American Christianity has been using the parable of the minas to encourage business owners to maximize profits, and pay tithes on those profits. While earning my BBA in entrepreneurship from America’s largest Baptist university I certainly heard my share of… Read More ›
Following a series of tortures the first-born son of the most ancient royal family was murdered today amid on-lookers. Shockingly, the King’s son was illegally apprehended and wrongfully accused by militants of a de facto government occupying Israel’s capital city. … Read More ›
It has been said that true love is less a feeling and more a decision–less emotion—more deliberate action. Said another way, work is “love in motion.” God is love, …but does He make people love? Could joy be similar? What… Read More ›
Is strategy all about winning? Are rivals and competition necessary to inspire great strategy? Could strategy serve a higher purpose than “total market dominance?” One of the legendary “Lords of Strategy“, Michael Porter, claims in his 2001 paper “Strategy and… Read More ›
What do you do? What do you make? What did Jesus make? Don’t hire people to make widgets. Make widgets so you can hire people. …and make disciples. Not converts. Not church goers. Not religious nuts. Disciples. A disciple is… Read More ›
What did esteemed business thinker and author, Peter Drucker, say was more important than strategy? Culture. What was God teaching Adam as they walked together in the cool of the day? Culture? Why was God displeased with Cain’s sacrifice and… Read More ›
You’re working hard on your business. Long hours. Late nights. Sacrifice. “Things that are worth while don’t come easy,” you say to yourself. After all that work – what will you have? The greatest bakery/auto repair/coffee shop/plumbing supply, etc… in… Read More ›
Society is now replete with examples of men who have fathered generations of frustrated, disappointed, betrayed, angry, and wounded offspring. Through abandonment, divorce, substance abuse, incarceration, or the phenomenon of “absent while present” – fatherlessness is pandemic. There are now… Read More ›
If you want to be inspired by God – ask Him to reveal ways to generate more value than you extract. That is what your business is for – to generate more value than it extracts. God will inspire business… Read More ›
Every person in your organization is affected by the social interactive energy field. Positively or negatively, they are amplifying the waves of social energy resonating through your organization. Anxiety, generated by unmet needs, is interfering with your organization’s ability to… Read More ›
Look at the diagram below. Study it for a minute or two. As a leader, your challenge is to create an environment, a culture that fosters the leveraging of the resources listed on the left (mindsets) to create the stuff… Read More ›
The president of the company earns $1.4M annually. About half of that is bonuses and stock. She’s anxious. Sales are down and she’s not happy, and everybody knows it – especially the VP of sales who’s been in his position… Read More ›
Anxiety is interfering with your organization’s mission. Unmet needs are the primary source of anxiety. Great leaders manage to minimize unmet needs and anxiety. The first step in managing for the unmet needs that are the source of most anxiety… Read More ›
Mitch Cowart 