This week we’re discussing Unconventional Business Leaders. Unconventional Business Leaders are people who cherish relationships. Paul was a business owner who admits he used to be a tyrant. Over the years he developed a philosophy that his employees owed him, and that Paul didn’t owe them anything, but, a paycheck. After working through our “FIRE in the Workplace” study, Paul ...
This week we’re discussing Unconventional Business Leaders. Unconventional Business Leaders are people with integrity. While the world often focuses on doing only what’s legal, God’s standard is much higher. He desires our ethical decisions to be moral and beyond reproach. A friend of mine had a minority stockholder in his business that had accused him of shortchanging her financially on ...
This week we’re discussing the value of becoming what we call an Unconventional Business Leader. Unconventional Business Leaders are people with courageous faith. Their faith drives their decisions, and also impacts those around them. When challenged by God to deed his entire company over to a foundation to fund evangelism, although this plan didn’t make sense, Stanley Tam took that ...
The Barna Group’s research discovered that 20% of practicing Christians believe that their meaning and purpose are based only on “earning as much as possible so you can make the most of life.” God wants more for us. Yesterday, we discussed that only 8 million people have a biblical worldview at work. That leaves 147 million working without the timeless ...
Opportunities to compromise just this one time because so much is at stake will open paths to more compromise. Integrity is a straight path. Crooked paths, even toward justifiable causes will destroy our peace, our marriages, and our businesses. Abraham desperately wanted a son and couldn’t wait for God to come through. He violated integrity when he impregnated his wife’s ...
The revelation of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual escapades brought a cavalcade of victims coming forward. I’m thankful that women and men who have been victimized now have the opportunity for justice, however, there will likely also be those who view this as an opportunity to make false accusations. Mike Pence took some heat for his practice of avoiding being alone with ...
According to Wikipedia, Cyber Monday online sales have grown since 2006 from $610 million to over $3 billion in 2016. This has come at the expense, however, of many workplaces. According to comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni, “Cyber Monday online sales have always been driven by considerable buying activity from work locations.” Some workplaces have chosen to crack down on employees ...
According to a past American Express survey, Americans tell an average of 9 people about good experiences, and tell 16 people about poor experiences. The challenge is that out of those who have poor experiences only 4% tell the actual business. Many businesses don’t even know they have a problem. As leaders trying to please God, we should be loving our neighbor in ...
I remember how scared we were, back in 2013, the first time we created a One Page Plan for our company that included our mission, vision, values, and short-term goals. We devoted so much time to creating impressive PowerPoint presentations. We didn’t know we could have used a napkin or an envelope and it still would have worked. Despite our ...
According to a Forbes article, Volkswagen, had a strategy to become the number one automaker manufacturer in the world by 2018. As more details have surfaced about Volkswagen’s “Diesel scandal,” it seems they may have tried to reach their goal of surpassing Toyota by violating the rules. By using software to deceive regulators on their emission standards, Volkswagen reduced production ...
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