While on vacation, Jaime boarded a plane only to notice that a woman sitting across the aisle looked familiar. She happened to be a client of the financial firm where Jaime worked. The client was on the way to see her brother who was close to dying from cancer. Jaime wanted to comfort her with scripture, but was afraid it ...
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, ...
Toby’s business had outgrown their cash, and they were days away from potential failure. The evening before a meeting with a possible purchaser of his business, Toby shared his fear of failure with his wife. Toby’s wife asked him, “If the business fails do you believe that I’ll still love you?” “Yes,” Toby replied. “If the business fails will God ...
The responsibilities of a mother are incredible! My wife, Kathy, serves her grown children, her mother, and manages our household while launching an Unconventional Business Women’s ministry for Integrity Resource Center! But all this is nothing compared to when our children were very young and she was also working as a nurse. According to the US Department of Labor, in ...
A company asked me to help a new employee develop a plan to pay off a large amount of debt. This employee had accumulated dozens of payday loans, and pawn shop debts, during a long period of unemployment. The employer’s leadership team surprised us by choosing to imitate the kindness of God. They are personally loaning this couple enough money ...
In 1968, as a 12 year old boy, it was unnerving when my family pulled up to a police blockade one block from my grandparents home in Kansas City. The police officer told us to go home. There had been race riots that day due to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Racial tensions engulfed the nation with fear. ...
This week I’m addressing the importance of selecting the right leaders for a board or church. Yesterday, we discussed the qualities to avoid, but the rest of the week we’ll highlight the admirable traits that the Apostle Paul recommends in an overseer. In Titus 1:8, Paul said about overseers, “Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is ...
One day, during some difficult changes at work, I asked an employee how she was doing. She responded that she was fine. I looked her in the eyes and said, “No. How are you really doing?” The next morning, with tears in her eyes, this employee shared that my heartfelt question the previous day made her understand that I really ...
Donnie Smith, CEO of Tyson Foods, shared at a conference about a Tyson employee who seemed “troubled.” When asked, the employee told Donnie that since her husband’s death, she had lost hope and saw no reason to live. Donnie took time to “share the Gospel” with her and she prayed to follow Jesus, giving her hope and purpose. Donnie reminds ...
In my book, “Unconventional Business,” I highlight four marketing challenges that many of us face in the marketplace in trying to do marketing with truth and love. This week I’ll address each of these four challenges, beginning with “Pricing.” In the 1980s, Mary Hudson’s business empire crumbled when she was convicted of tampering with the gasoline pump prices at her ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
