Scott Miller

President and CEO | Interstate Batteries

Insightful. Charismatic. Visionary. Scott Miller leads Interstate Batteries with a style that blends both head and heart.

A gifted communicator, he champions Interstate’s culture while courageously driving the business to reach further than it ever has before.

After 25 years at Interstate Batteries – from sweeping the warehouse floor and running battery sales routes to corporate management and executive leadership – Scott brings a comprehensive view of the Interstate business to every conversation and decision. His sharp business acumen and talent for connecting with people keeps the whole company driven to build an Interstate Batteries legacy that’s as strong as its history.

He’s a thought leader for the enterprise and a voracious learner in his own right. His eighth value* is personal growth, and Scott’s dedicated study of conscious leadership inspires team members and partners to become more self-aware and conscious of how they lead day to day.

“I firmly believe in personal development. You have to experience breakthroughs in your personal life to experience any breakthroughs professionally.”

His strategic leadership reaches beyond what Interstate Batteries does to emphasize the whys and hows behind it. In 2013, Scott led the efforts to capture in words the rich company culture grown over 65 years and still felt by Interstate’s partners, vendors, shareholders and community. And today, the Purpose & Values reflect the heart of Interstate Batteries. In 2015, he and the leadership team unveiled a vision that focuses Interstate’s efforts in five vertical businesses: “To be the First Choice in sustainable battery solutions in every community we serve now and for generations to come.”

A member of Conscious Capitalism, the Young Presidents Organization Dallas Chapter and The CEO Forum, along with his wife Donna, he is a benefactor of the Louise Herrington School of Nursing of Baylor UniversityScott enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf, fishing and faithfully supporting the English Premier League team Manchester United Football Club.

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Dallas' 2018 Most Admired CEO: Scott Miller


Dallas’ 2018 Most Admired CEO: Scott Miller


The Dallas Business Journal had its first “Most Admired CEO Awards” last year, which highlighted 29 North Texas leaders who have earned the respect of their peers, employees and the community. These CEOs were selected from hundreds of nominees. Scott Miller of Interstate Batteries was one of the winning CEOs (and also this week’s podcast guest on FDE)!



Podcast Episode 84 - The Generational Transfer of Interstate Batteries with Norm and Scott Miller


Podcast Episode 84 – The Generational Transfer of Interstate Batteries with Norm and Scott Miller


You’ve probably seen them on the side of NASCAR winners, but what you may not know is that Norm and Scott Miller of Interstate Batteries have let their faith lead their business for years. In addition to producing outrageous dependability with over 12,000 different batteries and more than 300 million sold, they’re also leading the conversation around the generational transfer of business. Listen in to hear how they’ve created an award-winning culture and what it looks like to faithfully pass the faith-driven baton to the next generation…


Scott Rodin

Author

Scott Rodin has a passion for helping Christian ministry leaders take a biblical approach to leadership development, strategic planning, board development and raising kingdom resources. Over the past thirty years he has worked with hundreds of organizations in the U.S., Canada, Middle East, Great Britain, China, India, the Philippines and Australia.

Dr. Rodin is president of The Steward’s Journey and Kingdom Life Publishing. He also runs Rodin Consulting, Inc. He is a Senior Fellow of the Association of Biblical Higher Education, Partner for The Alliance for Board Effectiveness and is past board chair of ChinaSource and the Evangelical Environmental Network.

Dr. Rodin holds Master of Theology and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Systematic Theology from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Dr. Rodin is married to Linda and they reside in Spokane, Washington.

HIS BOOKS INCLUDE:

  • The Seventh Key (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2015)

  • Christ Centered Generosity (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2015)

  • Development 101 (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2015)

  • The Choice (ECFA Press, 2014)

  • Three Dimensional Discipleship (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2013)

  • The Million-Dollar Dime (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2012)

  • The Third Conversion (Kingdom Life Publishing, 2011)

  • The Steward Leader (InterVarsity Press, 2010)

  • The Sower (ECFA, 2009)

  • The Seven Deadly Sins of Christian Fundraising (KLP, 2007)

  • Stewards in the Kingdom, (InterVarsity Press, 2000)

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When Our Reputation Becomes a Stumbling Block

When Our Reputation Becomes a Stumbling Block

Think back to a time when an unjust rumor or a skewed perspective threatened your reputation. How much effort and energy did you employ in trying to “set things straight”?


Get It, Regardless of the Cost

Get It, Regardless of the Cost

Do I have a teachable spirit? Do I pursue wisdom and thirst after understanding each day? Tough questions that bring me to another one, do I really expect God to teach me something each day?


Stop. Pray. Do the Unexpected.

Stop. Pray. Do the Unexpected.

Dr. Rodin challenges us to look for an opportunity to respond to a situation in the least expected way—which means responding as Jesus would. It means setting aside our own agenda. It means stopping. Praying. Not worrying about getting our own way or justifying our actions, or even accomplishing our goals. It will mean looking at life from the perspective of the other person.


Hope in the Darkness

Hope in the Darkness

An article from Scott Rodin’s website “The Steward’s Journey” — Gary Ringger stewards businesses, foundations, nonprofits with hope. He was in his early thirties, the president of a successful agricultural feed company, and a start-up food processing business. He had a wife and three young daughters. But Gary Ringger was experiencing the darkness of depression.


Two Ways Your Work Is Transformed into Worship

Two Ways Your Work Is Transformed into Worship

An article from Scott Rodin from “The Steward’s Journey” — Imagine for a moment that you had the opportunity to spend one day in the workshop with Jesus. What would that day be like?

Tim Macready

Chief Investment Officer | Christian Super

Tim Macready is Chief Investment Officer at Christian Super which he joined in 2005. He been responsible for the development of the Fund’s Responsible Investment Approach, which is applied across the entire portfolio and now incorporates Negative Screening, ESG Integration, Active Ownership and Impact Investing.

Tim is responsible for the Fund’s overall investment strategy and implementation, including management of the internal team and working with the Investment Committee and external advisors on all investment issues. The Fund made its first impact investment in 2006; impact investments now represent 9% of Christian Super’s portfolio.  Sectors include microfinance, social infrastructure, community finance, microinsurance, renewable energy, education and foster care.

Tim is also Chief Investment Officer of Brightlight Impact Advisory, an organisation established by Christian Super to assist institutional investors looking to include impact investments in their portfolio.  Brightlight undertakes research, due diligence and portfolio management across the impact investment space. Previously, Tim was an actuarial analyst at Aon Consulting.

“I’m an elder at my church, sit on two denominational committees for the Presbyterian church and serve as a Board member for Pioneers of Australia.”

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How our Faith Affects the Way We Invest

How our Faith Affects the Way We Invest

Tim Macready, Chief Investment Officer at Christian Super, shares how the superannuation pension fund is on a journey of applying God’s Word to the way they, as Christian professionals, invest their beneficiaries’ assets. This includes learning to be better stewards of creation, looking for ways to promote human flourishing, and seeking to be redemptive in all that they do.

Toby Kurth

Lead Pastor | Christ Church San Francisco

Toby’s family has been in California for four generations and he was raised mostly in San Diego and Monterey.  He and his wife Rebekah were married in San Diego in 1999 and have three active and fun boys aged 15, 10, and 7.  Toby earned his BS from UC Davis and after spending a number of years in the marketplace, he went back to school to pursue a masters at Westminster Seminary in California and a PhD at Stony Brook University in New York. While living in Brooklyn, God redirected Toby and Rebekah towards full-time ministry, and they came home to California in 2009 to plant a church in San Francisco.

As Lead Pastor, his primary responsibilities include preaching, counseling, leadership development, and providing directional leadership for our church. 

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Podcast Episode 86 - What Shapes Your Desires? with Toby Kurth


Podcast Episode 86 – What Shapes Your Desires? with Toby Kurth


Today we are talking to Toby Kurth, the lead pastor at Christ Church San Francisco. Toby has been a faith voice inside the Faith Driven Movement, a friend, pastor, and even Chaplain to our team. We’re excited that we finally got to have him on the show today—it feels like this episode is long overdue. Toby talked to us about the things that shape our desires, how leaders should use their power and privilege, and the marks that define Faith Driven Entrepreneurs. It was a phenomenal conversation and one we can’t wait to share with you. Listen in now…


Todd Wagner

Founder | Watermark Community Church 

Todd Wagner and a small group of friends established Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas in November 1999. Watermark was born out of a desire to connect people with the richness, adventure, and fullness of life that comes through Christ alone and to reach the unchurched, de-churched, dead-churched, and unmoved. Todd serves as Senior Pastor and Elder at Watermark, which has become one of the largest and fastest-growing churches in the United States. Watermark is also home to The Porch, one of the largest ministries to young adults in the country, as well as the Church Leaders Conference, which exists to encourage and challenge other leaders and faith communities with God’s vision for His Church.

Under Todd’s leadership, Watermark was recognized as the “Best Places to Work” in Dallas-Fort Worth by The Dallas Morning News in 2019. Out of conviction, Watermark has operated debt free since its inception.

Todd is the author of Come and See: Everything You Ever Wanted in the One Place You Would Never Look. He has been a keynote speaker at national and international leadership conferences and a guest contributor to The Dallas Morning News and other media outlets. His weekly video podcast, “Real Truth Real Quick” reaches tens of thousands of people each month.

Todd and his wife, Alex, alongside their six children and grandchildren, love to live, laugh, and serve together in Dallas, Texas.

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Should Christians Be Anxious About the Coronavirus?

Should Christians Be Anxious About the Coronavirus?

In times of crisis, the world needs steady people who are strengthened by God’s grace and selfless by God’s power. Worry accomplishes nothing except weakness of heart and head. It’s been said that 90 percent of the things we worry or become panicked about never happen, and the other 10 percent are outside our control. Remind yourself continually: it takes the same amount of energy to worry as to pray. One leads to peace, the other to panic. Choose wisely.


We Will One Day Hear “Well Done”

We Will One Day Hear “Well Done”

Todd Wagner and a small group of friends established Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas out of a desire to connect people with the richness, adventure, and fullness of life that comes through Christ alone.

Tom McGehee

author | The Six Realities that Impact Every Conversation

Tom McGehee’s personal mission statement is, “to help people have the best conversations they can, to do what God is calling them to do.” For over twenty years, Tom worked with businesses and ministries all over the world. He developed the Results-based ConversationsTM methodology that helps businesses go faster, and churches go deeper. Before entering business, Tom served for 12 years in the U.S. Marines where he commanded two Special Operations Units. After his services he was an executive with EDS and a Partner with Ernst & Young LLP.

Tom is the author of The Six Realities that Impact Every Conversation. He writes and speaks regularly on the topics of collaboration, conversation, and change. He is a facilitator, advisor, and trainer.

Tom is the Founder of WaveChanger.

Tom and his wife live in Plano, Texas. He has four children and eight grandchildren.

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Shifting from Institution to Movement

Shifting from Institution to Movement

At Halftime, we’ve had great results for over 25 years. But now, we are setting out to intentionally address our own “smoldering discontent.”


The Greatest Threat to Productivity Today

The Greatest Threat to Productivity Today

There are always challenges to developing productivity teams. Individual egos, agendas, capabilities all combined with unclear roles or changing priorities, will impact on how well a team works together. But, today teamwork faces a threat that is as negatively impactful as it is subtle.


How to Increase Productivity in Virtual Meetings

How to Increase Productivity in Virtual Meetings

The greatest challenge to virtual meetings is the lack of engagement. When participants are on a screen or on a phone, it’s very hard to resist the temptation to multi-task. It’s so easy to hit the mute button, pull up other screens and only engage when your name or job is mentioned. Here are some things you can do to help increase engagement and productivity in virtual meetings.