The Called to Flourish Podcast

How can you continually develop a staff both professionally and spiritually to better advance the vision and mission of your Christian ministry? Our guest, today, has walked this path and has more than a few practical insights and stories to help you strengthen your people and improve the health of your culture. Today, we have the pleasure of visiting with Scott Wiggins the Director of Staff at Pinelake Church, a multi-site church in Mississippi. Pinelake has over 125 staff and, today, has a very healthy staff culture. Scott's role is to train and develop the church staff spiritually and professionally. Find full shownotes here https://www.bcwinstitute.org/podcast/s3e23-scott-wigg…inelake-church-2/

One of the questions people most often ask is this: "How long does it take to improve the health of an organization's culture?" What would you say? Six months? . . . A year? It's natural to think that most people want their culture to change and be better in a relatively short amount of time. The fact is, true, meaningful transformation of a culture often takes three to five years. There's a huge benefit in this for you and your organization. My guest, today helped lead his company through an amazing five-year culture transformation. His story may speak directly into your story and the things you most desire for your culture. As the CEO, Jarrod Graetz has been leading 89.9 LightFM through an impressive culture change and is now five years into the journey. Over those five years we have seen their employee culture move from 'critical moment' not far above to "highly 'flourishing," today. Hey, mate, and welcome to our podcast, today! Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3-e42-jarrod-graetz-89-9-lightfm/

The story you're about to hear is simply extraordinary. In BCWI's 15 years, we've worked with over 900 churches, organizations and companies. On average, their level of employee engagement is 53.5%. Fifty-three employees out of a hundred and engaged in their work. That's significantly better than the U.S. average of 33% reported by Gallup. Today we are talking with a guest where 91%, of the staff are fully engaged in their work! That's remarkable. Today we have the pleasure of talking with Steve Crawley, CFO and spokesman for BMA America. Based in Conway, Arkansas, BMA America is a family of seven ministries, each with a unique directive, to help fulfill the Great Commission. Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3-e41-steve-crawley/

My guest, today has some answers you can use and create positive results. Her name is Pam Marmon, and she's the Founder of Threefold Tribe, a consulting firm whose mission statement will cause you to lean forward and say, "Tell me more." Pam, welcome to the Flourishing Culture Podcast. Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e39-pam-marmon/

Today we are going to talk about one of the most dreaded, yet important parts of a leaders job….. addressing performance concerns… with truth and grace. To help us navigate these treacherous waters — we have the pleasure of talking with Tara VanderSande, a true leader in Talent Development serving, in the current role of Staff Development Director at Willow Creek Community Church in the Chicago area. Hi Tara and welcome to our podcast! Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e38-tara-vandersande/

Today we have the pleasure of talking with Robert Bortins, CEO of Classical Conversations. Based in Southern Pines, North Carolina, Classical Conversations is leading the home-centered education movement by teaching parents and students the classical tools of learning in order to discover God's created order and beauty. Since its founding in 1997, Classical Conversations has involved 114,000 students, from 42,000 families in 2,300 communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 16 countries. Hi Robert, and welcome to our podcast, today. Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e34-robert-bortins-jr/

In the next few minutes, you're going to discover how the presence and power of one word can radically improve organizational culture—perhaps even your culture. The word I'm talking about is "trust." Today we have the pleasure of visiting with Brad Eisenmann, President of Aspen Group, an integrated design, build, and furnish firm exclusively for churches, based in Frankfort, Illinois. Hi, Brad, and welcome to the Flourishing Culture Podcast. Find full shownotes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e33-brad-eisenmann/

As you know, there are many benefits of having a healthy employee culture. One positive outcome that's not often talked about is how a healthy culture makes leadership transition easier for an organization. That's the story going on at Redeemer Presbyterian Church throughout the leadership transition of well known senior pastor, Tim Keller. To tell us this story and shed some practical insights for what Redeemer's experience can mean for you, I want to welcome my guest, Chris Dolan, Director of Information Services at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. Welcome, Chris. Thanks for joining us. today Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3-e31-chris-dolan-2018/

At this moment, I'm looking at a web site that says these startling words: TONIGHT, UP TO 7,000 PEOPLE FACE HOMELESSNESS IN METRO ATLANTA. Jim Reese is the President and CEO of the Atlanta Mission, and he's with me, today. Jim, I'm inspired by how Atlanta Mission transforms, through Christ, the lives of those facing homelessness. Last year, alone, the Atlanta Mission: · made available more than 237,534 nights of shelter provided for individuals, and · helped more than 175 people obtain employment. And true to your calling last year, the Atlanta Mission ended Homelessness for 491 people. Jim, you and I know that this kind of impactful, life-changing ministry work begins with the people, the culture, of the Atlanta Mission. Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e30-jim-reese-atlanta-mission/

Over the course of over 20 years helping equip hundreds of organizations to improve the health of their culture, leaders will often ask this question: "Can you give us ideas to rapidly improve our culture?" Many healthy-to-flourishing culture turnarounds come about through months, even years of good, hard work. Still, there are times when you can accelerate your progress to improve the health of your culture. Today, I'm very excited for you to meet two ministry leaders who in fact found a way to accelerate the transformation of their culture's health—and the results were tremendous. In fact, their improvement is one of the greatest improvements in the 15-year history of BCWI clients that have dramatically increased the health of their culture in just one year between taking their first and second annual Employee Engagement Survey. Their story just might be the springboard you need to catapult the health of your culture and see the positive results sooner than later. My guests, today, on the Flourishing Culture Podcast are Paul Richardson, the President and Michael Joshua, the Vice President of Finance, for Bible League Canada in Grimsby, Ontario. Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e29-bible-league-canada