Strategies@Work Podcast

Gleanings - July 2022

Wise organizational leaders recognize the importance of building organizations with people who are disciples of Jesus. Such people live like Jesus, who modeled a holistic lifestyle regulated by Scripture. On issues to which Scripture speaks unequivocally, disciples obey Scripture. On issues to which Scripture is equivocal (not clear), disciples engage in ethical reflection with the assistance of o...

Gleanings - June 2022

Wise organizational leaders and managers must learn how to read the signs of the times so that they will know how to respond to societal trends. The way forward is always alignment with the will and ways of God. This is the only path to divine blessings. Any misalignment with God will lead to judgment. In every way possible, leaders and managers must teach, support, and practice Christian values a...

Gleanings - May 2022

Gleanings - April 2022

Don’t be fooled by financial prosperity. Financial prosperity gained through a heart of righteousness is a blessing and will be used to honor and glorify God. However, financial gain accumulated through a heart of wickedness is a setup for judgment. Wise leaders and managers understand the ways of God regarding financial wealth and seek to align with the will and ways of God. This means they gover...

Gleanings - March 2022

Wise management will seek to use money to trade up to transcendent wealth, such as, wisdom, righteousness, and reputation. While profit is a Christian value, it is not the seminal value. Nor is money the metric of success. True success emanates from obedience to the will of God; therefore, temporal wealth is simply a tool that reveals mankind’s heart condition. An organization led by leaders and m...

Gleanings - February 2022

Regardless of the vehicle of investing (public or private), the purpose of investing is to produce a tangible ROI. The best people to invest-in are those who are humble, submitted, and teachable before God. Such people will seek to align with the will and ways of God in their thinking and actions. These people will enjoy the favor and blessing of God in their work.

Gleanings - January 2022

Wise organizational leaders and managers must embrace a high view of all Scripture, including the Old Testament, interpreted based on Jesus as Lord and Christ. Accordingly, they should encourage all stakeholders to honor the Lord as their provider, both individually and organizationally. A way to do this is to practice the tithe principle. Also, giving should be a second way of honoring the Lord....

Gleanings - December 2021

Wise organization leaders and managers understand that alignment with the will and ways of God is the predicate for building excellent organizations. To build such organizations requires stakeholders who are individually seeking to obey God though the power of the Holy Spirit. Such people are blessed. Leaders and managers who commit to building organizations with blessed stakeholders will build or...

Gleanings - November 2021

Provision may give the impression of opportunity. But opportunity is not enough to signal divine permission to do something. Organizational leaders and managers must learn to look deeper. When seeking to discern permission regarding any issue, one must consider not only provision for the opportunity but also divine revelation. One must apply relevant scriptural values, principles, and practices to...

Gleanings - October 2021

Wise organizational leaders understand that divine blessing is a foundational predicate for delivering excellent value propositions. They also understand that to deliver excellent value requires workers who are regulated by Scripture so that they can discern God’s will and do God’s will according to God’s ways. This is the only way to enjoy divine blessings. Leaders must be vigilant to maintain th...

Gleanings - September 2021

Organizational leaders must be committed to biblical economics and ethics. This is the proper foundation for building organizations in God’s creation. The motive must be to participate in the ruling of God’s creation in accordance with his will and ways. To do this well requires organizational cultures shaped by biblical norms. When organizations produce ethical products and services in an ethical...

Gleanings - August 2021

The predicate for right results is right thinking that can emanate only from a Christian worldview because right thinking is a by-product of a Christian worldview and is the requisite basis for right actions that will produce right results. Right results are, first and foremost, results aligned with God’s will and ways. When God’s will and ways are different from our desired will and ways, we must...

Gleanings - July 2021

Wise organizational leaders recognize that the work product of all workers reflects their worldview. The atheist’s untenable worldview provides no basis for producing consistently high-quality work. When an organizational leader hires an atheist, he or she is hoping that the person is an inconsistent atheist who is operating with an elevated level of common grace. There is no other way for atheist...