Conducting performance reviews with staff members who need some correction can be very stressful. When I was in banking, I had some staff that I liked personally, others, not so much. Over time, I learned that when I didn’t have a personal connection to someone it was easier to come across as cold and uncaring. This caused the truth of ...
When I was in banking, one of my roles was business development. Some of my peers were very transactionally oriented, but I typically tried to focus on a longer-term, relational approach. I joined associations and groups to meet and see key people at significant companies frequently. I diligently and consistently tended to the relationships developed through those associations, knowing opportunities ...
In my early 20’s, I often looked for short cuts to get rich. One day an acquaintance of mine shared with me a so called “business opportunity.” If I invested some money, I was going to get rich quick. This person’s enthusiasm and personal testimony of how much money he was making lured me in to foolishly investing. It ...
A blog from the Chief Learning Officer website states that a leader leaves a legacy when “the leader strengthens others’ capacity to learn, to reflect and to extract meaning from their learning.” Legacy is not just about handing down values from one generation to the next. Legacy Leadership helps others become lifelong learners or seekers of knowledge and truth. ...
Our ministry has been doing sizable events for over a decade. These events require advance planning to secure the facility, speakers, etc. We desire to host live events in 2021, but how do you plan when you don’t know the future? We gathered input and information from the venues and our sponsors and selected the dates we thought most ...
Like many organizations, we subscribe to multiple software services. Recently, our team was researching a variety of competing software providers to determine the best application for our purposes. When I research these provider’s websites, I may gain some insight, but it’s limited. I’ve discovered that the software review websites like Capterra or Software Reviews give me a different and ...
Years ago, I ran a consulting practice when a rapidly growing retail chain hired me to improve their cash flow and to resolve what the owner believed to be a “minor” tax problem. As I began asking for financial information, I began to understand the problem. Their bookkeeper had resigned, and they had ignored their bookkeeping for months. They had ...
In a book called “Founding Fathers,” Alexander Hamilton and George Washington reportedly had a volatile relationship. Hamilton was known for his brash ambition and his hot-headed ways. On one occasion, Hamilton and George Washington had an argument over something petty that resulted in Hamilton resigning angrily. But, within an hour, Washington “sent an aide to tell Hamilton how highly he ...
As we head into Valentine’s Day, our thoughts are often of love and romance. Love is a word however that doesn’t often make its way into the workplace. We may love our spouse, our father or our neighbors. All different kinds of love, yet, we use the same English word. In the Greek, however, there are seven words for love. ...
An article from Fast Company states, “The ‘best practice’ is one of the business world’s most common conventions, but it’s often arbitrary and based mainly on habit–the result of conditions that no longer apply.” The frantic pace of the world causes best practices to become obsolete as quick as they are created. Businesses guided by Biblical principles do not need ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
