Strategies@Work Podcast

A key to preparation for individual success is the conviction of being sent. To build excellent organizations, management must build with people who have a profound sense of the call of God on their lives and are called to be part of the organization. Such people will have C4 to work in their respective roles. They will work with a pure motive of obedience to God and will therefore display a sense...

Gleanings - December 2014

To build anything that is enduringly excellent and successful, one must build according to the will and ways of God. One of the keys to accomplish this is to be trained in Scripture, which is the most clear and complete revelation about the will and ways of God. Therefore wise management will seek to develop a learning organization that will ground every stakeholder in Scripture. Regardless of the...

Gleanings - November 2014

Organizational success must be defined as obedience to the will and ways of God. Furthermore, organizational success is the by-product of the individual successes of the stakeholders of the organization. Preparation for individual success is based on being grounded in Scripture so that a person can find and fulfill the purpose of God for his or her life. Management must develop an organizational c...

Gleanings - October 2014

Work is a Divine Assignment

Gleanings - September 2014

To build an excellent organization, management teams must discern the will of God for the organization in the context of the meta-narrative and be committed to strategically aligning everything in the organization to fulfill the will of God according to the ways of God. Management must build relationally with C4 workers and service providers who are organized into effective teams who can then effi...

Gleanings - August 2014

To build excellent organizations, management must build with level three workers—those committed to working according to the will and ways of God. Level one workers are not trustworthy and therefore take considerable supervision to enable them to produce acceptable work. Level two workers are better than level one workers, but they lack clarity of the Holy Spirit’s calling. Only level three worker...

Gleanings - July 2014

To build an excellent world-class organization, management must learn and practice a biblical worldview—the only true worldview. The senior leaders must be equally yoked in their understanding of how to practice a biblical worldview organizationally. Furthermore, the senior leaders must learn to develop strategic plans in alignment with the will and ways of God. Then the strategic plan must be exe...

Gleanings - June 2014

No organization will enjoy lasting success unless it is built according to the will and ways of God. One of the key ways to align with the will and ways of God is to understand delegated authority. To build an organization, for profit or not-for-profit, requires sound thinking about authority. All licit authority comes from God and must be subject to his will and ways. To achieve enduring success,...

Gleanings - May 2014

Many organizational leaders want to direct and dictate; they expect workers to understand and comply without question. But human beings don’t always understand and frequently fail to comply. Therefore wise leaders must learn how to communicate truth in a way that encourages comprehension and compliance. Furthermore, leaders must be able to communicate to all people in the organization regardless o...

Gleanings - April 2014

Individuals, as well as organizations, should practice the principle of the tithe not as a ritual but out of a genuine relationship of gratitude to and dependence on Christ. We should be joyfully thankful to God and become dependent on him when we recognize God as the source of success in the workplace. One way to express grateful hearts is to practice the tithe principle both individually and org...

Gleanings - March 2014

Individually, each worker must seek to develop and maintain an intimate relationship with Christ, which provides the basis for the process of finding and fulfilling his or her life purpose in accordance with the C4 principle. Management must function as under-shepherds to Christ by providing a context and culture that encourages the process of finding and fulfilling God’s purpose for each worker....

Gleanings - February 2014

Leadership that transforms is not defined in terms of tangible metrics based on man's will and ways. This type of leadership will, at best, have only temporal success. Real leadership is about eternal success. It is about modeling and guiding others into living to do the will of God according to the ways of God in every area of life. The only true metric of success is obedience to and alignment wi...

Gleanings - January 2014

It should be the aim of every organization to deliver quality products or services at a low cost. This requires efficiency at every level in the organization. Efficiency is a by-product of people living based on a biblically sound worldview. Therefore management must work diligently to train workers in a biblical worldview. Workers must be willing to learn how to think and live biblically. Workers...