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Nov 3, 2009
How Important is Your Image?
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Each year at my company, all of our managers will do a peer review assessment as part of their performance evaluation. What this means is that each manager will rate all of the other managers on a number of factors. The end result is a conglomerate snapshot of what everyone else thinks about your skills, performance, service and leadership. It's... Read More + |
Oct 27, 2009
Final Harvest
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The bite of fall is in the air. It snuck in while we weren't watching. The mountains have already had a touch of snow. The rivers have slowed in their flow. And there are signs are all around us. Suddenly the leaves in the trees are slightly off-color, the mornings are a little crisper, and the evenings a little darker. Even my body is slowing,... Read More + |
Oct 23, 2009
Where Passion and Purpose Align: An Interview with Judge Hatchett
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Glenda Hatchett is best known as the Emmy nominated host of Judge Hatchett, a television court show that aired from 2000-2008 and was noted for its creative sentencing approach to justice. Hatchett developed her unique style as Presiding Judge of Georgia 's Fulton County Juvenile Court, one of the nation's largest juvenile courts. She surprised even... Read More + |
Oct 20, 2009
The True Calling of Capitalism
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Earlier this month, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation sponsored a seminar debating the role of faith in today’s global marketplace. Wait--What? Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has started a Faith Foundation? I had no idea, but apparently that’s what’s been going down across the pond these days with the tidy Mr. Blair, ever since his retirement... Read More + |
Oct 14, 2009
When an Advertisement Sells More Than Cars
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Volkswagen is encouraging us to incentivize goodness. Give people a reason to do the right thing. A coworker just sent me a link to this advertisement via Facebook. I admit, I'm a sucker for this kind of thing. But this one left me scratching my head a bit. I found myself really rooting for Volkswagen here. But I wondered. How will this ad sell cars? I... Read More + |
Oct 12, 2009
Through God, We Will Do Valiantly
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I have been thinking a lot lately about excellence. Not just at work, but in every area of my life—as a Christian, husband, father, friend, church volunteer, and board member. I have to ask myself: Do I truly aspire to excellence in the work I do? In the relationships I have? Even in everyday interactions with strangers? I guess this sudden conviction... Read More + |
Oct 11, 2009
Release Hate
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Justin had reason to hate. His business partner had cheated him out of years of profits. Finally, one day, sick of the hate, Justin began to forgive. At first, he simply worked to see his former partner as a human being. Little by little, he began to release hate's grip on his mind. Each day, forgiving and forgiving again, Justin reclaimed the energy... Read More + |
Oct 9, 2009
Real Business Men Read Poetry
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L.L. here, with Random Acts of Poetry. Sorry about the sexist title. Real women read poetry too. We do it partly to keep our souls intact, to balance our work and keep it infused with life, vision, dream. One of my favorite books on this subject is David Whyte's The Heart Aroused : Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America. Says... Read More + |
Oct 7, 2009
Business Competition Can Be an Arms Race of Goodness
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Let's start "an arms race of goodness." That's a proposal coming from FastCompany.com in their recent article Why Market Your Company with Stick-On Emotion When You Can Tap the Real Thing? Marketers and businesses have always tried to attach their brand to some kind of emotional appear. Beer companies sell beer and... Read More + |
Oct 6, 2009
The Evolution of Christian Branding
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Hey, friends! It's Bradley. Remember that fish-shaped thing, that cute little symbol that is supposed to be associated with Christianity? It is called the Ichthys,which is really an anagram made up of five Greek letters that mean "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior." The Ichthys apparently dates back to the first and second century, when Christians had... Read More + |
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