[Podcast] Episode 267: Redefining Leadership with David Osborne

In a cultural moment filled with noise, division, and leadership fatigue, Pastor David Osborne offers a grounded and prophetic vision for what it means to lead well. In this episode of the AVAIL Podcast, he unpacks why modern leaders must become “salt, light, and mud”—bringing clarity, preserving what matters, and entering the hard places others avoid. With decades of ministry experience and a fresh succession journey behind him, David speaks to the deep inner formation leaders need to stay steady, serve well, and lead with integrity in a shifting world.

00:00 Introduction with David Osborne

4:02 Unpacking salt, light, and mud for leaders

8:05 Examples of “getting muddy”

11:00 Getting your hands dirty

12:58 Origin of the most urgent leadership failures

16:47 Role of servant leadership in addressing struggle

22:39 His process of succeeding his father as pastor

29:59 Most important practices for cultivating character and integrity

36:59 How to connect with David

38:07 AVAIL Journal offer

38:39 Final words