ECPA
CEO Symposium
November 4-6, 2007
CEO Symposium
November 4-6, 2007
The Impact and Implications of the Faith at Work Movement
Discussion on Key Cultural Issues
Speaker: David Miller Ph.D.
Executive Director, Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School and author of God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement
Presentation Summary:
The Impact and Implications of the Faith at Work Movement
More and more companies in the general market are discovering the benefits of encouraging employees to express their faith through their behaviors and attitudes. This expanding freedom has been identified as the Faith at Work movement by David Miller in his book, God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement (Oxford University Press, 2007). The Faith at Work movement has implications in what it says about our culture’s attitudes toward faith and the implications for us as CEO's, communicators, publishers and thought leaders -- as individuals are turning less toward clergy and more toward other resources for help in applying their faith to their daily lives. You will learn about the growing Faith at Work movement, the opportunities it poses for Christian publishers, and discover how to create a culture of putting faith into practice throughout your organization. A signed copy of God at Work will be given to each attendee.
Q&A Discussion on Key Cultural Issues
We wanted to take advantage of David’s expertise as a former CEO and monitor of the Christian culture at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, so we asked him to offer a session for Q&A on key cultural issues affecting CEO's today. We asked ECPA member CEO’s to provide some questions ahead of time so David could prepare if necessary. Several topics on the agenda are:
Speaker Bio:
David serves as Executive Director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School, and as Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Business Ethics. The mission of the Center is "to promote the practice of faith in all spheres of life through theological research and leadership development."
David also leads the Center's "Ethics and Spirituality in the Workplace" program, and teaches business ethics at Yale Divinity School and Yale School of Management. His course is called, "Business Ethics: Succeeding without Selling Your Soul." He has particular interest in ethics and spirituality in the workplace, moral leadership, and helping companies become faith-friendly. David's first book, God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement (Oxford University Press, 2007) challenges business academics and executives, as well as theologians and clergy to think differently about faith in the workplace.
He received his Ph.D. and M.Div. degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary and is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). While doing his doctoral work, David co-founded The Avodah Institute in 1999 and served as its president. Avodah's mission was to help leaders integrate the claims of their faith with the demands of their work.
David brings an unusual "bilingual" perspective to the academic world, having also spent 16 years in senior positions in international business and finance. Prior to academia, David lived and worked in London, England for eight years, where he was an equity partner in a private bank that specialized in international investment management, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Before that he was a senior executive and director of the securities services and global custody division of Midland Bank plc (now part of the HSBC Group). He first moved to London as the managing director of the European operations of State Street Bank and Trust, a leading US securities services bank. He started his management career in the U.S., after graduating from Bucknell University in 1979, working for IBM for eight years in a variety of sales and marketing management positions in New Jersey and New England. David also speaks German, having lived, studied, and worked in Germany.
David serves as an advisor to several corporate CEOs and senior executives on questions pertaining to ethics, values, integrating faith and work, and becoming a faith-friendly company. He is a frequent speaker at gatherings of business leaders, industry associations, academic conferences, and church programs. His views are often cited in the media, including in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, NPR, ABC, NBC, and CNN.
David finds inspiration in the lives and writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King, Jr., and John Stott. Married to Karen, a former lawyer and law school professor, he enjoys being with his nieces, playing tennis, bridge, and tandem cycling. He is active in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Discussion on Key Cultural Issues
Speaker: David Miller Ph.D.
Executive Director, Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School and author of God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement
Presentation Summary:
The Impact and Implications of the Faith at Work Movement
More and more companies in the general market are discovering the benefits of encouraging employees to express their faith through their behaviors and attitudes. This expanding freedom has been identified as the Faith at Work movement by David Miller in his book, God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement (Oxford University Press, 2007). The Faith at Work movement has implications in what it says about our culture’s attitudes toward faith and the implications for us as CEO's, communicators, publishers and thought leaders -- as individuals are turning less toward clergy and more toward other resources for help in applying their faith to their daily lives. You will learn about the growing Faith at Work movement, the opportunities it poses for Christian publishers, and discover how to create a culture of putting faith into practice throughout your organization. A signed copy of God at Work will be given to each attendee.
Q&A Discussion on Key Cultural Issues
We wanted to take advantage of David’s expertise as a former CEO and monitor of the Christian culture at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, so we asked him to offer a session for Q&A on key cultural issues affecting CEO's today. We asked ECPA member CEO’s to provide some questions ahead of time so David could prepare if necessary. Several topics on the agenda are:
- Hiring practices for religious organizations
- Race
- Interaction with secular culture
- Political polarization
- Marriage
Speaker Bio:
David serves as Executive Director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School, and as Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Business Ethics. The mission of the Center is "to promote the practice of faith in all spheres of life through theological research and leadership development."
David also leads the Center's "Ethics and Spirituality in the Workplace" program, and teaches business ethics at Yale Divinity School and Yale School of Management. His course is called, "Business Ethics: Succeeding without Selling Your Soul." He has particular interest in ethics and spirituality in the workplace, moral leadership, and helping companies become faith-friendly. David's first book, God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement (Oxford University Press, 2007) challenges business academics and executives, as well as theologians and clergy to think differently about faith in the workplace.
He received his Ph.D. and M.Div. degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary and is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). While doing his doctoral work, David co-founded The Avodah Institute in 1999 and served as its president. Avodah's mission was to help leaders integrate the claims of their faith with the demands of their work.
David brings an unusual "bilingual" perspective to the academic world, having also spent 16 years in senior positions in international business and finance. Prior to academia, David lived and worked in London, England for eight years, where he was an equity partner in a private bank that specialized in international investment management, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Before that he was a senior executive and director of the securities services and global custody division of Midland Bank plc (now part of the HSBC Group). He first moved to London as the managing director of the European operations of State Street Bank and Trust, a leading US securities services bank. He started his management career in the U.S., after graduating from Bucknell University in 1979, working for IBM for eight years in a variety of sales and marketing management positions in New Jersey and New England. David also speaks German, having lived, studied, and worked in Germany.
David serves as an advisor to several corporate CEOs and senior executives on questions pertaining to ethics, values, integrating faith and work, and becoming a faith-friendly company. He is a frequent speaker at gatherings of business leaders, industry associations, academic conferences, and church programs. His views are often cited in the media, including in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, NPR, ABC, NBC, and CNN.
David finds inspiration in the lives and writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King, Jr., and John Stott. Married to Karen, a former lawyer and law school professor, he enjoys being with his nieces, playing tennis, bridge, and tandem cycling. He is active in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
David Miller, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Yale Center for Faith & Culture
Yale Center for Faith & Culture