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341: Why Diversity and Reconciliation are Critically Important for Your Organization to Thrive

Best Christian Workplaces : June, 12 2023

Diversity

While some leaders shy away form the term, “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” our guest, Marcus Robinson says, diversity, equity, and inclusion are critically important for an organization to thrive and for our Christian witness. Marcus Robinson is the director of diversity and reconciliation at Life Pacific University.

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In this episode:

Marcus's story about being adopted and growing up in the foster care system (03:35).
Some of the key strategies that leaders and listeners can embrace to effectively build a workplace that values diverse voices (05:33)
You've got to recruit toward your mission (05:48)
You have to understand that different kinds of people will bring different things to the table (06:01)
Diversity isn't just a good idea for an organization, It's actually part of our biblical foundation of Christians (08:44)
How God views diversity and how it's shown in the heart of Christ (08:55)
"Diversity is really the creative genius of God." (08:56)
An example of how diversity positively benefited an organization in achieving its vision (11:40)
"When you have diverse leadership, there's creativity. You can solve problems a lot easier. You can think outside of the box a lot easier with that diverse leadership." (13:23)
"It's our job as Christian leaders to exhibit the love of Christ; to show the ethic of Christ, Christian work ethic; and to show Christian excellence at the place where God has assigned us." (16:21)
Being intentional about connecting with people in the body of Christ who come from different cultures (24:08)
Leaders fail in their ability to listen deeply (24:27)
Learning about justice from the Bible; how Jesus interacts with the other of His time (28:50)