When I am doing a spot of life coaching with leaders there are a number of areas that I look at. I am more concerned with the way that they as leaders interact with the world around them than their intelligence. I want to see what motivates them, or how they persist in the face of their daily frustrations. Are they selfish leaders? Do they allow stresses to swamp their ability to think, to empathise and to hope?
This weeks ramblings. I was asked this week if it was OK for Christian employers to fire other Christian staff. Firstly let me state that it is always important to follow the laws of the country that you live in, but the question should be; Do I as an employer have the right to fire other staff Christian or not. The short answer is YES! Let me give you two examples I have come across; Case Study 1; The CEO of medium sized Christian organisation dealing in books and other Christian Literature had a problem with one of their staff. The person concerned, let’s call him Pete, seemed to push everybody’s buttons. Pete had been with the company 2 years, his first six months were just great but after that everything went downhill. He always complained, he bad mouthed his managers. At company social gatherings, when sport was played, he never played with any great sportsmanship; it seemed that every decision was wrong or somebody had a beef with him. But, Pete went to the same c...
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