Where Did These Ideas Come From?

Where Did These Ideas Come From?

Integrity, Truth, Skills, Loyalty, Integration, Team-work; these are the scope of the business world which are actually taken from Biblical principles, and the list goes on.

Proverbs 26:10 says, “Like an archer who wounds everyone, so is he who hires a fool (rebel) or who hires those who pass by.” If you’re in the position of hiring, that sentence is saying, don’t just hire anyone.

 Skills: They should have the skills for the job, not that they’re a friend or you need to fill a vacancy. Also the prospective applicant should do his/her schooling to do the task at hand. Esau, Jacob’s brother was a ‘skilled’ hunter. Moses picked skilled laborers such as brick-layers, goldsmiths, craftsmen of different sorts to do a particular job. The Apostle Paul was a skilled tent maker, Luke was a doctor, and a few were fishermen. Training employees and giving them the tools needed not only make them better skilled employees, but make your company easier to run.

Loyalty: Good workers (associates) work when the boss is present real well, and maybe just OK when he’s/she’s not. Great (loyal) workers do the job whether or not the boss is in the house. They watch the bosses back and so on. King David had very loyal people all around him even to the point that they would die for his safety. I don’t think you’ll have to go that far on the job. Hmmm! Seriously, the loyalty you want you must first give, it’s a two way street.

Integration: Bringing thoughts and ideas from all aspects of each employee, no matter what department or rank in the company. Sometimes the janitor sees way more than you would ever expect (even what shouldn’t). Jesus picked his disciples from various walks of like to get the job done. In this case He made such a profound impact on their lives, they changed to His way of thinking. They turned the world up-side-down. How would you like for that to happen in your company?

Team-work: Each person has an integral part in the process. No one is a total loner. Surely you may work alone from time to time on certain projects, BUT, it still gets passed on to there and from there. A fella named Ezra was rebuilding the temple wall; he had internal problems and external. He called his team together and chased out the internal problems (negativity, slothfulness, nay-sayers) so he only had to fight the battle on one front. He put teams together to get the job done.

Managers and employees alike should say every day, “WE ARE TEAM!”