When I first began attempting to run a Christian business, I was lost. I wanted to be a Christian leader, but I did not know exactly what that looked like. As the leader of the company, I knew I had to model what I wanted our company to look like if I expected it to [...]
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Anger Is Inevitable – Is It Sin?
Just over a week ago, I posted Don’t Do These 7 Things When You Are Angry. In a comment/question, Kari Scare asked what we ARE supposed to do when we are angry. Because she is a successful writer and blogger at Struggle To Victory, I asked her to guest post for me on the answer [...]
Are You Still On The Right Path? – Part 2
Recap From Last Post In my last post (you really need to read it!), I explained how Pastor Julio, a man I had just met, had listened to my story about following God’s lead in my family business. He listened to me tell him how I knew I was on the right path and committed [...]
Are You Still On The Right Path?
The Right Path? Have you ever made a significant decision to follow God’s lead to do something out of the ordinary? Have you ever taken a large risk because you knew down deep that God was calling you to do it? If so, were you willing to persevere even when the path turned difficult? Did [...]
Don’t Do These 7 Things When You Are Angry
If you are in business then you have been frustrated, even all-out angry! Things happen so often in business that can cause frustration. Whatever the cause of the issue, we have all felt our blood boil and we start looking for a way to take action. We have to do something or we will explode! [...]
Do You Make These 9 Christian Leadership Mistakes?
Over the past seven months, I have been telling you about the various actions you should take in order to run your business based on your Christian faith. I have discussed behaviors and attitudes you need to exemplify if you want to excel in Christian leadership. I have even given you tips on Christian ministry [...]
What Must Tiger Woods Do To Win The Masters?
Last week, Tiger Woods pulled off his first win in more than 30 months. After a series of life storms have blown through his life over the past couple of years, it was good to see Tiger get his groove back. While I am not a golf expert, I know there is one thing Tiger [...]
5 Things Your Employees Need To Hear You Say
Employee Engagement I guess I have been on an Employee Engagement kick lately. The funny thing is that I have seen more material about employee engagement lately. Patrick Lencioni has come out with a new book on this topic recently – The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business. I just ordered the [...]
Tortoise and the Hare
A Friend’s Transformation A very good friend of mine recently started working on his own blog. Well, let me put it this way…he is finding out how much he has to learn about the technical aspects of building a blog, website, and the like! He is in the middle of the process and realizes he [...]
Why Is The Why Important?
Do you recognize the name Samuel Pierpont Langley? I am sure some of you do, but most people have never heard his name mentioned. Yet, if you lived at the beginning of the 20th century, his name would have been one you would quickly identify. Unfortunately for Langley, it was his “Why?” that is most [...]
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