Leading in a World of Darkness

Proverbs 6: 23 (MSG) For sound advice [that had come from Wisdom] is a beacon, good teaching is a light, and moral discipline is a life path.

This chapter in Proverbs is on living skills and, in the section on warnings about sexual morality, comes this gem about the qualities of a leader who provides sound advice, good teaching and moral discipline.  Life is not simple and neither is leading. Business is in constant flux. Capital gets depleted. Priorities change. Boards demand progress. Individual contributors are often driven by self-centered motives painted in the texture and hue of team effort. Complexities arise fraught with gray areas. Discerning truth and righteousness demands of leaders something beyond their natural skills. Being known as a Christian business leader should have an impact on the lives around you. It is about being a light. Light has a way of reveling. Christian leaders must distinguish right from wrong even in the face of what might be "legal" but not righteous in God's eyes. Is your “light” providing sound advice, good teaching and moral discipline?

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