Overworking Your Staff to Save on Payroll Expenses
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Overworking Your Staff to Save on Payroll Expenses

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners.  In this scenario, an owner expects the employees to work sixty, seventy, or even eighty hours each week without additional compensation, such as bonuses or stock options, for working longer hours. Description of the Problem: Some owners naturally work sixty or seventy hours weekly. They enjoy their work, and they...
October 7, 2023Posted inChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsTags: , , , , ,
Should You Require Vaccinations as a Condition of Employment?
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Should You Require Vaccinations as a Condition of Employment?

So many organizations have swiftly mandated COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment, I doubt any of us can recall a time when there was this much consensus coupled with velocity in action around any given topic. It is truly remarkable how fast this train is leaving the station, or should I say, shot out of the station. As a business owner, you might be asking yourself,...
September 1, 2021Posted inCurrent EventsTags: , , , ,
Honor God by Honoring Your Manager
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Honor God by Honoring Your Manager

In 1 Timothy 6.1-2, we read the following: “All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered. 2 Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow...
November 26, 2020Posted inExecutive InsightsTags: , , ,
Is There a “Christian” Way to Fire an Employee?
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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 impact your Christian witness in the marketplace. I’ve met a number of well-meaning Christians in business who can’t bring themselves...
September 19, 2020Posted inExecutive InsightsTags: , ,
The “Opt-Out” Method Finds Great Employees
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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 mine explained it to me and I’m sold on this method. Opt-out is not the right method for every position...
August 10, 2020Posted inExecutive InsightsTags: ,
Hiring Good People not Fools
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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 hiring a fool for a position of management and/or influence in your business instead of a non-fool (called “rich” in...
August 9, 2020Posted inExecutive InsightsTags: , ,
The Unvarnished Truth
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The Unvarnished Truth

One of my undeniable truths of business ownership is #69: The moment you hire your first employee is the moment at which you stop knowing about everything in your business. Most owners really like to know what's going on in their business and all owners need to know what's going on in their business, but most do not know – and they don't know how to get...
December 3, 2017Posted inTheology and BusinessTags: , , ,
People: God’s Purposes for Business – Part II
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People: God’s Purposes for Business – Part II

Every business needs people to perform all sorts of tasks. So, investing in employees is essential to building the business and making it profitable. Treating people well brings Christ to the marketplace. Helping the employees be the best the employees can be will demonstrate God’s heart toward them. Hence, this researcher state the second purpose God has for business as follows: Business exists to enable each individual...
October 17, 2013Posted inTheology and BusinessTags: , ,