Strategies@Work Podcast

Gleanings - June 2021

Spiritual virtues can have tangible expression in people and organizations who seek to walk by the Spirit. Wise organizational leaders will seek to build with people who are growing in their ability to walk by the Spirit. The actions of people who walk by the Spirit will be displayed in practices that are congruent with biblical virtues, such as, the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience...

Gleanings - May 2021

Wise organizational leaders will build “Beyond Babel.” They will be devoted to growing through a transformed mind, seeking to expand their understanding of a Christian worldview. Their motive will be to glorify God by leading and managing based singularly on a Christian worldview. Every stakeholder will be encouraged and challenged to live accordingly. This is the only way to consistently and endu...

Gleanings - April 2021

Organizational leaders must be clear on their predicate, that is, who is charge of the universe—whose will and ways will prevail. The choices are either God’s or man’s. The correct choice is God’s will and God’s ways. Therefore, building an organization on this predicate means that God’s will and ways must be highest priority in every decision. Only then will organizations be able to produce excel...

Gleanings - March 2021

Wise organization leaders and managers understand that reputation is more important than profit and will, therefore, sacrifice profit to build and maintain a stellar reputation. Organizations earn reputations based on the quality of both the delivery and support of their value propositions. Customer support based on servant leadership—putting customers’ interests ahead of their own—and the Golden...

Gleanings - February 2021

Wise organizational leaders seek to develop strong learning cultures that enable character development in all stakeholders. Excellent value propositions are defined by godly leaders and delivered by godly workers. When an organization’s stakeholders focus on character development, the organization can be the right people serving the right people by delivering the right products and services in the...

Gleanings - January 2021

Practices congruent with a Christian worldview will contribute to the development of a right culture. One of the priorities of sound leadership and management is to build an organizational culture that reflects sound Christian theology and philosophy. Accordingly, Scripture must be employed to define the core values of the organization. This will provide a basis for sound principles and practices...

Gleanings - December 2020

A universe created by the God who is revealed in the Bible means that an organizational leader must align the culture of the organization with values, principles, and practices rooted in Scripture. The goal is to bring total alignment of every word and action with God’s will and ways as revealed first and foremost in Scripture. In a fallen world, this is an enormously challenging task, nevertheles...

Gleanings - November 2020

Organizational leaders must be committed to developing and executing a strategic plan. The plan should be reviewed and updated annually, if not more frequently. The leaders should follow the above tips to maximize the opportunity to successfully execute the plan. The leaders must seek to connect every initiative to the plan and hold the organization accountable to the plan. And likewise, the leade...

Gleanings - October 2020

Organizational leaders who value a Christian worldview will value strategic planning as a tool to enable them to align with the will of God. Such leaders will hold annual planning meetings and periodic (e.g., quarterly) accountability meetings to help them stay on course. The leaders will also engage accountability partners from their oversight board or consultants to hold them accountable to thei...

Gleanings - September 2020

Wise organizational leaders understand that God blesses alignment with his will and ways. Therefore, they seek to live aligned with God both individually and organizationally. This means that they will seek to understand their roles in the metanarrative and fulfill those roles aligned with values, principles, and practices that emanate from a Christian worldview. They will, therefore, build organi...

Gleanings - August 2020

Organizational leaders must develop metaphysical awareness and seek God’s purpose both individually and organizationally. Organizational success is measured by alignment with the divinely ordained role of the organization in the metanarrative. To build accordingly requires workers who think likewise. Leaders must resist the temptation to define reality functionally, that is, without metaphysical a...

Gleanings - July 2020

Management must learn to think big—beyond the superficial pedestrian thinking of delivering goods and services, making a profit, and employing people. Given the metanarrative and a sovereign, intentional, and strategic Creator, organizational leaders must engage the battle between good and evil by guiding their organizations into alignment with the will and ways of God. This is a matter of prayer...

Gleanings - June 2020