Welcome to Underdog Leadership Podcast with your host Dr. Charles Olmeda. Has life been less than perfect for you? Are you one of those that was not born with the quintessential silver spoon in your mouth? Were you not born on the proverbial right side of the tracks? Have you often felt like you did not derive from the right pedigree or did not have the perfect socio-economic journey? Have you experienced bumps and setbacks along your personal, spiritual, and academic journey. Guess what? Join the millions of underdogs, that despite less-than-perfect circumstances are determined to fulfill God’s purpose and destiny for their life. This podcast is for you! Are you ready to understand that even the simplest of opportunities can become a catalyst for your God-given purpose to be discovered? Did you know that you can balance the tension between humility and boldness? This podcast will challenge you to make certain that fear does not rob you of the opportunity to succeed! It will also help you understand that good should not be your stopping point; as good can become the enemy of great. Dr. Charles Olmeda, along with his wife Reina, is the senior pastor of Transformation Church, Lehigh Valley – a multi-ethnic church with a passion to see entire families transformed and a passion to empower the next generation. After twenty plus years in the pastoral ministry, a graduate degree in theology and a PhD in Organizational Leadership, Dr. Olmeda acknowledges that sharing years of lessons learned – both good and bad – will serve as tools to help, encourage, engage, and empower existing and emerging leaders. Dr. Olmeda has launched the Underdog Leadership Podcast for three primary reasons: 1. Provide leadership lessons from over 20 years of personal and academic experience that will help solidify the leader / member (follower) relationship. 2. Highlight the stories of local, national, and global leaders who fit the description of an underdog. That is, leaders that have overcome all sorts of adversities and have pressed forward to experience success in undeniable ways. 3. Help leaders (he especially has a heart for pastors) by providing tools, conferences, and leadership seminars that will help nurture the relationship between leaders and followers or senior leaders and their staff in ways that enhance productivity. About Charles Olmeda Dr. Olmeda (whose legal name is Neftali) and his wife of 30+ years, Reina Olmeda lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania along with their two God-given gifts, daughters Amberly Elizabeth and Andrea Madison. In addition to his vocation as a pastor, he has followed his passion for teaching and serves as adjunct professor, mentor to many pastors and leaders and founder and president of the Advanced Mentoring Enrichment Network, a non-profit organization that has helped mentor and train hundreds of youth and emerging mentors. He is a leadership consultant, author, and speaker. Dr. Olmeda loves to travel, especially with his family and enjoys “hanging around” young adults who he can mentor but reciprocally keep him young and up-to-date on all the recent trends.