Early in my career I observed a couple of guys who were both working hard to climb to the top of the corporate ladder. Over time, one of the two became a ruthless competitor. He would do anything to reach his goals. Although these two were best friends, they eventually found themselves vying for one key position. The ruthless one ...
In this series, we’re discussing different approaches to leading a company through a recession. Many financially driven leaders will jeopardize their supplier relationships during a recession. The financially driven sometimes start demanding price concessions and begin paying their vendors much slower. A visionary may take a longer-term view. By offering to pay your vendors early, or at least ...
Recently, I was trying to secure a female speaker for our Summit conference. This person told me that she needed to check with her assistant about her schedule. With busy business leaders, it can take weeks before you hear back. In this case, I was amazed when I received a return call 30 minutes later. Although the news was disappointing, ...
Thanksgiving has been celebrated for hundreds of years, but Black Friday didn’t become a common label for what used to be the busiest shopping day of the year until 1981. Cyber Monday was proclaimed by the National Retail Federation in 2005 but has since become the biggest buying day of the year. Giving Tuesday, however, was not developed until 2012. ...
A young man recently called, desperately seeking any job that wouldn’t require him to be vaccinated. On the same day, Kathy and I spent time with a couple who refused to eat or drink at an event because it would require them to pull down their masks. The common denominator is fear. One is afraid of the vaccination, the other ...
The first habit that will help you win the day and become the leader God intended you to become is to Kiss the Wave. Charles Spurgeon once said, “I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.” No one likes difficult and challenging times, but it’s in these times that God grows us the ...
Years ago, my family took a raft trip down the Colorado River. As we hit rough water, one person went overboard. Everyone worked to pull him back in and then relaxed for a moment - until we rounded a curve into another round of rapids. One thought helped me remain calm. Our guide knew what was coming next. We have ...
When Bill was younger, his business was struggling for survival about the time he attended a ministry retreat. During that retreat, the ministry founder challenged the attendees to pledge at least $1 million in their lifetime to support evangelism. Bill said it felt crazy, but even though he was broke, he made the pledge. Within 10 years, Bill had surpassed ...
In this series, we’re looking at a framework as an answer to the question “How do I involve God in my business?” The foundation is loving God and loving neighbors, and we’ve described the first level of the framework as operating according to Biblical values and principles. A second level business has an explicitly Godly mission. Whatever industry you ...
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