Avad: The Seeds of Leadership
Avad: The Seeds of Leadership
Podcast Description
Welcome to The Seeds of Leadership podcast - where servant leadership meets real-world performance. Hosted by Jeremy Cole, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and founder of Avad Consulting™, this podcast features honest conversations with proven leaders who put people first and deliver lasting results. Explore the intersection of faith, operational excellence, and human-centered leadership in business.
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Content Themes
The show delves into themes such as entrepreneurial journeys, community engagement, and personal and professional growth, with episodes highlighting topics like transitioning to ministry, investing locally, and building habits for effective leadership. Specific episodes discuss 'Work Worth Doing', exploring challenges faced by business owners, and 'Burn the Ships', which emphasizes the importance of commitment in leadership.

Welcome to The Seeds of Leadership podcast – where servant leadership meets real-world performance. Hosted by Jeremy Cole, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and founder of Avad Consulting™, this podcast features honest conversations with proven leaders who put people first and deliver lasting results. Explore the intersection of faith, operational excellence, and human-centered leadership in business.
Benjamin Suyematsu joins Jeremy for a practical conversation about how leadership is shaped through family, lived experience, and personal responsibility rather than titles alone.
They discuss influence versus authority, the role of follow-through in building trust, and how credibility is formed through consistent action over time. They also explore nature versus nurture, observing before leading, and the value of staying curious rather than trying to be the smartest person in the room.
The conversation turns to automation and AI and how leaders can think clearly about modern tools while maintaining judgment, transparency, and human responsibility.
This episode is a grounded conversation about becoming someone others can trust through how you show up and lead.

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