Four close friends launched a small business. After years of losses, and questions about the future direction of the company, one of the partners called me for help. We discussed the options and the challenges they faced. Her involvement, and concern for the business, was beginning to jeopardize her cherished friendships. As much as she enjoyed working with her friends, ...
During an interview for a grant, a committee member asked me, “How can people share their faith at work without violating regulations?” “Many people,” I shared, “mistakenly believe we can’t say anything about our faith at work. We do need to be sensitive, but in this country we are able to legally share when the opportunity arises.” The key principle ...
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 ...
Offering education as a benefit to everyone isn’t always good. A fool doesn’t want to learn. He may only want grades and diplomas so he doesn’t need to think and work so hard. Perhaps the public schools should have a test that discerns the serious learners from the fools, and only offer school to people who are sincere about learning. ...
During a panel discussion Integrity Resource Center hosted, Steve Darr, former CEO of CTA, Inc., was asked about ways that he shaped the culture of his business. He shared that at each staff meeting every employee recited the mission statement and values of the company. They found ways to make this exercise fun, but CTA’s leadership wanted to be confident ...
Many immigrants came here looking for a job and a better opportunity for their family. This places the workplace at the center of the highly-charged immigration controversy. Businesses, however, desire good employees at a fair wage, without controversy. They prefer peace. Immigration is one of those problems where you can use the Bible to highlight the need for justice, and/or ...
Mark was trying to grow his trucking business when he met a successful retired business owner. Mark was excited when this man offered to come in and help him grow his business. Months later, Mark called me for counsel. The man who had offered to help didn’t embrace Mark’s values. He learned Mark’s business, only to later take many of ...
Since December is the biggest giving month of the year, let’s discuss being a Giver this week, using GIVER as an acronym. The R stands for Replicate. As my friend, Bob, moved towards semi-retirement, he realized that he had a stewardship responsibility to assure that his kids and grandkids understood how to be generous givers, and, to perpetuate the generosity ...
Since December is the biggest giving month of the year, let’s discuss being a Giver this week, using that word as an acronym. The G in Giver stands for Generous. The spirit of generosity is sometimes lacking in our selfish world, but not in my friend, Rick. Rick and I have had dozens of meals together, but rarely do I ...
It’s the lives impacted by these messages that inspires me to write “Integrity Moments.” Rick from Chicago recently wrote, “I find your daily messages meaningful and inspiring. Each day, I share your message with my boys who live in different cities far away from me. … Your daily messages are the nucleus of a daily email ministry from a dad ...
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