Application Purpose Principle Passion Virtue Character Calling Leadership Grace Christ The business world mistakenly calls it luck or fortune. They commonly speak of being lucky or fortunate when things go well. Einstein knew better. He knew that “God doesn’t play…
Day: August 2, 2010
Faulty Sales Technique
Salespeople are both a blessing and a bane to every industry. You can’t live with them, and you can’t live without them. “How are you tonight, Mr. Smith?” “Fine.” “Glad to hear it! Mr. Smith, my name is Phil, and…
Do It Right!
I haven’t always lived up to this axiom, and occasionally have to re-learn its wisdom. It’s not easy to achieve compliance with this one. It’s like painting a room in your home. Once painted, the other rooms look worse in…
Christian Marketing
“Remember, everything we do gets hijacked by marketing.” That was the warning Sun Microsystems Inc. Chief Researcher John Gage had for developers working on emerging grid computing standards at the Global Grid Forum in Seattle in June, 2003. His comment…
Christ @ Work
Application Purpose Principle Passion Virtue Character Calling Leadership Grace Christ The Foundation of All Truth The acceptance that anything at all can be true, that there is such a thing as truth and/or logic requires two things: 1) the acceptance…
Character as Job Qualification
Application Purpose Principle Passion Virtue Character Calling Leadership Grace Christ Legend has it that Theodore Roosevelt and one of his cowhands found an unbranded steer on land controlled by Gregor Lang, a neighboring rancher. In accord with the usual custom,…
An Overview of Policy Governance®
Policy Governance® is a registered trademark of John Carver. A brief report of his book, Corporate Boards that Create Value, follows: I. Board of Directors Structure A. Authority, properly executed and observed, provides the necessary “glue” for policy governance. The…
Work as a Calling
Application Purpose Principle Passion Virtue Character Calling Leadership Grace Christ One’s calling¹ is his or her vocation, job, career or profession. But more than mere work, one’s calling invokes a passion for work, a drive to accomplish, excel or master…
Branding
Often the more a thing is discussed the less it is understood. Words have a point of diminishing return. That point is crossed when the effort to be clear and precise counts every tree standing, but misses the proverbial forest.…
Bored Dumb
Board Room More Than Money Bored Dumb Board Development Board Fundamentals This is the second in a series of articles that examine some of the analysis and solutions provided by the work of John Carver and his Policy Governance® model…