Values-Based Leadership for Men Who Want to Lead at Home and Work featuring Brent Pohlman

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Brent's son gave the Eucharist to Pope Francis at Good Friday Mass in Rome.

1. The Dad Edge Podcast episode with Brent Pullman focuses on values-based leadership for men at home and at work. 2. Larry Hagner hosts Brent Pullman, the author of Leaders Look Within and the upcoming Lead with Zest, because Brent says he teaches and lives the leadership ideas he discusses. 3. The episode asks what leadership looks like when a husband, father, and manager leads from faith instead of ego. 4. Brent says he and Michelle have been married 31 years, they keep learning each other, and they center the marriage in God and the Catholic faith. 5. He says he was raised Lutheran, converted after marriage, and needed to claim his faith as his own instead of drifting with other people's expectations. 6. Brent describes his son becoming a priest, studying at the North American College in Rome, and giving the Eucharist to Pope Francis at Good Friday Mass. 7. He also says the same son gave baby Jesus to Pope Francis at Christmas in the same year, which made the family photo unforgettable. 8. Brent says effective leadership starts when a man knows his values, his why, and what he stands for before he walks into work or home. 9. He says his own why is, 'I'm a person of faith who lifts others up and leads from the heart,' and he repeats it as part of his prayer life. 10. Brent says health matters because he works out every day for 60 to 90 minutes so he can show up ready for whatever the day brings. 11. He says the hardest shift was moving from reactivity to presence, because he used to come home still thinking about work. 12. Brent says he had to take days off before his daughters' weddings so he could be 100% present with them. 13. He says leaders can feel the energy in a room and often notice when someone is hurting or not bringing 100%. 14. Brent draws a sharp line between management and leadership, saying management can be trained while leadership requires coaching. 15. He says his team went from 'firefighting' every day to dealing with bad behavior quickly, which changed the culture over five years. 16. He says the most useful question in a hard conversation is, 'What do you really want?', because it forces people to move from blame to a workable next step. 17. The tone is direct and reflective, with Larry Hagner pressing for practical examples and Brent answering in long, specific stories. 18. The format stays conversational and advice-driven, mixing family stories, faith language, and workplace coaching. 19. Men seeking faith-based leadership advice for home and work. 20. Listeners wanting celebrity news or fast-moving drama.

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A grounded conversation about how fathers make leadership visible by listening, noticing, and showing up.

Leadership begins at home in this single-episode review, with presence framed as a daily choice a father makes with his wife and children. Larry Hagner's conversation with Brent Pohlman draws a clear line from family responsibility to workplace leadership, especially in…

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