Laureen Mgrdichian is an Associate Professor at the Crowell School of Business at Biola University. She teaches courses in marketing, entrepreneurship, consumer behavior, promotions, and women in leadership. She also oversees an annual student-led conference designed to encourage women in the workplace.

Laureen was president of a start-up video production company, placing product domestically as well as licensing internationally. In addition, she owns her own baking business specializing in corporate gifts. Her corporate work includes marketing for Universal Studios.

Laureen received her M.B.A. from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at U.C.L.A. focusing on marketing and organizational development. Laureen and her husband are the parents of triplets who are in their mid-twenties.

In this episode, Laureen discusses:

• Her role as an associate professor at Biola University
• What she’s learned about navigating work in various seasons of life, including becoming a mom of triplets after 18 years in the workforce
• What it means to honor and worship God with your gifts through your work
• How to persevere in a job that you don’t love and wish you could leave
• How to work with men well for the common good
• How she images God in the classroom as she teaches and mentors students

Resource Mentioned:

• Women & Work Podcast, Episode 54 with Biola University’s Dr. Joanne Jung and Dr. Richard Langer for their book, The Call to Follow
• Chapter 9 in our book, Women & Work: Bearing God’s Image and Joining in His Mission through our Work
• Shaunti Feldhahn’s The Male Factor: The Unwritten Rules, Misperceptions, and Secret Beliefs of Men in the Workplace

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