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The Bible has a great deal to say about each individual's right and responsibility to think and to choose and act. That said, if the value of individuals becomes individualism, there's bound to be trouble.
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Dan Wooldridge notes that T.S. Eliot in his Choruses from The Rock though written in 1934 still peels back the veneer of modern business and work life to expose its emptiness.
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This conflict between family and work poses some questions about adult experience itself. How can long-term purposes be pursued in a short-term society? How can durable social relations be sustained? How can a human being develop a narrative of identity and life history in a society composed of episodes and fragments? [...]
Richard Sennett
Is church work more spiritual than any other work?
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Building on multiple intelligence theory, social intelligence is shown to be the key to success at work and life.
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Contrary to common wisdom, people who have a best friend at work are seven times more engaged in their jobs. Different friends contribute different things to a friendship. The research reveals eight different but vital friendship roles each of us needs.
We're all for the afterlife but what are we supposed to do in the meantime? In the middle of too much, too fast, how are we supposed to pay attention to God?
Your time is limited...how are you going to spend it?
Google, selected by Fortune as the #1 company to work for, exhibits a culture and leadership that seems more like the biblical concept of a household, oikos, rather than a modern company.
Inc.com reports the finding from a recent Harris Interactive poll for Deloitte & Touche in Stress and Long Hours Prompt Employees to Lie, Cheat, and Steal. The article summarizes two key findings from a poll of over 1,000 employees nationwide this past February.
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The Christian life is about living to the glory of God. It is not a driven frenetic, sweated, interminable quest for saving souls. It is doing for His glory what God has given us to do.
Richard John Neuhaus
Reading an email from a friend, Allan Lunsford concludes that no one should have to lie when they answer the question, “How's it going?”
How can we have contentment and peace in a materialistic world? Dan Wooldridge shares a story that unlocks that secret.
Work is an expenditure of energy in service which brings fulfillment to the worker, benefit to the community and glory to God.
John Stott
The basis for determining the value of human work is not primarily the kind of work being done, but the fact that the one who is doing it is a person... Such a concept does away with the ancient differentiation of people into classes according to the kind of work done. [...]
Pope John Paul II
Some observations from Grant Thornton International Business Owners Survey 2006 on stress and some advice from Dan Wooldridge.
Every day we ask people "What's up? How's it going?: Mostly they say "fine." Mostly they lie. Al Lunsford shares mail from a friend in the restaurant business who told it straight.
Dan Wooldridge reflects on the presence—and frequent absence—of courtesy and kindness in everyday business life.
David Wooldridge asks,"Is it always right to say we should work less in order to be happier?"
What Can Religion Learn From Business?
Harvard's Laura Nash Talks About The Disconnect Of Church on Sunday + Work on Monday
Harvard's Laura Nash Talks About The Disconnect Of Church on Sunday + Work on Monday (+ Jim Hancock considers a workaround because it doesn't look like things are likely to change any time soon).
Noting the toxic relationships in many workplaces Fast Company found research suggesting that workers who think their bosses are unfair may face significantly greater risk of heart disease.
The ethics of hard work and excellence are learned in mundane tasks...just ask Dan Wooldridge, Herm Edwards, or Martin Luther King, jr.
Stanford professor, IDEO Fellow, author, Bob Sutton studies the links between what managers know and how organizations behave and perform. His research and insights often skewers the prevailing wisdom.
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What does it take for each person in your company to rest and refuel? What can you do to support each other before, during and after a vacation break?
Stanford Psychiatrist Irvin Yalom talks about priorities and Fast Company recalls James Levine's advice for working fathers.
An American version of the BBC hit show "The Office" shines a light on the dark recesses of business leadership
An InsideWork Hope for the New Year: May you have all you need to do all you should in 2006
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