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Kingdom Entrepreneur

Kingdom Entrepreneur

By: Ray Young
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Summary

 Kingdom Entrepreneur is for Christian business owners and leaders who know they were made for more; more purpose, clarity, and impact. Hosted by Ray Young, entrepreneur, leadership coach, and follower of Jesus, this podcast blends biblical leadership with real strategy to help you scale, lead teams, steward money, and build a business that reflects God’s heart. His Kingdom. Your calling.Ray Young Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • From Doctor to CEO: How to Lead Without Burning Out

    From Doctor to CEO: How to Lead Without Burning Out
    May 14 2026
    Most doctors are trained to be excellent clinicians but not necessarily great leaders, business owners, or CEOs. In this episode, Ryan sits down with Ray Young, founder and CEO of Covenant Leadership Group, to unpack why leadership is often the real bottleneck in business growth, physician entrepreneurship, team performance, and financial freedom. If you’re a doctor, business owner, healthcare leader, entrepreneur, or investor trying to stop wearing every hat, this conversation gives you a practical blueprint for building better systems, hiring stronger people, creating financial margin, and leading teams with clarity. Ray shares lessons from nearly four decades in business, real estate investing, leadership coaching, and entrepreneurship, including why most business problems are leadership problems in disguise. You’ll learn how to move from operator to architect, why doctors need financial independence to advocate for patients and make better decisions, and how clear expectations, job scorecards, training systems, and one-degree corrections can transform the way your organization runs. Highlights: → You’ll learn why leadership matters more than strategy when it comes to execution, growth, and culture, especially inside medical practices and entrepreneurial organizations. → Ray explains how doctors can stop being the person who wears every hat by creating systems, standard operating procedures, dashboards, and clear expectations that allow the business to run without constant hand-holding. → The conversation breaks down how financial freedom gives physicians the ability to make better career, business, and patient-care decisions without being trapped by lifestyle creep or dependence on the system. → You’ll also hear practical leadership frameworks for hiring better, training your team, correcting problems early, and building a company where people know exactly what winning looks like. Learn more about Ray Young - Covenant Leadership Group - Rayyoungspeaker.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/171rsYQV1E/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kingdom Entrepreneur Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eg9qzQYDS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4ray2/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-young2/ Ray Young Leadership Development - Rayyoung.net TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rayyoung.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • Faith Over Fear: How to Take the Next Big Leap

    Faith Over Fear: How to Take the Next Big Leap
    May 8 2026
    Fear can keep even the strongest Christian business owners, entrepreneurs, and leaders stuck in places God may be calling them to leave. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Matt Payton, founder and CEO of Great Days Leadership and co-author of The Core: Eight Principles for Building Strong, Authentic Leadership, shares how to lead with faith, courage, humility, and purpose. If you’ve ever wrestled with a major career decision, felt burned out in leadership, struggled with self-doubt, or wondered how to build a business that truly serves people God’s way, this conversation is for you. Matt shares his journey from Christian higher education to entrepreneurship, the fear of taking a big leap, the leadership lessons found in Esther, and why working for the good of people must come before ego, power, or position. You’ll hear practical wisdom on faith over fear, servant leadership, biblical leadership principles, purpose-driven business, Christian entrepreneurship, and how to discover your calling in work and life. You’ll learn: → How to recognize when fear is driving your decisions → Why leaders must embrace the truth before they can move forward → How ego can quietly destroy leadership → Why showing up for people is one of the most powerful leadership habits → The meaning behind “two great days” in your life and how your gifts, strengths, and calling are meant to serve something bigger than yourself Learn more about Ray Young - Covenant Leadership Group - Rayyoungspeaker.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/171rsYQV1E/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kingdom Entrepreneur Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eg9qzQYDS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4ray2/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-young2/ Ray Young Leadership Development - Rayyoung.net TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rayyoung.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • How to Stop Being the Bottleneck in Your Business

    How to Stop Being the Bottleneck in Your Business
    Apr 30 2026
    If your business depends on you for every decision, every problem, and every next step, you may not own a business yet, you may own a bottleneck. In this episode of Kingdom Entrepreneur, Ray Young breaks down why so many business owners feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and unable to step away from their company without everything slowing down or falling apart. This conversation is for Christian entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders, and kingdom-minded builders who know their business is a calling from God, but feel trapped by constant responsibility. You’ll learn why weak structure limits growth, why leadership capacity determines your ceiling, and how to stop creating a team that depends on you for everything. Ray explains how to build ownership, accountability, decision-making clarity, and leadership structure so your business can scale without burning you out. If you want to grow your business, develop leaders, delegate with confidence, and build a company that can move forward without you carrying every detail, this episode will help you rethink how you lead. You’ll learn: → How to recognize when you’ve become the bottleneck in your business and why growth can break you if your leadership structure is weak. → A simple way to help your team bring solutions instead of problems. → How to define ownership so people stop guessing, and how to evaluate your time so you can focus on the highest-value work only you should be doing. → How to develop leaders with clear outcomes, decision-making parameters, and accountability that creates capacity instead of dependency. Learn more about Ray Young - Covenant Leadership Group - Rayyoungspeaker.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/171rsYQV1E/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kingdom Entrepreneur Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eg9qzQYDS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/4ray2/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-young2/ Ray Young Leadership Development - Rayyoung.net TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@rayyoung.2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
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