Bible Business 78 Value of a Close Friend and Supporter when You’re in Leadership

Bible Business 78 Value of a Close Friend and Supporter when You’re in Leadership

Originally aired on Faith Radio on Mornings with Carmen, Bill English and Carmen discuss the value of a close friend and supporter when you're in leadership. This discussion is based on 1 Samuel 20 and the companion article is here.
Bible Business 77 Learning to Lead when Others Break Their Vows to You

Bible Business 77 Learning to Lead when Others Break Their Vows to You

Originally aired on August 21, 2019 on Faith Radio with Carmen LeBerge, Bill English discusses more leadership lessons from the Life of David. In this discussion, Bill and Carmen discuss learning the lesson of a broken vow and how to stay faithful to God when others break their vows to us, whether in marriage or employement or as a Christian Business Owner. You can read the article...
Bible Business 76 A discussion about Jonathan

Bible Business 76 A discussion about Jonathan

Originally aired on August 7, 2019 on Faith Radio with Carmen LeBerge, Bill English discusses Jonathan's persona. Jonathan is the son of Saul - King of Israel. Jonathan and David shared a similar gift set - both were leaders, good in battle and loved the Lord. This story is taken from 1 Samuel 18.1-4.
Bible Business 73 Assuming Risk as a Business Owner

Bible Business 73 Assuming Risk as a Business Owner

As part of the Leadership Lessons from the Life of David, Bill English talks with Carment LeBerge on Faith Radio about how business onwers must assume risk on a regular basis in order to grow a business. Also, they discuss how risk and ministry are connected. Taken from 1 Samuel 17.12-24. Taken from this article Bill wrote in 2014.
Bible Business 71 How to prepare for a Recession

Bible Business 71 How to prepare for a Recession

Originally aired on March 27, 2019 with Carmen on Mornings with Carmen on Faith Radio. Bill and Carmen discuss two basic principles which help us get ready for a recession: A) get out of debt as much as possible and B) save as much money as possible.

Bible Business 70 When Family Businesses have Conflict

Originally aired on April 3, 2019 on Faith Radio on Mornings with Carmen, Bill and Carmen discuss the types of conflicts which family businesses can sometimes experience. Family business includes in-laws and multiple generations. We also discuss the power of forgiveness in family business. The story of the prodigal son is also referenced in relationship to a family business.

Bible Business 68 Lessons from the Life of David: Submission

Aired on July 3, 2019, Bill English discusses with Peter Kapsner on Faith Radio the study of the life of David. We discuss submission vs. asserting person rights, which is what we have now in America. You cannot be a good leader until you know how to submit to proper authority. As Christian Business Owners, I need to view myself as a steward of a business which...
Bible Business 66 Why study the life of David

Bible Business 66 Why study the life of David

Aired live on Faith Radio (KTIS - www.myfaithradio.com) in Minneapolis (simulcast in 15 markets), Bill and Carmen discuss why we should study leadership lessons from the life of David between the time he was anointed to be King and the time when he became King. There are 17 lessons David needed to learn over a 15-20 year period before he was ready to be King. The companion...
Bible Business 64 A discussion on rebranding your ministry

Bible Business 64 A discussion on rebranding your ministry

Aired on September 26, 2018 on Faith Radio, Dr. Peter Kapsner and Bill English discuss the rebranding of ministries and churches. We meander into the gay marriage issue as it relates to rebranding and we discuss how current events and politics influences how we view churches and ministries.
Bible Business 61 Business Lessons from Ecclesiastes 5

Bible Business 61 Business Lessons from Ecclesiastes 5

Originally aired on January 16, 2019 with Peter Kapsner on Faith Radio, Bill discusses the partial government shutdown as well as passages from Ecclesiastes 5. We discuss the myth of financial security as a result of our discussion of Ecclesiastes 5. We also discuss how to manage the interaction of wealth and friendships. Show Notes: What can learn about stewardship from Ecc 5? If you love money...

Bible Business 60 How to Know When Your Business is Headed for a Turnaround

In this interview with Peter Kapsner at Faith Radio, Bill discusses how some endings of relationships are necessary.  We also discuss endings in family businesses.  Finally, we discuss how to know when your business is headed for a turnaround, what the common signs are for a business that is headed toward disaster and what to do to start getting your business back to health. This article is...

Bible Business 59 Forgiveness in Family Business

This interview with Dick Whitworth on Faith Radio discusses an article Bill wrote for the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal.  We discuss how forgiveness plays a central role in keeping both the family and the business  together.

Bible Business 58 Collaboration Burnout

Originally aired on Faith Radio on June 20, 2018 with Dr. Peter Kapsner, we discuss collaboration burnout, how it affects individuals and ways to  avoid burning out as your try to be helpful to others through your collaboration efforts.  We also discuss a few of my 68 undeniable truths of business ownership.
Bible Business 55 Important Conversations Every Family Business Should Have

Bible Business 55 Important Conversations Every Family Business Should Have

We discuss three core conversations that every family business should have.  Families who avoid these conversations end up not doing well either in their family relationships or their business.  They are likely to be conflicted too.  Learn about three very important conversations every family business should have.  We also discuss tips on how to engage in conflict in difficult situations.

Bible Business 54 Reasons Why Employees Quit Their Jobs

Aired on January 24, 2018 on Faith Radio with Bill Arnold, Bill English talks about the common reasons why people quit their jobs, especially when they like their company and their boss.  This will be informative for Christian Business Owners who are losing good employees and don't know why.
Bible Business 52 Overcompensation Can Create Real Problems

Bible Business 52 Overcompensation Can Create Real Problems

Originally aired on September 21, 2016 on Faith Radio with Dr. Bill Meier.  We discuss the effects of overcompensation and the limiting effects it has on motivating mediocre employees to work harder and achieve more.  We briefly discuss the large salaries of CEOs and what happens to a company when a CEO is overcompensated and its' effect on the overall performance of the company.  We also discuss...

Bible Business 51 Trusting God in Spite of the Direction of American Politics

Aired on Faith Radio on September 7, 2016 on Faith Radio with Dr. Bill Meier.  We discuss the general fear of who we were voting for, or in this election, who we were voting against.  We discuss how we consume political content and our ability to craft our world and the inputs we have in our world. Finally, we discuss how we can rest in the sovereignty...

Bible Business 50 Education, College Debt and Professional Development

Aired on August 17, 2016 on Faith Radio with Dr. Bill Meier.  In this broadcast, we discuss college debt based on a Wall Street Journal article.  We discuss the effects of going to college as it relates to going into debt so that one can go to college. We also discuss professional development and our need to keep growing professionally as we grow older.  

Bible Business 49 When Family Conflict Damages the Family Business

Originally aired on February 15, 2017 on Faith Radio with Dr. Bill Meier.  We discuss the Lund's family very public conflict that has worked its' way through the court system.  We discuss how family conflict can permanently damage a family business and create permanent divisions within a family.