The Flourishing Culture Leadership Podcast

How healthy is your employee culture? How can you find out? And if you happen to find out your culture is not quite where you'd like it to be, what do you do? Our guest today, has a very compelling answer to share. His name is Scott Kissel and he's the Senior Executive Pastor at Timberline Church in Fort Collins, CO. In the past two years, Scott has been at the center of the culture transformation of Timberline Church for the past two years. I can't wait for him to share the true stories, biblical principlesand practical action steps that can help you build your workplace culture and increase your ministry impact. Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e26-scott-kissel-timberline-church

Here's a quiz for you: Can you name the three most important things that drive the health of your culture? When you know these three essential drivers of a flourishing, healthy culture I'm about to share with you, you can leverage them to tremendous advantage: Your people will feel more engaged than ever. Individuals, teams, departments—and the entire organization—will experience greater levels of trust, unity, productivity and effectiveness. Your culture's improving health will be a fantastic end in itself. And, as you already know, a healthier, growing culture leads to greater organizational effectiveness. And it all leads back to these three keys that can help you build the health of your culture. I want to put these three keys in your hand, and to make that happen, I want to welcome back BCWI communications consultant, Mark Cutshall, to host our podcast. Find full shownotes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e25-al-lopus-mark-cutshall-bcwi

Today is a celebration for me, personally. As we read in scripture, when a person comes to faith in Christ, the angels celebrate. Well, I believe the same is true when a toxic workplace culture of a Christian organization changes for the better and becomes healthy. This is especially true in Christian higher education. Ten years ago, I sat across from the table from a new university President and said something I almost never say to a leader I've had the privilege to serve. I said, "Joseph, given the serious current challenges, I don't know if it's possible to change the faculty and staff culture of your University." Yet, here we are, a decade later celebrating the dramatic change in the health faculty and staff culture at Northwest University in the neighboring Seattle city of Kirkland, Washington. Dr. Joseph Castleberry, the President of Northwest University. It's a real honor to have you with us today. Welcome to the Flourishing Culture podcast. Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e24-joe-castleberry-northwest-university/

Do you have enough leaders to fuel your organizations future growth? In the next few minutes, you're going to learn about a very, very effective leadership development strategy. Whether you're in a church, a parachurch organization, or a business, I think you're in for a treat. With me is Tara VanderSande, Staff Development Director for Willow Creek Community Church. For the past 9 years, Tara has worked to build, refine, and take Willow Creek's leadership development to new levels. I've asked her to take us inside the strategy that she and her Willow Creek colleagues have used to train, equip, and empower more than 500 leaders at all levels—including work with volunteers. Tara, you're one of our top 10 most popular guests here on the Flourishing Culture Podcast. Welcome! Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e22-tara-vandersande-willow-creek-community-church

Hello, and thanks for joining us. Noted investor and financial advisor, Martin Zweig, has a famous saying: "Trends are your friends." Today, we're going to look at eight culture trends for 2018. With me today, to help guide the conversation is BCWI team member, Mark Cutshall. Mark, what do you say, we unpack these eight important trends. Thanks, Al. 2018 culture trends for Christian organizations and churches are already emerging against the societal trends of 2017: Donald Trump, Bitcoin, Tax Reform, Immigration, refugees, racial tension, online streaming is taking over TV, self-driving cars online shopping and, of course, Uber. So Al, lead off and give us your first culture trend potentially driving Christian organizational culture in 2018. Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3-e21-eight-culture-trends-for-2018

Today, we're going to talk about trends. Trends help us stay cutting-edge in our work and get a glimpse of the future in real time. They help us get a jump on ways to improve our work and sharpen our direction. Knowing trends helps us to be more effective. 7 Trends for Christian Workplaces in 2017 // Al Lopus, BCWI President Find the full show notes at http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s2-e13-2017-trends.

In the boardroom of any successful organization, the question is always asked of the CEO, "What happens if you get hit by a bus?" Certainly, CEO leadership is the board's most important responsibility and the top of mind for any chair. The follow-up question is then, "What is the succession plan?" Today, we have the rare opportunity to talk with a leader who was figuratively "hit by a bus" with the diagnosis of bone marrow cancer that required immediate, aggressive care. Alec Hill was 62 at the time and at the top of his game, having served 14 years as president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Within a few weeks after the diagnosis, he stepped down from his leadership role to prepare for a bone marrow transplant. The probabilities of survival were against him. Now, just over a year later, we can celebrate God's grace and mercy as the doctors declare Alec cancer free! Alec's tenure as president was marked by one of the most significant periods of growth since InterVarsity's founding almost 75 years ago. The InterVarsity ministry has grown to 985 chapters on 649 campuses involving more than 41,000 actively involved students and faculty. These chapters are served by over 1,100 field staff and numerous volunteers, and annual revenues are now over $100 million. Tune into today's conversation to hear about Alec's battle with cancer, and how InterVarsity's succession planning payed off. Find the full show notes at http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/52-alec-hill-intervarsity-christian-fellowship.

Disrespect in the workplace often mirrors our broader culture. Clearly, there is a cost of disrespect in the workplace as performance declines and disrespected staff take it out on their coworkers and customers. Bill Hybels challenged us at the Summit that it starts with the leader. All people are created by God and have intrinsic value and should be treated with respect. He challenged leaders to create a written code of respect that is taught in the workplace. Do you have a written code of respect in your organization? Do you know anyone who does? I thought you might be interested to hear about an organization that has done exactly that! Today we have the pleasure of talking with Kathy Shingleton, Vice President of Human Resources for Virginia Mason Medical Center based in Seattle. Virginia Mason is a 6,000 employee health care organization known nationally and internationally as a quality leader in healthcare. I've known Kathy for several years. She provided tremendous support for the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board, which I chaired. Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e18-kathy-shingleton

What is the future of your workplace going to look like? Suppose you could get a glimpse of what tomorrow looks like, today? The answer has a lot to do with one, big trend in the workplace environment that's already present. This trend has to do with Outstanding Talent. Outstanding Talent is one of the eight critical factors that shape and sustain every healthy-to-flourishing workplace culture, including yours. Outstanding Talent involves attracting, retaining, promoting and rewarding highly capable people on your team. Most importantly, Outstanding Talent intersects directly with what I would call the current mega-trend of the virtual workplace and the new world of virtual assistants. With unemployment at near record lows and with the capabilities of new technologies in full swing, the trend of the virtual workplace is now in high gear. Today we have the pleasure of talking with Shannon Miles, CEO and Co-Founder of BELAY. BELAY's mission is to glorify God by providing solutions that equip their clients with the confidence to climb higher. Shannon was an early adopter of the virtual assistant model. In 2010, she and her husband, Bryan, were inspired to found BELAY--providing virtual support to busy leaders. Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e17-shannon-miles-belay

At some point, every church will face the inevitable challenge of transitioning from an outgoing pastor to a new pastor. This reality begs the question, "What is essential to successful pastoral succession—especially as its bound to affect the church's workplace?" Our guest, today, is a national leader in this area, and he's going to give you some valuable, practical wisdom you need to know. His name is William Vanderbloemen, the Founder and CEO of the Vanderbloemen Search Group in Houston. William has been able to combine over 15 years of ministry experience as a Senior Pastor with the best practices of Executive Search to provide churches with a unique offering: a deep understanding of local church work with the very best knowledge and practices of professional executive search. William is regularly invited to speak across the country in both church services and as a resource to churches and conferences on leadership. His book Next: Pastoral Succession That Works on effective pastoral leadership and succession was released through Baker Books in September 2014, and his book Search: The Pastoral Search Committee Handbook was released through B&H Books in June 2016. Find full show notes here http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/s3e16-william-vanderbloemen