Season 5: How to Build the Team of Your Dreams
Episode 4: How Co-Leadership Builds Stronger Teams | The 3 Covenants

What if leadership didn’t have to be lonely?

In this final episode of the Worship Catalyst Podcast series Building the Team of Your Dreams, Austin Ryan and Ben Barfield unpack what it looks like to lead together without losing unity. Drawing from nearly 20 years of co-leading churches and organizations, they reveal the 5 biggest benefits of co-leadership—and practical ways to make it work.

If you’ve ever wrestled with questions like “Who really makes the final decision?” or “Can shared leadership actually work?”—this conversation is for you.

You’ll discover how co-leadership:
✅ Creates accountability and prevents burnout
✅ Builds humility and trust among leaders
✅ Makes teams stronger and more resilient
✅ Frees each person to lead in their strengths
✅ Demonstrates healthy leadership to your organization

Whether you lead in ministry, business, or education, this episode shows how applying the 3 Covenants to co-leadership can transform not just your relationships—but your results.


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The Worship Catalyst Podcast is produced by Worship Catalyst. A non-profit ministry that serves churches by training, mentoring and coaching worship leaders and their teams. For more information about Worship Catalyst or for more resources to help you become a better worship leader, visit worshipcatalyst.com.

Season 5: How to Build the Team of Your Dreams
Episode 3: How to Build a Healthy Team Culture That Lasts

You’ve heard what the 3 Covenants are—now it’s time to learn how to actually live them out.

In this episode of the Worship Catalyst Podcast, Austin Ryan and Ben Barfield share practical ways to implement and reinforce the 3 Covenants in your ministry, business, or organization. If you’ve ever wondered how to build trust that lasts or how to create a culture of unity on your team, this episode gives you the step-by-step roadmap.

You’ll learn how to:
✅ Introduce the 3 Covenants to your team with confidence and clarity
✅ Keep them alive in weekly meetings and daily interactions
✅ Handle broken trust and rebuild relationships quickly
✅ Create a culture where honesty, humility, and loyalty thrive
✅ Multiply covenant relationships throughout your entire organization

This episode is packed with actionable tips you can use right away to start building the team of your dreams—one that communicates clearly, trusts deeply, and thrives on mission.


Our NEW Book, The 3 Covenants: Building Team Loyalty is AVAILABLE NOW!
https://the3covenants.com to order a copy for you and your team!

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The Worship Catalyst Podcast is produced by Worship Catalyst. A non-profit ministry that serves churches by training, mentoring and coaching worship leaders and their teams. For more information about Worship Catalyst or for more resources to help you become a better worship leader, visit worshipcatalyst.com.

Season 5: How to Build the Team of Your Dreams
Episode 2: Build Loyal Teams That Last

What if the secret to building loyal, drama-free teams wasn’t about management strategy—but about relationships?

In this episode of the Worship Catalyst Podcast, Austin Ryan and Ben Barfield share 11 powerful reasons why living in covenant relationships can transform your team. Drawing from their book The 3 Covenants: Building Team Loyalty, they reveal how trust, unity, and accountability can turn any group—church staff, business team, or classroom—into a family on mission.

You’ll discover how covenant relationships:
✅ Create deeper trust and eliminate drama
✅ Build a culture of safety and belonging
✅ Boost productivity and reduce turnover
✅ Lead to joy, peace, and greater focus on the mission
✅ Help people find what they were truly made to do

Whether you lead a worship ministry, a company, or a classroom, these 11 insights will help you build loyal teams that last—and love doing it together.


Our NEW Book, The 3 Covenants: Building Team Loyalty is AVAILABLE NOW!
https://the3covenants.com to order a copy for you and your team!

Watch the VIDEO Podcast HERE

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The Worship Catalyst Podcast is produced by Worship Catalyst. A non-profit ministry that serves churches by training, mentoring and coaching worship leaders and their teams. For more information about Worship Catalyst or for more resources to help you become a better worship leader, visit worshipcatalyst.com.