S5E24: A Commitment to Justice Work and Healthy Workplace Culture

We consider it a great privilege to serve Christian led organizations making a huge difference in our world.  Anna Bridges, Director of Talent & Culture for Advocates for Community Transformation (ACT) discusses how ACT has built a flourishing workplace culture, caring for their employees holistically so they can better serve under-resourced neighborhoods. 

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In this episode:

• A favorite story about how ACT made a difference in someone’s life and community (04:04)
• The importance of people on your team and coming alongside your team (05:49)
• The hiring process as a critical step in developing an integrated workplace culture (06:00)
• Placing a high premium on culture fit (06:25)
• The importance of spiritual development (06:55)
• The importance of daily staff prayer and scripture (07:22)
• The weekly time to spend in prayer and scripture reading (07:31)
• Providing a robust and holistic salary and benefits package (08:36)
• What motivated ACT to survey their employees through BCWI? (11:29)
• What is a data-informed culture? (11:40)
• Positive feedback from millennials (17:33)
• What is distinctly Christian about ACT? (21:39)
• Bringing God’s kingdom to bear in the city (24:08)
• The team at ACT had a desire for the organization to wrestle with racial equity (24:54)

Additional Resources

Buy Alvin Sanders' book: Bridging the Diversity Gap: Leading Toward God's Multi-Ethnic Kingdom

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