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The Sun Rises in the East

2019-12-27T00:16:55-06:00December 27th, 2019|Tags: , , |

The sunrise is a daily reminder of the fundamental and undeniable rhythm of God’s presence on the earth. The sunrise is the guiding light, the leading light that makes vision possible. The sunrise in business is the vision statement. The vision statement for a business illuminates the horizon, just as the sun rise illuminates the horizon. Luke 1:78-79 says, “Because ...

Making Wise Decisions, Part IV

2019-09-09T20:08:27-05:00September 12th, 2019|Tags: , , |

Mike Erwin, CEO of Character and Leadership Center, tackled decision-making in a Harvard Business Review article. We’ve been discussing his six reasons that can lead to poor decisions. The fourth is multi-tasking. Due to the rapid pace of business these days, most jobs require some level of multi-tasking. However, research reveals that performance suffers by up to 40% when we ...

Making Wise Decisions, Part II

2019-09-09T19:17:17-05:00September 10th, 2019|Tags: , , |

Mike Erwin, CEO of Character and Leadership Center, tackled decision-making in a Harvard Business Review article. He identified six reasons that can lead to poor decisions. The second reason for our discussion is a steady state of distraction. Our information load has become quite heavy. Researchers estimate that our brains process five times as much information today as in 1986!  ...

Casting Vision, Part II

2019-07-02T12:36:00-05:00July 16th, 2019|Tags: , , , |

Nehemiah successfully rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem partly because of his effectiveness in casting vision. Nehemiah’s vision casting is only two verses long, but it identifies four elements helpful to us in our own vision casting opportunities.  The second element is to “propose the solution.” People don’t want to work on a futile project. Your solution doesn’t have to be ...

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