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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Navigating the Integrity Minefield
Posted in Faith and Work, Honesty, Integrity, Judgment, Leadership, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged Bible, eight to five, Enron, faith at work, Integrity, Madoff, mine fields, Proverbs, Seven Pillars, Work on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Do I Make Sad Choices?
Posted in Choices, Decisions, Faith and Work, Honesty, Integrity, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, Words, tagged bad choices, decisions, honesty, Integrity, words on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a guest post by Steve Toth. He is a husband, father of two wonderful children, and the business unit leader at Novar. He was the marketplace teacher at our recent Eight to Five event focused on INTEGRITY, one of the Seven Pillars of Faith at Work. His teaching is available to you now in Video, Podcast, and Executive Summary formats. My [...]
Who Gets the Credit?
Posted in Excellence, Goals, Pride, Relationships, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, Team, tagged Credit, glory, grow, Pillars, plant, Relationship, rewarded, Seven Pillars, success, water, Work on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Each of us have been given a specific role in our work. For some of us, it’s clearly defined. For others, it seems to change every day. But we each have our gifts and abilities that we bring to the job. Some of us are really good at what we do. Our impact is real. [...]
“How To” Tips for Relationship with God at Work
Posted in Bible, Faith and Work, Fast, God, Prayer, Serve, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, Small Groups, tagged Abide, Bathroom, Bible, Faith, Fast, Peace, Prayer, Relationship, Serve, Seven Pillars, Small Groups, Work on September 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
For those of you that could not attend the WorkMatters Eight to Five event in early September, here are some tools to help you on your faith@work journey. This month we are focusing on the first and most important of the Seven Pillars of Faith at Work – RELATIONSHIP. Here are seven simple “how to” tips to help you [...]
Inspiration for Relationship with God at Work
Posted in Adversity, Faith, Faith and Work, Family, Fear, God, Hope, Influence, Jesus, Perspective, Relationships, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged Abide, Encouragement, Faith, God, Inspiration, Relationship, Seven Pillars, Work on September 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We are blogging this month on the first of Seven Pillars…Relationship. Specifically, how we can walk with God all day, every day, but especially in our work. But it’s hard, isn’t it? The menial tasks. The grind. Deadlines. Worry. Money…and the list goes on. But God calls us to see it differently, doesn’t he? He [...]
Why Don’t I Abide with God at Work?
Posted in Faith and Work, Fear, God, Jesus, Relationships, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged Abide, Busyness, Enemy, Faith, Fear, Guilt, Pillars, Relationship, Seven Pillars, Work on September 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As we discuss the Relationship Pillar and this idea of abiding with God at work, the first question has to be…why don’t we do it? We talked about this question in several discussion groups at last week’s Eight to Five event. Here are some answers: Fear – it could cost us something… relationship, $, promotion, job! Busyness – #1 [...]
Seven Pillars of Faith at Work
Posted in Relationships, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged Abide, Faith, Relationship, Seven Pillars, Work on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“But, how do you do it? I understand intellectually living my faith at work, but what does that really mean? And how do I do it?” That question, asked in a variety of different ways, is the most often asked question of WorkMatters. Last Friday, we launched a new flavor of our Eight to Five marketplace ministry focused [...]
Serving and Selling Eggs?
Posted in Servant Leadership, Serve, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work on July 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We write, teach and equip frequently on the subject of Servant Leadership. It is Jesus’ leadership model and therefore something we take very seriously. It is certainly one of our Seven Pillars of Faith and Work. Servant leadership is simply about serving others. Humbling ourselves to help others. Sometimes that takes place inside the workplace. Other [...]
Raising the Bar
Posted in Faith and Work, Heart, Servant Leadership, Serve, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Serving is such a powerful element of living out our faith at work! Check out this cool article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on our WorkMatters “Raising the Bar” campaign to enable marketplace leaders to serve families in great need. Office is awash in bars of soap By Christie Storm Posted: March 24, 2011 at 5:15 a.m. [...]
Southwest Excellence
Posted in Excellence, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How often are you surprised by service? How often does a company or an individual catch you off guard with their enthusiasm? Cause you to tell stories to your friends and coworkers about the experience you had? Recently, I flew Southwest Airlines…and that is exactly what happened. Everything about the way they did business shouted [...]
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