Research shows that you will forget 90% of what you hear today from these great presenters. Don’t waste the great ideas you learned today. Attend the Business Goals Breakout. We will show you how to take the best ideas and best practices you hear today and provide you a framework to implement them over a six-week period and it includes a call with a professional business coach each week. Business Goals will show you how to take advanced leadership principles and best practices and implement them using its simple yet powerful 3-step program. Developed and taught for over 20 years, this program is now available only as a ministry through churches and at today’s Thrive Business Leader’s Summit. You’ve undoubtedly heard some great ideas today that could help your business in 2021 – let us show you how to put them into practice in a way that gets your customers, vendors, employees and even your family helping you reach the vision and goals you have for your company. You won’t want to leave today’s conference without hearing how to implement the great ideas you’ve heard today. Make the Business Goals workshop your last stop…you’ll be glad you did.

Jud Boies
Jud Boies created the Business Goals program over 25 years ago. The program has been taught to hundreds of companies and is described in his book, The Right Side of the Equation. Jud has over 25 years of experience in executive leadership and has been the Executive Pastor of Operations at Bayside Church for the past 9 years and is now guiding the Church Goals and Business Goals programs full-time with churches and businesses around the country and abroad.

With an exciting panel of business leaders, we will discuss God’s plan for every business to thrive through the world of generosity.

Andrew McCourt
Andrew is one of the Senior Pastors at Bayside Church. He is married to Isabelle and together they have four children. Originally from Northern Ireland, he has been in active ministry for over 20 years and travels extensively sharing the Christian message in a creative, humorous, and challenging style. He is committed first and foremost to building local churches and raising up multigenerational leaders. As the father of four children, life is never dull, however he still finds the time to enjoy running, mountains, and French food!

In this breakout you will learn about the free Money Coaching services that are now available to you and your employees. Not sure what Money Coaching is, no problem. Join this session with the Founder and CEO of My Secure Advantage (MSA) and learn what it means to work with a Money Coach and why it has become one of the most sought after benefit programs for the employees of companies like Procter & Gamble, T-Mobile, Cisco Systems and others.

We’ll unpack the ways that MSA’s staff of independent and unbiased financial professionals with 20+ years of experience are helping people with all levels of financial questions or concerns gain greater confidence in their personal financial lives. 

Brad Barron
Brad Barron became involved in the health insurance and reinsurance industries in 1983 and was active in the procurement of reinsurance treaties and insurance carrier capacity for third-party distributors, as well as the development and distribution of specialty insurance products. In 1986, in addition to his insurance-related duties, he founded CLC as a manufacturer of various types of legal and financial benefit programs. By 1992, the building and managing of CLC became his sole business focus.

Brad Dacus will discuss cases involving businesses being shut down and rights of businesses to operate during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Brad Dacus
Brad Dacus served as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, and went on to receive his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas, School of Law. Brad coordinated religious freedom and parental rights cases throughout the Western States for five years prior to founding Pacific Justice Institute in 1997. PJI has a network with hundreds of volunteer affiliate attorneys and handles more cases on the West Coast than any other organization of its kind.

Dave Bixby
David Bixby, Ed.D. has served in a senior leadership role at Azusa Pacific University for the last 28 years, most recently as Executive Vice President. The areas under his span of care included student life, athletics, development, alumni relations, enrollment, marketing and branding, and was the liaison to the board of trustees.

David departed Azuza Pacific in July 2020 to assume the role of Executive Director of Thriving Churches International (TCI) in August 2020. There are three major areas of focus related to Thriving Churches International: growing the next generation of leadership, multiplying churches, and strengthening churches’ pastors and leaders. Dave has served on several boards throughout his career including Mission Aviation Fellowship, Living Room Ministries, Men of Galilee, HomeWord, and Mt Baldy Young Life committee. He has also served as an elder at Cornerstone Community Church in Glendora and Baseline Community Church in Claremont, California.

He and his wife Renée have been married 41 years and are mostly empty nesters having raised four children, three of whom are married. They have 13 grandchildren ages 1-13 years with another due to arrive late August.

Built upon the Gallup organization’s research on employee engagement, this breakout session will provide a quick overview of the 12 questions that unlock employee thriving. We will also discuss creative approaches to providing holistic care for employees so they can not only survive, but thrive! And, research shows that “thriving employees” stick around in productive ways.

Dr. David Zovak
Dave is passionate about maximizing the potential in individuals, teams, and organizations. Dave has successfully launched two coaching and consulting businesses and understands the wide range of concerns leaders must navigate to see their dreams realized. Most recently, Dave has served as the Director of Strengths Based Leadership and Education at Azusa Pacific University, and brings an extensive toolkit for identifying what’s “right” with people and leveraging talent for high performance and outcomes. Dave holds a B.A. in Cognitive Psychology from Stanford University as well as a MDiv and DMin from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is also a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach.

Companies that encourage and support remote work often report higher levels of employee retention and engagement, reduced turnover, higher employee satisfaction, increased productivity and autonomy, and many more benefits. However, many haven’t experienced that this year during stay-at-home orders with COVID 19. This breakout will give you 5 proven steps, developed at the world’s largest Christian humanitarian organization, that will help you maximize your remote workforce and help you better accomplish your goals.

John Volinsky
John Volinsky is one of the pastors at Bayside Church, which was recently named the fastest growing church in the US. He is the co-founder of Thrive and works on the global team serving the eight campuses. He has a heart for the poor and under resourced and served as the National Director of World Vision, the world’s largest humanitarian organization, where his team doubled their income in his first two years. He and his wife Laura have been married for 36 years and have four boys. They enjoy spending their free time on the water, especially sailing.

Whether you have suffered your whole life with an Anxiety disorder or recent events have stirred up worry, stress or panic attacks, this breakout is for you! How do we lead others when we are trying to keep ourselves together? Lance Hahn will share wisdom and tools he’s used leading at the highest levels while having chronic Panic Disorder.

Lance Hahn
Lance Hahn has been leading in some capacity most of his life. He became the Senior Pastor of Bridgeway Christian Church in 1997 as a young man and continues to lead that organization today. He has two podcasts and two radio programs. He has authored two books, “How to Live with Fear: Mastering the Art of Freaking Out” and “The Master’s Mind: The Art of Reshaping Your Thoughts”. He has been an adjunct professor, conference speaker, leadership trainer and regional influencer. He is currently finishing his doctorate. He is married with two daughters and living in Northern, CA.

What every leader needs to know about leading momentum.

Michael Metcalf
As Pastor at Bayside Adventure, Michael is an outstanding leader with a passion for the church. He comes with an experienced business background in leading large organizations and Multi-Site churches at an executive level.  Michael and his wife Michelle find great purpose in leading the church in a relatable way through transparency and authenticity.  His inspiring style connects with the humanity of those who make up the church whilst simultaneously bringing unrelenting vision of the sacrifice that allows us to live out and reflect the empowering grace of God. Michael and Michelle have been married for 25 years and have two sons Charles and Chandler Metcalf. Charles married to Abby, has two children Arlo Phoenix, as well daughter Luna, and is a Pastor at Transformation Church in Tulsa OK.