Strategies@Work Podcast

Develop a culture in your organization focused on learning and practicing a biblical worldview of work. This is the only correct worldview and the only worldview that is consistent with Christ. Everyone in the organization needs to be challenged to learn and grow in a biblical worldview of work. Anyone who does not engage in the organization’s culture must be released. Remember, the mandate of bus...

Gleanings - November 2012

Don’t start an organization for the purpose of seeking glory, fortune, influence, or independence. Motive is very important to God. The only right motive is to build according to the will and ways of God. Before starting any organization, humbly seek the Lord to discern his will. Make it your agenda to always seek to discern the will and ways of God and then align yourself accordingly. His will an...

Gleanings - October 2012

It is unclear how effectively a person can build an organization with people living in rebellion against God and functioning on common grace. But we know there is a limit. A wiser way to build organizations is to build with people who are living under the grace of Christ. These people are empowered by the Holy Spirit to obey God’s will and ways and therefore will enjoy the blessings that flow from...

Gleanings - September 2012

As owners or managers, you are functioning based on God-delegated authority. Build your organization with great workers, that is, submitted trustworthy workers. Train your workers in the virtues of submission to authority. Teach a biblical view of submission, including the three traits that demonstrate submission: showing up, being in fellowship with God, and subordinating personal interests to th...

Gleanings - August 2012

Don’t succumb to the Peter Principle—promotion based on perceived potential for success without regard to divine design. Promote based on humble, faithful service to the will and ways of the Master (i.e., God). Use C4 as a foundational principle to help discern who was created for each position in the organization. Build your organization patiently by testing people to see what they have C4 to do....

Gleanings - July 2012

Both individuals and organizations should seek to make a meaningful difference. The only way to do this is to live as Jesus did with the singular focus of doing the will of God according to the ways of God. For organizations to make a meaningful difference requires leadership dedicated to leading and managing according to the will and ways of God. To do this well, leaders and managers must hire pe...

Gleanings - June 2012

The purpose of business is to provide a venue for man to obey the Creation Mandate and therefore administer God’s rule in the universe. Each business should find and play its role in the meta-narrative. Decisions made based primarily on money or social good will prove to be unwise. The only wise way to conduct business is to align with the will and ways of God. Business leaders must function with...

Gleanings - May 2012

Starting a business or organization is daunting and, in the natural, the odds of success are low. But if God has called you to start a business or organization, there will be a way because God funds his will. There are two keys to success. First, you must seek the will of the Lord and then align with his will. And second, you must learn and practice God’s ways of economics and business. You can tr...

Gleanings - April 2012

Focus on developing your business practices based on biblical principles. Don’t embrace practices gleaned by rational empirical pragmatism disconnected from God. Always vet best practices by Scripture. Only adopt those practices that are profoundly consistent with God’s ways as revealed in Scripture. You will then be building according to God’s pattern and will find success.

Gleanings - March 2012

The process of building an organization is an investment process. To deliver an excellent value proposition, management must seek to align the organization with the will and ways of God. Management must find the right people (C4 people) and then train the people in the will and ways of God. Each person in the organization must be truly committed to the Lord and doing what God created him or her to...

Gleanings - February 2012

Find your mission in life, that is, the work that God created you to do. If you are an organizational leader, seek to discover the divinely ordained mission of your organization. Then build your organization with people who view their lives as divinely ordained missions. For such people, jobs and money are tools to facilitate the will and ways of God. True wealth is righteousness, and true success...

Gleanings - January 2012

Capitalism as an economic and business philosophy is not doomed to fail. When capitalism fails, it is due to the way people practice it. The best way to remedy the current flawed practice of capitalism will not be found in naturalistic thinking but in biblical thinking. The only sound way to build an organization is based on a biblical worldview. To develop a biblically sound paradigm of capitalis...

Gleanings - December 2011

If you desire true wisdom to run your organization, you need counsel and advice not based on traditional best practices but based on best practices gleaned from a biblical worldview. Hire consultants whose wisdom is expressed through best practices based on a biblical worldview. These consultants will be humble, committed to Christ, recognize the Bible as the handbook for business, and define succ...