He’s an Italian from New York. A serial entrepreneur. A builder. A high achiever. And by the world’s standards, James Fenimore was winning. He had built companies generating nine figures in revenue, led teams of more than 100 employees, and worked with Fortune 500 clients. But deep down, Fenimore knew something needed to change — because achievement alone was never going to satisfy what his soul was actually searching for.

That reckoning is at the center of a new episode of the podcast Success Wasn’t Enough, in which host Krystal sits down with Fenimore for a wide-ranging conversation about transformation, surrender, Kingdom culture, and what it really means to build businesses that reflect God — not just profit margins. The episode, part of Season 5, is drawing attention from faith-driven business leaders as a candid look at the cost of chasing growth without a deeper anchor.

Scaling Without Losing the Soul

Fenimore isn’t only passionate about helping companies scale. He’s passionate about helping the leaders behind those companies scale without losing their soul. Today, he is on a mission to help businesses integrate faith into everyday operations through what he calls the KINGDOM Framework — a practical system built to help leaders run strong companies while spreading the Gospel, stewarding culture well, and seeing people clearly, even the person sitting in the office next door.

Real leadership isn’t just about reaching goals. It’s about helping people discover the life God actually designed for them. James Fenimore

The conversation is bold, practical, and deeply personal. Fenimore describes how transformation — not achievement — became his true mission, and why he now measures leadership less by what a company produces and more by who its people become along the way.

In This Episode

• Why worldly success can quietly become an addiction
• How God began reshaping Fenimore from the inside out
• What it means to build a true Kingdom culture inside a company
• Why business growth and spiritual growth should not be separated
• How leadership rooted in faith changes people — not just performance

From Achievement to Transformation

James Fenimore is a Certified Executive Coach, Licensed Christian Counselor, media producer, speaker, and founder of multiple companies spanning coaching, publishing, television, film, marketing, and leadership development. Through The Heart Posture Company, he and his wife Trisha help people navigate faith, business, marriage, family, leadership, and purpose with Christ at the center.

He has coached leaders in more than ten countries, and his media content has reached over 100 million viewers. But Fenimore is clear about what drives him most — and it isn’t success. It’s transformation.

Jesus Was About His Father’s Business

The episode is packed with reflection for leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone wrestling with the tension between ambition and calling. Fenimore’s central thesis is disarmingly simple: Jesus was about His Father’s business, and perhaps every believer’s business was always meant to be about His too.

Maybe your business was always supposed to be about His business too. James Fenimore, Success Wasn’t Enough, Season 5 Episode 23

For the US Christian Chamber of Commerce and the wider network of faith-driven entrepreneurs it represents, Fenimore’s story lands as both testimony and template — a reminder that Kingdom impact in the marketplace does not require abandoning ambition, but reordering it beneath a higher purpose.

Learn more and connect with James Fenimore at thejamesfenimore.com, and explore The Heart Posture Company’s work helping leaders build differently and lead with Kingdom purpose.