INTEGRITY IDEA: Nurture Nutrition COVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): Practices COVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly Covert STAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Employees "Nurture Nutrition" is about adopting practices and benefits that are specifically designed to encourage and support the nutritional health of employees. It...
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) and DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) initiatives remain in the news, but most recently it has been because organizations are dismantling (or at least disguising) their ESG and DEI programs. "Keep the ESG/DEI Baby (and Your Nose)" is about faithful leaders...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Onboard with IntentionCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Employees"Onboard with Intention" is about designing an onboarding process for new employees that introduces, reflects and reinforces the most important elements of...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Climb a HillCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): ProclamationCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly OvertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Kingdom"Climb a Hill" is about faithful leaders accepting, seeking and even creating opportunities to share publicly about their organization's pursuit of faithful...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Do a DevoCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): ProclamationCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): OvertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: EmployeesThis has nothing to do with the American new wave band popular in the 1980's. "Do a Devo" is about periodically providing a...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Energize External GenerosityCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Employees, Customers/Clients, Community, KingdomGenerosity is such a foundational Biblical principle to operating with faithful integrity through business a better way toward Biblical...
Business has the potential to beautify the world--or uglify it. “Beautiful” was clearly God's design when he created everything and declared it "very good", and “beautiful” is the word that comes to mind as you read the description of the New Jerusalem that is coming--God's...
Does faith/work integration require Overtly faithful practices? Leading an organization with faithful integrity in alignment with Biblical beliefs, principles and priorities toward Biblical flourishing requires a continual prayerful balancing of the call to be Courageous through Overtness and the need to be Wise through Covertness. Both the...
A life of faith is a life of choices. For a faithful leader, one of those choices is the "O" that drives their leadership. There are two options--obedience or outcome. It is a choice between the kingdom of this world and the Kingdom of God....
It is impossible to talk honestly about the WHAT, WHY and HOW of business in alignment with Biblical beliefs, values and priorities without addressing how profit fits in. Profit is NOT bad, and the creation by business of economic prosperity is good. Profit in a...
As a faithful leader seeking to lead faithfully, you face a foundational choice between two starkly different options with profound implications. One option is business as usual — business in "the way of the world" or, more precisely, according to "the kingdom of this world."...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Discourage WinningCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Employees, Customers/Clients, Suppliers/Vendors"Discourage Winning" may be counter-cultural, but it is not about "encouraging losing". "Discourage Winning" is about cultivating an organizational culture that...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Close the GapsCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PeopleCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): OvertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Employees"Close the Gaps" is about organizing or facilitating study groups, or making available resources, that help employees get across the three "gaps" that...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Keep Controversy Within Your MissionCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PoliciesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: KingdomWe don't mean that an organization should have a controversial mission. "Keep Controversy Within Your Mission" is about putting in...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Be TrustworthyCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Employees, Customers/Clients, Owners, Suppliers/Vendors, Community, KingdomAmericans trust in institutions, including businesses, has declined. "Be Trustworthy" is about putting in place policies and practices...
Does Easter shape the WHY of your work, business and investing? Easter is important for every worker, business leader and investor who follows Jesus because it serves as a vivid reminder of a bigger WHY and a sacred relevance for our work, business and investing...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Clean Your ChainCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Employees. Customers/Clients, Owners, Community, KingdomMost Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. "Clean Your Chain" is...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Terminate with GoldCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: EmployeesMost Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. When we say "Gold", we are not talking...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Re-Imagine the BoxCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Owners, Employees, Customers/ClientsMost Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. "Re-Imagine the Box" is about re-imagining...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Create a Cue CardCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: EmployeesMost Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. "Create a Cue Card" is about literally...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Give "Horizontal" ThanksCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PeopleCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: EmployeesMost Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. While faithful leaders should always give "vertical" thanks...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Don’t “Toolify” HumansCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PeopleCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: EmployeesMost Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. “Don’t Toolify Humans” is more fundamental, because it...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Set Integrity Boundaries COVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): Policies COVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly Covert STAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Kingdom Most Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. "Set Integrity Boundaries" is about faithful...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Identify Your BeautyCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): ProductsCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Owners, Employees, Customers/Clients, Suppliers/Vendors, CommunityMost Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. "Identify Your Beauty" is...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Recall Your Faithful Purpose COVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): Practices COVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly Covert or Highly Overt STAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Kingdom Most Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. "Recall Your...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Take Steps to PPPCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: KingdomMost Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. “Take Steps To PPP” is...
Most faithful leaders are not CEOs or business owners--they are leading from somewhere in the middle, whether they are leading a division, department, business unit, team or project, supervising many people or one person, or simply leading by example as part of a team. But...
Giving generously from wealth is a very good thing both for faithful leaders personally and for the businesses they lead, but faithful integrity and business a better way demand more. Many organizations do important and excellent work helping faithful leaders understand the importance of being...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Thank Your Temps COVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): Practices COVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly Covert STAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Employees Most Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. "Thank Your Temps" is about acknowledging the...
Sometimes good-intentioned faithful leaders sprinkle faith "reindeer dust"--overt faith symbols and practices--believing that it is faith/work integration. It isn't bad, and it can be very good, but by itself it is not leading with faithful integrity through business a better way toward Biblical flourishing. By...
While you were paying attention to Time naming Taylor Swift their "Person of the Year", you might have missed Merriam-Webster's naming their "Word of the Year 2023"--Authentic. "Authenticity", both at a leadership and organizational level, is a key aspect of leading with faithful integrity through...
Over the last four years, we have been laying out and expanding on a model for moving toward what we call Integriosity®--leading with faithful integrity through business a better way and toward Biblical flourishing. It is time to pause, take a breath and look back...
Integrous "helps faithful leaders lead with faithful integrity toward Biblical flourishing". Our belief is that the bigger WHY of an organization aligned with Biblical beliefs, principles and priorities should be to maximize flourishing (rather than profit) by Humanizing People, Beautifying the World and Glorifying God,...
Are you in (still in? always in?) a Thanksgiving mood! Get ready for a silly but hopefully meaningful analogy. If Thanksgiving was your business, what would "profit" represent in the Thanksgiving preparation and meal? Remember, profit is NOT bad, and the creation by business of...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Tear Down Those WallsCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: EmployeesMost Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. "Tear Down Those Walls" is not about...
A faithful leader who wants to lead with faithful integrity in alignment with Biblical beliefs, principles and priorities must avoid "doing an Ahaz". You might be asking, "Who was Ahaz?" The better question is "What's 'doing an Ahaz'?" The best question is "How do I...
The first step on the ancient path from the "as usuals" of business as usual, work as usual, and faith as usual to "a better way" is RENEW, and the first step of RENEW is reordering disordered priorities to "Keep First Things First". The last of...
INTEGRITY IDEA: Fortify FamilyCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Employees/Community/KingdomMost Integrity Ideas are practical actions toward implementing a bigger WHY for the organization. "Fortify Family" is about adopting practices and benefits that...
ESSENCE: Integrity Ideas are specific actions a faithful leader can consider in leading faithfully through business a better way.INTEGRITY IDEA: Provide "Plain" PricingCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: CustomersMost Integrity Ideas are...
Don’t worry--this is not about the U.S. Southern border, Eastern European borders or Middle Eastern borders. It is about the border between the kingdom of the world and the Kingdom of God. Kingdom border protection is trickier than geographic border protection because a faithful leader...
ESSENCE: The first step on the ancient path from the "as usuals" of business as usual, work as usual, and faith as usual to "a better way" is RENEW, and the first step of RENEW is reordering disordered priorities to "Keep First Things First". When "all...
ESSENCE: Integrity Ideas are specific actions a faithful leader can consider in leading faithfully through business a better way.INTEGRITY IDEA: Adopt a "77" PolicyCOVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PoliciesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): OvertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: EmployeesMost Integrity Ideas are...
The first step on the ancient path from the "as usuals" of business as usual, work as usual, and faith as usual to "a better way" is RENEW, and the first step of RENEW is reordering disordered priorities to "Keep First Things First". If a...
The first step on the ancient path from the "as usuals" of business as usual, work as usual, and faith as usual to "a better way" is RENEW, and the first step of RENEW is reordering disordered priorities to "Keep First Things First". The...
The first step on the ancient path from the "as usuals" of business as usual, work as usual, and faith as usual to "a better way" is RENEW. It is the start of a four-step process called Integriosity® to help a faithful leader navigate the journey on...
You are probably wondering "What is an RYR?" "RYR" stands for a "Rich Young Ruler". Don't stop reading just because you are not "rich" or not "young" or not a "ruler"--being an RYR is not about status or circumstances. It is about your heart as reflected...
ESSENCE: Integrity Ideas are specific actions a faithful leader can consider in leading faithfully through business a better way.INTEGRITY IDEA: Catalyze "Kindness"COVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Employees, Customers/Clients, Owners, Suppliers/Vendors, CommunityMost...
ESSENCE: Integrity Ideas are specific actions a faithful leader can consider in leading faithfully through business a better way. INTEGRITY IDEA: Encourage "Biblical EQ" COVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): Proclamation and Practices COVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Overt STAKEHOLDERS SERVED:...
ESSENCE: Integrity Ideas are specific actions a faithful leader can consider in leading faithfully through business a better way.INTEGRITY IDEA: Create a Team "Humanbook"COVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): Highly CovertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: EmployeesMost Integrity Ideas...
ESSENCE: Integrity Ideas are specific actions a faithful leader can consider in leading faithfully through business a better way.INTEGRITY IDEA: Embrace "Biblical ESG"COVERT-OVERT CONTINUUM (six Continuums for action): Proclamation and PracticesCOVERT-OVERT RATING (several levels from Highly Covert to Highly Overt): OvertSTAKEHOLDERS SERVED: Employees, Customers/Clients, Owners,...