Kirk Perry was only 70 days into becoming the interim CEO of Kenvue when he was blindsided by our current administration. According to the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Perry met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about some studies that linked Kenvue’s Tylenol to autism. Perry felt the meetings were moving in the right direction. Then, President Trump spoke out against ...
According to The History Channel, Pope Gregory III designated November 1st as All Saints Day. This was a time to honor the saints and martyrs of the Church. However, Celtic traditions believed that on October 31st the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. As Rome took over the Celts, their traditions began to be ...
In banking, I participated in and witnessed many different business turnarounds. When a business is struggling to survive, and a new leader is hired to return the business to profitability, it’s common to see turbulence for awhile. Layoffs and expense cutting are commonplace, but painful. Pain must come before improvement begins. Our country has been financially broken and dysfunctional for ...
Working at a utility meant my colleagues and I had to be prepared for all kinds of disasters. To maintain that readiness, our company conducted regular emergency simulations. These drills were stressful by design. During one drill, I let the stress get to me. When a colleague asked how we might respond to a hypothetical development, I loudly shut him ...
On any given workday, you will experience moments when reality conflicts with your expectations of how the world should be. Someone will give you “counsel” that you don’t want to hear (or believe is true). Someone will not perform his or her job the way you want. Someone will selfishly advance his or her own agenda instead of the ...
Recently on the newsletter site Substack, author Samuel D. James compared our expectations in life to gardening. For instance, if we “plant” hard work, we expect a crop of financial gain. If we “plant” self-control, we expect positive outcomes. But sometimes we don’t get the results we expect. Sometimes hard work doesn’t produce success. That doesn’t mean the world is ...
Working for an electric transmission utility required that my colleagues and I did not have a financial interest in another utility. Employees were required to be unbiased in our roles, down to our personal finances. When I discovered that my financial advisor had purchased shares in another utility, I instructed her to sell them immediately. Even though I wasn’t involved ...
In business, there are cycles. Some years are good, but there are also years that are a real struggle. Those years can bring financial challenges, personnel issues, or both. If you’re not clear as to why you’re doing the work you are doing, it can be easier to choose to quit or close your business. But if God has clearly ...
Recently, our church taught a series on God in the Storms. Our pastor mentioned that there are times when storms can be God’s way to teach us something significant. But sometimes we don’t learn the lesson the first time. If you’re like me, sometimes I don’t learn the second or third time either. When God keeps sending the same kind ...
In this series, we’re talking about the rising incidence of manager burnout. The Harvard Business Review identified six reasons behind our growing level of burnout. The second reason listed was a perceived lack of control. In the Harvard Business Review, Elizabeth Saunders wrote, “Feeling like you lack autonomy, access to resources, and a say in decisions that impact your professional ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
