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The Flat Tire

Posted in Faith and Work on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Rob Hey who spoke at our January Eight to Five on the Pillar of SERVE will continue to share his thoughts with us this month regarding how to serve more effectively in the workplace.   A few weeks ago, my brother was driving back from the airport, when he had a blowout on his new [...]

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Generous

Posted in Faith and Work, Generous, Giving, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged , , , , on January 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »

gen~er~ous: adjective 1. liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish. Why are people generous? What makes someone want to give? Is it how they were raised? Or is it in their DNA? Is it because they have excess riches? Or is it a product of their heart? I don’t pretend to know the answers to these questions, but I have [...]

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The Time for Influence

Posted in Encouragement, Faith and Work, Influence, Time on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

During our discussions on Influence we covered intentionally aligning the sources of what influences us with how we want to influence others.  But, we also need to talk about the time for influence. Jesus said “It’s urgent that you listen carefully to this: Anyone here who believes what I am saying right now and aligns himself with the Father, who has in [...]

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The Source of Influence

Posted in Faith and Work, God, Influence, Trust, Wisdom on December 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Influence is the pillar we are focused on this month.  Spencer Frazier, SVP for Sales at J.B. Hunt brought a powerful message to our Eight to Five gathering last Friday.  He continues his teaching in our blog for the month of December. Workmatters first pillar of faith at work is Relationship…abiding with God at work. [...]

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Living Out Colossians 3:23

Posted in Excellence, Faith and Work, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Apostle Paul can be intimidating. He writes: “Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.”  I don’t know about you, but thinking that the Lord God Almighty supervises my work intimidates me considerably.  It makes me think that everything I do at work must [...]

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Choices

Posted in Choices, Excellence, Faith and Work on November 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Excellence is about choosing how we do things. I’ve been suggesting that it’s about doing the right things with excellence in order to BE excellent. But let’s not forget that it all comes down to our choices. I saw this great quote on my home page the other day: “You don’t get to choose how [...]

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Thankful in All Things

Posted in Faith and Work on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.  (1Thessalonians 5:18 NLT) I believe it’s easier to find excellence in our work when we are also thankful in our work.    And as Christians, this should be our attitude in all things.  Or that’s what the Apostle Paul [...]

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Begin with the End in Mind

Posted in Choices, Decisions, Excellence, Faith and Work, Goals, Planning on November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Trying to define excellence is like trying to say how long a string is.  I’ve talked a little about the process of determining our strengths, understanding our job, and defining expectations as a process to excellence.  And so, excellence will be different for everyone. But I’m reminded of another way to approach this.  One of [...]

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The Excellent Hedge Hog

Posted in Excellence, Faith and Work, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged , , , on November 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »

WorkMatters founder Tom Frase taught on the pillar of Excellence at our November Eight to Five.  He will continue to share his thoughts over the next few weeks defining more clearly how we achieve excellence in our work. Collins in his book Good to Great says that great companies find their “hedgehog idea.”  If you’ve [...]

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Navigating the Integrity Minefield

Posted in Faith and Work, Honesty, Integrity, Judgment, Leadership, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Ethics training often comes to us as hypothetical scenarios that barely resemble anything we see as “regular” workers, and hardly provides a map to navigate the hazards challenging our integrity at work.  Most of us will never experience an Enron scandal, or a Madoff ponzi scheme at work.  People familiar with these matters must have [...]

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