Bob Shank

Bob Shank

Bob is the Founder of The Master’s Program, providing strategic life mentoring to Christian leaders, and is the co-founder of The Barnabas Group. He has been a mentor to thousands of Kingdom leaders over the last 25 years.

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Who’s Fit to Lead?

  In our generation – and, in our American society – money talks. If you’re willing to pay the tariff, most anything is possible. Super Bowl tickets? Done. Front row at a Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert? Put your AmEx card on the counter. How about entry to the CNN Studios in Atlanta – this […]

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Whom Do You Respect?

It was a random post that hit my Facebook feed late last week. The headline was “A Tale of Two Chiefs.” Normally, I’m scrolling at hyper-speed through the Meta minutia that vies for my attention, but this one was a quick blast, not unlike the short-and-sweet quips from Solomon’s Proverbs that are my current early-morning

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Are You Burying the Lead?

I have a great appreciation for artists; some of my best connections are with people who are, to their core, amazing creatives. But my need for transparency demands my honest confession: I love having artists as friends and appreciate their unique personhood, but I feel like a Baptist pastor at a wine tasting party when

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You Ain’t Seen Nothing, Yet!

What does it take to get the crowd behind you? Leaders across history have addressed that challenge – across continents and cultures – for millennia, since Noah’s family disembarked. How do you manage to get people to raise their heads above the continuum and hold their focus for the future? One answer with consistent impact:

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Do You Outrank the Royals?

America is currently in a highlight funk. Football season ended with the Super Bowl. Baseball season is just getting into its groove. No fireworks until the Fourth of July. Mixed Martial Arts – MMA – has created a parallel phenomenon called the Presidential Election, and it’s the championship battle that will run until November 5,

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Do You Believe in Miracles?

What a week! My Monday missives are written with the intent to create conversations about things that are happening around us, in real time… and to found those interactions on a shared commitment to a biblical worldview. This has been an extraordinary week of action… My initial inclination was to focus attention on Scottie Scheffler’s

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