One of the challenges facing many business leaders who have a large staff is actually hearing the truth. So many people believe that they need to share only what their boss wants to hear that they rarely share what their boss needs to hear. For several years I worked for a boss who punished people who delivered hard truth. His ...
George Washington left his American legacy with a great reputation. Even though the famous story of George Washington chopping down a cherry tree and not lying about it, may not be true, this story speaks to people’s belief about his character. George Washington once said, “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is ...
As we remember Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, it’s a great day to remember the importance of doing the right thing, even when unpopular. With half of the nation at war, President Lincoln was very unpopular with most of the nation. Yet, he persevered to abolish slavery and fight secession. Today Lincoln is widely celebrated as one of the most respected Presidents ...
Miles Walker owns an auto repair store in Georgia. Mr. Walker refused to pay his employee, Andreas Flaten, his final paycheck, until forced to by the Department of Labor. When Walker learned Flaten had called the government, Mr. Walker retaliated. Mr. Walker retaliated by paying Flaten with pennies! Walker dumped over $900 worth of oil covered pennies in Mr. Flaten’s ...
Last month, Steve Easterbrook, former CEO of McDonalds, decided to return $105 million in severance benefits to McDonalds. In 2019, Easterbrook was terminated without cause allowing him to obtain his agreed upon severance package. After that termination, McDonalds claims to have discovered sexually explicit videos of Easterbrook with company employees and other women. This discovery led the board of McDonalds ...
A friend asked me to participate in an intervention years ago. We met with a Christian leader who was threatening to leave his family to run off with someone from his church. Never had I witnessed how easily evil could overtake someone who had previously taught God’s Word. I was amazed when he stated that God wanted him to leave ...
As a young entrepreneur, I decided to liquidate my car rental agency. When a used car dealer offered to buy three of my cars, I was so excited. He asked to meet on Saturday afternoon, after the bank was closed. He gave me a convincing story and a special kind of check that he promised the bank would cash on ...
In this series, we’re highlighting the enemies of building trust in your business. The final enemy is lack of transparency. Long ago, I went into a men’s clothing store that had no price tags on any of the clothes. While I was shopping, a man asked the owner of the store, “How much are these pants?” The owner quoted him ...
In this series, we’re highlighting the enemies of building trust in your business. The third enemy is omissions. Many businesses had business interruption insurance prior to Covid. Unfortunately, very few companies collected on their policy due to insurance companies refusing to pay for financial losses related to the virus. Many insurance companies lost goodwill with their customers by not communicating ...
In this series, we’re highlighting the enemies of building trust in your business. The second enemy is lies. We were buying a software product for the ministry. It was very important to us that this new software communicate well with another software that we already used daily. Working hard for his commission, the salesperson assured us that they had just ...
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