Recently, I had to forewarn our son, Jeremy, that change was coming. We were in the process of moving to a new home. The change seemed minimal to me because we only moved two blocks away to a similar home, but Jeremy, in part due to his autism, needs a lot of forewarning to process change. Later, I found Jeremy ...
Former Chick-fil-a executive, Mark Miller, discovered three words to help any organization build a stronger culture. The final key is to Adapt. As changes happen, if you’re not adapting, your culture will begin to slide. Mark Miller recommends that you look for toxins and ways to improve. Peter experienced a pivotal moment when the culture of the early church was ...
Former Chick-fil-a executive, Mark Miller, discovered three words to help any organization build a stronger culture. The second word is Amplify. Once you’ve painted a picture for your team of your aspirational culture, the next key is to amplify the vision. Telling stories, rewarding those on your team who are modeling your aspirations, and emphasizing your values repetitively are ...
Former Chick-fil-a executive, Mark Miller, discovered three words to help any organization build a stronger culture. The first word Mark emphasized was Aspire. You need to paint a picture for your team of what culture you aspire to for your organization. Mark shared that Truett Cathy told the same customer service stories to each group because he wanted to consistently ...
During 1894, the Pullman Palace Car Company slashed the wages of its employees while requiring them to work 16 hour days. Pullman also controlled the price of housing and necessities through their ownership of the local town. When George Pullman refused to listen to his employees concerns, the situation escalated into a national shutdown of the railroad system. Federal ...
An investor recently sued Target for losing $14 billion in market value due to their LGBT campaigns. Although I understand this investor’s desire to push back against Target’s radical agenda, I personally think this is the wrong approach. Suing companies due to the negative impact of their ideological views also risks conservative companies being sued for theirs as well. I ...
On July 8th, possibly the largest mass baptism ever took place at Pirate’s Cove Beach in Southern California. Over 4,500 people were baptized that day during an outreach event held by Pastor Greg Laurie. The Erwin Brothers used their God given gifts of movie making to produce the Jesus Revolution movie. Their story, which included Pastor Laurie, has now impacted ...
My grandfather was a great auto mechanic, but not nearly as effective as a business owner. On many weekends he would repair the car of a single mom or someone down on their luck at no charge. One day, however, I was surprised when he installed a new carburetor on a man’s car known to be a millionaire. “Grandpa,” I ...
Many unethical decisions are made due to Fear. Sometimes it’s fear of losing a job. Other times it’s due to intimidation by a superior. When you buckle to Fear’s pressure you will likely regret it later. Henry and Richard Blackaby in their book, “God in the Marketplace” claim “God is the only One a spiritual leader should fear. Letting people ...
Henry Blackaby speaks regularly about developing “Spiritual StatesPeople.” In his book, “God in the Marketplace” he writes, “Christian business leaders must refuse to be self-centered, politicizing profiteers. Instead, they must allow God to elevate their lives and their leadership to that of statespersons.” Our business world desperately needs spiritual statespeople. Psalm 1:1-3 describes such a person when it says, “Blessed ...
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