Peter Mallouk, founder of Creative Planning, shared, at an event I recently attended, a lesson he learned about maintaining a strong corporate culture. Peter used to exhaust every option for keeping a troublesome employee. That is until a team of employees approached Peter about a problem employee. Peter had refused to fire this troubling employee, harming the entire team. Peter ...
According to the Dallas Express, a lawsuit against the software company Workday may establish significant precedent regarding the use of AI for hiring practices. Workday’s AI hiring software called, Hired Score, is reportedly being used by over 11,000 companies and has processed over 1 billion job applications. In his lawsuit, Plaintiff Derek Mobley claims that Workday’s AI software screened out ...
If you remember the parable of the talents, the last servant made excuses for his poor performance. Although this servant blamed his mistake on fear, it could have just as easily been due to laziness. In the workplace, you can often identify the lazy workers by their multiple excuses. Some of them can get comical. Two of my favorites listed ...
When I was a single young banker, I attended the wedding of a friend. As I struggled to find a seat, the only person I knew was the new President of the bank where I worked at the time. I had been in this President’s office previously and saw him frequently in loan meetings, so I slid in next to ...
Our team recently completed our annual two-day planning retreat. By far it was the most Christ-centered peaceful, unifying, and productive retreat I’ve experienced. Each morning, we had an extended time of prayer, communion, and preparing our hearts. The biggest difference, however, was our team member’s hearts were open to putting God first over our own interests. When I contrasted this ...
Unconventional Business Network has been partnering with two local Christian universities. We are excited to help students learn, prior to their career launch, why God’s Word is a great tool for business. For many years, I’ve helped business leaders later in their career embrace God’s purpose for their work. Then, I can train them on God’s time-tested principles that can ...
Kathy and I returned from a beautiful morning on the beach. The sun was shining, the wind was gentle, and the day looked like it would bring more of the same. Then we received the call. We were told that Hurricane Helene was headed in our direction and that we needed to evacuate the island. The situation seemed surreal. The ...
There’s a radio program that’s about buying real estate with very little cash. The host of the program claims he can make us rich if we borrow as much debt as possible to buy real estate. The result, however, is an upside-down pyramid of debt. As a young man, I borrowed excessively to buy real estate. You can make ...
Recently, our church taught a series on God in the Storms. Our pastor mentioned that there are times when storms can be God’s way to teach us something significant. But sometimes we don’t learn the lesson the first time. If you’re like me, sometimes I don’t learn the second or third time either. When God keeps sending the same kind ...
In the Kendrick Brothers new movie, The Forge, a young man named Isaiah is mentored by his new boss. Early in the movie, Isaiah’s boss notes that Isaiah doesn’t know how to properly shake hands. Later, the CEO teaches Isaiah to shake hands firmly while looking his new acquaintance in the eyes. Many employers express a growing concern that many ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
