The Tension
The Tension
Podcast Description
In The Tension, we discuss the challenges facing leading financial advisors and how you can manage them. In each episode, we explore “how it is and how it could be” in the financial advice landscape. We break down industry trends, share insights, and wrestle with how to navigate the tension that advisors face as they serve their clients and grow their business.
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Content Themes
The podcast covers key themes such as advisor-client relationships, business growth strategies, and talent development within the financial advisory landscape, with episodes like 'The Trusted Advisor Tension' focusing on building trust with clients and 'The Growth Tension' addressing effective growth tactics.
If you’re a builder, leader, or change-maker, you already know the tension: the push and pull between where you are and where you want to be. It’s the moments when success doesn’t feel like you expected, when growth forces hard decisions, or when challenges test your limits.
Hosted by Travis Penfield, The Tension explores how high-performing leaders navigate these pivotal moments. You won’t find simple solutions here—because the tension isn’t something to be solved. Instead, you’ll hear stories, strategies, and insights to help you manage the tension and turn it into fuel for your personal and professional success.
What does it really mean to make an impact?
In this episode of The Tension Podcast, Travis Penfield sits down with Rob West—CEO of Kingdom Advisors and host of Faith & Finance—to explore why impact isn't measured by what we accumulate, but by how we steward what we've been entrusted with.
Together, they discuss why defining a finish line for ”enough” changes the way we think about success, how creating margin allows us to be present for life's most meaningful moments, and why the scorecards our culture celebrates often overlook what matters most.
Whether you're leading a business, building a career, managing your finances, or investing in the people around you, this conversation will challenge you to think differently about the legacy you're creating and the purpose behind your work.
In this episode, you'll learn:
✔ Why defining ”enough” creates the freedom to live and give with greater purpose
✔ How creating margin opens the door for meaningful impact
✔ Three questions to evaluate the scorecard you're living by
✔ Why stewardship extends beyond money to your time, relationships, and influence
✔ How to pursue success without losing sight of what matters most
About Rob West
Rob West is the CEO of Kingdom Advisors, host of the nationally syndicated Faith & Finance radio program and podcast, and a leading voice on biblical financial stewardship. Through his work, Rob equips financial professionals and individuals to integrate faith and finances while living lives marked by purpose, generosity, and wise stewardship.
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