Does your office seem dead and impersonal? Glenn McMahan shares ten tips on how you can change that.
Glenn McMahan reports on the impact of Brazil's World Cup loss on the people of Brazil and ponders the role of sports in spiritual life of people.
Glenn McMahan explains the growth of "corporate culture" around the world through the plight of his Brazilian friend, stuck in a small American town, during soccer's World Cup.
Glenn McMahan provides insight into the vital role that business associations can play in a society by examining a thriving association in Brazil. And in doing so, he challenges the reader to consider the importance of involvement in such associations.
In the U.S., mid to late 20th-century norms placed a high value on living independently at an early age, similar to what one finds in Scandinavian countries. Glenn McMahan find evidence that increasing numbers of young men and women in the U.S. and Brazil are joining other global peers in bucking that expectation.
Glenn McMahan's misfortune in Argentina leads him to make extraordinary observations on why work can be so soulless and deadening. He also shares how to find hope and meaning in the midst of the drudgery.
Revising the Revised History of Capitalism
Rodney Stark's The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success
Many contemporary Christian views about money have lost touch with the historical roots of capitalism, not to mention the essence of what the biblical texts teach about capital and wealth. Glenn McMahan explores Rodney Stark's remarkable book on the rise of capitalism in the ninth century.
Glenn McMahan celebrates the life and mourns the death in Haiti this week of Brazilian and global healthcare hero Dr. Zilda Arns, who proved what one person armed with expertise and a biblical worldview can accomplish for good.
Brazilian Businesses Forget to Invest in Leaders
Can this Brazilian business lesson be instructive where you live?
According to recent surveys, businesses in the rapidly expanding Brazilian economy forgot one key component for growth—the need to develop top-level leadership. Commentary from Glen McMahan.
If the government came to your suburban sub-division, and told you to leave your home, pull your kids out of school, move away from your friends, and tear down your small business, Glenn McMahan wonders if you would you simply step aside let them do it.
Recently, Glenn McMahan has caught himself complaining about potholed roads as he drove in a nice car past a man pulling a heavy cart by hand...about the heat as he sat in an air-conditioned office...about the falling value of the dollar as he ate a great meal. That sounds uncomfortably familiar
Even in the middle of a major economic downturn, most of us, says Glenn McMahan, "enjoy unprecedented wealth and a quality of life that the rest of the world envies. But the statistics show that a lot of people are also tired in their souls."
Revisiting Robin Williams' performance as the remarkable Adrian Cronauer in Good Morning Vietnam, Glenn McMahan reflects on the profound difference between merely positional and genuinely authentic respect.
In part three of this InsideWork series, Glenn McMahan draws on his interview with the legendary Moraci Sant’Anna, physical trainer for four of Brazil’s World Cup soccer teams, to explore connections between international soccer and high performance business leadership.
In part two of his three-part InsideWork series, Glenn McMahan draws lessons on innovation and working behind the scenes for business success from his interview with the legendary physical trainer for four of Brazil’s World Cup soccer teams, Moraci Sant’Anna.















