Generational diversity is something that impacts every area of our lives. And yet, too often, the conversation around diversity starts and stops on the issues of gender and ethnicity. While these are important conversations, we must not lose sight of how our generational lenses often frame these discussions…
Moving from Occupation to Vocation
Regardless of the industry – for-profit or non-profit, corporate or ministry, sacred or secular, etc., one of the greatest needs every leader inevitably wrestles with is a shortage of workers. You can watch the news and see how monthly job reports influence current politics. You can speak with corporate leaders and they’ll undoubtedly offer their thoughts on job vacancies and the absence of certain skilled workers. So on and so forth… And while we can debate the cause of such shortages – i.e. certain groups having limited access to quality education, poor high-educational models that need updating in order to stop equipping students with skills that don’t meet today’s job markets, etc., our religious institutions are not exempt from struggling with the same issues...