A recent Marist Poll on Faith in America discovered a higher level of faith in the workplace than what many business leaders might expect. For instance, 37% of people polled said that religion played at least a minor role in their decision on where to work. Furthermore, 32% said that they base most of their business decisions on their ...
For those businesses holding on to the notion that employees should check their faith at the door, they might look at a new Marist poll. When the survey participants were asked where they go to seek moral guidance, 63% said they turn to religious teachings. Most business leaders would admit that they would like an ethical workplace. If most ...
Booker T. Washington was an African American leader who overcame many obstacles to become a great leader and founder of the Tuskegee Institute. He once said, “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.” Mr. ...
As a young entrepreneur, I decided to liquidate my car rental agency. When a used car dealer offered to buy three of my cars, I was so excited. He asked to meet on Saturday afternoon, after the bank was closed. He gave me a convincing story and a special kind of check that he promised the bank would cash on ...
An article in theleaven.org highlights the work a friend of mine is doing by teaching faith in the workplace at Benedictine College. Dave Geenens is a multiple-time entrepreneur, business school professor and author of Truth and the Transcendent Business: Heresy or Prophesy? Dave has been teaching on faith at work because he believes that when business leaders practice virtues at ...
The Religious Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Index (REDI) was developed to determine the level of faith-friendliness of the Fortune 200 companies. This index ranks large companies on three factors: promotion of religion on their website diversity page, the number of company-sponsored religious employee resource groups, and whether public trainings on religious diversity are hosted. For 2021, Intel and Texas Instruments ...
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