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S6E20: Proclaiming the Gospel Through Healthy Workplace Culture

S6E20: Proclaiming the Gospel Through Healthy Workplace Culture

As a leader, what are a few of the specific actions that you can take to improve your team's culture? What can you do to reduce relationship conflicts, turnover, disorder, and challenges brought on by the worldwide pandemic? Rachel Spier Weaver, HR Manager and Laura Beirne, Recruitment & International HR Manager for HOPE International, talk about how they have developed an innovative flourishing culture all while serving the world's poor (whose lives are even more desperate as a result of the pandemic).

 


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In this episode:

  • The complex problem of poverty (03:41)
  • "To tackle poverty in all its forms, we come alongside side men and women around the world through discipleship, biblically based training, savings services, and loans to empower them to provide for their families, build community, and find their ultimate hope in Christ’s love for them." (04:03)
  • Why a healthy workplace culture so necessary for HOPE International to fulfill its mission (06:24)
  • "We know that in healthy cultures, we are more engaged, we’re more productive, it contributes to higher retention rates.... naturally, all of those business reasons are important to us." (06:50)
  • "Our workplace culture is a way to proclaim and livthe Gospel. How we treat one another, how we wrestle together, how much we care about the work that we’re called to at HOPE – that directly relates to our mission. " (07:18)
  • How Outstanding Talent played a role in developing a thriving, flourishing culture (08:05)
  • An insight, a strategy that proved to be a game-changer for bettering HOPE international's culture (08:19)
  • "There has to be a 2-fold approach to culture building and retaining highly-capable leaders." (08:56)
    • "The first is our values – ensuring they are clear, articulated, and acted on."
    • "The second is what we do. These are the activities that operationalize our values."
  • "We’re also working right now on leveling and banding projects. This is the feedback we heard from BCW results – to retain highly capable staff, they need to know where they’re headed – what could be next for me at HOPE?" (11:00)
  • Why has Inspirational Leadership been so vital to HOPE throughout this current, ongoing pandemic? (13:07)
  • "Our C suite leaders empowered members of their teams to step up and do what 'only they can do'". (14:57)
  • Healthy Communication is a third success story behind HOPE’s consistently flourishing culture. So many positives here. Let’s take one: What happened when you sought out staff suggestions and then acted on them? (15:59)
  • Everyone faced some kind of limitation, stuck point, or disappointment in this time of COVID. I’d love it if each of you could share a brief story of where you’ve seen God at work in a person, a team, or perhaps an entire department or ongoing initiative (19:47)
  • How a healthy, flourishing culture is linked to greater ministry impact (22:25)
  • What would you say are a few practical opportunities for your culture to improve? (24:42)
  • Career Paths are critical for staff retention and HOPE is leaning into the challenge with help from BCWI resources (28:18)

 

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