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Matt Rusten
Why Joy is Vital for Your Leadership and Company

Is joy an underrated asset in your leadership? In our latest article, Matt Rusten explores why joy, much like humor, plays a vital role in building a thriving company culture. From increasing team engagement to fostering resilience, joy can transform workplace dynamics and inspire purpose-driven work. Discover three key ways to cultivate joy in your organization and why it’s essential for leaders who seek both results and fulfillment.

Why Joy is Vital for Your Leadership and Company
Business, Faith, Faith at Work
Convene
Do Not Worry

‘Do not worry.’ We’ve read Matthew 6:25-34 in the Sermon on the Mount, but what does that look like on a day-to-day, minute-by-minute basis? God knows our every worry, fear, and concern – and He can handle it. Many thanks to Darrell Passwater, Convene Forum Team leader, for his encouragement to think about how our lives might be different by truly living out this scriptural principle.

Do Not Worry
Greg Leith
Who Will Lead Your Firm the Day After the ...

Got a quick minute to chat? I’ve been wanting to share something with you as you lead in the midst of the election cycle in the USA or when your political election takes place in your country. When the dust settles on the election and the new country leader is declared, one thing will still be as true as it is right now. You’ll still be the one leading your firm the day after the election. Your team members will still come to work the day after the winner is declared. They’ll still be looking to you for leadership, for a paycheck, for a sense of community at their workplace.

What do they want most that only you can deliver? It’s meaning. That meaning they’re looking for begins with you and your leadership. To be sure, what Washington DC does actually can impact your business significantly, however, the president of the United States or the leader of any country does not lead your firm. You do. It’s an enterprise entrusted to you to lead as a steward. It’s a place where people look to you for answers, where people want to be part of a team that cares about them and where people want to be valued, appreciated, and loved. The next president of the country will not show up this week at your office to encourage your team, fix a broken piece of equipment, hire the next team member, sell a big account, or cast a bold vision about how your team will reach your goals and impact the culture.

Who Will Lead Your Firm the Day After the Election?
Chip Neidigh
A Safe Place To Fall
A Safe Place To Fall
Dave Ulrich
3 Principles of Hope That Enable Transitions

As we find ourselves mid-October and a blink away from a new calendar year, it is an opportunity to prepare for how we view transitions. Transitions allow for reflection and renewal, for letting go and beginning anew, and for learning from the past and creating the future. Instead of laying out trends for the next year, I would like to comment on a fundamental enabler of any transition: hope. Leaders who want to improve, CEO’s who work toward excellence, HR professionals who aspire to deliver more value, and employees who seek well-being all achieve their transitions by realizing hope.

Hope integrates many of the positive traits that shape transitions for others and matter to me personally: learning, patience, service, faith, humility, optimism, gratitude, and so forth. I send hundreds of formal and informal e-mails every month to invite people to programs, to thank people for attending programs, to check in on those I mentor, and to stay connected to those I care about. I begin almost every one of these notes with “Hope you are well.” Hope is one of my personal desires, tag lines, and biases and an enabler of any transition.

If I could implant one trait in my family, friends, and colleagues who are undergoing continual transition, it would be hope. 

3 Principles of Hope That Enable Transitions

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Generous Rest and Play: 10 Ways to Engage Others in Your Generosity This Summer

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The flexibility of the summer months provides us with much-needed moments to rest, relax, and have a bit more fun. It’s important to embrace these moments as participating in joyful activities can inspire confidence in God’s care and help us discover happiness in His company. These moments are the perfect opportunity to incorporate generosity into engaging activities you can enjoy with your family and friends. Below are a few ways you can enjoy generous rest and play this summer:

1. Generosity Caper—As a group, prayerfully pick someone from your church or community to bless with an unexpected gift. Maybe it’s a spa day or a meal. Maybe it’s paying off someone’s debt or funding a special program or project at a local ministry. Whatever you choose, keep it a secret. Giving the gift anonymously highlights God as the provider and greatest giver.

2. Day of Service—Coordinate with a local ministry or your church to give a day of your time. Then work to meet a need or complete a special project for the church or organization. Be creative! You may find yourself organizing a busy young mom’s home, cleaning a garden or courtyard space, making and delivering meals, or something different.

3. Discover Family Values—Invite your spouse to discuss values. Then do an exercise with the mindset of family values. Remember, there aren’t good values or bad values; values are guidelines for how you want to live. If you need a resource for this, contact info@womendoingwell.org

4. Planning Retreat—Take a night away for intentional conversation, prayer, reflection, and planning to move forward in your giving.

5. Sponsor a Child—Sponsor children the same age as the children in your life. Encourage your children to be generous with their words and prayers in the regular correspondence. 

6. Make a Word Cloud—Generosity is more than just giving money. We can be generous with our time, our words, our ears, and our attitudes. Take time to brainstorm with your kids and put together a word cloud listing all the ways they can be generous. Put it on display and refer to it regularly as a way to encourage wholehearted generosity

7. $2 Tuesdays—Go to the bank and get $100 worth of $2 bills. Each week, give each child a $2 bill to give to someone unexpected every Tuesday. Prepare for lots of fun reactions!

8. Give Them Generosity—Give teens $20 and challenge them to listen to God’s prompting. Encourage them to give it away spontaneously and then report back to you.

9. Do Vacations Differently—Plan your family vacation to be on a mission with your giving goals. You could be part of a medical mission trip, meet a child your family sponsors, or see firsthand the work of an organization you support.

10. Intentional Dinner—Invite your family to dinner and ask, what’s one area of society that you’d like to impact for good? Where have you been involved that you feel you are making a difference? Then ask how you can support them in their efforts. 

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23 Ways to Be Generous This Summer

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23 Ways to Be Generous This Summer

When we think of being generous, how often do we get stuck wondering how we can really make a difference when we see such great need – and think we have to ‘go big.’ But often, it’s not about the big stuff, it’s the little stuff that can brighten a day, bring a little hope, start a domino effect of ‘pay it forwards’ and cultivate a culture of generosity in our families and community. National Christian Foundation helps people find ways to be generous, no matter how many ‘0’s’ are behind the numbers in their accounts – because we can all be generous with something!