intentional living and seeing your work as worship.
Entrepreneur and Kingdom builder Pete Ochs joins Duane to explore what it means to move from success to significance to surrender. Together, they unpack how honoring the Sabbath, wisely stewarding your finances, and integrating economic, social, and spiritual capital lead to sustainable impact.
Bobby shares about building a thriving, profitable company rooted in faith, love, and servant leadership. Bobby shares how his company's culture of "lifting others" has transformed lives, strengthened performance, and even helped save an employee's life. A compelling conversation on leadership, culture, abiding in Christ, and using business as a platform for eternal impact.

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