In “Rare Leadership in the Workplace,” authors Marcus Warner and Jim Wilder unpack RARE as an acronym for how to become a mature leader. The first R stands for “Remain Relational.” While in public accounting, a manager thought I had undermined her authority. Instead of rebuking me personally and appropriately, I was called into the office so a partner and […]

In the book “Rare Leadership in the Workplace,” authors Marcus Warner and Jim Wilder contend that maturity is the core leadership quality. They define maturity as a “collection of skills and habits we develop over time.” When thrust into leadership, our past skills of self-management are important, but incomplete. For now, we are charged with leading others as well. Relationships […]

According to the book “Rare Leadership in the Workplace,” Purdue University conducted research to improve egg productivity from chickens. They separated the highest producing chickens hoping to create a group of “super chickens.” After six generations of “super chickens,” only three survived. But the normal chickens egg production increased dramatically! These researchers discovered that the “super chickens” were predators. They […]

Pew Research tracks the percentage of people involved in religion. To highlight the dramatic cultural shift we’re experiencing, we can contrast 1990 to 2020. In 1990, only 7% of the population claimed to have no religion. By 2020, the nonreligious category had soared to almost 30%. This is greater than any one religion, including Catholicism! This opens the door for […]

According to Businessinsider.com, Amazon hired over 350,000 people from July to October of 2020. In fact, though, most of those workers left after just “days or weeks.” Amazon is now concerned that their growth and turnover could reach a point where they struggle to find people who haven’t already worked with them before. My suspicion is most of these people […]

Mackenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’ former wife, recently announced that she is giving $2.7 billion to 286 charities. That’s on average almost $10 million per charity. Too often organizations who receive a large one-time gift find ruin when they add expenses based on the new gift, hoping to replace the funds in later years. Many businesses also find themselves in trouble […]

The job market is shifting dramatically. For example, 2.7% of the workforce resigned in the month of April, the highest since 2000. A variety of factors are causing people to make career transitions. For some, remote work is preferred. Others are discovering that with today’s job opportunities, they may be able to leave an unfulfilling job to pursue a more […]

Starting and growing a small business requires hard work, courage and wisdom. Where you go for wisdom can make or break the future of your business. According to Greenlight research, 35% of 13 through 20-year-olds have turned to TikTok for personal-finance and investing advice. Is getting advice from inexperienced 20-year-olds a wise idea? No, but there is a source of wisdom […]

One of our core values at Unconventional Business Network is being open to God-sized possibilities. One way we apply that value is in our budget. Annually, we prepare two budgets, a “likely” one and a God-sized hopeful one. We want God to have room to do the impossible. In 2020, it seemed unlikely we could reach our likely budget for […]

One of our values at UBN is to be “Driven by a Higher Purpose.” We are driven by the belief that God has a purpose and a plan for each businessperson. We desire to help people fulfill their purpose and live out the plan God has for them vocationally. Occasionally we help a business leader in a poor country launch […]