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The Emotional Price Business Owners Pay When Their Business is Failing

The companion podcast is here.The companion videocast is here.The companion PDF slides are here. No one said building a company is easy. But small business owners find it difficult to be honest about how brutal it really can be and the emotional price so many of them...

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September 19, 2020Executive InsightsBankruptcy, Failure, Turnaround, Warning

Theology and Business

Speech in Proverbs

How we talk – what we say – is a reflection of what is in our hearts and displays our self-control. Luke 6.45 says: “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the...

September 19, 2020Theology and BusinessGossip, Speech

Executive Insights

Twelve Warning Signs Your Business is Headed for Disaster

Most entrepreneurs have several characteristics – among the more prominent is a level of confidence – some would say arrogance – that enables them to believe they can beat the odds when taking a risk and win. Most of them are pretty good at what they do...

September 19, 2020Executive InsightsBankruptcy, Turnaround, Warning

Family Business

Cabins and Family Conflict

I was in a meeting recently with several professionals, one of whom is a lawyer and specializes in family litigation – most of it pertaining to family businesses. He told us that cabins cause more family disputes and litigation than do family businesses. He also noted that...

September 19, 2020Family BusinessCabins, Conflict, Family Business, Family Conflict

Leadership

Leadership Lessons from the Life of David – Part IV: David Fights Goliath

Listen to the podcast here. In this post, we’ll look at how David passed the test of leading a nation when the future and the obstacle(s) seemed overwhelming and likely to end their existence as an independent nation. This lesson is directly applicable to Christian Business Owners...

September 19, 2020LeadershipGoliath, Leadership

Executive Insights

Considerations for Selling Your Business

If you own a business, there’s only three ways you can leave it: A) liquidate (go out of business), B) Die or C) sell. Obviously, the best option in most situations is to sell your business – to convert the value of your business to cash. When...

September 19, 2020Executive InsightsSelling Your Business, Wealth

Executive Insights

Is There a “Christian” Way to Fire an Employee?

I’ve yet to meet anyone who likes terminating employees. It’s never fun, never easy and never routine. I’ll also answer this question directly: No, there isn’t a “Christian” way to fire an employee. However, there are better and worse ways to terminate employees – ways which will...

September 19, 2020Executive InsightsEmployees, Firing, Termination

Family Business

I Can’t Marry Into This

Editors Note: This story is a compilation of three different calls I received in the last year which were remarkably similar. All three found me via this web site and called me for advice. Two were female, one was male. The names and particulars have been changed...

September 19, 2020Family BusinessConsequences, Decisions, Family Business, Marriage

Leadership

Leadership Lessons from the Life of David Part III

Listen to the Podcast here. In my previous post, we learned how David experienced being underestimated. We observed that he started his journey to becoming King of Israel by first being underestimated by his own family. We also learned that when one is given seemingly insignificant tasks,...

September 2, 2020LeadershipLeadership, Submission

Theology and Business

Assuming Risk as a Christian Business Owner

Risk can be defined as the exposure to chance of injury or loss. Everyone who runs a business assumes a certain amount of risk. In traditional economic thinking about this topic, most Americans would agree that those who assume the most risk in a business venture are...

September 2, 2020Theology and BusinessReward, Risk, risk management

Christian Stewardship

Sufferings are an Entrustment

I recently had a conversation with a rather talented developer in the SharePoint space. For the last 10 years, she's been working on her own as a contractor through various consulting companies. Her work is steady and she is fairly compensated. Customers like her and she likes...

September 2, 2020Christian StewardshipEntrustment, Stewardship, suffering

Theology and Business

A Good Name is Better than Getting Rich

When you're in a position of leadership, having a good reputation and the respect of those you're leading is essential to your success. There are three passages recently which have stood out to me even though I have read them numerous times before my recent readings. So...

September 2, 2020Theology and BusinessReputation

Leadership

Leadership Lessons Life of David Part II

Listen to the podcast here. The first leadership lesson that David needed to learn was about being underestimated: Sometimes, you will be underestimated in your leadership potential and consequently, you will be overlooked even though you are chosen by God. Let's read from 1 Samuel 16: The Lord said...

August 14, 2020LeadershipLeadership

Leadership

Leadership Lessons Life of David Part I

No one is born ready to lead. Leaders must be developed before they are needed. Leadership doesn't come naturally to most people. When it comes to leadership development, leaders cannot be mass produced. Competent leaders cannot be created after the crisis occurs. As we look at the...

August 13, 2020Leadership

Theology and Business

God’s System of Fairness

The companion podcast is here. Recently on Faith Radio, I suggested that God’s system of fairness and our system of fairness in America are two different things. I stuck my neck out just a bit because I was speaking out of my intuition, not my research. Then I...

August 13, 2020Theology and BusinessFairness, Justice

Executive Insights

Tenaciously Committed or Foolishly Stubborn

Commitment and Stubbornness look rather similar on the surface. Commitment happens when you have a sense of dedication or loyalty to a cause, activity or person. Stubborness is more of a dogged determination not to change your attitude or position in spite of good arguments or reasons...

August 13, 2020Executive InsightsCommitment, Failure, Fools, Persistence, Stubborn, Success

Executive Insights

Every Business Needs a Strong Banker

I’ve met my fair share of Business Owners who are skeptical of lawyers, bankers, accountants and/or financial planners. When it comes to bankers, I’ve known some who give some information to one banker and other information to another banker but never give the full story to any...

August 12, 2020Executive InsightsBank, Loan, Trust, Trusted Advisors

Theology and Business

Greed, Christians and Business Ownership

Also known as an intense Love of Money, Greed is characterized by an excessive or rapacious desire for money and is often linked with selfishness and, more generally, corruption of character. This is aptly illustrated in Ezekiel 33.30-32, where the Lord describes his people as those who...

August 11, 2020Theology and BusinessCovetousness, Giving, Greed, Hoarding, Wealth

Executive Insights

The “Opt-Out” Method Finds Great Employees

As I write this post, I have a group of candidates taking an assessment for an open sales position in my company. This assessment is part of a larger process that I call the “opt-out” interview process. I didn’t come up with this idea. A colleague of...

August 10, 2020Executive InsightsEmployees, Hiring

Theology and Business

Debt and Lending

Debt and Lending is a difficult subject to address adequately. What follows is lengthy. But if you take time to read through it, I believe you’ll have a better idea about what the Scriptures command concerning debt and lending. What is Debt? R.C. Sproul has written one of...

August 9, 2020Theology and BusinessBankruptcy, Borrowing, Collections, Debt, Lending

Executive Insights

Hiring Good People not Fools

(Download the Screening Tool here.) Ecclesiastes 10.5-6 says: There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler: Fools are put in many high positions while the rich occupy the low ones. This passage clearly teaches is that...

August 9, 2020Executive InsightsEmployees, Fools, Hiring

Christian Stewardship

Foundations in Christian Stewardship Part III God Gives us the Ability to Create Wealth

Watch the companion video of this Foundation for Christian Stewardship at the Bible and Business You Tube Channel. Deuteronomy 8.10-18 is one of the foundational passages for Christian Stewardship. Here are verses 10-11: 8.10-11: When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for...

August 9, 2020Christian StewardshipChristian Business Ownership, Humility, Pride, temptations, Wealth

Theology and Business

Unequally Yoked

What does it mean to be "unequally yoked" in the business world? I once thought it meant you couldn't have partners in business who weren't Christians. I no longer think that way – at least that specific thought. But before I say much more, let's review the...

August 9, 2020Theology and BusinessFamily Business, Hearing Voice of God, Partnerships

Theology and Business

What Does the Bible Have to Say About Opportunity?

This blog post was originally posted in May of 2012. For some reason, this post has been visited over twice as often as the next most visited post. I'm at a loss as to understand why. Here is the post – edited a bit, but still largely...

August 8, 2020Theology and BusinessDiscernment, Hearing Voice of God, Leadership, Opportunity

Theology and Business

A Biblical View of Work

I think most people don't care why they get an extra day off work, they're just glad to get it. This was confirmed when one of my sister-in-law's came over yesterday for Thanksgiving. I asked her how she was doing and she responded, "I'm doing pretty well...

August 8, 2020Theology and BusinessCompetence, Lazy, Sloth, Succession Planning, Transitioning Your Business, Work

Executive Insights

The Price of Taxing the Rich Too Much

Probably one of the most insightful articles on why governments have such a hard time during recessions - they tax the rich so much that when the rich's income varies, so does the revenue of the government. The summary is that they have relied too much on the rich...

August 8, 2020Executive InsightsIncome, Recession, Revenue, Rich, Taxes, Wealth

Christian Stewardship

Do We Pursue that Which is Most Valuable?

I was reading in Luke 3.1-2 this morning the following: "In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene— 2 during the high-priesthood...

August 8, 2020Christian StewardshipProfits

Bible Business 89 Deuteronomy 8 Wealth, Humility and Business Ownership

Aired on May 27, 2020 on Faith Radio, Bill English and Carmen LeBerge discuss Deuteronomy 8.10-18 and the implications of this passage for Christian Business owners.

Bible Business 88 Foundations of Christian Stewardship Part I Deuteronomy 8

You can view the videocast of this podcast at the Bible and Business Channel.

Bible Business 87 Leadership in a Crisis: Do’s and Don’ts

Aired on April 15, 2020 on Mornings with Carmen, Bill English and Carmen LeBerge discuss the Dark Side of Personality as well as how leaders can lead (as opposed to merely manage) during a crisis. This HBR article is referenced. Here are the show notes: Leading through...