Integrity. Honesty. Character. What’s your reputation built on? If your company has the reputation of integrity, you’ll be more likely to: attract customers who value honesty, retain employees with integrity, and sleep well at night, since you’re not worried about legal burdens creating havoc in your life! In Called to Excellence, Heeth Varnedoe writes about …
Servant Leadership Leg #1
Last week, we looked at an introduction to Servant Leadership, and pictured this leadership style as a stepstool. There are four legs to this stepstool, then a step to stand on. Leg #1. The servant leader allows for others’ creativity How does this work in day-to-day life? While giving a great employee their performance review, …
Introducing… Servant Leadership!
Most people don’t line up, waiting eagerly to learn how they can attain the title of “Servant Leader”. Servant leaders will never become the center of attention, and will not receive all the praise for a job well done. The servant leader becomes like a stepstool. A stepstool is not in a position of haughtiness, …
Dig Deeper and Surpass Limits!
Confined to our humanity, we tend to only see the obvious, such as people in ministry are serving the Lord only when they are preaching Christ, planting churches or feeding the starving in wastelands of third world countries. Baloney. Who do we think we are, putting limits on God? My belief is that every commandment …
I thoroughly messed up, with gusto!
We come to agreement every day with the people we work with, trusting that both parties will follow through. In this story, I made a contractual agreement with someone who offered their time, and I pay that individual for their time. The problem was revealed when this wonderful person, serving me under contract, completed a …
Parched, But Still There is Provision
You may be asking why I am stuck on this provision subject? Honestly, I would be wondering the same, except for the many examples of the Father’s generosity in my life and others’ lives around me. Many times the bank account has been overdrawn, and late fees keep piling up. (Why does the bank continue …
What Business Culture DO we need?
But, do we even want or NEED this Kingdom Business thing? Let’s consider the typical American corporate culture for a moment. “Then, in the 1980′s, came the paroxysm of downsizing, and the very nature of the corporation was thrown into doubt. . . The New York Times captured the new corporate order succinctly in 1987, reporting that …
Our Provision, Our Source
While spending time with Doug recently, one of the people who disciples me, he asked me two provocative questions: 1. Do I believe the Father owns all resources and doesn’t need my help in gathering those resources? 2. Do I believe there is no lack within the Body of Christ because of the Father’s provision? …