We probably listen to a few too many podcasts around here, but in case you need a few, below are some of our favorites. Some come from a faith driven perspective and some are staples for any entrepreneurs.
with Henry Kaestner, William Norvell, and Rusty Rueff
Fine, we’re unavoidably biased. But if you’re new to the site and missed the link, Henry, Rusty, and William host a weekly podcast, specifically dialed in for Faith Driven Entrepreneurs. We host leaders like Tim Keller, Chip Ingram, Andy Crouch, Nancy Duarte, Peter Greer and entrepreneurs like David Morken (Bandwidth), Steve Green (Hobby Lobby), Phil Vischer (Veggietales), Bryant Ambelang (Naturesweet)and many others.
Our mission is to tackle the pressing questions faith driven entrepreneurs wrestle with, so they can find the encouragement and support as they get ready to head back out on the journey.
with Henry Kaestner and guest hosts in the movement
Alright, we’re unavoidably biased one more time. But we think this podcast is great too! As we’ve been on this journey, we’ve seen entrepreneurs in great need of Encouragement, Content, Community and Investors.
Faith Driven Investor is a growing movement of business leaders, fund managers, investors, and pastors that are driven by their faith and who believe that God owns it all and that he cares deeply about how we steward our investments. Our vision is for a world where Christ’s followers can pursue excellent investments that allow for financial returns and Gospel-centered transformation. This new podcast will be a resource for Entrepreneurs to understand what it is to find like minded investors that will be strapped to the mast with them. It’ll also be for Entrepreneurs who have experienced success and might be looking to re-invest in the next generation.
with Guy Raz
Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world’s best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.
with Andy Crouch
Andy Crouch talks with founders about the way their backgrounds have uniquely prepared them to work on the problems and opportunities they’ve chosen; about the triumphs and setbacks of their startup journey; about the moments of epiphany that led to changes in the trajectory of their work; about their challenges with pride, identity, and misplaced ambition; about the role of sacrifice in the work of restoration; and about how their Christian imagination and practices have shaped their work.
with Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis and a rotating group of guest experts bring you this weekly take on the best, worst, most outrageous and interesting stories from the world of Web companies. Calacanis, a podcasting pioneer, gives you an insider’s look at what’s happening in the tech industry with his trademark blunt style and good humor. Looking to start your own company? Need strategies for improving your business or motivating your team? Just want to catch up on what’s happening in Silicon Valley and beyond?
with Ken Coleman
Hosted by Ken Coleman, the EntreLeadership Podcast features lively discussions and tips on leadership and business by some of the top minds in the business, like Mark Cuban, Seth Godin, Jim Collins and Simon Sinek.
from Truth at Work
This podcast provides a unique look at how high capacity Christian leaders live out their faith in the marketplace, how their faith influences how they deal with the issues they face as leaders, and how they address all the demands they face. We profile the leadership of some of America’s top Christian CEOs, business owners, corporate executives, athletic coaches and personalities, authors, and thought leaders.
with Andy Stanley
Well published author and preacher Andy Stanley interviews leaders to talk about, you guessed it, leadership.
You can’t go wrong with any of these episodes, but we’d highly recommend his two-part interview with Dave Katz, CFO of Coke Consolidated.
with Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller
Short-term wins are easy. Sustained achievement is another story. On Lead to Win, join New York Times bestselling author Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller to discover how current research combines with timeless wisdom for lasting success. From personal productivity to personal development, self-leadership to team leadership, and intentionality to influence, get the insights and tools you need to win at work and succeed at life.
with Emerson Eggerichs
We know your impact in business, depends greatly on things being good at home. Finding a place to be encouraged, refueled in you marriage is critical. Emerson Eggerichs, PhD, pastor, best-selling author (More than 2 Million Books sold), talk about Love and Respect—a Relationship Secret Hidden in Plain Sight—a simple principle connecting theology and psychology.
This podcast highlights discussions between pastor and clinical psychologist, father and son, that are certain to serve and encourage males and females alike. No one and no relationship, whether inside or outside the home, is off-limits.
with Donald Miller
If you’re frustrated because you struggle to get the word out about your product or service, the Building a StoryBrand podcast will help. Fans of the podcast are ecstatic about the fun and entertaining way Donald Miller brings you practical advice about clarifying your message so customers will listen.
Don and the StoryBrand team are the world’s leading experts in harnessing the 2,000 year-old proven power of story formulas to get people talking about your brand. Get your message out, grow your company, stand out in the marketplace, and have a blast doing it!
with Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram
The Liberator Podcast is the official leadership podcast from GiANT Worldwide, a global leader development company. Whether you’re an executive, entrepreneur, or leadership junkie, this podcast is designed to be a resource for you on your journey of personal development.
Regular hosts, Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram, are the co-founders of GiANT Worldwide, and have dedicated their careers to equipping leaders and teams throughout the world. Everything discussed on the show is based on real-world problems and solutions, not theory.
from Quartz
It’s the question of our times: How is technology impacting our humanity? “Should This Exist?” invites the creators of radical new technologies to set aside their business plan, and think through the human side: What is the invention’s greatest promise? And what could possibly go wrong?
Show host Caterina Fake (Partner, Yes VC; Cofounder Flickr) is a celebrated tech pioneer and one of Silicon Valley’s most eloquent commentators on technology and the human condition.
from Christians in Commerce
Christians in Commerce works to encourage and equip Christians to be God’s presence in the workplace by the power of the Holy Spirit, exercising faith, integrity, and excellence. Nine to Five podcasts are conversations with Christians aligning their careers with God’s mission and being Christ in their workplace. Listen to them during your commute, or whenever convenient.
with Reid Hoffman
How do companies grow from zero to a gazillion? Legendary Silicon Valley investor / entrepreneur Reid Hoffman tests his theories with famous founders. Guests include Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg & Sheryl Sandberg, Netflix’s Reed Hastings, Google’s Eric Schmidt, Spanx’s Sara Blakely. With original music and hilariously honest stories, the show sounds like nothing you’ve ever heard.
John and his wife Ashely dedicated themselves to the resurrection of place in the historic downtown of Opelika, Alabama. Like many small mill towns around the country, Opelika’s main street had deteriorated to a state of hopelessness and disrepair. One historic house in 1998 began a twenty-year journey of redeeming a city. Today, their work of restoring over 150 properties and launching 40 small businesses in those ten square blocks has become the gold standard for small-town revitalization in the state of Alabama. Opelika’s story, an account of beauty from brokenness, mirrors their personal story. Through the sharing and walking out of their personal testimony of reconciliation, they have given hope to hundreds of couples facing divorce and have inspired thousands of business leaders who aspire to live out their faith through their work.
Convene Podcast
from Convene Now
Are you looking to learn from seasoned business executives? The Convene Podcast takes deep dives into a variety of Christian business leaders’ fields of expertise. Tune in to learn more on how to integrate better business practices and faith into your current work.
with Darren Shearer
The Theology of Business Podcast is the show that helps marketplace Christians partner with God in business to help you disciple your company, your industry, and your community.
with Diane Paddison
4word is the only global organization for Christian women in the workplace led by women. 4word leads, connects and supports women in the workplace to help them achieve their God-given potential with confidence. 4word achieves this mission through 4word’s Digital Community, 4word Local Groups and the 4word Mentor Program.
from The Theology of Work Project
The Theology of Work (TOW) Project exists to help people explore what the Bible and the Christian faith can contribute to ordinary work.
with Jim and Martha Brangenberg
Tune in to hear how Christians, just like you, are integrating their faith and work. Full of practical tips, inspiring testimonies, and biblical truth, the iWork4Him Podcast will encourage and equip you to make your workplace your mission field – a place where ministry can happen all day long! Whether it’s a coworker, a vendor, or a customer, you may be the only Jesus they ever get to meet. You have a Kingdom calling, and it starts right where you are!
with Seth Buechley
Faith forward business leadership. Learn in this podcast from Seth who is focused on connecting high-potential leaders with the ideas, resources, and people they need to grow their enterprise and have lasting leadership impact.
with Shae Bynes
The Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur Podcast seeks to inspire and teach entrepreneurs of faith to operate their businesses completely yielded and in partnership with our awesome and limitless God. Topics: Christian Business, Kingdom Business, Marketplace Ministry, Faith and Business.
from Theology of Work Project
Through conversation, scripture and stories, the Making it Work podcast invites God into work’s biggest challenges, so that you can live out your purpose in the workplace. This podcast is brought to you in partnership by The Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary and the Theology of Work Project. Hosts: Leah Archibald, Mark Roberts
This is a new show that we’ve just learned about. Hosted by Michael Sipe its a place where Christian business leaders share wisdom and inspiring stories of God at work in their lives, with their families, in the companies they run, and in the lives of those they employ. Michael is the author of The AVADA® Principle and founder of 10x Catalyst Groups® at 10xgroups.com.
Really enjoying connecting with Ellis recently and encourage checking out his new podcast that he’s spinning up … “Are you a Christian who is bringing glory to God through excellence in your work or business? Are you looking for a community of like minded people who realize their work is actually a means of worship? Have you ever felt isolated from everyone as a Christian entrepreneur? In this show, Ellis brings on amazing Christian entrepreneurs and business leaders to talk about godly ambition, what it takes to be successful in business, how to stay grounded in your faith, the kingdom of God, real estate investing, how to create wealth, financial education, and so much more!”
faith collides
Faith Collides is a podcast hosted by Grace Huang about stories of industry leaders who open up about their faith in the context of their highs and lows at work. And in case you’re wondering what ‘Faith’ means on Faith Collides, it’s how faith impacts working professionals.
A New Lens
‘A New Lens’ is a podcast that features conversations between Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, and investors, RIAs, fund managers and philanthropists about their experiences within different impact investing themes as well as explore the power of stewardship and capital.
Generous Business Owner
Many business owners think they have to wait until after they sell their company to do significant giving. Each week, listen as Jeff Thomas, Alan Barnhart, Jeff Rutt and their guests discuss practical ways to be more generous NOW. Whether your business does one million in revenue or one billion, this podcast is for you.
Is your business scaling quickly?
Would you benefit from a full-time, paid group leader and coach from a CEO Network? Maybe a Peer Advisory Group, like C12, Convene, Truth at Work, FCCI, and others, is the next step to help you improve the bottom line and scale your impact.
There is something very powerful about getting together in community and encouraging each other in the pursuit of faith, family and vocation. There is also something remarkably special about being able to share your entrepreneurial journey and all that it entails (How do I hire? Where should I get funding? How do I balance this crazy season I’m in with family responsibilities, etc.) with others that are, or have gone through similar things.
Founded in 1992 by Buck Jacobs in Tampa, Florida, C12 has grown from three local Peer Advisory Groups to the nation’s largest network of Christian CEOs, business owners, and executives.
C12 is a leader in the movement of God in and through the marketplace. Located in major metro area across the Americas and Asia, the C12 Group serves businesses with 5 to 5,000+ employees and annual revenues ranging from $1 million to $1 billion+.
Founded in 1996 by Brian Thatcher and a group of five CEOs and business owners, Convene was created to meet a vital need. God gave Brian and his partners a passion for successful business leaders that were isolated and lacked the tools, support and relationships they needed to build profitable businesses.
At the same time, they helped them integrate their faith with their work to make a great Kingdom impact. Here’s a great video Convene recently we did that outlines the importance for community in the life of an entrepreneur.
Truth at Work is one of America’s leading and fastest growing ministries to business leaders. Since 1998, they have developed products, programs, and services to serve thousands of Christian business and marketplace leaders.
If you’ve been blessed with a business stewardship, then your business should be about more than just the bottom line. FCCI gives you the tools, training, and life-on-life experience you need to integrate your faith through your business.
Pinnacle Forum was inspired by Dr. Bill Bright, Founder of Campus Crusade for Christ International, who challenged a handful of leaders in Phoenix, Arizona saying, “I believe the only way we can change our culture is to find a way to network our high influence leaders and inspire them to use their influence for God.”
Their mission is to encourage and equip influential leaders through confidential Forums, supported by a national network, to engage in personal and cultural transformation that honors Jesus Christ.
FaithTech is a growing movement of Christians interested in all things faith and technology. Their vision is to become a global hub for FaithTech conversations, integrations, and innovations. They now have communities in 3 cities in Canada and two in the States (Chicago and the Bay Area).
4word is the only global organization for Christian women in the workplace led by women. 4word leads, connects and supports women in the workplace to help them achieve their God-given potential with confidence. 4word achieves this mission through 4word’s Digital Community, 4word Local Groups and the 4word Mentor Program.
We are a group of men who gather together in more than 50 cities to encourage each other in friendship and faith and to support each other to be better husbands, fathers — and better men — in the marketplace and in our communities. Friendship at NCS happens through our regular meetings in local Chapters across the country.
A few times a month, we gather in restaurants or other common ground to be together with other guys and hear a speaker — one of our own or a guest — share a personal story that enlightens, encourages or challenges us.
CBMC’s mission is to present Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord to business and professional men and to develop Christian business and professional men to carry out the Great Commission.
LeaderImpact is a volunteer-led movement of leaders dedicated to having a lasting impact. Together they challenge all leaders to accomplish more through developing their personal, professional, and spiritual lives. Through groups, events, excursions, and communication our worldwide network is growing and making an impact in cities, nations, and the world. This free group is great for all type of leaders—whether in business, sports, politics, or anywhere else.
Ziwani is a platform for business leaders to share inspiring stories and innovative local resources while equipping one another for Kingdom impact.
As business leaders on the African continent, we can fundamentally shape our marketplace and transform society through business practices that are biblically aligned.
Other Great Groups to Check Out
The Nashville Institute for Faith and Work is dedicated to helping individuals and groups integrate their Christian faith into their day-to-day work in a way that brings about human and organizational flourishing in Nashville and beyond.
We love seeing the Entrepreneur Support Group that they started, which is a confidential time with other CEOs and Pastorally trained executive coach and curriculum focused on Christianity and Entrepreneurism.
The Christian CEO Institute is a Christian Business Association comprised of Christian Business Leaders in the Dallas, Texas area. Join us for help in solving your most critical business challenges by providing coaching and accessing critical resources to grow your company and integrating your Christian faith in the workplace.
We love the work that Michael and the team at CBN do. They are “ A network of Christ-followers seeking to prosper in professions, make trustworthy connections, serve people with excellence, and maximize God-given potential.” While not specific to just CEO’s this is a great group for people to connect with depending on their vocation.
Built for CEOs and owners of strong and growing companies, Acumen is a mastermind community designed for passionate people who work with vision and strive for impact.
Acumen is designed for CEOs and Owners who want to sharpen their edge, growing their companies with strategy and a foundation of integrity using an affinity-centered model.
At Acumen, our CEOs and Owners gather bold insights, experience big and brave results, and make lasting impact. The partners of Acumen are driven just as much by our values as we are by our vision.
by Jeff Van Duzer
You knew we weren’t going to be able to stop at 50, right?
Jeff Van Duzer grew up thinking business was the source of much damage and evil in the world, the work of greedy capitalists polluting the environment. Thirty years later he was dean of a business school.
In the course of that remarkable transformation, Van Duzer found cause for both hope and concern. He discovered many business people achieving a great deal of good for society as well as a lot of illegal and unethical behavior.
This book explores the nature and meaning of doing business and finds it calls for much more than most think. Van Duzer presents a profoundly Christian approach that integrates biblical studies with the disciplines of business and economics. Looking beyond the place of ethical principles and the character of the individual, Van Duzer displays a vision of business that contributes to the very purposes of God.
by Chris Evans
Do you feel as though you have to choose between growing spiritually and growing professionally? Does it seem like the pursuit of profit conflicts with honoring God’s principles? Does your work environment undermine your faith and core values? Join successful entrepreneur Chris Evans as he explores how to develop the fruit described in the Bible and uncovers a natural and sustainable way to grow and demonstrate your faith at work.
Written in a clear, easy-to-read style, Fruit at Work gives the specific meaning of each word, provides biblical examples, and shares workplace stories where the fruit of the Spirit is having a dynamic impact. Fruit at Work is for people at any level of employment who seek a spiritual life that resonates not only in their personal lives, but also in their work. Evans provides guidance for tough situations such as managerial decisions, the need for approval, patience with coworkers, job loss, distraction, team dynamics, and job satisfaction.
Here is a new vision for work relationships―one based in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
by Dan Cooper
Business owners and organizational leaders use instinct, crowdsourcing, market factors, compromise, and experience to make decisions. All of these are valid, but can still yield a limited perspective and dull overconfidence. This can result in poor decisions, expensive losses, and deep wounds.
Through their own entrepreneurial ventures, and in their work helping thousands of business leaders grow—personally and professionally, Dan and Drew help you:
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Understand timeless leadership principles of Proverbs with application for today
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Gain clarity on how to make wise decisions
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Accelerate business growth and remove needless limitations
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Become a better leader of yourself, your business, your employees, and your community
by James Davidson Hunter
The call to make the world a better place is inherent in the Christian belief and practice. But why have efforts to change the world by Christians so often failed or gone tragically awry? And how might Christians in the 21st century live in ways that have integrity with their traditions and are more truly transformative? In To Change the World, James Davison Hunter offers persuasive–and provocative–answers to these questions. Hunter begins with a penetrating appraisal of the most popular models of world-changing among Christians today, highlighting the ways they are inherently flawed and therefore incapable of generating the change to which they aspire. Because change implies power, all Christian eventually embrace strategies of political engagement.
by Pat Lencioni
In what may be his edgiest page-turner to date, Lencioni thrusts his readers into a day-long conversation between rival CEOs. Shay Davis is the CEO of Golden Gate Alarm, who, after just a year in his role, is beginning to worry about his job and is desperate to figure out how to turn things around. With nowhere else to turn, Shay receives some hard-to-swallow advice from the most unlikely and unwanted source―Liam Alcott, CEO of a more successful security company and his most hated opponent.
by Liz Forkin Bohannon
There’s no lack of people out there telling you to find your passion and dream big. But why does it seem like when we try, we so often end up more lost and overwhelmed than when we started?
Liz Forkin Bohannon wants you to rethink everything you’ve been told about finding your passion and following your dreams. Why? Hate to break it to you, but you’re likely never going to “find your passion.” Because your passion and purpose are something you build–actively–day by day. In her signature tell-it-like-it-is fashion, Liz shares 14 actionable principles that will teach you how to do just that.
With total transparency, Liz shares hilarious and heartbreaking stories of her journey of screwups and successes that illustrate the mindsets and principles that will give you a jolt of energy, inspiration, and direction toward your True North. By embracing your Inner Beginner, dreaming small, choosing curiosity over criticism, and so much more, Liz’s story and the principles of Beginner’s Pluck will have you on your way to building a life of purpose, passion, and lasting impact. Ready to rise to the occasion? It’s time to make this life everything you want it to be.
by Ben Horowitz
While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very few are honest about how difficult it is to run one. Ben Horowitz analyzes the problems that confront leaders every day, sharing the insights he’s gained developing, managing, selling, buying, investing in, and supervising technology companies. A lifelong rap fanatic, he amplifies business lessons with lyrics from his favorite songs, telling it straight about everything from firing friends to poaching competitors, cultivating and sustaining a CEO mentality to knowing the right time to cash in.
Filled with his trademark humor and straight talk, The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures, drawing from Horowitz’s personal and often humbling experiences.
by Tom Nelson
What does the good news of Jesus mean for economics? Too often, Christian teaching and ministry have focused only on the gospel’s spiritual significance and ignored its physical, real-world ramifications. But loving our neighbor well has direct economic implications, and in our diverse and stratified society we need to grapple with them now more than ever. In The Economics of Neighborly Love pastor Tom Nelson sets out to address this problem. Marrying biblical study, economic theory, and practical advice, he presents a vision for church ministry that works toward the flourishing of the local community, beginning with its poorest and most marginalized members. Nelson resists oversimplification and pushes us toward more complex and nuanced understandings of wealth and poverty. If we confess the gospel of Jesus, he insists, we must contend anew with its implications for the well-being of our local communities. Together we can grow in both compassion and capacity.
by Horst Schulze
Horst Schulze knows how to win. As the co-founder and former president of Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., Schulze fearlessly led the company to unprecedented multi-billion dollar growth, setting the business vision and people-focused standards that made the Ritz-Carlton brand globally elite.
Schulze’s principles are both versatile and utterly practical to leaders of every age, career stage, and industry. You don’t need a powerful title or a line of direct reports – you have everything you need to use them right now.
If you’re searching for the blueprint to beating the competition and out-performing everyone around you, look no further than Excellence Wins. Schulze pulls no punches as a masterful guide to becoming the very best in a world of routine compromise.
by Joel Manby
Before Joel Manby won the respect of America with his appearance on the CBS reality TV series Undercover Boss, he was a highly successful corporate executive. After the show aired, many of the 18 million viewers wrote to him about the profound impact of his servant leadership. In Love Works, Joel Manby introduces us to the power of agape love in the workplace.
After years of leading thousands of men and women, Manby has proven that leading with love is effective, even in a business environment. Manby challenges leaders to allow integrity and faith to guide leadership decisions, outlining seven time-proven principles that break down the natural walls within corporate cultures, empowering managers and employees, disarming difficulties, and cultivating an atmosphere that builds long-term success. Manby also leverages the undeniable truth that love builds healthy relationships at home—why not use the same behavior to build healthy relationships at work?
by Wayne Grudem
Can business activity in itself be morally good and pleasing to God? Sometimes business can seem so shady-manipulating the “bottom line,” deceiving the consumer, or gaining promotions because of whom you know.
But Wayne Grudem introduces a novel concept: business itself glorifies God when it is conducted in a way that imitates God’s character and creation. He shows that all aspects of business, including ownership, profit, money, competition, and borrowing and lending, glorify God because they are reflective of God’s nature. Though Grudem isn’t naïve about the easy ways these activities can be perverted and used as a means to sin, he knows that Christians can be about the business of business.
This biblically based book is a thoughtful guide to imitating God during interactions with customers, coworkers, employees, and other businesses. See how your business, and your life in business, can be dedicated to God’s glory.
by John Ruhlin
Radical generosity is the against-the-grain secret weapon of real influencers, and it will allow you to boost referrals, retention rates, and ROI like few other strategies.
But be warned, gifts with strings attached backfire. There is a right, and wrong, way to give. Through poignant personal stories and data-backed evidence, Ruhlin breaks down how anyone from mail clerk to managing director can master the magic of Giftology; with these and more:
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Mastering reciprocity, the hidden bottom line booster Laser-targeting whom to give a gift and when to use thrift Uncovering your client s inner circle and becoming part of it
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Give wholeheartedly to Giftology and reap the rewards of an expanding business and fruitful relationships, professional and personal alike.
by Chris Chancey
Refugee Workforce weaves dynamic stories of refugees and the companies who have engaged them with hard facts to provide readers with a compelling case for hiring refugees in the American workplace.
Refugee Workforce was born out of the experience of launching a staffing company serving resettled refugees in Clarkston, GA. Author, Chris Chancey and his family moved to the fringe of Clarkston, known as the most diverse city in America, in 2013 and started a business, Amplio Recruiting, to connect refugees with open positions in the Atlanta job market a year later. For the past 5 years, Amplio has grown steadily now operating in Houston, Dallas, and Raleigh in addition to Atlanta while helping over 4000 refugees gain access to full time employment. Observing the interaction between the companies Amplio serves and the dependable refugee community, helped Chris begin to recognize the tremendous economic value generated from resettled refugees. They were not a charity case as often portrayed in the media and they were not terrorists with ill intentions as some may wish to believe. They represent a workforce of people with a strong motivation to work, add value to a local company, pay taxes and provide for their families. The most underrated workforce, if we choose to recognize it, is the one best positioned to stimulate America’s future economic growth.
by Michael Cardone
Faith. Prayer. Generosity. Servant leadership . . . While such words rarely make the cut in today’s business acumen, CARDONE Industries has put them into action for nearly four decades to build one of the nation’s most successful manufacturing firms.
With more than 5,000 employees worldwide, Michael Cardone Jr., president of CARDONE Industries, argues that no matter the economic climate, leaders can establish sound principles that will strengthen any company’s bottom line.
Cardone writes, “Deep within, I know I am a ‘businessman with a soul,’ and as a natural extension of myself, I want to create a ‘business with soul.’” And what he started with his father 40 years ago is more profitable, better focused, and stronger than ever.
by Gary Chapman and Paul White
Dramatically improve workplace relationships simply by learning your coworkers’ language of appreciation.
This book will give you the tools to improve staff morale, create a more positive workplace, and increase employee engagement. How? By teaching you to effectively communicate authentic appreciation and encouragement to employees, co-workers, and leaders. Most relational problems in organizations flow from this question: do people feel appreciated? This book will help you answer “Yes!”
Take your team to the next level by applying The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace.
by Bill Pollard
The Soul of a Firm is about people and values. It demonstrates the difference they can make in the ultimate success of any organization, not simply because of their work ethic and commitment to success, but because of the impact that all of us can make in the lives of those we have the opportunity to associate with and serve. Leadership in the firm has a responsibility to the ethical, professional and personal development of every individual in the organization. This can be accomplished only through the belief that all of us are created in the image and likeness of God, and a philosophy of understanding based on respect for the dignity and worth of every individual.
by Glen Jackson
What does preeminence really mean in the business world? How is it sustained and how do you know when it has been reached? What are the tangible benefits to your business when preeminence is a reality? To achieve preeminence, one must first understand why it is a timeless and often misunderstood term.
Glen Jackson, co-founder of marketing agency Jackson Spalding, has taken a first look at these timely questions, including why preeminence matters, and more. In Preeminence: What It Means and How to Sustain It, Jackson taps more than 30 years of marketing experience from his work alongside a variety of exceptional brands to share seven distinct pillars all preeminent companies have in common.
by Dan Doriani
Whether you’re teaching children in a preschool, operating a cash register at a fast-food restaurant, or performing complex surgeries in emergency situations you have the power to change the world. God knows the good you do when you serve him faithfully at work, even if you don’t see it yourself.
The product of twenty years of thought, Work: Its Purpose, Dignity, and Transformation ennobles and motivates men and women in their labors. Providing historical background and inspiring stories of God-honoring workers, Daniel Doriani explains the Bible’s teaching on the nature, glory, misery, and eventual restoration of work. You will learn what it means to be faithful at work, even in risky places, and what steps you can take to transform your workplace and the world through the reformation of work.
by Jay Stringer
Jay Stringer’s (M.Div, MA, LMHC) original research found that unwanted sexual behavior can be both shaped by and predicted based on the parts of our story―past and present―that remain unaddressed. When we pay attention to our unwanted sexual desires and identify the unique reasons that trigger them, the path of healing is revealed.
Although many of us feel ashamed and unwanted after years of sexual brokenness, the book invites the reader to see that behavior as the very location God can most powerfully work in their lives. Counselors, pastors, and accountability partners of those who experience sexual shame will also find in this book the deep spiritual and psychological guidance they need to effectively minister to the sexually broken around them.
by Albert M. Erisman
For people in the workplace, there is a great deal to learn from Joseph in the book of Genesis. He spent time both at the top and at the bottom–as a leader and as a slave in Egypt. In this new book about faith and work, author Albert M. Erisman shares lessons learned from the frontlines of business, government, and education, and how they connect to Joseph’s life. Through the author’s own work experiences and interviews with business leaders across the world, you’ll learn that Joseph dealt with issues that are still common in the business world today. Studying his life can offer guidance and encouragement in any workplace.
by Steve Graves
After more than three decades of examining the realities of what real senior leaders do when they are most effective, here is where I have landed; there are five key tasks for every senior leader. Just five. Every senior leader must set direction, set speed, set risk, set resources, and set culture. Those five universal tasks represent where every senior leader should invest at least 80 percent of their time internal to the company if they want to succeed. Neglect any of those five and you and the company will suffer. Nail those tasks and your leadership and organization will thrive.
by Pete Ochs
Pete Ochs defines what it means to live a high impact life and provides the reader with the vision, hope, and courage they need to define their purpose, embrace their passion and maximize their platform (vocational calling). If you want to live for something greater than yourself, to really make a difference in this life, this book is a must read.
Pete reached worldly success early in his career, but the pursuit of pride, pleasure, and possessions soon became a never-ending spiral of dissatisfaction. In this challenging and aspirational new book, join Pete on his journey of personal transformation and discover how you too can implement strategies in your own life to help you flourish.
With anecdotes from other transformed leaders, Pete will provide the tools to transform your life and have a great impact as you create economic, social, and spiritual capital for the common good.
#73 Win at Home First: An Inspirational Guide to Work-Life Balance
by Cory Carlson
Many of us focus on winning at work. Whether it is from our own fear or the expectations of others, we put pressure on ourselves to succeed. Then, with whatever time and energy is left, we give to our family and to ourselves. In the end, no one wins. Marriages suffer, kids are neglected, teams are not developed, and you are not fulfilled. There is a better way. You, your home, and your work can thrive. This book will help you discover how to:
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Craft a personal and family vision
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Achieve work/rest balance
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Have a close marriage of fun and intimacy
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Build into your kids to set them up for success in life
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Prioritize for even greater impact at work
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Equip and empower your employees
Succeeding at work doesn’t mean you have to fail at home. You can do both. Here’s how.
by Kenman L. Wong and Scott B. Rae
Is business just a way to make money? Or can the marketplace a venue for service to others? Scott B. Rae and Kenman L. Wong seek to explore this and other critical business issues from a uniquely Christian perspective, offering up a vision for work and service that is theologically grounded and practically oriented. Among the specific questions they address along the way are these:
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What implications does the Christian story have for the vision, mission or sense of purpose that shapes business engagement?
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What parts of business can be affirmed and practiced “as is” and what parts need to be rejected or transformed?
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What challenges exist as attempts are made to live out Christian ideals in a broken world characterized by tight margins, fierce competition and short-term investor pressures?
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How do Christian values inform specific functional areas of business such as the management of people, marketing and environmental sustainability?
Business can be even more than an environment through which individual Christians grow in Christlikeness. In this book you’ll discover how it can also be a means toward serving the common good.
by Os Guinness
Os Guinness has penned a classic reflective work on life’s purpose. Far bigger than our jobs and accomplishments and higher than our wildest ideas of self-fulfillment, our calling does more than give purpose and meaning to our lives-it completes God’s plan for us.
Your team depends on you. So do their spouses and kids. Providing the support people need will help ensure that they are supported, connected, and equipped to be the best at home. Give your team the resources they need to meet the challenges of raising a family and thriving in today’s isolated world. Having someone there is part of the battle. Watch this video for more about chaplaincy and taking the next step in your journey.
Marketplace Chaplains
Marketplace Chaplains is the longest continuing provider of workplace chaplains to corporate America today. Founded in Dallas, Texas, on January 1, 1984, it has expanded every year for the past 35 years and today serves every state in the country as well as many companies in Canada and Mexico is served by over 1500 chaplains. These guys have been at it since 1984.
Corporate Chaplains of America
CCA brings life-changing care into the workplace. Employees have full-time needs and CCA is one of the nation’s leading full-time chaplaincy organization caring for employees. CCA’s Chaplains come from industry, are called back into the workplace, and are trained to care for employees. Employers from coast to coast trust CCA to care for the daily needs of employees while sharing Truth in times of need.
Forte
Forte is the mental wellness platform that connects your employees with unlimited access to certified Guides. Our platform helps your employees turn down the noise and distractions of life so they can focus on their inner strengths and be their best selves.
Right Now Media
Better at Home, Better at Work. Help your team flourish in every area of life with the video resources that go wherever life takes them. Whether you’re not ready to dive deep into chaplaincy or looking for tools to equip your team, this is a simple way to care for your employees and cultivate a healthy team. Its a voluntary, faith-based video library designed with your employees in mind. From topics like leadership, parenting, and finances, its relevant to everyone on your team.
Biblical Business Training
Continue to increase your leadership capacity by learning in a Bible-centric community. Stay with the people in your FDE foundation groups or grab some colleagues and dive deeper into God’s Word and how it applies to the work you do every day. By empowering leaders and equipping groups through small-group Bible Study, you will grow in your relationship with Christ and expand God’s Kingdom through your leadership.
