Best Christian Workplaces Institute Announces New Leadership to Equip More Flourishing Workplaces (Mercer Island, WA)—Best Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI) names Jay Bransford as President and CEO as it grows to help more Christian leaders and organizations achieve their full potential by creating flourishing workplaces. As Cofounder Al Lopus steps down after 20 years of service,…
From Boss to Servant Leaders and Coaches: Now More Than Ever Leadership behavior shapes 50-70% of organizational culture. In the same way, healthy leadership has a direct impact on organizational performance – including profit and loss, employee engagement, staff retention, and achieving purposes and objectives. Despite the direct correlation between leadership, culture, and results, many…
Discipleship: Becoming More Like Jesus and Helping Your Employees to Do the Same As followers of Jesus, every part of our lives is under his direction, and our growth as disciples infuses all aspects of life. While we may be tempted to separate church-related activities from the rest of our lives, this is a false…
Goals and Strategy: Effective Planning To Move Towards Flourishing Building an effective strategy that is shared throughout an organization leads to a thriving workplace. While vision at the top is important, wise leaders invite everyone into owning the vision. From this foundation, goals that guide the execution of the vision provide a practical path to…
Workplace Dynamics are Changing: What You Need to Know as Baby Boomers Retire and Generation Z enters the Workforce The next generation of workers is here; Millennials and Generation Z (those born between 1981-1996 and 1997-2012 respectively) are already making a significant impact on the future of work and bring a unique set of characteristics.…
Why Compensation Might Be the Reason Your Employees are Leaving What do you think when you see signs saying, “Help Wanted” with a generous starting hourly wage on the fast-food restaurants you drive by? You may notice that the hourly wage they mention is either more than or the same as the entry-level wages at…
Prevent Turnover of Your Best Employees With Stay Conversations In every organization, there are “star” performers. These are the top contributors, those with long legacies at the company, or those who are on track to build incredible teams. When we picture long-term success, these individuals are always part of the vision. But, imagine if your…
Best Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI) Welcomes New Board Members Best Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI) welcomes new board members as it moves to implement best practices in board governance. BCWI has recently added new members Dr. David Pickering and Dave Smith in the last few months following the addition of Doug Mazza last year. Building a…
How to Address the Challenges of Mental Health and Enhance Employee Well-Being The health and well-being of employees have always been part of a flourishing workplace. However, the isolation of the past two years, along with workplace trends going forward, means that the issue of mental health is even more important for leaders and front-line…
Manager Effectiveness: What’s Missing as a Result of the Pandemic? The way we do work has drastically changed as a result of the pandemic. As more and more employees are embracing long-term remote work and organizations are adopting hybrid policies, managers are facing a critical turning point. Previously, the cultural changes of work felt temporary;…
