As we celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary, I’m highlighting some foundational pillars for business that our Founding Fathers established. The final pillar for our discussion is religious freedom. Centralized control over ideas was not uncommon to our Founders. From the beginning, freedom was a driving force behind many of our forefathers coming to America. The first amendment to the Constitution ...
As we celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary, I’m highlighting some foundational pillars for business that our Founding Fathers established. The fifth pillar is intellectual property rights. Our Founders were creative and forward thinking when it came to protecting inventors, authors, and artists. The Constitution proclaims, “To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to ...
As we celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary, I’m highlighting the foundational pillars for business that our Founding Fathers established. The fourth pillar is enforceable contracts. Before the Constitution was written, individual states could undermine contracts that crossed state lines. The Constitution was written, in part, to unify a nation and provide that no state law could impair contracts. This allowed ...
As we celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary, I’m highlighting the foundational pillars that our Founding Fathers established, allowing businesses to flourish. The second pillar is the rule of law. Our Founders had experienced injustice from rulers and leaders who were able to change the rules anytime it benefitted them personally. Because of their experiences, our Founders developed laws that are ...
After waiting fifteen minutes to get my food, I finally saw the problem. The layout of the drive-through window was inefficient. The Order Taker walked to the other end of the building to run my debit card for payment. Also, the food preparation was far from the drive-up window, requiring many extra steps. The employees weren’t provided what they needed ...
When I was a young banker, our bank’s business development leader announced a citywide blitz. All commercial lenders and business development professionals were commanded to go from business-to-business to promote the services of our bank. Calling on perfect strangers unannounced was very unsettling for me. Fortunately, our leader wisely decided to send us out in pairs. My partner and I ...
When Hobby Lobby sued the U.S. government over the healthcare mandate in 2012, a significant legal issue arose for the court to decide. The issue was whether companies had religious freedoms. Individuals have long had religious freedom, but the Courts hadn’t yet decided whether businesses had similar rights. One factor that swayed the court was that Hobby Lobby had a ...
Beau Johnson, author of On Purpose, shared with our Faith Incorporated audience about four seasons of our work life. After the Identity season, Beau suggests that we enter the Exploration season. God has equipped you with skills and passions that will advance your career and your contribution to society. You will, however, need a season of exploration first. In Ecclesiastes ...
Kim packed all her belongings and moved across country to take a new position selling hearing aids. The very first month Kim’s boss coached her on how to deceive the customers about their hearing aids to increase sales. When Kim told her boss that she was not comfortable lying to the customers, she was fired. This boss had no concern ...
Jeff was expanding his tree service into a new city. While building his business there, Jeff met Bob, a young competitor. Jeff worked hard to build his business, but rather than trying to crush the competition, Jeff decided to mentor Bob. He even referred work to Bob’s company occasionally. After Jeff died in a tragic accident, Jeff’s son invited Bob ...
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