As Christian business leaders, the values we use to run our businesses impact everything. Our values have the potential to define our company culture. They guide our decision-making and drive our performance.
In our modern world, technology’s rapid evolution has changed many business sectors and practices. Communication is instant, production is faster, and digital tools for marketing, campaigning, and networking are more advanced than ever.
Facing business struggles, setbacks, conflicts, and hard financial times is something that business leaders and CEOs expect to experience.
I enjoy unhurried conversations where joys, hopes, dreams, and fears bubble to the surface of our often too-busy lives. As a pastor and frequent speaker on faith, work, and economics, I not only really like a bold cup of coffee but enjoy catching up with congregational members at a favorite coffee shop.
Networking is an important aspect of business leadership that can help Christian leaders build strong relationships, expand their influence, and advance their goals. It is important for Christian leaders to grow together, use one another as resources, and support one another. In this article, we will explore some of the key benefits of networking with Christian business leaders.
It was the mid-1970’s. I was a young teenager and on this particular day, I was a passenger in one of those big boat size cars driving up a winding mountain road. The driver was my 5 foot 2-inch spiritual mentor Lionel Mayell. To me, he was a spiritual giant. We were headed towards Campus Crusade for Christ (now CRU) offices in Southern California. That morning, the trajectory of my entire life was about to change because Lionel Mayell was a light carrier. He carried the light of the love of Jesus in his head and it moved to his heart and spread to his hands and feet. He was a great man who served me and shaped me deeply.
