According to a thesis written by retired nurse, Susan Berry, called Politics and Pandemic in 1918 Kansas City, the Spanish Flu struck Kansas City in September 1918 beginning a battle of profit over people. Kansas City leadership wrestled for months over how much economic pain to withstand versus preventing additional deaths. Due to political pressure, the leadership pursued profits and ...
Roger, a new friend of mine, recently shared with me about how his company handled the economic downturn in 2009. Their business was significantly impacted and needed to slash payroll. But, leadership chose to look beyond the conventional employee layoffs. After much thought, leadership chose to retain all employees by cutting wages. The highest paid workers took the biggest pay ...
As we head into a new year, most economists believe we will experience a recession this year. This can be a self-fulfilling prophecy, if business owners and CEOs begin conducting business with that belief. Yet, they also have a stewardship responsibility to be prepared for the worst. So as Christian leaders how should we respond? In Matthew 10, Jesus forewarned ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
