As owners or leaders in Christian businesses, we should be looking at our businesses from an eternal perspective. Profitability is a must and team development is critical to our success, but the impact we have on eternity (spiritual value) should be our primary concern. Quite simply, nothing else will last. Spiritual Value Added When all [...]
How To Measure Economic Performance With Added Value
With all of the metrics available to a business owner or leader today, how are you supposed to know which ones are the most important? Which are the best indicators of your economic performance as the leader of your business? I do not believe you can completely boil all possibilities down to one measurement that [...]
How To Measure Team Performance with Added Value
In my last post, I gave you a brief overview of the C12 Group’s model for measuring the performance of a company’s leadership. As business owners and leaders, we need to make sure we are building added value in our organization. As Christian business owners and leaders, we need to make sure we are doing [...]
Added Value: A Good Measure Of Your Performance?
As the owner or leader in your business, one of your main functions is to create added value in the organization. How do you measure your performance in this area? If you are in corporate America, there are a number of metrics that analysts use to gauge your performance. If you are in a small [...]
Take Action (Now)!
Did you read my post from Wednesday, Taking Action: Owner’s Manual for Life? If not, why not? Stop right now and go read it. I will be right here waiting on you. Go ahead…I mean it! Observations Okay, now that you have read my post on Taking Action, I bet you have some observations. You [...]
Taking Action: Owner’s Manual For Life!
In my post on Action Plans in the series on Strategic Ministry Planning, I mentioned one piece of advice. That advice was to make sure there was at least one action step you could take starting the next day! Rather than focusing all of your attention on planning, I recommended taking action! I also told [...]
Are You Living The Story?
I love what I do! I love to tell others about what I do! I get to go to work every day and use my business to try to impact people all around me for eternity! I have the privilege and opportunity to mentor and teach what I believe is Truth to everyone who works [...]
Three Steps To Develop Your Inner Circle – Part 3
This is the fifth post in a series on developing your own inner circle of leadership in your business. We are on step three of Dave Anderson’s three-step process from his book, How to Run Your Business by The Book. The first steps in developing your inner circle dealt with choosing, investing, and empowering them. [...]
Three Steps To Develop Your Inner Circle – Part 2
This is the fourth post in a series about developing your own inner circle of leadership in your company. I am following the three-step process outlined in Dave Anderson’s How to Run Your Business by The Book. In my last post, we discussed how to identify your inner circle and how to intentionally invest in [...]
Three Steps To Develop Your Inner Circle – Part 1
In my last two posts, I described why you need to develop an inner circle of leadership. We looked at several compelling reasons you need an inner circle, including the example that Jesus set for us. I also identified and answered several common objections to this idea. Now that you are convinced that you simply [...]
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