Del Tackett, creator of the Truth Project, shared at a conference I attended that as a pilot he was trained to trust his gauges, because they tell you what is real. He said there are times when a pilot sees what appears to be a horizon in the clouds that may be tilted. When the pilot begins to believe that ...
Del Tackett, creator of the Truth Project, played a video at a conference I attended that revealed how ridiculous tolerance has become. A 5 foot 9 inch white man told college students that he was a 6 foot 5 inch Chinese woman to see if he could get any students to correct his lie. Instead, each person virtually affirmed his ...
Our youngest daughter, Rebekah, was recently married. Bekah is beautiful, adopted and also bi-racial. The wedding guests included Bekah’s African American friends and birth father, her Caucasian birth mother, and my son-in-law’s large Hispanic family. Although different cultures and races were represented, there was a common bond. We all wanted to see Bekah and Mauricio united in matrimony. Due to ...
After speaking at Chick-fil-a headquarters recently, I met an executive who shared that it took Chick-fil-a over 30 years to exceed $1 billion in revenue. He said, “It felt like the entire team was pushing a large snowball up a mountain!” After that milestone, however, the snowball crested the mountain, and began rolling downhill. It only took four years to ...
Many organizations reward sales people with bonuses, while the administrative staff is forgotten. This may seem fair to some, but is it? King David was victorious over the Amalekites, but 200 of his men, due to exhaustion, had stayed behind to manage the supplies. Some of David’s warriors refused to share the plunder with them. In 1 Samuel 30:23 David ...
Sometime back I recall reading about a nasty situation where two Christian business leaders were suing each other. Both were known in the community as being very vocal about their faith, so I was grieved to read that their vicious battle had spilled over into the courts. Not only were their personal testimonies undermined, but also they gave others the ...
Daniel Pink’s book “Drive” builds an interesting case for promoting autonomy at work. He defines autonomy as “acting with choice.” As justification he highlights a Cornell University study of 320 small businesses. Half of the businesses granted autonomy to its workers, while the other half relied on top down direction. The businesses with autonomy grew four times the rate of ...
One of Satan’s favorite tools is discouragement. If the enemy can deprive you of courage or hope, you’re more likely to quit God’s work. Nehemiah understood how to stand against Satan’s deception. His enemies tried ridicule, threats, and fear to stop his work on Jerusalem’s wall. Their attempt to rob him, and his people, of courage and hope was relentless, ...
During an interview for a grant, a committee member asked me, “How can people share their faith at work without violating regulations?” “Many people,” I shared, “mistakenly believe we can’t say anything about our faith at work. We do need to be sensitive, but in this country we are able to legally share when the opportunity arises.” The key principle ...
A personnel practice used by some in corporate America includes eliminating the lowest performing 10% of the workforce each year. Although this may be efficient it certainly overlooks many factors like poor management and good people being asked to do the wrong job. In Ezekiel 34 God has called us to lead as shepherds, rather than tyrants. In verse 4 ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
