Doug Hundt, President of Vermeer’s Industrial division, recently shared with me how Vermeer began with core values to remind their team of Vermeer’s foundation of faith. But as the company grew, they needed to make their beliefs practical corporately, so they developed a Character and Behaviors document with related training. Their actions resulted in their employees knowing what was expected, ...
For years, I’ve contended that the best mission field is the workplace. From an evangelistic viewpoint, the importance of the workplace is rising dramatically. According to the Christian Post, from 1937 until the 1980s, about 70% of Americans said they were members of a church. However, a recent Gallup poll reveals that church participation has declined to 30%. Since the ...
An article in theleaven.org highlights the work a friend of mine is doing by teaching faith in the workplace at Benedictine College. Dave Geenens is a multiple-time entrepreneur, business school professor and author of Truth and the Transcendent Business: Heresy or Prophesy? Dave has been teaching on faith at work because he believes that when business leaders practice virtues at ...
Coca Cola Bottling CEO, Frank Harrison, hosted a TFactor conference on integrating faith and work. During the conference, two attorneys discussed how to navigate the legal issues around faith at work. They highlighted, “Bringing your whole person to work.” These attorneys urged employers to promote and encourage their employees to bring all of themselves to work, including their faith. By ...
An article from Fast Company states, “The ‘best practice’ is one of the business world’s most common conventions, but it’s often arbitrary and based mainly on habit–the result of conditions that no longer apply.” The frantic pace of the world causes best practices to become obsolete as quick as they are created. Businesses guided by Biblical principles do not need ...
John Mark Comer, in his book Garden City: Work Rest and the Art of Being Human, asks readers, “Do you see your work as an essential part of your discipleship to Jesus and as the primary way that you join him in his work of renewal?” He goes on to say, “If not, you should.” Work is the mission field ...
In his book God at Work, David Miller highlighted four E’s of faith at work with his Integration Box. The final category is Enrichment. Integrating our faith with our work requires that we become spiritually grounded and enriched, but we can take our spiritual enrichment to extremes. John is a serial entrepreneur who attended a faith in business conference. When I ...
While attending a funeral, I struck up a conversation with Joe, a guy I hadn’t seen in 20 years. As he learned about what I do here at Unconventional Business Network, Joe was reminded of his uncle. Joe’s uncle started with modest means in a blue-collar trade, but today is worth millions. When Joe asked about his uncle’s success, his ...
Tracy, a Human Resource Director, recently called asking about starting a workplace prayer group. This prayer group began as an idea of one of her company’s executive team. Tracy recommended that someone other than this senior leader lead the group. In addition, she was considering doing the prayer group off-site during non-work hours while seeking ways to be as inclusive ...
The Barna Group recently released a study called “Christians at Work.” To discover how well Christians are integrating their faith, Barna grouped professing Christians into three categories: Compartmentalizers, Onlookers, and Integrators. Compartmentalizers are pragmatic employees without strong connections between their faith and work. Onlookers are passive about their faith and work. Finally, Integrators are enthusiastic employees deeply connecting their faith ...
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