God’s Calling in the Business World with Chris Young #126

By Sam Sims

Today on the Follower of One podcast, Mike Henry sits down with Chris Young, the President of The Good Place Institute and former Chief of Staff at Good Place Holdings. Chris spent over twenty years researching and developing Biblically-based approaches, methods, and resources while leading and helping others build and steward for-profit and nonprofit organizations to bring about organizational life and achieve organizational success from a Biblical worldview. In today’s episode, Chris and Mike talk about the Good Place Institute and the Good Place Holdings Company, God’s calling for us in the business world, keeping God at the center of everything, how work is a means of grace, how seminary impacted Chris’ approach in the business world, serving a God of “Why”.

Chris Young

Outline of the Episode

  • 0:29 – About the Good Place Institute and the Good Place Holdings Company
  • 1:10 – How The Good Place Institute got started
  • 3:51 – The deeper meaning of success in the business world
  • 5:47 – God’s calling for us in the business world
  • 8:18 – Keeping God at the center of everything we do
  • 10:36 – Work is a means of Grace
  • 12:14 – How seminary impacted Chris’ approach in the business world
  • 15:19 – Serving a God of “Why”
  • 19:42 – Training in the why, what, and how

The deeper meaning of success in the business world

The business world is built around success – the success of a project, the success of a business, or the success of a worker. But, worldly success only scratches the surface of the true success of business. The relationships we build are the marker of success. The more relationships we build, the more we get to know the people around us, and the more opportunities we have to share Christ. 

Keeping God at the Center of Everything We Do

We go into the business world with success in mind, but who do we give credit for our successes? When we keep God at the center of everything we do, all of a sudden He will be the most visible in our lives. Our lives look different because of Him. 

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