The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director. Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year. God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started i...
How do you know what anyone should or shouldn't do? The answer is, with the exception of few things, you don't. I have written a series here on the blog, "Lessons from Kathryn". She's the person who has served as my manager at NextJob for most of my employment there, and that recently changed within the last few weeks. She is still at the company however she has been promoted to a new position. While she is no longer my day to day manager, we still talk on a constant basis. Her value in my life is not limited to positional authority and I am still in close relationship and learning from her whether she is overseeing me or not. I think we've actually talked more since she's not my manager than we did before! Incidentally, I am also in very good relationship with my new manager, Tina , who was responsible for bringing me to the company in the first place and is a great manager and leader to learn from as well. There's something Kathryn t...