New seasons in life are such a blessing. When I lived in San Francisco, I missed the life change that came with summer, fall, winter and spring. Such is the case with the end of school! For those of us that have children, it signals the beginning of summer. Children or not, ready or not, summer is [...]
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Schools Out For Summer…3 Ways to Enjoy It!
Posted in Faith and Work, tagged Faith, Laughing, Memorial, Memorial Day, Relaxing, Work on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Too Many Priorities?
Posted in Balance, Choices, Faith and Work, Leadership, Peace, Planning, Prayer, Purpose, Workplace Prayer on April 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Many times we rush into a new week after a super hectic weekend with way more on our plate than what we might have remembered being there on Friday. Most of the time, all that work stuff that we thought we would get done early Saturday morning or maybe Sunday evening gets taken over by [...]
10 Attributes of a Humble Leader
Posted in Bible, Faith and Work, Humble, Servant Leadership, Serve, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged Bible, Catalyst, humble, humilty, leader, leadership, marketplace scripture, pride, servant leadership on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
All of us want to be humble leaders. It sounds good. It sounds right. But pride is a mighty warrior. It fights for the enemy. And we so easily fall prey to the enemy. Some of us seem to be born with more humility than others. Some of us have great mothers or fathers that [...]
Have You Thought About Praying for Your Work?
Posted in Faith, Faith and Work, Prayer, Relationships, Team, Work, Workplace Prayer on March 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Today our team started off the day/week doing something that I know most do not have the opportunity to do. We begin each week with a staff meeting, but we kick off the staff meeting spending some time in prayer for our work. It is a rich experience and one that we do not take [...]
How to Change Your Life in One Day
Posted in Faith and Work, Change, Leadership on March 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Is it possible to change your life in one day? Absolutely! I know because it happened to me. Nine years ago I made a choice. I chose to attend a leadership simulcast at my church. I did it because I love to learn and grow as a leader. I was VP of Sales/Marketing at J.B. Hunt Transport [...]
Discovering Your Calling
Posted in Calling, Faith and Work, Planning, Purpose, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged calling, comfort zone, council, faith and work, joy, meaning of life, passion, planning, purpose, strengthfinders2.0, wisdom on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Why should we care what work we do? Why should we care where we work? It’s just work right? It’s something we have to do. We have to pay the bills, so we work. If that is our perspective, we are surrendering half of our lives [...]
You Care? You Serve!
Posted in Encouragement, Faith and Work, Friendship, Hope, Influence, marketplace ministry, Relationships, Servant Leadership, Serve on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Rob Hey continues his outstanding and practical teaching on what Serving looks like at work. Print this and and put it where you will see it everyday when you get to the office! This week at work, I took a close look at what I actually accomplished in serving others. My personal goal has always [...]
Showing Up to Serve
Posted in Adversity, Encouragement, Faith and Work, Friendship, Serve on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Rob Hey continues to share his powerful insights regarding how we can more effectively serve those we work with. This is a powerful story! A few weeks ago, one of my fellow co-workers experienced some unexpected major health issues and ended up needing open heart surgery. It was a shock to everyone at the office [...]
Who Cares?
Posted in Excellence, Faith and Work, Pride, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, Work, tagged care, caring, details, Seth Godin, Work on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I love today’s blog post from Seth Godin! Especially this point…”Caring, it turns out, is a competitive advantage, and one that takes effort, not money.” One of our Core Values at WorkMatters is Excellence. It is also one of the Seven Pillars of Faith at Work. Excellence is so often found in the details. Enjoy Seth’s [...]
Lessons Learned from the Tornado
Posted in Adversity, Faith and Work, Leadership, Planning, Plans, Serve, Team on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Rob Hey continues to share his thoughts this month on how we can serve more effectively at work. It is amazing to see people around the office that will step up and serve when the time calls for it. We all have talents and gifts that can be used in powerful ways if we will [...]