How Leaders Lose Their Way with Peter Greer

Today on the Servant Leadership Podcast, we welcome Peter Greer. Peter is the President and CEO of HOPE International, a global nonprofit focused on poverty alleviation through biblically based microfinance. In this episode, Peter shares how humility, accountability, and faith-driven stewardship shape healthy leadership. He talks about navigating growth, resisting pride, and what it really takes to steward success well over the long term.

Timestamps:

00:00 Opening

00:38 Peter Greer Intro

01:15 Welcome Peter Greer

01:21 Peter’s Journey - The Path To Hope International

03:54 Hope’s Mission

05:38 What The Fight Against Poverty Looks Like

06:48 Writing From A Place Of Questioning

09:19 Stay On Mission - Start With Why

10:41 Write Your Own Eulogy

13:09 Rooting For Your Rivals

14:43 The Problem With Viewing Other Nonprofits As Rivals

17:09 Leading With Prayer

20:24 Servant Leadership - How To Not Lose Your Way

22:09 The Servant Leader Is The Primary Beneficiary

24:27 The Importance Of Character

26:19 How We Over-Inflate Ourselves And Minimize Others

28:03 Servant Leadership - Generosity

29:57 God And Money

31:33 Find Yourself A Mentor

33:29 Look At Who You Are Pouring Into

34:20 The Constellation Of Relationships

36:20 Ten Rapid-Fire Questions

39:09 Importance Of A Servant Leadership Podcast

39:48 Closing

Learn more about Peter here:

https://www.peterkgreer.com/

https://www.peterkgreer.com/books/

https://howleaderslosetheirway.com/

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