# Episode 383 - Why Your Leadership Pipeline Is Failing | David Ashcraft | Global Leadership Network

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-driven-entrepreneur-66169/episode-383-why-your-leadership-pipeline-is-failing-david-ashcraft-global-leadership-network
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-driven-entrepreneur-66169/episode-383-why-your-leadership-pipeline-is-failing-david-ashcraft-global-leadership-network.md
Podcast: [Faith Driven Entrepreneur](https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-driven-entrepreneur-66169)
Published: 2026-07-14T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://faithdrivenentrepreneur.org/podcast/
Audio file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/929af4db-e521-44b2-b721-06a6ca1049cb/342f5941-bb59-478b-b3da-12b12f9c6796/episodes/audio/group/4c782191-52db-41d4-bc44-26e163b0bb9e/group-item/bb109e75-e3c7-4f3f-bd54-12b420eecf1a/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=YaT5zF2q
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faith-driven-entrepreneur-66169/episodes/episode-383-why-your-leadership-pipeline-is-failing-david-ashcraft-global-leadership-network
Duration seconds: 2855

## Resource

77% of pastors say their number one need is more leaders. But the most common strategy for solving it, the leadership pipeline, has never actually worked. David Ashcraft knows this firsthand: he grew LCBC Church from a 200-person plant in Pennsylvania to 25 locations and 28,000 weekend attendees, developing 275 of his 300 staff members from within the congregation. His secret wasn't a pipeline. It was a culture.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faith-driven-entrepreneur-66169/episodes/episode-383-why-your-leadership-pipeline-is-failing-david-ashcraft-global-leadership-network/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-driven-entrepreneur-66169/episode-383-why-your-leadership-pipeline-is-failing-david-ashcraft-global-leadership-network.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.