Strategies@Work Podcast

Gleanings - December 2013

Organizational leaders must be clear that God is the senior partner and they are junior partners. The only agenda of junior partners is to discern and obey the will and ways of the senior partner. Organizations committed to this truth will train workers accordingly. Success will be denominated in terms of obedience to and alignment with the will and ways of God. Any other agenda by junior partners...

Gleanings - November 2013

To build a world-class organization that will endure, one must build what God has authorized to be built. Building an organization for any other reason does not bring glory to God because it is not aligned with his will. Leaders and managers must ask themselves hard questions. Has God given them a directive to build their organization? If not, they should repent and seek the Lord regarding what th...

Gleanings - October 2013

Wise management will build organizations with people who are seeking clarity on and alignment with their life purposes. To do this, management will consider the background of each worker, recognizing that early childhood years are very important in shaping a worker’s ability to find and fulfill his or her life purpose. As a maxim, healthy workers come from healthy home environments. A healthy work...

Gleanings - September 2013

Tangible assets are not true wealth. True wealth or riches are defined by Scripture in terms of alignment with the will and ways of God. We should therefore use money and other tangible assets as tools to align with God, in other words, as tools of obedience to God. As such, tangible wealth should be used to trade-up to gain true wealth. This should be the philosophy of stewardship for individuals...

Gleanings - August 2013

To develop world-class value, organizations must hire the right people. The seminal biblical principle for hiring is C4. By faithfully following this principle, management teams can properly build their organizations in alignment with the will and ways of God. This will serve as a safe harbor and lay the foundation for divine favor and blessings.

Gleanings - July 2013

The four basic business skills are recognizing and embracing the metanarrative, using C4 to find each individual’s role, strategically aligning the organization to fulfill its role in the metanarrative, and tactically aligning each individual to fulfill his or her role in the organization. Practicing these basic skills will help bring organizations and individuals into alignment with the will and...

Gleanings - June 2013

To operate a profitable organization, the organization must first be based on biblical principles. The organization’s management team and its workers must be wise, faithful, diligent students of Scripture. They must receive teaching by godly people in order to mature and grow in their understanding of Scripture. This will enable the organization to align with the will and ways of God and therefore...

Gleanings - May 2013

Work is a primary venue for people to fulfill their purpose in life consistent with the meta-narrative. Organizations are vehicles that provide workers a context in which to perform their work. Both people and organizations find their purposes and destinies by fulfilling their roles in the meta-narrative. Secondarily, work provides opportunities to bless others with employment, provision, and weal...

Gleanings - April 2013

Common business knowledge is generally based on what is known as best practices. Best practices are normally gleaned by analyzing case studies using rational empirical pragmatism. This is a naturalistic approach, which excludes God in the development of business knowledge. Don’t be deceived into thinking that business knowledge exists independent of God. To develop a sound understanding of busines...

Gleanings - March 2013

Money is a tool to do God's will according to God's ways. This means that money should be used to acquire true riches—eternal wealth. Therefore, organizations must seek clarity from the Lord on how to properly steward their resources in alignment with the will and ways of God. Likewise managers should seek to help workers learn to live accordingly. If individual workers are not properly stewarding...

Gleanings - February 2013

Money is not the definition of success, significance, and security. Money is simply a tool to do the will of God according to the ways of God. This means that money should be used to gain true wealth, which is characterized by obedience, righteousness, and wisdom. Always sacrifice money for true wealth, which is tantamount to alignment with the will and ways of God. Inculcate this philosophy into...

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