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George Bernard Shaw wrote the play “Pygmalion” in 1913. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics who bets his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl by the name of Eliza Doolittle as a refined society lady. He proposes to do this by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. In teaching Eliza to surround herself with expectations of a better life, he believed she would be inherently drawn toward becoming a woman of high society.
The story makes the point that expectations and environment play a critical role in outcomes; this came to be known as the Pygmalion Effect. Ministries and faith-based organizations in America can learn from this.
Selfishness is a dirty word in Christendom. Well, at least publicly. It’s not that it isn’t the type of foul language that isn’t spoken in mixed company – quite the contrary: we use the term to criticize our opponents, our children, and maybe even ourselves from time to time. No, it is that type of particular profanity that is used regularly and often with the intent to shame others or to debase ourselves. We just cannot seem to stand it when someone acts in their own self-interest, especially when it requires them to not act in ours.
Coloring inside the lines has always been a huge frustration for me. Not that I wanted or even had the talent to recreate the bold lies within my Superman coloring book – I just grew extremely frustrated that “the lines” were the limit of where my creativity could go. What are these guidelines and who decided them? More importantly, why were each of the crayons the size of small submarines – large cylinders of heavy wax – and entirely too bulky to hold? Trying to color the “S” on Superman’s chest with these was exasperating! Even if coloring book rules were to be followed, how could I receive my gold star when the tools to use were not useful to me? Read More »
Competition is not something we do well as Christians. It likely ranks in the Top 10 Worst Practices in the Body. I take that back – we compete very strongly against our own, but hardly and rarely in the right way. In terms of the market, or outside of denominations, though, we most often take our ball and go home, so to speak. Read More »
Wherever you stand on political issues, this year the hot topic of the glass ceiling cannot be avoided. From Hillary Clinton to Sarah Palin—the talk around the water cooler is about women in a prominent leadership role. Read More »
As a communications major, several classes in Public Relations were required for graduation. Although some of my textbooks and classroom experiences were beneficial, nothing replaced being in the work world, and seeing Public Relations first hand.
The number of corporate executives who believe they are the sole face of their firm is shocking. While they clearly have a position of leadership that is respected and desirable, they are not the only PR agent for their corporation. Read More »
Is the concept of profit something we are compelled to do as an organization?
This is an in-depth question, which I plan to write more on myself, but I first wanted to share with you another’s thoughts, which got me to thinking on this question.
Everywhere I go, China keeps coming up in my conversations. I have friends working there, friends studying there, friends teaching there, friends going to the Olympics, friends working at the Olympics. This nation is prevalent in both my life and the global scene. Read More »
There is one great asset that businesses and organizations may possess; one asset that is perhaps greater than all others. This asset is not for sale, though it is of tremendous worth. It cannot be sold, though it can be lost. This asset cannot give you a depreciating expense on your financials. It can be acquired only by being earned, and it may be lost if those things that earned it are abandoned.
This asset is loyalty, and there is no substitute for it. Read More »
One of the biggest ways leaders can guide their people in the way of thought is to teach them to see opportunity. It may also be a prime growth area for leaders themselves.
Seeing opportunity is to realize that every cause creates an effective opportunity. This is the truth behind the belief that for every door that closes, another opens; if the stock market is down, it’s prime buying time. Simply put, nature abhors a vacuum: anytime one prospect ends, another must exist to take its place. The opportunity-seeing leader asks, “What is the opportunity that is being created?” Then they capitalize on it.
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