Hello friend,

Yesterday we reminded you of our special free teleseminar with Os Hillman, a significant leader in the marketplace movement. He has created a special program that I believe you will want to hear about called, The 9 to 5 Window. It’s a profoundly important wake up call for reaching the marketplace for Christ.

I’ll be interviewing Os on this subject today, and it promises to be powerful — much like the recent events with Rich Marshall, Dr. Lance Wallnau and Dr. Myles Munroe have been.  There’s not much time left, so I encourage you to register right away. If you know you can’t make it, go ahead and register so we can send you the replay information as soon as it becomes available.

Sure hope you can make it!

Blessings,

Michael

P.S.  As always, space is limited. Register right away!

Yesterday we aired a terrific free teleseminar featuring Rich Marshall of ROi Leadership International.

Many of you wrote to tell us you couldn’t make the appointment but wanted the chance to listen to Rich talk about what he calls “Strategic Planning With the Holy Ghost.” Well, as it turned out, we had unprecedented technical problems on the broadcast affecting the sound quality.

Here’s the Good News!

Thankfully, there was a recording system that managed to get good audio. Our technicians were even able to clean it up further, so hopefully when you listen to the replay you won’t even be able to tell that there was ever a problem.

Click here to listen now.

If you were one of the many who could hear clearly, then you already know that what Rich had to share was phenomenal. The feedback we’ve received already has been excellent! Rich went above and beyond and shared some of the results that they are achieving implementing Spirit-oriented, Biblically-based training in businesses (and even government entities!) that may not even realize they are being discipled!

So… if you haven’t heard it yet, or want to listen to a clear recording at your convenience, click here now.

Also, so many people have inquired about the Comprehensive Executive Profile that includes a one-on-one consultation with Rick, that I wanted to make sure you knew where you can find it. Here’s where to learn more or to sign up for this special opportunity.

I want to personally apologize for any inconvenience you experienced yesterday and if you weren’t able to attend yesterday, invite you today to enjoy this very special teleseminar with Rich Marshall.

I look forward to hearing your feedback about the call.

Blessings,

Michael

I have asked Rich Marshall to host a couple of blogs. He is an internationally recognized speaker, trainer and author with over 40 years experience in bringing out peak performance in others. His clients are a virtual who’s who of corporate America. He has developed a new breed of corporate leadership training you will want to know more about. It’s called the E.P.I.C. Training System, a classic leadership development program and a remarkable proprietary system built on 7 foundational areas of human performance improvement. Now, here’s Rich…

Strategic Planning with the Holy Ghost - Part 2

Over the last several years I have had the privilege of working with dozens of enterprises in the planning process. Coming from a background of pastoring (I did this for 35 years) I was very accustomed to seeking help from the Lord, especially in asking the indwelling Holy Spirit to help. However I found that most executives, even Christian executives, do not take advantage of this competitive edge. For some reason, when it comes to planning most of it falls into one of two categories:

1.      A full reliance on the Holy Spirit; with lots of faith and prayer and trust involved. In most of these cases; there is little practical, commonsense and time tested and proven strategic planning ingenuity used. It is as if it would not be full of faith if good planning methods were employed.

2.      A full reliance on proven strategic planning methods; with much attention given to the planning process, using all of the most up-to-date methods available. In most of these cases; there is little or no input from the Holy Spirit. It is as if it would be “poor business” to include Him here.

Therefore I am encouraging Christian business leaders to integrate all of their business life under the heading: My business is my ministry. When we do that, we will be much more likely to include the Lord in all that we do; especially the planning process.

Here are some thought provoking ideas to assist you in the integration process.

• All that you do is a spiritual activity. Both business and church are ministry and both should be treated as a way of fulfilling your God given purpose in life.

• It is so easy to fall into presumption and call it walking by the spirit. In other words, we assume that since we are Christian and prayed in the morning, that everything that happens during the day has been orchestrated by God. I have found that Charismatics are probably most guilty. By the way: leaders are not exempt.
• Prov. 16:3 “Commit your work to the LORD, and then your plans will succeed.”
• Did this plan or strategy arise out of dependence on and hearing the voice of God during the process?
• Marketplace ministers need to watch out here. We are sometimes so intent on losing Christian-ese that we forget to use planning opportunities to engage the Holy Spirit.
• Consciously, from a place of dependence, invite God into your planning process. Don’t leave Him out.

NOTE: Join Rich and me Tuesday at 1:00 for an in depth discussion on how to integrate your leadership style with your core values, vision, mission and life purpose. Click here to register for the free call!

Hello friend,

I know that after yesterday’s blog entry, many of you are chomping at the bit to join us for next Tuesday’s teleseminar with Rich Marshall, CEO of ROi Leadership International.

Rich has been taking Kingdom principles into major corporations and and government entities worldwide providing training that helps maximize performance.  He has some powerful things to share with us that will impact your bottom line, and I’m looking forward to introducing you to him.

Here’s the scoop: the call will start at 1PM US Eastern time on Tuesday, August 12th.  You’ll have the choice of participating by telephone OR via web-based streaming simulcast.  However, we have a limited number of spots, so I urge you to reserve yours now!

Click here to register for this important event.

By the way, if you have a scheduling conflict, please register for the event anyway.  Once a replay becomes available, we’ll notify you immediately — day or night.

Until then, have a great weekend!

Blessings,

Michael

P.S.  Don’t delay, register right away!

I have asked Rich Marshall to host the next couple of blogs. He is an internationally recognized speaker, trainer and author with over 40 years experience in bringing out peak performance in others. His clients are a virtual who’s who of corporate America. He has developed a new breed of corporate leadership training you will want to know more about. It’s called the E.P.I.C. Training System, a classic leadership development program and a remarkable proprietary system built on 7 foundational areas of human performance improvement. Now, here’s Rich…

Strategic Planning with the Holy Ghost - Part 1

I know it should not be this way, and yet I know that it is. For some reason many Christian business leaders have not come to full realization that God knows everything about business. Where do we get the idea that God can help with relationships, raising kids, understanding the “deep things” of life, but that He does not know about business? Where did we miss out on the fact that all “business principles” were “Biblical principles” before they were “business principles”?

OK, so I am not sure where the misguided idea came from, but I do have a few thoughts on the matter. You see, I come into the business world and its way of thinking from decades in the church world and its way of thinking. I was a Pastor, and I love pastors and support them and believe in them and all of that good stuff, so don’t think I am being overly negative on pastors. But here is what has happened. The pastor gives his testimony and it goes something like this: “I was working in that evil, bad, nasty, sinful world. And then God called me, and now I am in fulltime ministry.”

All good, all true, all intended to be motivating. The problem is not as much with what is said, as it is with what the businessperson hears. When they hear something like this, they conclude that one must leave the evil business world to go into full time ministry. They also hear that one who is truly “called” becomes a pastor. It leads to a mindset that thinks work is “secular” and church is “spiritual.”

So now, when this business person goes to work, he or she is already thinking this is my secular life. This is not spiritual, and therefore God must have nothing to do with my work. Therefore, I will live with a different set of rules here, and I will not engage God at work.

This is so far from the truth! God created us to work! God blesses us when we work. He has promised over and over again to bless the work of our hands. Work is a spiritual activity and should be seen as ministry, an event that God wants to be involved in at every level.

I love to teach people how to listen to God at work; to watch them engage with Him on a daily basis at work. It is a joy to watch what happens when we include the Holy Spirit in our planning and activities at work. In fact, one of the more popular offerings that we have in our list of services to business leaders is what we call “Strategic Planning with the Holy Ghost.”

NOTE: Join Rich and I Tuesday at 1:00 for an in depth discussion on how to integrate your leadership style with your core values, vision, mission and life purpose.  Watch your inbox for signup information.

Good afternoon my friends…

There is something pretty special I get to share with you today that I think you will really enjoy. Over the next few weeks I will be interviewing some pretty special guests, leaders in the marketplace movement with a significant word for marketplace warriors like us. You will be invited to the teleseminar that airs each program (four in all) and there will be no charge for each event.

Here’s Why…

I will be speaking at an important marketplace event in Austin, Texas being held September 4 - 6 at which there will be at least 19 major speakers and 21 panel sessions. As a way of introducing you to some of the content of the event and to get you acquainted in a more personal way with some of the speakers, I have asked a few of them to meet you via the teleseminar.

So far I have confirmed Dr. Myles Munroe, Rich Marshall, Dr. Lance Wallnau, and Os Hillman. I have asked each of them to share some of the content they will be teaching on in Austin. For those of you who can’t make the event in Austin, at the end of the call, they will make available the conference offer on their book or teaching series, etc., that best captures what they will be discussing.

The first teleseminar will be next Tuesday at 1:00 pm with Rich Marshall who I have asked to guest host on our blogs for the next couple of times. Be watching for them starting tomorrow.

Thought for the day: Words follow thoughts, and actions follow words. Fill your mind and your heart with things that will produce the result you desire.