Jesus said to them, "Children, have you caught anything to eat?" They answered him, "No." So he said to them, "Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something." So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish. ... "Bring some of the fish you just caught." So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of one hundred fifty-three large fish. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn. Jn 21 1-19
This Bible passage says to me that our business ventures can succeed with the help of Jesus Christ.
Very often we labour 'all night' only to find that we have caught nothing. We may have identified a good service, prepared a good business plan and worked hard at implementing the plan, yet we find no success. Like the fishermen you may feel tired, discouraged and dejected.
Just recently our business sent out many quotes looking forward to a good catch of projects only to find our nets empty. It is at times like these I turn to Jesus Christ and this bible passage and once again throw our nets down on the right side hoping for a large catch and I am not disappointed.
Business Associate if you find yourself in this position today I urge you once again to prepare your nets, turn to Jesus Christ and lower your nets on the right side with FAITH and I promise you, you wouldn't be disappointed.
If you are interested in growing your business through Faith and proper planning send me an email at coachbengo@gmail.com and I'll be happy to visit you and chat on the possibilities.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Leadership through Service
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. St.Mark
The recent war of words between Wall Street and the US political directorate is interesting. Apparently many of the Wall Street institutions have used the “bailout” funds to play the trading floor and make considerable profits in the 3rd Quarter 2009. This despite the fact that lending to small businesses remain tight and unemployment continues to rise. If the political directorate is right (and naive) the hoped for usage of the funds for the betterment of Main Street has not come about. Instead it has been used for self interest of the few.
This leads us back to St Mark’s quotation of Jesus Christ. Unless as a people and as businesses we strive to serve the many instead of the few we will all be faced with contraction instead of expansion.
As business people our effort should be for the betterment of the many, for both employees and customers. How can we strive in each of our business to serve the bottom of the pyramid? Can we use modern day technology to make our products and services more available for the many?
I suggest we all re-look at our value chain, in particular the distribution end and at our product portfolio to see if we can serve the many instead of the few.
If you are interested in growing your business through Leadership in Customer Service send me an email at coachbengo@gmail.com and I'll be happy to visit you and chat on the possibilities.
The recent war of words between Wall Street and the US political directorate is interesting. Apparently many of the Wall Street institutions have used the “bailout” funds to play the trading floor and make considerable profits in the 3rd Quarter 2009. This despite the fact that lending to small businesses remain tight and unemployment continues to rise. If the political directorate is right (and naive) the hoped for usage of the funds for the betterment of Main Street has not come about. Instead it has been used for self interest of the few.
This leads us back to St Mark’s quotation of Jesus Christ. Unless as a people and as businesses we strive to serve the many instead of the few we will all be faced with contraction instead of expansion.
As business people our effort should be for the betterment of the many, for both employees and customers. How can we strive in each of our business to serve the bottom of the pyramid? Can we use modern day technology to make our products and services more available for the many?
I suggest we all re-look at our value chain, in particular the distribution end and at our product portfolio to see if we can serve the many instead of the few.
If you are interested in growing your business through Leadership in Customer Service send me an email at coachbengo@gmail.com and I'll be happy to visit you and chat on the possibilities.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Small may be Better
When we consider a number of events coming together in this first decade of the new Century: (i) the recent “developed world” credit meltdown, (ii) the economic recession (iii) the fast accelerating Climate Change Scenario (iv) the explosive growth in China and India (v) the new age of the knowledge worker - then probably - Small may be Better
Small is lower cost, it creates a smaller carbon footprint, it is more sustainable.
Are we witnessing the dawn of a new age of small: small business, small cars, small homes, small phones, small computers, small movies (YouTube), small consumption, small salaries, small online schools???
Is this just a hiccup in the Global growth train or are we witnessing a paradigm shift in values? Can one's business be small but still great?
If you are interested in making your small business Great send me an email at coachbengo@gmail.com and I'll be happy to visit you and chat on the possibilities.
Small is lower cost, it creates a smaller carbon footprint, it is more sustainable.
Are we witnessing the dawn of a new age of small: small business, small cars, small homes, small phones, small computers, small movies (YouTube), small consumption, small salaries, small online schools???
Is this just a hiccup in the Global growth train or are we witnessing a paradigm shift in values? Can one's business be small but still great?
If you are interested in making your small business Great send me an email at coachbengo@gmail.com and I'll be happy to visit you and chat on the possibilities.
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