Strategies@Work Podcast

Gleanings - August 2009

Everyone is blessed when they obey God. The best workers in any organization will be people who obey God by embracing Christ deeply enough to transform their lives and, as a result, seek to discover and fulfill their divinely-ordained life purpose. Employers should seek to call each worker into his or her individual, divinely-ordained work so that each worker can do the work of the Lord that has b...

Gleanings - July 2009

Don’t support personal agendas that are not built on Christ. Love people enough to make it a priority to help them find Christ and then help them develop a life plan based on Christ. (The best way to do this is by personally modeling the reality of living a Christ-centered life.) After they have developed a Christ-centered life plan, invest encouragement, counsel, and financial resources to help t...

As unemployed workers find new work opportunities in the near future, it would be wise to consider the lessons to be learned from this recession. Indeed there are lessons for all of us, so consider the following thoughts on how to become a more valuable worker.

Submit to godly pastors and teachers who are committed to holistic Christianity. Furthermore, seek to help everyone in your sphere of influence to develop healthy relationships with wise, godly men and/or women who can provide spiritual oversight and accountability based on a holistic paradigm of Christianity.

Gleanings - May 2009

To be a disciple of Jesus Christ is the greatest survival technique and is also the greatest way to prosper. True disciples of Christ obey God on two levels. First, they learn and practice a biblical worldview. And second, they search out and fulfill God’s specific purpose for their lives. In this way they build their lives on the rock—Christ—and can withstand the inevitable storms of life and wil...

Gleanings - April 2009

Adopt the Bible as your handbook for organizational truth and wisdom. The Bible, as your “instruction manual,” will enable you to fulfill the mission of your organization with excellence. If your local church does not offer teaching and training in God’s principles of business and organizational behavior, humbly challenge your leaders to provide this training.

Gleanings - March 2009

You prosper in a depression by recognizing that it is an opportunity to increase your true wealth. God is in charge of His universe. He is not surprised by calamity, rather He ordains calamity as a vehicle to prosper us by enabling us to grow in true riches. Therefore don’t be distracted by economic calamity. Don’t buy into the fear, gloom, and doom that are so prevalent. Face reality knowing that...

Gleanings - February 2009

Invest money to discover and fulfill the will of God for your life and your organization. Encourage everyone in your sphere of influence to obey the Lord and therefore grow in wisdom. Invest in people who are seeking to obey the Lord, as they are the ones who will gain wisdom. Never let money stand in the way of your obedience to God’s will and your faithfulness to His values and principles. Be wi...

Gleanings - January 2009

Gleanings - December 2008

There are only two ways to build an organization—either you build monuments to yourself or you build sons. You glorify God by building sons who will continue the legacy of the organization after you are gone. Therefore succession planning is a vital strategy for the long-term success of your organization.

Gleanings - November 2008

In recent years, many Christians have stated that the workplace will be the venue for the next move of God. A by-product of this focus is a concept known as “integrating faith and work,” which implies that work can exist independent of faith. The concept of integrating faith and work is not explicitly found in the Bible; hence, we don’t have a clear biblical definition. Furthermore, as far as I kn...

Gleanings - October 2008

Obedience is about discerning and doing the will of God. This should be the focus of every organization (James 4:13—17). And every organization should build disciples who are personally discerning and doing the will of God in their individual lives. These disciples will then enable the organization to fulfill its mission. This is how great organizations are built and God is glorified.

Gleanings - September 2008

If Jesus is the model for excellent workers, employers should look for people who work like Jesus. Finding someone who works as Jesus did is very difficult. If you can’t hire people who work from a biblical worldview, you must train them.

Gleanings - August 2008

Developing a successful career is challenging. Whether you are a business owner or an employee, there are obstacles at every turn. Hence, everyone needs wisdom to discern the intricacies of career management. This month I am pleased to offer a special presentation of the C4 principle by my friend Stu Schlackman. This message was given at the baccalaureate service for Dallas Christian College in Ma...