In the book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” the opening chapter drives home that many people think they’re faultless. Dale Carnegie gives the story of “Two Gun Crowley” as an example. Crowley had been parking with his girlfriend when a policeman approached. Crowley shot the police officer. Then used the officer’s gun to shoot him again. Later, while ...
Edith Onderick-Harvey wrote in Harvard Business Review about five behaviors of leaders who embrace change. Since change is constant, we’re discussing these five behaviors this week. The fifth behavior is to “look for boundary-spanning partnerships.” Many businesses have departments or silos that hinders a unified approach to advancing the business. A large bank had a technology change that was going ...
Early in Phil’s business career he noticed how easy it was for people—including himself—to speak disrespectfully to and about his bosses or customers. Somewhere along the way he read Titus 2:9-10: Slaves must always obey their masters and do their best to please them. They must not talk back or steal but must show themselves to be entirely trustworthy and ...
My friend, Bobby Albert, previously owned a moving company in Texas. Bobby originally held individual meetings with each department head to review their department’s progress, but became frustrated with the lack of results. So, Bobby began holding these meetings with all of his department heads present. Bobby discovered that when these department heads had their peers present, their competitive nature ...
As the time approached for the day long prayer retreat, I started having second thoughts. There were so many important things that needed done. Also, as an introvert, I relish my quiet time with God, but corporate prayer is more of a struggle. Despite my reluctance, I went, and left grateful. The time of prayer was sweet, but the added ...
Partnerships can be a blessing or a curse. A couple I know had a choice. They could pay $35,000 for a franchise and start a store from scratch or they could partner with an existing franchise owner and open a satellite location for only $5,000. Their potential partner was my concern. The existing franchise owner didn’t have a faith in ...
In the movie, “The Founder,” Ray Kroc began selling franchises to his wealthy country club friends. He quickly discovered that their restaurants were dirty and weren’t following the company guidelines. As passive investors, these franchisees had divided interests and didn’t see the importance of staying focused on the guidelines spelled out by the McDonald brothers. Ray Kroc quickly pivoted to ...
Someone recently was recording a video interview of me, discussing Integrity Resource Center. They asked me, “Why are these events you host important?” There are multiple reasons, such as being educational and inspirational, and, being an entry point for many new people to learn their work is a calling. The most exciting reason, however, is the community we are ...
While visiting Todd’s company in St. Louis I spotted a picture in his conference room that caught my eye. It was a company picture of all of the employees of the organization. But what was unique was that it included each family member of each employee! This one picture visually demonstrated the desire of Todd to create an organization that ...
Over the years our national elections seem to have become more and more contentious. This can spill over into the marketplace as business leaders find it harder to willingly comply with the changing regulations and onerous bureaucracy, especially when they adamantly oppose those elected to office. The Apostle Paul lived in a time when many despised the ruling class, yet ...
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