The Female Church Leaders Podcast
The Female Church Leaders Podcast with Kadi Cole offers practical tools and biblical insight for women leading in the local church. Each week, Kadi shares real stories, leadership strategies, and spiritual encouragement to help you grow in confidence, sharpen your skills, and lead with clarity. Whether you’re on staff, volunteering, building a ministry, or stepping into new levels of leadership, you’ll find wisdom, hope, and a community of female church leaders who get it - and are cheering you on!
Episodes
38 episodes
FCLP 37 | The 5 Biggest Mistakes Women Make When Asking Their Church to Invest in Them
In this relevant leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole explores why advocating for your own development can feel more complicated than advocating for everyone else’s. Drawing from conversations with senior pastors a...
FCLP 36 | How to Handle Yourself in a Leadership Meeting
In this practical leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole explores an often-overlooked part of growing your influence: how you show up in the room with other leaders. She unpacks why what we intend to communicate and ...
FCLP 35 | You May Know How to Get Things Done. But Can You Cast Vision Yet?
In this strategic leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole explores why the skills that make you effective at one level of leadership aren't always the ones you need for the next. For many female church leaders, implem...
FCLP 34 | Leading Moms Series: 4 Strategies for the New School Year
In this timely leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole returns to the Leading Moms series with four practical strategies for navigating the transition into a new school and ministry year. Drawing from her own experien...
FCLP 33 | The Difference Between Evaluating People and Evaluating Ministry
In this encouraging leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole explores one of the most overlooked skills in healthy ministry: evaluation. Drawing from two very different ministry cultures, she unpacks why many leaders e...
FCLP 32 | The 3 Biggest Mistakes Leaders Make with Spiritual Gifts
In this strategic leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole concludes the Spiritual Gifts Summer Series by highlighting three common mistakes that can unintentionally limit both people and ministry. Rather than simply f...
FCLP 31 | When Trying Harder Isn't Always the Answer (Spiritual Gifts: Tongues, Interpretation & Wisdom)
In this grounding leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole concludes the Spiritual Gifts Summer Series by exploring three gifts that remind us leadership isn't only about strategy and stewardship—it's also about depend...
FCLP 30 | Why Great Communicators Aren't Necessarily Great Teachers (Spiritual Gifts: Prophecy & Teaching)
In this clarifying leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole continues the Spiritual Gifts Summer Series by exploring two gifts that shape how God's truth transforms people: Teaching and Prophecy. This episode unpacks t...
FCLP 29 | Why People Can Attend for Years and Still Feel Unknown (Spiritual Gifts: Mercy & Shepherding)
In this thoughtful leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole explores two spiritual gifts that quietly shape the health of every ministry: Mercy and Shepherding. While these gifts often work behind the scenes, they play...
FCLP 28 | Why Some People Feel Like They're Failing at Leadership (Spiritual Gifts: Knowledge & Leadership)
In this practical leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole continues the Spiritual Gifts Summer Series by exploring two highly valued, but often misunderstood, gifts: Knowledge and Leadership. This episode examines how...
FCLP 27 | Why Some Ministries Feel Like Family - and Others Don't (Spiritual Gifts: Hospitality & Intercession)
In this important leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole continues the Spiritual Gifts Summer Series by exploring two gifts that often operate quietly but shape the health of a ministry in profound ways: Hospitality ...
FCLP 26 | Why Not Everyone Wants to Lead - and Why That Matters (Spiritual Gifts: Healing/Miracles & Helps)
In this relevant leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole continues the Spiritual Gifts Summer Series by exploring two gifts that are often misunderstood in very different ways: Healing & Miracles and Helps & S...
FCLP 25 | The Difference Between Faith and Overfunctioning (Spiritual Gifts: Faith & Giving)
In this thoughtful leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole continues the Spiritual Gifts Summer Series by exploring two often-misunderstood gifts: faith and giving. This episode unpacks the difference between biblical...
FCLP 24 | Why People Stay Stuck – and How to Help Them Move (Spiritual Gifts: Encouragement & Evangelism)
In this encouraging leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole continues the Spiritual Gifts Summer Series by exploring two gifts that shape spiritual movement in two different ways: encouragement and evangelism. This ep...
FCLP 23 | Why New Ideas Don’t Last – and How to Build Them Well (Spiritual Gifts: Apostleship & Discernment)
In this strategic leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole continues the Spiritual Gifts Summer Series by exploring two gifts that shape how teams move and make decisions: apostleship and discernment. This episode offe...
FCLP 22 | Why Things Aren’t Getting Done – and How to Fix It (Spiritual Gifts: Administration)
In this clarifying leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole continues the Spiritual Gifts Summer Series by showing how spiritual gifts assessments can become powerful tools for developing the people on your team. This ...
FCLP 21 | Why Your Team Isn’t Growing - and What Needs to Change (Spiritual Gifts Intro)
In this insightful leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole kicks off a summer series on spiritual gifts by exploring a common reason teams stop growing: leaders often develop people without understanding how God has a...
FCLP 20 | Discipling vs. Leading – Why Confusing Them Is Slowing Your Team Down
In this strategic leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole introduces a simple but powerful distinction that brings clarity to a common source of tension in ministry: the difference between discipleship and leadership....
FCLP 19 | How to Use Summer to Recruit New Volunteers
In this practical leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole reframes a common ministry challenge: the summer slowdown. While many leaders brace for inconsistency and gaps, this season can actually become a strategic opp...
FCLP 18 | Why Summer Changes Everything - and How to Lead Moms Well (Leading Moms Series)
In this timely leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole highlights a seasonal leadership challenge many churches overlook: how summer impacts the capacity of moms on your team. While ministry often builds momentum afte...
FCLP 17 | Why You Keep Second-Guessing Your Leadership - The Likability Trap
In this insightful leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole explores a common tension many women experience as their leadership grows: the internal pressure to balance being liked with being respected. While this dynam...
FCLP 16 | Why Motivation Dips – and How to Rebuild It
In this clarifying episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole unpacks a common but often misunderstood experience in ministry: the quiet loss of motivation. While it can feel personal or unpredictable, research shows that motivatio...
FCLP 15 | Invisible Labor: Why You’re Tired and What To Do About It
In this research-based leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole explores a hidden dynamic that quietly drains many ministry leaders: invisible labor. Research shows women often carry a disproportionate amount of relati...
FCLP 14 | How Female Church Leaders Can Step Into Spiritual Authority Wisely
In this clarifying episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole explores a quiet tension many female church leaders carry: the difference between caretaking and spiritual leadership. While many women are deeply committed to serving a...
FCLP 13 | How to Lead Easter Well: Pacing the Event, Your Team, and Yourself
In this timely leadership episode of the Female Church Leaders Podcast, Kadi Cole shares a healthier way to approach one of the most intense seasons in church life: Easter. Instead of treating major ministry moments like a sprint, she explains ...