Excellence is a quality that many business leaders strive towards. But the world’s typical pursuit of excellence usually looks different than God’s unconventional view. For instance, the world usually believes that the longer and harder you work, the closer you get to excellence. God’s Word, however, commanded His people to work six days and rest one day. The world tends ...
Bob’s family owns a gunpowder company. While purchasing a competitor, they became aware that although the plant met current safety standards, the employees were at more risk than Bob’s family was comfortable. Although it wasn’t required, they invested the necessary money to retool the plant to minimize any risk of death from a gunpowder explosion. The safety of their team ...
At Blind Spot Consultants, Stephanie Winslow works to help clients cultivate and implement the foundational processes to establish a solid framework and structure for growth. Processes and structure are safe. They are methodical and logical. Stephanie says if she’s not careful, she can forget to leave room for God to lead, squelching creativity and innovation. 1 Corinthians 1:27 says, “But ...
Recently, a foundation Executive Director mentioned to me that he’s excited that more people are having best practice discussions and are touring creative, faithforward businesses. Tony Holt, our St. Louis City Director, led a tour of business leaders into Cambridge Engineering for that purpose last year. It was valuable for these leaders to learn Cambridge’s approaches for modeling a biblical ...
Each Saturday, I take our son to his restaurant of choice for lunch. Often times, his choice is Chick-fil-a. Over the last several months, their drive through has been frequently backed-up for a block or more, causing traffic problems. Last week was different. As I pulled in, I realized that Chick-fil-a had made a change. Rather than accepting their situation, ...
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 ...
An article by the JB Griffin Group states, “Having a cell phone use policy could help people understand what’s expected of them, but a no-tolerance policy will likely feel punitive and overbearing.” The article highlights the importance of striking a balance between setting expectations, having an awareness of business risks and understanding the employee’s perspective. These three legs of the ...
How many meetings have ended with the team departing full of great intentions to move a project forward, to follow-up with a customer or to complete the action item lists? Too often a week goes by and not one item can be checked off as completed. James 2:17 says, “In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not ...
Recently, I visited a tire store that was excellent in customer service. They had modern systems that keyed off my phone number and when I visited their store they were very efficient and excellent in all aspects of service. Organizations like this usually have great operationally minded people striving for excellence in most everything, but one area that may be ...
One of the foundational tools in Lean Manufacturing is the 5S system. Each of the 5S’s represents a step towards the most efficient utilization of space. As with every new process, the easy part is putting it in place. The hard part is getting the changes to stick. SUSTAIN, the fifth of the 5S’s, teaches a methodology to ensure the ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
