Posts Tagged ‘culture’
5 Key Steps to Cultural Transformation By Al Lopus
Create a Transformation in Your Workplace Culture What transformation happens when an organization prioritizes its people just as much as its mission? Can transforming workplace culture truly lead to measurable success? At 4KIDS, the answers to these questions are a resounding yes. Through innovative leadership and a commitment to faith-based values, this organization has redefined…
Read MoreCommunication Drives Thriving Cultures By Dr. Justin A. Irving
Communication is Essential! Communication is an essential part of leadership. Although you can be an effective communicator without being an effective leader, it doesn’t work the other way around. Influential leaders are, by necessity, effective communicators. The same can be said of effective and thriving organizations— such organizations do not exist without prioritizing meaningful communication.…
Read MoreFive Culture Tips By Richard Todd
Five Culture Tips to Christian Leaders and Their Organizations I love to ask organization leaders about their company culture. Invariably, the more successful the organization is, the more they are focused on their culture. For those that haven’t developed a strategy for their culture, the excuses are numerous: “We’re too small to care about culture,”…
Read MoreChallenges of Finding and Keeping Talent By Zándra Bishop
Talent Will Take You from Surviving to Serving Many mid-sized and smaller organizations are understaffed which causes them to lose good talent, decreased productivity, and lowers their ability to scale upward for mission growth. Most are not serving or advancing because of this cycle. Big businesses are suffering from this as well post-pandemic. Difficult times…
Read MoreTechnology, Culture, Science, and Beyond By Ron Frey
How is your foresight on technology, culture, and science? As the leader of a Christian ministry, how well are you keeping up to date on where technology, culture, and science are taking us right now? Electronic Tech Evolution Elon Musk’s company, Tesla, is named after the famed inventor Nikola Tesla, born in 1856. He was…
Read MoreCuriosity As A Superpower By Zándra Bishop
Is curiosity your superpower? IThe expression “Curiosity killed the cat,” is contrary to the ideology of human behavior and survival. I have been inquisitive and my entire life. I have always had the desire to know how things operate. Some encouraged me while others were discouraging. However, when building meaningful relationships, especially within organizations, people…
Read MoreA Flourishing Culture By Al Lopus
Finding the Way to a Thriving and Flourishing Culture “Hope International had a purpose-driven and highly engaged culture,” says Peter Greer, CEO. “But I sensed that it was diluting rather than reproducing as we entered a season of accelerated growth. We recognized the importance of culture, but we didn’t know how to accurately gauge it—or…
Read MoreCreating a Sabbath Culture By Alec Hill
Five Practical Ways to Create a Sabbath Culture Creating a Sabbath culture leads to transformation. When I joined InterVarsity, I was overwhelmed by the piety of my fellow staff. They prayed diligently, studied scripture fervently, and took solitude retreats regularly. But there was one area that was seriously amiss – an almost cavalier disregard of…
Read MoreDeveloping a Generous Culture By Brian Kluth
A Generous Culture Has Generous Givers and Giving! To develop a generosity culture, it is important to understand these five spiritual practices that are needed to help grow generous givers and giving. 1 – INSTRUCT with Scriptures Generosity and financial teaching, particularly in a church should focus on the Bible – not the budget, bills,…
Read MoreThe Blessing for Those Who Mourn By Mark L. Vincent
Claim the Blessing for Those Who Mourn Today I claim the blessing for those of us who mourn, that we might be comforted. Watching a news report the day after Barack Obama’s first-term inauguration, I heard a fashion critic commenting on the choices of Michelle and daughters as they dressed for the inauguration and the…
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