Integer Leadership Consulting

Changing the organizational culture of a non-profit enterprise like the Church is a complex task. If changing the culture is the result of a new strategic planning initiative, the task of culture-change is especially critical. Congregations need to understand the reasons behind the change if they are to be champions. If the strategic change is to be successfully implemented, effective congregational culture-change must be thoughtfully discussed, planned and properly executed.

Jeffrey D. Yergler has over 20 years of experience working with the Church culture. He understands how to partner with internal leadership teams and boards through all the phases of strategic planning as well as vision, mission and core-values planning.

Congregational communities as organizations are unique precisely because they are driven by their vision and mission rather than the “bottom line” (though the bottom line is important). When a Church organization needs to recast their vision and mission which then informs their strategic planning processes, it is imperative that they spend the necessary time examining their passions and commitments, why they need to change and most importantly, their “willingness to change” This important work then lays the foundation for confident and momentum-building strategic and large culture change.

If your Church is ready to launch into strategic planning and you need the expertise of an experienced facilitator to successfully (and objectively) move through the process, please contact Jeffrey D. Yergler at jdy@integerleadership.com or call at 253-230-1024. Please contact Integer early in your discussion in order to avoid potential scheduling conflicts.

Providing leadership for a non-profit organization requires many unique competencies and perspectives. It is not the same as leadership in the for-profit arena. The primary motivation for effective leadership in the non-profit comes from within the person. There must be a powerful source of intrinsic motivation in the non-profit leader or board if the organization is to thrive and grow rather than merely survive. Non-profits are capable of expanding and increasing their influence if the leaders of those non-profits are committed, collaborative, collegial and entrepreneurially motivated.

If your non-profit board or leadership staff is planning a retreat to rethink how it trains and develops its leaders or reexamine what leadership philosophy or model it wishes to embed in the organization into the future, contact Jeffrey D. Yergler to facilitate your discussion.

If your board has dedicated a one- or two-day retreat to explore and develop it’s leadership philosophy and leadership practices in recruitment and development, please contact Jeffrey at Integer Leadership Consulting at jdy@integerleadership.com or call at 253-230-1024.

Clearly, we live in a culture where most of us attach little or if any meaning to the importance of our work. We have become bored with and weary of our work, see little meaning in it beyond the paycheck and, as a result, try to find ways to simply “get through the day” so that we can really do what we want “after we leave the office.”

As a leader, how do you create meaningful work? Is there a connection between the quality and significance of our work and our spiritual identity and connection? The answer is “yes”…there is a vital connection between the two. Within the last 10 years, a number of books have been written addressing the critical connection between our work and our spiritual grounding. Parker Palmer’s excellent work, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, is one of the very best. Palmer’s book, and many other’s like his, unashamedly address the fact that if we can see our work as a calling we will be able to discover new fulfillment and joy where once there was only boredom and monotony.

Jeffrey Yergler has been studying and speaking on the growth of this work-call connection over the last 15 years. There is an exponentially growing need, according to Jeff, for executives, managers, team leaders, trustees and boards to explore how this connection can change the work culture and the people within that culture. In a way that is non-threatening, inclusive and highly interactive, Jeff can provide your staff with a thoughtfully informed exploration of the work-call connection. Whether this is your first foray into a topic you feel has become vital to your work culture or if you want to go deeper into the understanding of how the work-call link can transform people, work cultures, products and services, you will want to contact Jeff and explore how his work with your leadership core can open the door to new levels of commitment and performance…the by-products of a heart that is connected to the mind and the hands.

For more information about an ILC symposium on Vocation as Call, please contact Jeff Yergler at: jdy@integerleadership.com or call at: 253-230-1024.

Clearly, we live in a culture where most of us attach little or if any meaning to the importance of our work. We have become bored with and weary of our work, see little meaning in it beyond the paycheck and, as a result, try to find ways to simply “get through the day” so that we can really do what we want “after we leave the office.”

As a leader, how do you create meaningful work? Is there a connection between the quality and significance of our work and our spiritual identity and connection? The answer is “yes”…there is a vital connection between the two. Within the last 10 years, a number of books have been written addressing the critical connection between our work and our spiritual grounding. Parker Palmer’s excellent work, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, is one of the very best. Palmer’s book, and many other’s like his, unashamedly address the fact that if we can see our work as a calling we will be able to discover new fulfillment and joy where once there was only boredom and monotony.

Jeffrey Yergler has been studying and speaking on the growth of this work-call connection over the last 15 years. There is an exponentially growing need, according to Jeff, for executives, managers, team leaders, trustees and boards to explore how this connection can change the work culture and the people within that culture. In a way that is non-threatening, inclusive and highly interactive, Jeff can provide your staff with a thoughtfully informed exploration of the work-call connection. Whether this is your first foray into a topic you feel has become vital to your work culture or if you want to go deeper into the understanding of how the work-call link can transform people, work cultures, products and services, you will want to contact Jeff and explore how his work with your leadership core can open the door to new levels of commitment and performance…the by-products of a heart that is connected to the mind and the hands.

For more information about an ILC symposium on Vocation as Call, please contact Jeff Yergler at: jdy@integerleadership.com or call at: 253-230-1024.