God’s Number Ten - The Ugly Side of Ambition

 Today we’ll conclude this week’s focus on the Ten Commandments with a look at Exodus 20:17.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
I’ll admit it - I’m an ambitious person. I like to [...]

God’s Number Eight - The Slacker Factor

 
Today, we’re continuing this week’s look at how the Ten Commandments apply in Corporate America.
You shall not steal.” (Exodus 20:15)
I’ve mentioned the parable of the talents before (Matt 25:14-30), and I’m likely to occasionally come back to it because it offers us a great deal of insight into how to steward our God-given gifts.
In the parable, a manager [...]

God’s Number Seven - “Scoop it where?”

We’re continuing this week’s look at how the Ten Commandments apply in Corporate America. Today’s topic - adultery.
You shall not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14)”
My wife and I lead a marriage preparation ministry at our church here in Grand Rapids and we always tell those kids (in GR, many people still get engaged right out of [...]

God’s Number Nine - Lying

  

Do not testify falsely against your neighbor.” (Exodus 20:16)

Lying is one of those behaviors that is easy to see in others and can sometimes go unnoticed in our own work lives. I think it’s because when we think of lying we tend to think of those BIG lies - Nixon saying he’s not a crook, [...]

God’s Number Four

This week we’ll be looking at some of the most basic Biblical instruction - the Ten Commandments -and their relevance in today’s corporate workplace.
  
I recently recalled a conversation that I had a few years back when I lived in Chicago with a gentleman who was being considered as our new church pastor. It was immediately clear [...]

“Strategize no small strategies…

 
…for they have no power to gain the approval of senior management.” That’s not quite Goethe’s famous quote, but it’ll do for our purposes.
 Yesterday I read a really good article in Rotman Magazine (from Rotman Management School in Toronto). It’s called “The Second Road of Thought” and to read it, click here and scroll down to [...]

Space and Sparrows

 
I had a blog post in mind for today that I’ve decided to put on hold until tomorrow. Why? Because I stuck my head out our front door this evening to get a glimpse of the lunar eclipse and have been thinking about it ever since.
The very first words of the Bible say that “In the beginning [...]

Pride & Competition

 
I don’t know about you, but there are a few business magazines that I really enjoy, and Harvard Business Review and Fast Company are pretty high on that list. Today I was reading this month’s Fast Company, which features a front page article on the world’s 50 most innovative companies. As I browsed the article (which [...]

Input, please.

 
When was the last time you sought some input from someone a little lower down the organization chart from you? It’s easy to get in the habit of only seeking input from our peers and managers while forgetting the valuable counsel available from others. Even worse, I’ve known co-workers who rarely sought input from anyone else, which invariably led to relationships lacking in trust.
The [...]

Happy Hour

 
This weekend I read that Bud Light will soon be releasing Bud Light Lime, and with it will be launching a $35 million dollar ad campaign to promote the product. This past summer I was at a brand conference in Chicago and got a sneak peek at Miller Chill (their new lime beer) and couldn’t [...]