1 Corinthians 12

Laddering

2025-06-19T16:41:41-05:00July 3rd, 2025|Tags: , , |

In a Harvard Business Review article titled “The Power of Mattering at Work,” the authors introduced a profound way to help your teammates realize that their work matters. They labeled the concept laddering.  This concept originated when NASA was trying to put a man on the moon. One of NASA’s leaders, Owen Maynard, wrote on blackboards, “Ladder to the Moon.”   ...

Feeling Like You Belong

2024-08-09T11:43:10-05:00July 29th, 2024|Tags: , , |

According to a 2023 American Psychology Association study, 94% of workers state that it’s important for them to feel like they belong at work. Unfortunately, 20% of workers do not feel like they belong.  This is a bigger problem for front-line workers than it is for upper management. 10% of upper management feel like they don’t belong, but that ...

Black Friday Messaging

2023-11-02T20:57:22-05:00November 24th, 2023|Tags: , , |

In the 1950s, the Philadelphia police referred to the day after Thanksgiving as Black Friday, due to all the people starting their Christmas shopping. A negative day for police, however, became a great day financially for merchants.   Eventually, marketing savvy merchants became concerned about attaching a negative term like Black Friday to their best sales day. These merchants changed the ...

Building an Effective Team: Part IV

2023-06-03T14:16:55-05:00June 29th, 2023|Tags: , , |

When I was in public accounting, Wyatt was the least respected partner in the firm due to his inferior accounting skills. But he effectively recruited new clients, so Wyatt kept getting promoted.  Sometimes there was jealousy from the other partners and staff. Their accounting help on Wyatt’s clients often went unrecognized.  1 Corinthians 12:24 teaches, “But God has put the ...

Building an Effective Team: Part III

2023-06-03T13:28:38-05:00June 28th, 2023|Tags: , , |

As a linear and organized thinker, I have been frustrated at times with creative freeform thinkers.   There was a time when I was frustrated with one creative person on my team. It seemed like we were always at odds.  Then we took some personality profiles as a team. After seeing this person’s profile, I realized that God had made this ...

Building an Effective Team: Part I

2023-05-27T09:54:48-05:00June 26th, 2023|Tags: , , |

Early in my former consulting practice, a friend convinced me I needed to hire a salesperson. Weeks later, I hired Steve.   The first call Steve went with me on was to a company that I knew desperately needed our help. But I had never closed the deal.   That day, Steve told the prospect. “I’m not leaving until you sign a ...

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