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A Business Owner’s Need for Reflection

In working with stressed businesses (those that are having cash problems, can't pay their bills on time, have unending conflict and so forth), I have learned that nearly every stressed organization has a leader who rarely takes time for quality reflection. I choose to use the word...

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June 21, 2016Executive InsightsMargin, Reflection, Rest1 Comment

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In Conflict Resolution, Focus First on Reaching an Agreement

"It's about fighting for fair and equitable treatment", said T. Boone Pickens recently about the $700 million in damages he is seeking for future losses related to bids that his wind power company, Mesa Power (web site is offline), lost in wind power auction in Ontario recently....

October 19, 2015Executive InsightsCharity, Conflict Resolution, Fairness, Justice, Small Business ownership

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73 Undeniable Truths of Business Ownership

The longer I'm in business, the more convinced I am that certain truths exist when it comes to leading a business. What follows is a list of the Undeniable Business Truths: Starting, growing, and building a business is part of “subduing the earth” Genesis 2.18 God calls some...

September 22, 2015Executive InsightsTruth3 Comments

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Managing Office Politics in a God-honoring Way

Here's an understatement for you: office politics sucks. The reason its' an unpleasant experience is because we experience it before we think about it. We often can't explain the particulars of our situation, but we know our emotions are swirling and we sure would like to let...

July 22, 2015Executive InsightsConflict, Conflict Resolution, Office Politics2 Comments

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Revenue or Profit?

I was meeting with an energetic entrepreneur this morning. As part of our conversation, he mentioned that sales should not be focused on revenue. Instead, they should be focused on profits and customers. I think he is right. One of the mistakes I made as a business...

May 22, 2015Executive InsightsMetrics, Profits, Revenue, Sales

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The Value of “Paying it Forward”

I just got off the phone talking with a representative of an industry research group whose research I'm interested in. This was a scheduled, introductory call in which I was asking questions about their organization and how I might use their research in my new business, Elevate....

January 20, 2015Executive InsightsBeing Helpful, Christian Business Ownership, Paying it Forward1 Comment

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A Man of Understanding

"Seek to understand before being understood" is a phrase I've heard repeatedly in my 12+ years as a Christian Business Owner. It's good advice, frankly, because when you can understand what the other person is saying or understand the "why" behind their actions, the root of the...

November 15, 2014Executive Insights, Theology and BusinessCharacter, Christian Business Ownership, Leadership, understanding, Wisdom

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Partner Principles for a Better Business

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Chris Myers outlined 3 Principles for Managing a Co-Founder Relationship: Seek out complimentary skills Clearly define roles Work with someone you trust, respect and admire These principles are well and good, but incomplete. Much can go wrong even when these...

October 7, 2014Executive InsightsBuy Sell Agreement, Conflict Resolution, Partnership