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effective office skills for administrative support staff

Administrative Support for Staff

By Michelle Bankston / March 14, 2023 / 0 Comments

A business has a lot of working parts to keep the business running. Administrative Assistants play a key role in supporting the team. So, how can you strive to be the best support for your team? What are the most effective office skills for administrative support staff to have? Here are some key tools to […]

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integrating faith and business

Three Ways To Let Your Faith Drive Your Business

By Jim Miley / February 8, 2023 / 2 Comments

With the turn of the new year, it’s a great time to evaluate things.  Business Strategic Plans, Personal Goals, Bucket Lists….  How about a check up on how deeply your Faith is driving your business?   As a business owner with a family and a few years on me, I know how easy it is to […]

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Is It Christian To Lay Off Employees?

By Sue Miley / January 31, 2023 / 0 Comments

Christians in the business world want to apply their Christian values to their work but worry that competition will compete based on different criteria. When COVID hit, many of my small business clients asked if it was Christian to lay off employees. Am I going against God if I have to do a layoff? Am […]

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Workplace Inclusivity: Why is it important? How to Improve?

By Rachel Brackin / June 6, 2022 / 0 Comments

Recently, as new generations started to take over the workforce, there has been a shift in perspective of business values. The focus for businesses and workers used to be driven by profit margin and income. Now, there has been an urgency for businesses to focus on other fundamental core values, such as flexibility, strong company […]

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Christian Business Owners: Three Reasons Character Matters

By Sue Miley / March 15, 2022 / 0 Comments

Owning a business requires many skills and a certain temperament. If you have read books like The E-Myth you realize that business ownership requires working on your business, as well as in your business. It requires technical skills and soft people skills. It isn’t likely that any one business owner will have 100% of the […]

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15 Bible Verses to Encourage Christian Leadership

By Chad Schoonmaker / February 22, 2022 / 0 Comments

Being a Christian leader in today’s secular work climate takes more than courage, discipline, and determination. Christian leadership is deeper than that. One must also look for opportunities to serve their staff, choose self-awareness, kindness, and compassion. Christian leaders must live a life worth imitating. Working any full-time position in any industry in corporate America […]

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Do Your Employee Bonuses Go Unappreciated?

By Jim Miley / December 27, 2021 / 6 Comments

Success As the year winds to a close, we spend a lot of time tabulating our client’s business performance.  Fortunately, many of those clients hit the strategic planning targets we’ve set which often includes incentive or bonus payouts to employees.  It’s really great to set goals and enjoy the success of knowing you’re moving in […]

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What It Means to Build a Business Upon Your Christian Values

By Jim Miley / November 8, 2021 / 1 Comment

I get this question a lot; “What does it mean to build a business upon your Christian values?” Christian small business people often wrestle with how to integrate their faith life into their business life. With nearly every endeavor, we encounter all sorts of people and circumstances that may seem to blur the lines between […]

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