Join Leaders in the Arena for a conversation with Patrick Miles, Senior Project Lead on Chick-fil-A’s Innovation Services team. Drawing from his experience equipping innovation within a high-performing enterprise, Patrick will explore how leaders cultivate thoughtful experimentation, ask better questions, and ensure innovation strengthens rather than distracts from institutional purpose.

This session invites students and professionals alike to consider innovation not as a department, but as a leadership practice.

Leaders in the Arena is a podcast from the Brock-Barnes Center for Leadership at Covenant College. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠brockbarnes.covenant.edu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Join Leaders in the Arena for a conversation with Scott Quatro, leadership scholar, educator, and consultant, as he explores what servant leadership looks like in today’s complex organizational environments.

Drawing on his work with executives and his research on leadership and management, Scott offers practical insight into how leaders can lead with humility, purpose, and a genuine commitment to the growth of others. Whether you lead a team, an organization, or a classroom, this conversation will provide grounded wisdom for leading in ways that reflect both competence and Christlike character.

Leaders in the Arena is a podcast from the Brock-Barnes Center for Leadership at Covenant College. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠brockbarnes.covenant.edu⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Join Leaders in the Arena for a special conversation with Brad Voyles, President of Covenant College, as he shares the vision shaping Covenant’s next chapter.

At the heart of Covenant’s strategy is a bold commitment to send out builders—graduates formed in faith, courage, and calling, prepared to serve the church and the world as participants in Christ’s work of making all things new. Under President Voyles’ leadership, Covenant has experienced record enrollment growth, signaling renewed momentum and confidence in its mission. This session will explore the theological vision behind this strategy, the Flourish initiative’s role in shaping vocational calling through place-based engagement, and what faithful, servant leadership looks like when guiding institutional transformation.

Leaders in the Arena is a podcast from the Brock-Barnes Center for Leadership at Covenant College. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠brockbarnes.covenant.edu⁠⁠⁠.