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Leaders Going to the Well

Proverbs 10:11 (MSG) The mouth of a good person is a deep, life-giving well, but the mouth of the wicked is a dark cave of abuse.

The picture is striking: a working well or a dark cave.

Keeping the metaphor simple, only one source refreshes the body, mind and spirit. I'm not talking about "church." May well be a well - a well around which we gather on Sunday.

How do you make the “Sunday refreshment” last… Continue

Added by P. Griffith "Griff" Lindell on June 10, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

INFLUENCE: A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

Proverbs 22:24-25 (MSG) Don't hang out with angry people; don't keep company with hotheads. Bad temper is contagious— don't get infected.

How you influence others may well depend on how others influence you.

There is an undercurrent of anger about the economy, health care and America’s “place” in the world. Those issues are important and discussion about them vital. Small businesspeople must make tough decisions about… Continue

Added by P. Griffith "Griff" Lindell on April 22, 2010 at 11:38am — No Comments

God's Cardiac Unit - Heart Test That Matters Most

Proverbs 17:3

(NKJV) The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the

LORD tests the hearts.

We don’t like it, but experience validates that it is true: it’s in the furnaces of life that we are

tested. We all want to be that finished museum piece, beautiful to

behold, gleaming, admired - just needing a little dusting now and then.

Not going to happen. We were created “living”… Continue

Added by P. Griffith "Griff" Lindell on March 26, 2010 at 10:29am — No Comments

Watch your Words

Proverbs 12:18 (MSG) Rash language cuts and maims, but there is healing in the words of the wise.

Change has been a hot topic recently and change is at least painful and at worst potentially destructive.

Positive change in our relationships takes intentionality. People are sometimes “destroyed” by what is said and how it is said as they spontaneously react negatively to the change.

The wise leader recognizes the various impacts of change on the team… Continue

Added by P. Griffith "Griff" Lindell on June 12, 2009 at 1:13pm — 2 Comments

Leaders Learn to Stop Gossip Quickly

Proverbs 11:13 (NLT) A gossip goes around revealing secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.

Workplace gossip has become almost like air: it's everywhere. So pervasive that management literature not only recognizes gossip as a force in the workplace, but also has studied how it starts, how to use it, how to make it work for you and how to stop it.

Writers in the field of organizational development, human resources and management seem to… Continue

Added by P. Griffith "Griff" Lindell on June 11, 2009 at 3:33pm — 2 Comments

Leaders Value Wisdom over Wealth

Proverbs 8:11 (MSG) For Wisdom is better than all the trappings of wealth; nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her.

Status, wealth, power, and living the "good life" rule the airwaves. Success is measured by the “trappings of wealth.” That love of money has also given rise to a society where truth is not as valued as much as is “correctness.”

For the believer, access to Wisdom is straightforward – ask for wit. One small caveat – ask in faith. Therein… Continue

Added by P. Griffith "Griff" Lindell on June 11, 2009 at 3:29pm — No Comments

Leaders Understand “Experiences”

Proverbs 29:13 (MSG) The poor and their abusers have at least something in common: they can both see—their sight, God's gift!

These two have little in common, at first glance, except their business dealings; but, with all life experiences, there is more here than meets the eye.

Experiences shape us, not by what happens, but by what we do about what happens. The simple common grace of God – expressed as eyesight - is offered to both the oppressor and the… Continue

Added by P. Griffith "Griff" Lindell on May 29, 2009 at 4:33pm — 1 Comment