https://jerryforte.com/watch-listen/seven-keys-to-true-successhttps://jerryforte.com/media/talks/seven-keys-to-true-success.jpgSeven Keys to True SuccessFor many years, I offered this talk as part of the welcome for every new employee at Colorado Springs Utilities. I also presented it on college campuses and in churches. The talk grew from biographies I had read, conversations with others, and years of observing people in many parts of life. It presents seven practices that can help us live out a definition of success that is worth carrying through life.https://player.vimeo.com/video/1220903753?h=1a83e0598d&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&dnt=141172026-08-24https://jerryforte.com/watch-listen/leading-through-uncertaintyhttps://jerryforte.com/media/talks/leading-through-uncertainty.jpgLeading Through UncertaintyIn 2009, during a time of deep economic uncertainty, I spoke with leaders at Colorado Springs Utilities about the challenges in front of us and the choices we needed to make. Much of the presentation deals with the practical realities we were facing. Near the end, however, I turned to a different question: Who do our people need us to be? The lighthouse became the picture—a leader who gives light, helps people find their bearings, warns of danger, and remains steady in the storm. This was the first time I shared the idea that later grew into my book, Lighthouse Leadership.https://player.vimeo.com/video/1233696195?h=a99edbf08c&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&dnt=150382026-10-07https://jerryforte.com/watch-listen/our-place-in-historyhttps://jerryforte.com/media/talks/our-place-in-history.jpgOur Place in HistoryIf you enjoy history—or have ever wondered how water, electricity, natural gas, and wastewater service quietly shape a community—this presentation follows nearly 150 years of Colorado Springs history. I begin with General Palmer’s vision in 1871 and follow the people and decisions that helped build the city and its four-service utility. Later in the presentation, I turn to the responsibility of leadership: learning from those who came before us and preparing well for those who will follow. My research behind this presentation became the motivation and foundation for my now out-of-print book, It’s How We’re All Connected: The Story of Colorado Springs Utilities.https://player.vimeo.com/video/1233084218?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&dnt=1102392026-10-05https://jerryforte.com/watch-listen/culture-of-honorhttps://jerryforte.com/media/talks/culture-of-honor.jpgCulture of HonorUsing stories of leaders from history, this talk asks what honor looks like when it is practiced in everyday life. Honor shapes how we see people, use authority, and treat one another when we disagree. The presentation became the basis for a two-year program to develop Honor in Action throughout Colorado Springs Utilities.https://player.vimeo.com/video/1220903728?h=ee8fe798d0&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&dnt=139782026-08-24https://jerryforte.com/watch-listen/culture-of-honor-2https://jerryforte.com/media/talks/culture-of-honor-2.jpgCulture of Honor 2Two years after our first Culture of Honor conversation, I returned to ask how honor becomes something people actually experience rather than a word on a wall. The presentation draws from the courage of America’s founders and from what nearly 1,800 people taught us through Honor in Action. It looks at the everyday choices that allow honor to take root in an organization and become part of the way people treat one another.https://player.vimeo.com/video/1233154508?h=d14ccecb7e&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&dnt=148172026-10-05https://jerryforte.com/watch-listen/safety-culturehttps://jerryforte.com/media/talks/safety-culture.jpgSafety Culture at Colorado Springs UtilitiesIn 2010, I shared this conversation with the top seventy leaders at Colorado Springs Utilities. We had made real progress in safety, but several near misses reminded us that rules and statistics could take us only so far. Using stories from history and experiences within our own organization, I asked what it would take for safety to move from compliance to personal commitment. The conversation reaches beyond safety to the responsibility leaders carry for the culture they create and the people who depend on them.https://player.vimeo.com/video/1233434203?h=a2e8e2b97e&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&dnt=141802026-10-06https://jerryforte.com/watch-listen/the-power-of-communityhttps://jerryforte.com/media/talks/the-power-of-community.jpgThe Power of CommunityI shared this message while serving as the Community Group Director for The Road Church in Colorado Springs. You will hear real testimonies about why we were never meant to follow Jesus alone. We need people who know us, encourage us, tell us the truth when necessary, and stay with us as we continue to grow.https://player.vimeo.com/video/1220903780?h=c720354df5&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&dnt=121352026-08-24https://jerryforte.com/watch-listen/passoverhttps://jerryforte.com/media/talks/the-passover.jpgThe PassoverI shared this message at a Plumbline Ministries gathering. It begins with Israel’s bondage in Egypt and the night God told each family to place the blood of a lamb on its doorposts. From there, I look at the Passover meal and the way Jesus used the bread and cup at the Last Supper. The message follows the story of remembrance and deliverance into the new covenant He offered through His own life.https://player.vimeo.com/video/1232683126?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&dnt=133572026-10-03https://jerryforte.com/watch-listen/the-missing-linkhttps://jerryforte.com/media/talks/the-missing-link.jpgThe Missing LinkAfter many years of following Jesus and helping others, I began asking a difficult question: Why can we know so much about God and still struggle to change? I came to believe that the missing link was intimacy with God—the quiet place where we stop striving, come honestly before Him, and learn to be with Him. This talk grew out of that part of my own journey.https://player.vimeo.com/video/1233058000?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&dnt=132162026-10-05https://jerryforte.com/watch-listen/waldo-canyon-firehttps://jerryforte.com/media/waldo-canyon/waldo-canyon-fire-kktv-poster.jpgA Glimpse from the Waldo Canyon FireAn archival KKTV recording from one of the public briefings held during the Waldo Canyon Fire. It offers a brief look at community leaders working together to provide clear information and steady direction during a rapidly changing emergency.https://player.vimeo.com/video/1223489727?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&dnt=15982026-09-02