Formula for Success

I was at a stop light this week and a bumper sticker caught my eye, it said, “Do justly, live kindly, walk humbly with your God.”

Some of you would recognize the source as the old prophet, Micah. It’s a wonderful formula for success in life and relationships.

Here’s my paraphrase: Do justly. Always do the right thing. Live kindly. Do the right thing in an attitude of kindness. Walk humbly with your God. If you’re humble before God, you will display a natural humility to those around you.

How about that for a good leadership principle? And it’s about 2,500 years old. 

Changing your Strategy

As a leader you need to be flexible. 

Walt Shill of Accenture says, “Strategy, as we knew it, is dead.”

Corporate leadership is finding that flexibility and accelerated decision making are more important than predicting the future.

Companies have long planned for changing circumstances. What’s new is the heavy dose of opportunism.

Review the budget every month rather than quarterly to react faster to change.

The writer of Ecclesiastes says, “Since no man knows the future, who can tell him what is to come.”

Work with your team under God’s direction to create good plans. But daily seek God’s direction for dealing with the daily needs and opportunities.

~Wayne