Five Steps To Fruitful Networking
Recently, a young banker told me that he had been hired to get involved in the community by networking – making connections with prospective customers. ...
Having Clear Values Simplifies Decision-Making
What influences your decision-making? Is it determining how to maximize gains and minimize losses? Is it expedience, choosing what seems most advantageous for yourself, or ...
Establishing A God-Honoring Business
Every individual entering the marketplace possesses certain skills and abilities bestowed by God, enabling them to establish a foothold in a competitive environment. However, when ...
What Are Your Ultimate Goals?
As business and professional people, what we do is governed at least in part by goals: Sales or productivity goals; daily goals; project goals; financial ...
Visionary Leader’s Secret: Showing Up In The Moment
Visionary leadership is a term that gets thrown around a lot these days. In a fast-moving, globalized world, leaders are expected to anticipate the future, ...
Negotiating Agreements God’s Way
Business negotiations are fraught with opportunities to turn into stressful experiences. To help in reducing this tension, I have learned five guiding principles on how ...
Recognizing And Overcoming Perils Of Pride
Recently as I was watching an interview with comedian and legendary talk show host Jay Leno, he commented about being a big believer in low ...
Winning Teams – And Weakest Links
A time-honored adage tells us, “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” A chain, whether wrapped around someone’s wrist, restraining an aggressive ...
Balance For An Intentional Life
Modern life often pushes us into a frenetic pace for productivity. As a consequence, health, relationships, and spiritual well-being can be neglected. But those of us who are followers of Christ in ...
Striving To Find Work You Can Enjoy
Why do you go to work? We can offer many reasons for working, ranging from earning a living to being able to pay off debts ...
The Whole: Greater Than The Sum Of The Parts
Have you ever heard someone say, “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts”? This was a reality I learned in profound ways ...
Maximizing The Leverage Of Our Latter Years
Years ago, I began writing a series of essays I called “Fourth Quarter Strategies.” The premise is that while every stage of our professional life ...
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