Connia Nelson's guest appearances

Connia Nelson

5 Leadership Questions Podcast on Church Leadership with Todd Adkins and Dan Iten

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As You Go

Lisa Harper

Barnabas Piper

Jamie Ivey

J.D. Greear

Louie Giglio

Shannon Litton

Christy Wright

Jana Magruder

Christine Caine

Whitney Capps

Kelly Minter

Michael Kelley

Carey Nieuwhof

Derwin Gray

Mary Katharine Hunt

OwlTail

Joining us today is Connia Nelson, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Lifeway. Listen to hear the God inspired journey that brought her to Lifeway and the hope inspired story she wrote for Lifeway Women's latest Advent study,  Our Hope Has Come. Listen in!In her current role at Lifeway as the chief human resources officer, Nelson is a transformational HR business leader and change agent, driving people strategy and key business objectives to deliver on cultural values and the overall mission. Prior to joining Lifeway in 2016, Nelson worked for Verizon as senior vice president of Human Resources. Throughout her career, Nelson consistently created talent management strategies to acquire and retain top talent, increase the employer brand, optimize training-to-competency cycle time, enhance leadership diversity, deliver total rewards, accelerate employee engagement, and build a strong succession plan.Nelson holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University and a master’s degree in organization management from Dallas Baptist University. She and her husband, Darrell, have one daughter Adriel, who is married to Leroy, and two grandchildren.Show Notes:Our Hope Has Come Advent study

Joining us today is Connia Nelson, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Lifeway. Listen to hear the God inspired journey that brought her to Lifeway and the hope inspired story she wrote for Lifeway Women's latest Advent study, Our Hope Has Come. Listen in! In her current role at Lifeway as the chief human resources officer, Nelson is a transformational HR business leader and change agent, driving people strategy and key business objectives to deliver on cultural values and the overall mission.  Prior to joining Lifeway in 2016, Nelson worked for Verizon as senior vice president of Human Resources. Throughout her career, Nelson consistently created talent management strategies to acquire and retain top talent, increase the employer brand, optimize training-to-competency cycle time, enhance leadership diversity, deliver total rewards, accelerate employee engagement, and build a strong succession plan. Nelson holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University and a master’s degree in organization management from Dallas Baptist University. She and her husband, Darrell, have one daughter Adriel, who is married to Leroy, and two grandchildren. Show Notes: Our Hope Has Come Advent study

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Amy Alexander

This week Lele and Kathy sit down with Connia Nelson and Amy Alexander to talk about taking an active role working towards racial harmony. Amy gives insight into her experience with interracial marriage, friends refusing to come to her wedding, and raising her kids in a world of injustice. Connia speaks to her life as a black female and the racism she has faced in her life, and the impact of 2020. These conversations are important, vitally important if we want to create a better future for our children and for future generations. The questions Connia poses for listeners to focus on: What kind of relationships do you have in your life? Do you have a diverse set of friends? Do you have people who understand your heart, who lean in with you, who learn and grow with you? Amy provides us with 5 quick tips to approaching racial reconciliation conversations: First, be curious about someone's story. Approach those conversations with humility, compassion, and curiosity. Second, approach the conversations with humility. Be a lifelong learner. Third, be aware of your blindspots--what you are completely unaware of. Fourth, check your intentions. Where is this coming from? Finally, be intentional about micro-affirmations. Small gestures on a daily basis that foster inclusion, listening, and comfort to those who may feel invisible in an environment. Invite them in and make the space for them to be heard. Both women speak into educating their own children, but also educating our children. They advise to start the conversations early, and acknowledge differences early--in a way that shows dignity and respect. Model for your kids respect and appreciation for others, as well as modeling empathy for them. Show them how to be curiosity and intentionally invite diversity into your home. Teach your children not to let others label them, show them who they are in Christ. We are commanded to love others as God does, so let us go into this week teaching our children to do that, and challenging ourselves to do it as well. "Before you take a stand, take a seat", what does it mean to you?

This week Lele and Kathy sit down with Connia Nelson and Amy Alexander to talk about taking an active role working towards racial harmony. Amy gives insight into her experience with interracial marriage, friends refusing to come to her wedding, and raising her kids in a world of injustice. Connia speaks to her life as a black female and the racism she has faced in her life, and the impact of 2020. These conversations are important, vitally important if we want to create a better future for our children and for future generations. The questions Connia poses for listeners to focus on: What kind of relationships do you have in your life? Do you have a diverse set of friends? Do you have people who understand your heart, who lean in with you, who learn and grow with you? Amy provides us with 5 quick tips to approaching racial reconciliation conversations: First, be curious about someone's story. Approach those conversations with humility, compassion, and curiosity. Second, approach the conversations with humility. Be a lifelong learner. Third, be aware of your blindspots--what you are completely unaware of. Fourth, check your intentions. Where is this coming from? Finally, be intentional about micro-affirmations. Small gestures on a daily basis that foster inclusion, listening, and comfort to those who may feel invisible in an environment. Invite them in and make the space for them to be heard. Both women speak into educating their own children, but also educating our children. They advise to start the conversations early, and acknowledge differences early--in a way that shows dignity and respect. Model for your kids respect and appreciation for others, as well as modeling empathy for them. Show them how to be curiosity and intentionally invite diversity into your home. Teach your children not to let others label them, show them who they are in Christ. We are commanded to love others as God does, so let us go into this week teaching our children to do that, and challenging ourselves to do it as well. "Before you take a stand, take a seat", what does it mean to you?

Episode Five: Pursuing Racial Harmony w/ Connia Nelson and Amy Alexander 

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger are joined by Conna Nelson, the head of Human Resources at Lifeway. During their conversation, they talk reverse mentoring, continuously improving, and the balance of urgency and grace.BEST QUOTES“Learn where you are and from the people who are all around you.”“You need to know your brand and who you are.”“People grow when they know they have the support of a leader”“We need to know what is expected, we need to commit to what we promise, and then we need to give more than we promise.”“It is important for people to have a roadmap.”“Start out by leading with humility, grace, integrity, and urgency.”“Urgency can often times override treating people with kindness.”RECOMMENDED RESOURCESThe 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesneyThe Janitor by Todd Hopkins

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger are joined by Conna Nelson, the head of Human Resources at Lifeway. During their conversation, they talk reverse mentoring, continuously improving, and the balance of urgency and grace. BEST QUOTES “Learn where you are and from the people who are all around you.” “You need to know your brand and who you are.” “People grow when they know they have the support of a leader” “We need to know what is expected, we need to commit to what we promise, and then we need to give more than we promise.” “It is important for people to have a roadmap.” “Start out by leading with humility, grace, integrity, and urgency.” “Urgency can often times override treating people with kindness.” RECOMMENDED RESOURCES The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney The Janitor by Todd Hopkins

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