Management must learn to function as healthy authority figures for organizations seeking to release the God-ordained potential of each worker. There must be a culture of submission to authority throughout the organization. Workers should be screened to see if they understand the importance of submission and are willing to truly submit to authority. Proper submission to parents is an indicator that a worker understands submission to authority and should be one of the key hiring qualifications of every organization. Avoid hiring workers who do not have a history of submission to authority both in their family of origin and in the workplace.

Gleanings - October 2015

Part of the responsibility of organizational management is to find leverage points to present Christ in a positive light to all stakeholders (workers, customers, suppliers, contractors, and regulators). Since Christianity is a rational worldview in the sense that reason can be employed to present and defend it, management should seek to rationally present the truth about Christ using common ground with the stakeholders as launching points. Wise apologists will find points of commonality with stakeholders using wisdom gleaned from pundits to illustrate biblical truth, which will then be used to present a clear, compelling, and cogent case for Christ.

Gleanings - September 2015

Given the Christian view that all humans are born morally evil and have only limited ability for moral goodness based on common grace, management must seek to develop workers who have been and are being redeemed from their moral depravity by Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. These workers are difficult to find. Therefore it is incumbent upon management to develop an organizational culture that helps workers come to a saving knowledge of Christ and mature in this knowledge. Such workers will be empowered—beyond common grace—by the Holy Spirit to increasingly overcome evil as evidenced by progressively improving alignment with the will and ways of Christ. Organizations with such workers function selflessly to serve customers and clients.

Gleanings - August 2015

Management must recognize the Scriptural validity of individual workplace callings as ministry. Furthermore, workplace callings are not humanly defined; they are defined by God. Therefore, building organizations aligned with God requires management to find the right people—people God has called and assigned to the organization. One of the keys to finding the right people is finding those who have discerned their workplace callings and view their work as ministry—a way to execute the commands of Christ. Work produced by people so aligned with God will be performed with passion and excellence since they know their work reflects their relationship with the Lord. Organizations built with such people will enjoy a worldclass reputation and deliver outstanding value to those they serve.

Gleanings - July 2015

To build enduringly excellent organizations, management must build with people who are called of God to be part of the organizations. Wise management will search for people who are both called and commissioned by authority figures to the work of their organizations. Workers seeking to find and fulfill their life purpose will, among other things, display the traits of preparation, humility, and submission to authority. These traits will facilitate the release of the purpose of God in the lives of workers, enable the workers to enjoy career success, and facilitate the delivery of excellent value to those the organization serves. Wise management will patiently search for such people and build their organizations as God provides the right people.

Gleanings - June 2015