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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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Achieving Better Results in Business and Life: Balancing Success and Faith

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Achieving Better Results in Business and Life: Balancing Success and Faith

In business, our success is often measured by profit margins or growth metrics, but many leaders find themselves searching for purpose that is deeper than financial prosperity. This deeper purpose can be found by integrating your professional success with your faith. Convene’s members are proof that integrating your faith with your business practices can lead to better results both in business and life. Do your employees and customers know God’s hand in your life? Can you deepen your impact in God’s Kingdom by bringing your Christian values to work?

The Power of Purpose-Driven Leadership
Leading with a sense of purpose that aligns with your Christian values and beliefs can offer newfound fulfillment you may be searching for in your work. Have you intentionally incorporated values like integrity, compassion and stewardship into your everyday business practices? Is your company culture tethered to your faith? By integrating your faith with your business practices, leaders can create a work environment that fosters trust, respect, and long-term success.

Leading with Integrity: Building a Culture of Ethical Business Practices

Leading with Integrity: Building a Culture of Ethical Business Practices

Throughout many stories In the Bible, we learn that integrity is rewarded. Joseph, Job, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego’s stories bring the value of integrity to light. Despite being sold into slavery by his brothers and then wrongfully imprisoned, Joseph remained faithful to God and his unwavering integrity in his faith eventually led to him becoming an extremely powerful man in Egypt, who would save many people from famine.


Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down to King Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image. They chose to maintain their integrity, and so they would only worship our God. The three were thrown into a fiery furnace but were miraculously protected by God. Because of their faith and integrity, He saved them. 


The Book of Job tells the story of Job’s unwavering integrity in the face of severe suffering. Despite losing his wealth, health, and family, Job maintained his faith in God. In the end, we learn that God restored his fortunes and blessed him with even more than he had before in recognition of his steadfastness and integrity.