How do we find equilibrium in the life of business spiritually engaged? Bradley J. Moore finds himself caught between the dreaming and the coming true.
Cheer Up! The Happiness Consultants Have Arrived
But should we really be so obsessed with everyone’s happiness at work?
At day's end, what do we really want from work? An exploration by Bradley J. Moore.
Bradley J. Moore thinks it's time to admit business leaders are not infallible machines...and celebrate the truth that flawed and breakable people can lead, even in ambiguity and complexity.
Bradley J. Moore is wrestling with what may be the best path to bringing faith and spirituality into the workplace in a positive and productive manner.
It's that time again. Bradley J Moore, having closed the book on 2009, turns his eye to predicting what the spiritually astute business leader will find HOT in 2010.
Bradley J. Moore took a few minutes between Christmas and New Year's Day to review his goals from the past 12 months...just to see how he did.
Leadership will inevitably involve facing some unpleasant details such as dealing with difficult, strong-willed people who have their own appetite for power, or making life-or-death decisions in the face of extreme challenges. Bradley J. Moore considers whether that means it's all about power in the end.
The Board room lights were dimmed, and the Meeting Inventory Spreadsheet was projected up on to the screen, larger than life. It was Bradley J. Moore's executive team meeting about meetings.
Sometimes words and messages can converge at just the right moment, burrow right down into your gut, and you just know that God is trying to tell you something... Recently, Bradley J. Moore had just such an experience.
Bradley J. Moore isn't saying you should start business meetings by lifting your hands and calling for the Holy Spirit to drop tongues of fire on your agnostic and multi-faith team members. But you begin meetings in a way that's thoughtful, respectful, inclusive and productive.
It started as a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day at work for Bradley J. Moore, and ended up in a nightmare.
Bradley J. Moore reports: "A few days ago, one bold soul came forth and asked me quite directly just how exactly I handled this dilemma of integrating my faith in the workplace. As if I were an expert on the topic, right?" Much to Bradley's surprise, he immediately rattled off an answer he's apparently internalized without knowing it.
"I don’t know about you," writes Bradley J. Moore, "but instead of thinking about the work of the Holy Spirit, I usually get caught up in work itself: the stress, the action of the deal, the next phone call, meeting or email—whatever is going on in the heat of the moment." Yeh, that sounds kind of familiar.
You can have your Mancations with the boys and your Staycations knocking around the neighborhood. Bradley J. Moore took a Godcation, and more than met his match. Part Two















