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 ...
Nehemiah needed to convince the Jews to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem. A poor job of casting vision could have stopped or hindered his project. Nehemiah’s vision casting is only two verses long, but it identifies four elements that may be helpful to us in our own vision casting opportunities. The first element is to “clearly state the problem.” Nehemiah ...
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the only two signers of the Declaration of Independence who later became President of the United States. In addition, these two men died on the very same day, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1826! By the time of their death, I’m sure the importance of what ...
As a business leader, there are times when you delegate some of your work to others. When this is done well, delegation allows you to accomplish more while involving others in the mission of your organization. When God heard the cries of the Israelites who were being treated poorly by the Egyptian slaveowners, He decided to help. He could have ...
A team of Harvard professors and students wrote an article called, “How Asking Multiple People for Advice Can Backfire.” They discovered that negative consequences can come when personal advisors feel that you embraced someone else’s opinion over theirs. These advisors sometimes conclude that anyone seeking input from multiple people is less competent. Rather than discourage seeking advice, the authors made ...
An article by Small Business Trends stated, “hire a team because no one can do it alone.” Businesses cannot grow without first expanding their team’s capacity. Business growth can be stifled by the owner taking on too many internal business tasks instead of working “on the business” and its future. 1 Chronicles 12:8 says, “Some Gadites defected to David at ...
A recent article by CNBC stated, “companies are facing an employee burnout crisis, 23% feel burned out at work often or always.” The article suggests employee burnout is fostered by company culture and 24/7 access to work via email, text and cell phones. The report supports a biblical principle of Sabbath that is well known, but often ignored due to ...
An article by Small Business Trends claims, “a bit more than half of all startups actually survives to their fourth year.” With this staggering statistic, it is no wonder that the initial years of a start up business can feel like a drought financially, emotionally and spiritually. A season of financial drought can mask the fruit that is growing in ...
In a recent article on Superperformance.com, Internet Marketer, Anna Johnson said, “while it may be tempting to 'do what everyone else is doing' I suggest holding back and focusing, instead, on developing a unique and better solution.” 1 Samuel 8:19-20 says, “But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. Then we will be ...
Years ago, Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-a, spoke at one of our luncheon events. There were many key leaders desiring to meet with Truett while he was here, but Truett went missing. I eventually found Truett in a deep conversation with the doorman of the hotel. Truett was learning all about this man and offering up encouragement. As many ...
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