Do you want to own companies that you are proud of?” Well, of course I do. But truth be told, I haven’t been paying that much attention. Kuruvilla defined good corporations as those that treated their workers well, which in turn engendered happy clients, demonstrated community-mindedness, environmental responsibility, etc.
Read MoreIt’s estimated that Christians manage over 150 trillion dollars. That's over half the world's wealth. That’s 200-300x what is given (around the world) philanthropically each year. Capital has influence. Yet many of us are content to let others determine our investment strategy.
Read MoreOne year ago, a small group of us gathered in Deer Valley to dream about how the Gospel might advance through Faith Driven Investing. This movement of investors, fund managers, and leaders believes that God owns it all and that He cares deeply about how we steward His investments.
Read MoreWhat’s worth saying yes to? Every foundation and every venture capital firm have to answer this question on a perpetual basis. So do many people this time of the year facing requests for year-end giving show up in the mailbox or the inbox.
Read MoreNow, why is it hard to see this ownership today? Why has this question been ... has it been so fundamentally obscured? Well, I think most of us, if we think about it, would agree that investing has long been divorced from this original and most basic purpose of simply supplying capital to support businesses.
Read More“Every business has a field, every business has a harvest, every business has some form of work. Every business exists in a greater society. Every greater society on the face of the earth has people on the margins. Gleaning… is part of the natural operation of the business.
Read MoreOne of our favorite books that we read in the last year was Greg McKeown’s Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. Essentialism is defined as “the relentless pursuit of less, but better.” How many of our individual and corporate lives are overloaded?
Read MoreIn our postmodern world where religion has been privatized and individualized, living out our faith in the workplace is something that can end up being done in secrecy. As we all know, secrecy and solitude can quickly lead to a separation between our faith life and our professional life.
Read MoreThis week, we featured Donnie Smith, former CEO of Tyson Foods, on the podcast to share about the role of chaplaincy in their organization. And recently, CNBC featured an article that dealt with an employee-related problem at Facebook.
Read MoreToday’s episode finds us in Tennessee talking to Donnie Smith, who previously served many years as CEO of Tyson Foods and oversaw record growth and some pivotal acquisitions.
Read MoreIt was June of 2017. I was at a Christian business conference when a pastor got up on stage and repented on behalf of the church-at-large. The apology was to God and all the Kingdom-minded CEOs and business owners in the room.
Read MoreThis week, we featured Christeen Rico on our podcast, and she gave us some great information about what Employee Resource Groups are and what it takes to form them. If you haven’t listened to her episode, it’s definitely worth checking out.
Read MoreIn his 13 years working at Sears’ world headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Ill., Michael Valleskey has survived recessions, manager changes, several rounds of layoffs and the Sears-Kmart merger of 2005.
So what has kept him going? His Christian faith — and his Christian co-workers.
Read MoreFaith-Based Employee Resource Groups. This term may be new to you, or it may be something you’re already participating in. Either way, this episode is for you. Christeen Rico is leading the conversation around ERGs, and what she shared in our conversation was both informative and insightful.
Read MoreFaith-based ERGs, once unheard of, are becoming more and more popular among companies on the cutting edge of diversity and inclusion. At Tanenbaum, we have advised many clients at all stages of the process—from deciding if the time is right to establish a faith-based ERG, to inclusive communications, to planning a launch event. Use these five tips as a starting point to creating a successful faith-based ERG at your company.
Read MoreWe hope all Christians will begin to embrace BRI….to see it as a necessary part of putting God above ourselves and the possessions that we steward for him. We believe there are persuasive reasons to use BRI, and they include both moral and economic reasons.
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