by Lea Strickland | Aug 30, 2016 | Faith Blog, Faith-based
As Good as Your Word? More and more I find that people casually give “their word”, yet don’t keep it. It may be something as simple as making a commitment to give you an answer on a business day by a particular date and time. It could also be about making a major...
by Lea Strickland | Jun 20, 2016 | Faith Blog
I have been listening to the conversations, debates and opinions on Presidential and other race candidates, but primarily the presidential race. I am a Christian, conservative and a capitalist, who supports the bill of rights including the second amendment. As such I...
by Lea Strickland | Jun 6, 2016 | Business Articles, Economy and Economics, Faith Blog, Perspectives
Switzerland Attempts to Decouple Income and Work I am always surprised when life follows fiction (perhaps I shouldn’t be). In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged1 the world stops working and things start falling apart. As the story unfolds, we learn that the governments of the...
by Lea Strickland | Jan 27, 2016 | Faith Blog, Faith-based
Where is the balance between accountability and compassion? Are they mutually exclusive? Is there a time limit or other constraint on our mercy? These are questions that are frequently confronted by the Christian leader. How do you handle situations where you are...
by Lea Strickland | Jan 13, 2016 | Faith Blog, Faith-based
“A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” (Ezekiel 36:26, NRSV) Whether our businesses are growing or struggling, they may need a heart transplant. Why do I...
by Lea Strickland | Nov 18, 2015 | Faith Blog, Faith-based
As I’ve mentioned in a previous article, many years ago I found myself suddenly in a management position in which I had to be a supervisor to 14 male United Auto Workers (UAW) team members, who were not accustomed to being managed by a young person, much less a...
