Before becoming a pastor, I spent 12 years working as a consultant at various tech startups. I can remember the sound of my first Human Resources Director’s heels as she clodhopped across our high-gloss epoxy floors to begin orientation. With vivid red lipstick she expeditiously exclaimed, “Welcome! Two things we never talk about here: politics...
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Recently a Christian man, who has spent 35 years in corporate America, confided in me. He shared that of the hundreds of co-workers he’d labored alongside—in different industries, at different firms—there have been fewer than 20 that he trusted. In the last eight months, two college graduates told me that soon after walking into corporate...
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To be human is to work,[1] and to work is to be shaped by that work.[2] All our work will be judged by God.[3] All our work is meant to be done as an act of worship of God,[4] and to serve others.[5] These basic ideas about how my faith interacts with my work inform...
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This article was originally published on HeinzSight with Chris Heinz. I lead Human Resources for an automotive retail group. A few weeks ago, our company held a meeting that brought together coworkers from different regions. Before the meeting, several of us who share a connection through our faith gathered for breakfast. We listened to a...
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Do you want to know who are some of the most dangerous people in the world? Who comes to your mind when I talk about dangerous people—people that can do great harm? Here’s who I have in mind: toddlers. Yes, toddlers. Here’s why I say so: toddlers have newfound mobility, ability, and autonomy, and yet...
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Working with young adults starting their first jobs, I am often asked about disappointment at work. The expectation-reality gap of a new job can be an especially striking and confusing aspect of life in a fallen world. About 10 years ago, a company hired me to sort some of its problems. I was eager to...
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