The Articles Library, Section 7

What does “Christian” mean on Monday morning?

LEARN TO LEAD FAITHFULLY

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William Pollard

The ServiceMaster Company is a global corporation, operating in more than 40 countries and generating annual revenues of several billion dollars. But it is also a company whose first objective is “To honor God in all we do.” In this excerpt, its former Chairman  explains the company’s connection between honoring God and generating profits.

Henri Nouwen

Henri Nouwen (1932-1996) was a Dutch-born Catholic priest whose 40 books have been widely read by Catholics and Protestants alike.  In his later years, his ministry shifted from teaching ivy-leaguers at Harvard to pastoring at Daybreak, one of the L’Arche communities for mentally handicapped people. Soon after that transition, Fr. Nouwen was invited to give a series of talks about Christian leadership to a group of clergy, talks that were eventually published under the title In the Name of Jesus. This article shares the essence of Nouwen’s ideas from that book.

Nancy Pearcey

“The central problem of our age is not liberalism or modernism,” writes Francis Schaeffer–or even hot-button social issues like evolution, abortion, radical feminism, or homosexual rights. The primary threat to the church is the “tendency to do the Lord’s work in the power of the flesh rather than the Spirit.” This paradigm-changing excerpt from Pearcey’s book, Total Truth, presents an essential alternative for every ministry leader.

Michael Zigarelli 

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How should Christians in managerial and leadership positions make decisions? Here’s one time-honored tool that can keep us on track.

Michael Zigarelli

There’s a standard process for getting better results – a classic approach that traces its roots to Deming and Drucker, among the wisest management thinkers of the 20th century. And it applies just as much to your personal life as it does to your professional life.

Max DePree

A dozen qualities of an effective leader, presented by a Christian CEO with more than forty years of corporate experience. Here is the culminating chapter in his bestselling book, Leadership Jazz.

Corne J. Bekker

It might not come as a surprise that Jim Collins was not the first person to describe the power of leadership humility. Fifteen hundred years ago, Benedict of Nursia, a Christian monk, offered time-honored, twelve step process for how every leader (and anyone else) can develop this elusive quality.

Andy Stanley

In the world of athletics, nobody performs his way out of needing a coach. In the world of leadership, though, we operate under the misguided assumption that because we are leaders, we don’t need to be led.

Michael Zigarelli

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Want to succeed in your career and reflect the love of God at the same time? Your interpersonal skills will make a difference. At work, in the home, at church, around the neighborhood and just about everyplace else, these skills can enhance your ability to both get things done and to model Christ. In this article, the author offers an extensive and practical list of people skills strategies.

Michael Zigarelli

The prospect of terminating an employee can turn even the most seasoned business professional into a nail-biting novice. And when that professional is also a Christian, there’s the added difficulty of reconciling the firing with God’s call to servanthood, forgiveness, and love. Here’s a Biblical approach that comport with both God’s law and man’s law.