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  <title>Is the &amp;quot;Great Resignation&amp;quot; coming for your business? Chris Allen on creating cultures of community.   </title>
  <description>Is your business about to get crushed by the Great Resignation? Is it even a real thing?&amp;amp;nbsp; Maybe.&amp;amp;nbsp; In this conversation, Chris Allen, the founder of Always About People and one of the keynote speakers at Business On Purpose 2021, examines what is really going on with the so-called Great Resignation.&amp;amp;nbsp; We talk about what is behind these resignations and how Christian business owners have a unique set of advantages in addressing the concerns of employees.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp; Chris says It boils down to fostering a culture of community.&amp;amp;nbsp; More and more people are seeking community and human connections in their work—and they are gravitating towards companies that foster both of these.&amp;amp;nbsp; What does the Bible have to say about this?&amp;amp;nbsp; What do Christian business owners bring to the table? Conversation highlights: --Who’s at fault for the so-called Great Resignation? Is it even real? --This problem has been developing for at least a decade.&amp;amp;nbsp; Upwards of 2 in 3 workers aren’t really engaged in their work. --What’s the deeper human need behind all of this? --It started in the garden. “God put us here with unique gifts, strengths abilities and desires.” --Culture has changed.&amp;amp;nbsp; Society’s structures that have previously met human needs for relationship and human flourishing are broken.&amp;amp;nbsp; As a result, people are looking to their jobs to meet these needs.&amp;amp;nbsp; --The church is God’s Plan A.&amp;amp;nbsp; How do you connect to people who are missing out on Plan A and who don’t have structures for community in their lives? --Do your employees leave work as better people?&amp;amp;nbsp; Are your employees becoming more of who God created them to be? --Christian business owners “need to seriously think about the environments we are creating for people.” --The workplace can’t replace the church, but people sure do spend a lot of time at work. “We spend more time at work than with our family” to say nothing of our church family. --You can’t have too much community. --The church is not merely something outside of you.&amp;amp;nbsp; You are taking Christ to every environment, every workplace that you are in.&amp;amp;nbsp; --Ever tempted to forget that PEOPLE work for your company and then treat them like machines or interchangeable cogs?&amp;amp;nbsp; Chris talks about what’s behind that and how to move past it. --“If we were to take the time now to care for, empower, develop, delegate, it would save us exponential time in the future.” --Find out about the three ways that employees are committed to their jobs, their company. &amp;amp;nbsp; Connect &amp;amp;amp; Learn more: There is still time to register for the October 28 Business On Purpose Conference: https://businessonpurposeconference.com/ Connect with Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisallen3/ Check out Always About People: AlwaysAboutPeople.com Connect with Aaron: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-groen/  The latest from Gallup on workplace engagement. </description>
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