Integrity Moments

Wilson Fauber has been a Virginia realtor for over forty years, yet he was recently found guilty of ethics violations by a National Association of Realtors ethics panel. Mr. Fauber’s crime – years earlier he quoted Bible verses about marriage and human sexuality on social media.   According to christianpost.com, Mr. Fauber was charged with “hate ...

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Imagine the complexity of decisions that the Tik Tok CEO had to make the weekend of January 18th. Congress and the Supreme Court ruled that Tik Tok had to sell or close its operations in the United States.   Risking thousands of jobs and businesses, Tik Tok closed. But then President Trump claimed he would find ...

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In the book, Every Good Endeavor, authors Timothy Keller and Katherine Alsdorf paint a picture of work as multi-beneficial. Work allows us to use our God-given talents to serve God, our employers and our customers. We also honor God by doing our work in a way that serves our professions and our communities.   Psalm ...

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On any given workday, you will experience moments when reality conflicts with your expectations of how the world should be.  Someone will give you “counsel” that you don’t want to hear (or believe is true). Someone will not perform his or her job the way you want. Someone will selfishly advance his or her ...

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After many years working in the communications department, I was promoted to lead the team. I was ecstatic. Finally, I could pursue the projects I wanted in the way that I wanted. But my immaturity quickly tripped me up. I launched changes that confused and upset team members and did little more than advance ...

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As a member of my church denomination’s outreach committee, I was expected to take a mission trip to see our contributions at work. Although I had asked to visit a project in Europe, a late change redirected me to Venezuela, a country for which I had no interest or understanding.  Praying furiously to God ...

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If you’ve been a leader for long, you’ve likely experienced customers or past employees sharing negative things about you and or your business. For those who take things personally, or are overly sensitive, these unkind attacks can be devastating.   The challenge is to discern what criticism is legitimate versus complaints that are not helpful. These ...

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While many prepare for year-end festivities, many generous entrepreneurs are examining their estimated bottom-line profit for the past year. These men and women are making decisions on how to minimize taxes and how much to give to charity.   Doublethedonation.com claims that 10% of annual charitable giving comes in the last three days of the ...

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As many Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion departments across Corporate America dissolve, many may wonder how we arrived here. Many policies were established with the sincere desire of offering better treatment and opportunity to minorities who had experienced injustice.  However, many non-minority competent people were passed over for jobs, resulting in claims and lawsuits from those ...

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Years ago, Michael Gerber wrote a popular book called E-Myth. The primary premise behind the book is that many entrepreneurs work hard at their craft, but they’re not always adept at developing systems and processes.  This results in many entrepreneurs working harder, but not smarter. Which is often why franchises succeed more frequently than ...

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