My Career Coach Career For A Nonprofit Agency - 1695 Words

When we first started this course, I was not quite sure what leading organization change meant and what we would accomplish during this time together. Over the next two months, this course presented us with different resources about the process of developing a leadership philosophy regarding organizational change, plus integrating our own workplace organizational context with concepts of vocation, organizational culture, differentiation, and progress. My favorite thing about this course was the many ways I was able to apply what we learned to my vocation and our agency’s organizational culture. As this course comes to a close, I am impressed about all topics we were able to cover. I have identified the use of emotional triangles and the†¦show more content†¦Working for a nonprofit agency, I serve a diverse group of clients, but some come from low socioeconomic background, some our ex-offenders who have recently been released from jail, some military veterans, some are new graduates recently out of high school, or community college, or a four-year college. Part of my role is connecting individuals to resources in our community to help them cope with their situation. Helping families find access to food pantries, shelter, gas and bus fare, and childcare makes me realize the pivotal role I play in their lives. I am supposed to help break down obstacles for them as they progress down the career and financial path. Prior to Luther, vocation typically referred to a special calling to religious life, as a priest or as a member of a vowed order. The reference to kingdom is from the Lutheran idea that God governs the world through two different â€Å"kingdoms† or governances. The first is the kingdom of Christ while the second is the kingdom of the civil realm. God governs both, but in different way. Christian vocation is theology for living. It informs how we earn our daily bread and how we live our daily lives. It shapes our sense of identity and our relationships with others. Viewing my career more as a Christian vocation changes my whole outlook of my work. There is a constant reminder that my work is the work that god wants we me to do, and so your approach