In the book of Acts, the disciples were faced with a significant transition in their ministry. Jesus, their leader, had ascended to heaven, leaving them to carry on the work. The disciples modeled for us the first two keys of organizational transitions when they prayed corporately and then they filled their leadership gaps. The third key we can learn from ...
In the book of Acts, the disciples found themselves amid a dramatic transition. Jesus, their leader of three years, had ascended to heaven, leaving His disciples to figure out their future. After a time of corporate prayer, Jesus’ disciples began working on the second key to organizational transitions – identifying and filling in their leadership voids. With Judas’ betrayal and ...
January is a time when many businesses are in transition. Some businesses have been sold. Others have new leaders or new plans. The book of Acts opens with a dramatic transition taking place. Jesus was captured, crucified, resurrected, and the disciples watched as Jesus, their leader, ascended to heaven. Yet, the disciples found a way to move forward that resulted ...
My team and I were having breakfast with a bank president in Oklahoma City. This banker named Sean remarked on how friendly and attentive our waitress was to our needs. Later, Sean informed our group how difficult his bank had found it had become recently to find friendly employees. Later, Sean went to his car for a job application. “I’m ...
Many of us were involved in team sports. Whether it’s basketball, football or soccer, two teams compete with the intent that one will win and the other will lose. This can easily foster the viewpoint that our business lives must also be about a win/lose proposition. It’s easy to convince ourselves that God wants us to win every deal. Joshua ...
With dozens of toys on the floor, my grandson, Joey, was content playing with the one he had selected. That’s when Addy, my granddaughter, decided that all the other toys were not as appealing as the one Joey had. Addy grabbed the toy away from him. If she could have talked, she would have proclaimed, “Mine!” Galatians 5 teaches, “Now the ...
In an interview with Coach Tommy Bowden, we were discussing how to work with football players who were not living up to their full potential. Coach Bowden said that it was important to get to know each player well enough to know “which buttons to push.” Some of his players responded well to an encouraging word, others needed strong directives. ...
During a rerun of the TV show New Amsterdam, the medical director, Max, realized that there were people working for him who were in obsolete jobs. Many of them had skills useful for other roles, but they had been hiding out hoping to retain their paycheck. Max matched their skills to new jobs. Many people have spent their careers in ...
Jim, a Canadian leader in the telecommunications field, was leading a cross-functional team on a significant project. One member of the team became antagonistic. Jim started to remove this person from the team when he decided to try to reconcile one more time. As he did, Jim felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to ask if this person was a ...
Coach Tommy Bowden developed a system to help shape the character of his football players called CARDS. The final letter, and my favorite, is the S for Sacrifice. For a football team to become a high performing team, there are times when an individual player may need to sacrifice their personal desires for the good of the team. In business, ...
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