Jon, the Baptist (yes, that’s what he calls himself) pointed out an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal recently about executives who are relying upon overtly Biblical principles to manage. I located a free (no subscription to WSJ required) copy of the story here. WSJ’s Phred Dvorak does a nice job of covering the bases, including a favorable mention of C12, which is an organization of Christian CEOs and business owners that originally had its start in the Sarasota, Florida area.
Mr. Dvorak also points out some of the typical pitfalls that believers can run into when operating as a “Christian” business, including ulterior motives (feigning genuine faith to advance one’s own agenda) and religious discrimination.
What is truly fabulous about what this article points out, but even more so about Tampa Bay Steel (one of the companies covered in the story) and C12 and so many other companies and organizations . . . is that Biblical principles, when properly applied, always produce fruitfulness and profitability. May we all demonstrate this in our daily work.