Lead a Workmatters Institute
Develop young leaders to work with purpose and live on mission.
The Workmatters Institute is a transformational faith and leadership development experience for young professionals who want to integrate their faith and work. For more than ten years Workmatters has equipped leaders to work with purpose and live on mission through this unique workplace discipleship and career development experience. Now it’s time to accelerate the impact—through leaders like you.
Why Lead?
Facilitate Lasting Impact.
The Workmatters Institute is not just another Bible study or leadership series. The participants you will lead through the course will be changed forever. With a new vision for work based in God’s story of renewal and insight from executive speakers to make it practical and actionable, they will be equipped to make an impact for a lifetime.
When you lead a Workmatters Institute, you will see lives transformed in real time as young leaders and professionals capture God’s heart for work.
A Proven Experience
The Workmatters
Institute Course
1. Theology of Work. Participants learn how their work fits in the full story of God: the four-chapter Gospel of Creation, Fall, Redemption and Renewal. Through readings, exercises, teaching (video or live) and facilitated discussion, participants develop a working theological framework and begin to get clarity on how they can participate in God’s story of renewal.
2. Executive Speaker Series. Focused on practical application, participants learn from Executive Speakers on the Workmatters Seven Pillars of Faith and Work: love, calling, balance, integrity, excellence, serving, influence. Through weekly devotionals, executive speaker talks and discussion, participants learn how to practically apply their faith and become more effective leaders.
3. Faith and Work Action Plan. Driving toward action, participants put the theological framework and practical application to work by creating a plan that 1) identifies an area of brokenness in their work, 2) articulates a vision for renewal, 3) determines specific next actions needed to close that gap, and 4) commits to habits and practices that will support these actions. The Faith and Work Action Plan is not simply a capstone project, but a living theme throughout the WMI experience and a process that participants will apply over a lifetime. As a result of this process, past participants have created varied plans that include forming resource groups, addressing broken team communications channels and leading startups based on workplace authenticity.
The Workmatters Institute brings clarity to the purpose of work, and the personal and professional development is mind-boggling. You can never approach your work the same.
How It Works
Easy to lead.
Anyone who wants to integrate faith and work and has a desire for impacting the next generation of leaders can lead a Workmatters Institute cohort. Have you led a small group or facilitated group discussions or learning experiences at your church or on your Team? Then you’re on the right path. Here’s how we’ll equip you to lead an Institute:
Training
Mix of online resources and interaction with the Workmatters Team.
Training
Over 6-10 hours of in-person training with Workmatters and several readings and videos you can do on your own time, you will be immersed in our Theology framework and Faith-and-Work Action Plan process. You will be comfortably equipped to facilitate every aspect of the course.
Coaching
Coaching
We will help you decide on the type of class (in-person or online), help set it up through our website and coach you through details like location. Our advocate network will help confirm speakers (if desired) and we will provide marketing materials for you as you invite people to join.
Support
Support
Our Team will provide ongoing support as you lead your Workmatters Institute cohort. Through 1:1 or group calls, we are ready to ensure that you have a meaningful and successful experience.
Training Dates: Virtual training will be June 22, 7-9PM ET
Fall Class Dates: September 20 – December 15 (no class week of Thanksgiving)
Executive Speakers
Learn from world-class leaders and mentors.
Workmatters draws from executives, entrepreneurs and leaders from every industry you can imagine, each with a unique story and calling to serve Christ in the marketplace.
Whether live, virtual or video-based, our expanding faculty of Executive Speakers will give you real-time career insight to practically apply your faith and become a more effective leader. Here are just a few of our speakers:
Cheryl Bachelder
Former CEO of Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen
Donnie Smith
Former CEO of Tyson Foods
Shelley Simpson
EVP; Chief Commercial Officer; President, Highway Services at J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
Henry Ho
Cofounder & Partner at Field Agent
Elise Mitchell
Three-Time CEO, Leadership Strategist, Executive Coach, Author and Speaker
Mitch Bettis
President of Arkansas Business Publishing Group
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