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S6E26: The Top Three Trends that are Impacting Christian Workplaces

S6E26: The Top Three Trends that are Impacting Christian Workplaces

What are the trends to focus on in the next few months? In today's episode, we discuss key trends that are impacting the Christian workplace. Tami Heim, President and CEO of the Christian Leadership Alliance identifies the top three Christian workplace issues leaders are facing.


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In this episode:

  • Why has the word “outcomes” become synonymous with Christian Leaders Alliance? (02:11)
  • "The Alliance is a diverse community that shares a common kingdom outcome—no matter what type of nonprofit, church, educational institution or business is in the community, the ultimate outcome we seek is to advance the Gospel and accelerate the second coming of Christ." (02:16)
  • A story of a CLA member organization that's experienced a huge outcome by engaging with peers in a community (04:33)
  • At the start of the year, BCWI pinpointed seven emerging workplace culture trends. Here are three: (06:51)
    • Decentralized / hybrid virtual workplaces are here to stay
    • 1-1 meetings are key to your team’s success.
    • More organizations are going digital for continuous learning and development.
  • There's connectivity between all of these challenges (08:16)
  • "People do have to rethink what it means to work, manage, and lead without ‘being there’ and that puts an increased load on the need for more one-on-one communication." (08:38)
  • One-on-one meetings are essential. The personal touch matters (09:48)
  • Being fully present is a gift we can give that has an invaluable return (10:03)
  • Online learning is a natural extension of all the other things we do online (11:05)
  • "What's important for ministries is to be intentional about the construct they create to develop their leadership pipelines within the organization." (11:42)
  • Three emerging issues on the horizon that could seriously keep Christian organizations from fulfilling their targeted outcomes (12:50)
    1. How they choose to embrace what technology makes possible (13:05)
    2. Recruiting talent and retaining them (13:28)
    3. Understanding diversity and inclusion (13:41)
  • There's a big opportunity when it comes to embracing what technology makes possible (14:24)
  • Fundraising is a ministry that is extremely relational; how do you maintain those connections online? (14:47)
  • "We have to become much more digitally savvy so we can meet Gen Z where they are and extend the invitation." (16:00)
  • Remote working removes boundaries to recruiting great talent (19:32)
  • Talent will rise to the top (19:48)
  • Nonprofit organizations will be diligently working to make sure that they have the right culture and environment (19:55)
  • Organizations should be thinking about what's valuable to employees (20:07)
  • Organizations need to nurture and develop their talent to make sure they are effective in subsequent years (20:51)
  • "We have to be on point, manning our post because we are agents of truth, light, and hope." (22:48)
  • "The opportunity to share the gospel is greater than it's ever been" (22:55)
  • "In the topic of diversity and inclusion, we have to be intentional and thoughtful." (23:49)
  • Being strong in the spiritual dimension is important (27:25)
  • Leaders are tired (27:35)
  • "The disciplines of silence, solitude, and prayer are important. Because we have to hear from God. We need this infilling of the Holy Spirit every day to guide us, to counsel us, and to comfort us." (28:49)

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