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Bill Pollard, Former CEO of ServiceMaster and Advisor to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics, and Economics

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  • Not right to think you have a ‘right to win’ because you are a Christian in the marketplace.
  • Why your faith helps you relate better to your coworkers and clients:
    • Being a Christian does mean you have God with you, which helps you to understand your customers and coworkers in a unique and positive way.
    • CEO of public company that had as its corporate objectives: To honor God in all you do, to help people pursue excellence in all they do, and to grow profitably.
    • When retired was doing over $7 billion yearly revenue in 45 countries. Over 200,000 employees.
    • Peter Drucker. “Leadership is not something that should be sought after. Leadership is just a means. To what end is the question. For me, the end of leadership is the developement of those who follow, the direction they’re going, and who they are becoming. “
    • Corporate Goals:
      • 1. Honor God First Two – end goals of the business
      2. Develop People
      3. Pursue Excellence – Means Goals of the business
      4. Grow Profitably
    • People serving have to also be growing in their role.
    • Virtue of Profit
      • a. Comes from the parable of the talents (NEED SOURCE)
      b. They were criticized because he didn’t produce anything positive. Profit means being productive.
      c. God wants us to produce more than our lives which is to invest in other people, which is what our faith is all about.
      d. John 3:16 – God so loved the world – not evangelicals or Christians.
    • Each career decision he had his doubts, but there is a comfort knowing that the Spirit of God is with and in you. Doubt is a hard reality you go through during those changes, but a reminder we serve one who knows all.
      • Don’t fixate on which industry you should be in.
      • Realize the opportunity there is in the marketplace.
      • Billy Graham’s explanation that the marketplace is the greatest mission field in the world today rather than pastors focusing only on the Sunday services.
      • There is no distinction between people who are serving the Lord in ministry versus serving the world that he so loved.
      • Story on how God uses circumstances in the marketplace to share our faith:
        • Problem solving cross-culturally with Japanese business partners.
        • How his hubris almost cost him a great opportunity to love the world.
        • We are called to get to know people at our jobs.

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