Authority

Respecting Authority

2025-08-30T16:05:22-05:00September 23rd, 2025|Tags: , , |

I was angry when a vendor’s invoice was nearly twice what I was expecting. The vendor documented the higher costs, but I objected so strenuously that the group vice president had to intercede. After hearing both sides, she decided we should pay the invoice. Now I was angry with her!   My response was not only unproductive, it was un-Biblical.  “Let ...

Very Engaged Employees

2021-08-31T00:13:26-05:00December 4th, 2019|Tags: , , |

Many others have taught on the importance of engaged employees. Extremes, however, can be dangerous. New research by Professor Bunderson at Washington University discovered that when someone feels called to a profession, they tend to have a greater sense of moral duty. This moral duty can go to extremes; leading to being overly demanding of their superiors and suspicious of ...

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