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Leading Organizational Cultural Competency
FromAs In Heaven
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43 minutes
Released:
Dec 17, 2020
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In this episode of As In Heaven, hosts Jim Davis and Mike Aitcheson welcome Denine Blevins to the podcast to discuss the importance of cultural competency, both at the individual and the organizational level. Blevins also shares how cultural competency within Christian organizations must be different and distinct from the boiler plate secular diversity training in other workplaces. Blevins draws out some best practices in leading your organization into greater cultural competency so that you don’t undermine your organization’s core mission.An introduction to Denine Blevins (:58)Parakaleo (4:18)How Parakaleo came to be (8:45)Moments that shape the organizational competency of Parakeleo (11:36)The Office and cultural competency (20:13)How to know your organization is ready for cultural conversations (26:09)How to help your organization grow in cultural competency (29:04)Landmines for organizations looking to grow in cultural competency (37:03)God’s character revealed in the process (38:57)Explore more from TGC on the topic of race.DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:How can organizational systems actually include or exclude certain people or cultures? What are examples of organizational systems that could potentially work to include or exclude?Think of your church or work place. Who do your organizational systems currently primarily cater to? Who do they possibly exclude?How do secular answers to cultural difference and preference in organizational systems fail? How does the Christian response offer a better answer?Why is cultural competency important for organizational leadership? What steps can your organization take to grow in this?
Released:
Dec 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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Episode 6 - Damein Schitter: Today’s guest is Damein Schitter. He’s Senior Pastor at New City Presbyterian Church here in Orlando. He is also a visiting professor at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, where he teaches evangelism. In this interview, Damein dives into the way Christians conceive of and practice discipleship. Rather than just a few spiritual disciplines, Damein details how churches and Christians should be seeking a whole-life discipleship. If Christ is Lord of all of our lives, our discipleship practices must reach into the workplace, our home lives, our finances, and our leisure time. Damein has thought and written a lot on this issue, and it was great to have him on the show to explain it. by As In Heaven