Strategies@Work, LLC, provides strategic planning, coaching, and training to facilitate transforming solutions for organizations, enabling them to achieve excellent performance. SaW’s philosophy is based on the presupposition that the timeless universal values and principles found in the Bible facilitate organizational excellence. The adroit application of these values and principles will enable organizations to achieve enduring world-class success. The Strategies@Work Podcast will feature s ...
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Gleanings - July 2024由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Gleanings - June 2024由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Gleanings - May 2024由Dr. Gerald Chester
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True leadership is Christian leadership because only Christian leaders are guided by Scripture as illuminated by the Holy Spirit and understood by the historical orthodox Christian church. This is the requisite epistemology that undergirds alignment of thought and actions with God’s will, performed according to God’s ways, in God’s timing, and for …
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Gleanings - March 2024由Dr. Gerald Chester
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In a world without sin, there would be little need for leadership because everyone would always make the right choices. But in a fallen world, leadership is required to respond to the reality of sin—rebellion against God. This means that profound leaders do God’s will, according to God’s ways, in God’s timing, and all for God’s glory. There is no o…
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Gleanings - February 2024由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organization leaders recognize Christlike transformation in people as an indication of the Holy Spirit at work. They understand that regeneration is a sovereign work of the Holy Spirit—an extension of the grace of God that precedes the expression of faith in a person. Sometimes godly works may precede a profession of faith. When godly leaders …
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Gleanings - January 2024由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Gleanings - December 2023由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders recognize the bigger picture of reality and consider their responsibility in the context of the Creation Mandate and the metanarrative. While they understand the function of management to coordinate and supervise people and resources to accomplish tasks on time, on scope, and on budget, they also understand that the bigg…
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Gleanings - November 2023由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational managers understand that reality is created and governed by the sovereign, intentional, strategic Creator as revealed in Scripture. Therefore, to manage well, they embrace a Christian worldview holistically because Jesus is Lord of all—no exceptions. Their focus will be discerning God’s will, doing it according to his ways, in h…
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Gleanings - October 2023由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders will reject the worldly definition of strategic success and embrace the Christian definition. All transactions must be tactically aligned with the will and ways of God not with pragmatic metrics, such as, does it work or will it make money. Everyone in the organization must be trained to think from a Christian worldview …
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Gleanings - September 2023由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders recognize that successfully fulfilling their divinely ordained purpose requires an economic context that supports Christian values and principles. Without this context, obedience to God becomes arduous. This may also threaten the existence of the organization. In such case, it may be imperative for the organization to fi…
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Gleanings - August 2023由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Building multigenerational organizations is daunting in a fallen world given over to sin. Organizational leaders and managers must vigilantly model and build a culture that seeks to align with God’s will, ways, timing, and glory. There is no other way to build that will enjoy God’s favor and blessing. This makes organizational leadership and manage…
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Gleanings - July 2023由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders and managers understand the primacy of living according to the multigenerational metanarrative aligned with the purpose of God both individually and organizationally. Accordingly, they seek to discern God’s purpose for their organizations and to build with people who seek to serve God’s purpose individually. When divinel…
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Gleanings - June 2023由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise leaders and managers recognize the profundity of Jesus’ model of servant leadership. He is the gold standard. Though one might find examples of other men who displayed servant leadership, such as Hal Moore, no mere mortal has ever lived (or ever will live) fully congruent with Jesus’ model. Sound organizational leadership is based on humbly an…
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Gleanings - May 2023由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise leaders and managers understand that the only correct way to build organizations is God’s way—his will done his way in his timing for his glory. In God’s universe this is the only right way. Accordingly, they will build diligently using biblical principles, such as the C4 Principle, to help identify the right people—those God has sovereignly o…
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Gleanings - April 2023由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders and managers understand that Jesus is Lord and resist the temptation to presume that anything exists outside of his sovereign control. Accordingly, they understand that every person and organization is accountable to Christ. Organizationally, this means that to the best of their ability every aspect of the organization s…
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Gleanings - January 2023由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders and managers seek to connect their thinking and actions to God’s metanarrative, knowing that all will give an account to the Creator for their choices. Therefore, individuals and organizations must seek to serve God’s purpose in the metanarrative with the understanding that the only correct way to live, individually and …
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Gleanings - February 2023由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Organizational leaders and managers must be committed and submitted to a Christian worldview as revealed through Scripture. Accordingly, they will value biblical principles such as the C4 Principle as a tool to facilitate alignment with God both individually and organizationally. When used congruently throughout an organization, the C4 Principle wi…
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Wise organizational leaders and managers understand the lordship of Christ and seek always to align with his will. They use the C4 Principle to help discern who is called to be part of their organizations and what role each person is to play. Consequently, the overriding consideration on every personnel decision is, what is the will of God? To pres…
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Gleanings - December 2022由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders and managers understand the sovereign, intentional, and strategic nature of God. And they know that Jesus is Lord and Christ. This means that both organizations and individuals find dignity, value, and purpose in relationship to and alignment with Christ. Consequently, the only true metric of success is alignment with Ch…
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Gleanings - November 2022由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders and managers understand God’s sovereign, intentional, and strategic nature. Accordingly, they recognize that the best choice for every position in an organization is always a person who has C4 to perform the work assignment. The C4 principle should guide all hiring, reviewing, promoting, and releasing decisions. Leaders …
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Gleanings - October 2022由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders understand the divine definition of good works. They seek to discern God's will. They study Scripture to learn God's ways. They prayerfully seek God's timing. And they hold each other accountable to the singular motive of God's glory. These leaders build cultures within organizations that embrace this biblical definition…
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Gleanings - September 2022由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders will be regulated by the principles of the Bible. They will build organizations with stakeholders who are also so governed. Seeking to deliver value without a sound foundation in Scripture is folly and will not produce enduring success. True value can only be produced through faithful obedience to the principles that ema…
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Gleanings - August 2022由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Organizational leaders must be clear about what God is building and seek to build with him. People and organizations are created to fulfill a role in the metanarrative. The challenge is to see our roles and serve the purpose of God by fulfilling our roles according to the will and ways of God. This is the only way to true success in life individual…
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Gleanings - July 2022由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders recognize the importance of building organizations with people who are disciples of Jesus. Such people live like Jesus, who modeled a holistic lifestyle regulated by Scripture. On issues to which Scripture speaks unequivocally, disciples obey Scripture. On issues to which Scripture is equivocal (not clear), disciples eng…
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Gleanings - June 2022由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Wise organizational leaders and managers must learn how to read the signs of the times so that they will know how to respond to societal trends. The way forward is always alignment with the will and ways of God. This is the only path to divine blessings. Any misalignment with God will lead to judgment. In every way possible, leaders and managers mu…
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Gleanings - May 2022由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Gleanings - April 2022由Dr. Gerald Chester
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Don’t be fooled by financial prosperity. Financial prosperity gained through a heart of righteousness is a blessing and will be used to honor and glorify God. However, financial gain accumulated through a heart of wickedness is a setup for judgment. Wise leaders and managers understand the ways of God regarding financial wealth and seek to align wi…
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