Leadership Archives

Profiles in Stewardship, A Conversation with Dr. Dale Hutchcraft about Servant Leadership in Business

Anna English Hello, I'm Annie English, and I want to welcome you to another episode of Profiles and Stewardship, a podcast where my dad, Bill English, has conversations with business leaders about how they integrate their role as a leader in business with their faith in Jesus...

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Theology and Business

Calling Dependencies

I will offer, for your consideration, the notion that there are calling dependencies in the Christian life. These dependences form the foundation of our leadership in business and are visceral to our life. I will submit that these dependencies look like this (bottom to top): Call to...

November 27, 2022Theology and BusinessCall of God, Knowing God, Leadership

Current Events Leadership

LGBTQ Activists Protest Hiring Practices of Seattle Pacific University

These protests against the university for upholding a policy prohibiting hiring LGBTQ people are coming from the university's students. Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is (effectively) supporting the students in their litigation against the school. In response, the university is suing the State of Washington over...

July 29, 2022Current Events, LeadershipFaithfulness, Leadership, LGBTQ, Sin

Leadership

Leadership Lessons from the Life of Daniel: The Importance of Identity

A transcendent life purpose is essential to leading well as a Christian in the marketplace. We cannot lead the way God intended if we don’t have a set of core convictions about our life purpose that extends beyond our vocation. Without deeply held beliefs, you’ll negotiate away...

January 7, 2022LeadershipIdentity, Leadership, Leadership Lessons from the Life of Daniel

Leadership

Leadership Lessons from the Life of Moses, Part 1

View the video here. Download PowerPoint slides here. In this leadership series, I’ll explore what we can learn from the life of Moses about leadership. We’ll spend our time in the book of Exodus. Let’s start by reading Exodus 1.1-7: These are the names of the sons...

February 1, 2021LeadershipLeadership, Moses

Executive Insights

Best Practices for Hiring an Interim CEO

Having run several businesses, I'll say that the process to being a successful CEO in an interim situation includes attention to several key areas. But the change for the owner who is hiring the interim CEO is significant. This article outlines the foci of an interim CEO...

November 26, 2020Executive InsightsHiring, Leadership

Executive Insights

Top Ten Things Owners Do to Demoralize Their Employees

Drawn from my experience of working with business owners in my consulting work at the Platinum Group, I've developed the top ten things that business owners do that drives their staff crazy and eventually, drives them out of their business. #10: You're a moving target You'll tell...

November 1, 2020Executive InsightsLeadership

Executive Insights

Eight Responsibilities Which Christian Business Owners Cannot Delegate

I have found that some responsibilites cannot be delegated to others when I'm serving in the role as CEO. I'm most successful as a leader when I'm highly focused on the things that only I can do within the organization. When I focus on the things listed...

September 29, 2020Executive InsightsLeadership, Purpose

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

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

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

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

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...

Team Building and Risk Taking as a Godly Leader

The companion blog post is here. Originally aired on Faith Radio with Carmen LeBerge on Mornings with Carmen, we start in 1 Samuel 22.1-5. We discuss how leaders can build their "teams" to help them lead while also assuming additional personal and corporate risk during the building...

Respecting Other Leaders who Want to Kill You

The companion blog post is here. Aired on October 2, 2019 on Mornings with Carmen on Faith Radio, Bill and Carmen discuss religious libery and freedom and how opposition to our faith is going to increase as the months and years pass.

The Danger of Leading When You Try to “go it alone” Without God

The companion blog post is here. Orginally aired on September 18, 2019 on Mornings with Carmen on Faith Radio, Bill and Carmen discuss how David, in 1 Samuel 21, lies to the Priest about his purposes for being in Nob and trys to "go it alone" instead...

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.

Lessons from the Life of David – Leading by overcoming unbelief and little faith

Aired on July 10, 2019 on Faith Radio with Carmen LeBerge, Bill discusses how David demonstrated a profoundly mature faith in God by overcoming the lack of faith in the Israel military and even Saul himself as well as overcoming their unbelief in God. The companion article...

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...

Leadership Lessons from the Life of David: Being Underestimated

We discuss the first leadership lesson which David needed to learn, which is being underestimated. The companion article is here.

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...

Leadership

Leadership Lessons from the Life of Daniel II

In this post, we'll look at what we can learn about leadership from what Daniel did right. This post will focus on Daniel, chapter 2: In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. 2 So the king...

September 8, 2018LeadershipLeadership, Managing Up, Prayer, Submission to god, Trusting God

Leadership

Leadership Lessons from the Life of Daniel I

In this series, I'll highlight some leadership lessons which we can learn from the life of Daniel. Unlike King David, who was the King of Israel, Daniel provides significant leadership lessons for those who are high up in an organization, but report to someone who is antagonistic...

August 20, 2018LeadershipLeadership, Serving godless Leaders1 Comment

Surprises When Taking a New Leadership Role

Aired on August 24, 2016 on Faith Radio with Dr. Bill Meier, we discuss the surprises a new CEO or business owner encounters when first taking on that new leadership role. We discuss a Wall Street Journal article in this discussion.

The Surprises that New Leaders Experience

Originally aired on August 24, 2016 with Dr. Bill Meier on Faith Radio. In this episode, we discuss family owned businesses and working as an interim CEO. We discuss the seven surprises that new CEOs experience, which are applicable to those in most new leadership positions.

Christian Stewardship

When Starting as a CEO, First Define Yourself

Taking a page out of Bowen Family Theory, when a person differentiates themselves within a family system, the anxiety (think fusion that results in conflict) tends to dissipate over time. In Bowen's thinking, differentiation was all about defining yourself relative to others around you. The role of...

August 20, 2016Christian StewardshipBoundaries, Featured, Leadership

Leadership Means Taking Responsibility for the Actions of Your Staff

Originally aired on February 4, 2015. With Dick Whitworth, we discuss how NFL coach Pete Carroll takes responsibility for the wrong call on the one-yard line in the Super Bowl. We then discuss how to handle taking responsibility for your staff's actions.

Leadership

Lessons from the Life of Joseph Part IV

Genesis 39.21 – 40.23: "But while Joseph was there in the prison,the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he...

May 31, 2016LeadershipChristian Business Ownership, Leadership, Sovereignty of God, Stress, suffering, Trials

Leadership

Lessons from the Life of Joseph Part III

The Life of Joseph can be highly instructive for Christian business owners, if we are willing to look at ourselves through the examples we find in Scripture. Joseph became a man of integrity and forgiveness, which was a result of God's work in his life over a...

February 9, 2016LeadershipFaithfulness, Leadership, Trials

Leadership

Lessons from the Life of Joseph Part II

Genesis 37.26-36: "23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing—24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it. 25 As they sat down to eat their meal,...

January 26, 2016LeadershipDespair, Fear, Leadership, Preparation, Slavery