Christian Business Insights
295 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsProviding 'out-of-the-box' views of Christian Businesses, designed to help you build a powerful business, expand your impact, and grow closer to God in the process.
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Should Your Business Be A Platform for Preaching?
April 23, 2024 11:30 - 7 minutes - 6.15 MBOne of the mistaken ideas about Christian business is that it should focus on preaching the Gospel. Many Christians are hesitant to think of their businesses as Kingdom entities because they fear they will be expected to preach. In this article, we dig into that idea. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 47 states and 11 countries and worked with over 500 sales organizations. In these ten-minute ...
Are You Working On Your Spirituality?
April 16, 2024 10:30 - 11 minutes - 9.37 MBThinking about your spirituality? Wondering if there is something deeper and more meaningful for your life? You’re not alone. Millions of people feel an emptiness and recognize it as a lack of spiritual growth on their part. And so, they search for something spiritual to fill that void. Unfortunately, many are searching in the wrong place, their energies being diffused by an errant understanding of spirituality. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business ...
Will Business Save Our Country?
April 09, 2024 10:30 - 7 minutes - 6.68 MBAs a young man, I made a career decision that was to impact the rest of my life. Reflecting back on it, I see a number of reasons why the choice of business impacted my character and my destiny. So it is with everyone. Business produces character traits that are fundamental in society and necessary to live a full and successful life. Let’s drill deeper into this. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 4...
Should You Leave First?
April 02, 2024 10:30 - 7 minutes - 6.95 MBSometimes God directs you to leave a comfortable situation, with no alternative in place. It's part of the way He works with His people. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 47 states and 11 countries and worked with over 500 sales organizations. In these ten-minute podcasts, his unique blend of out-of-the-box thinking and practical insights will challenge and enable you to sell better, lead bett...
Are Mindless Habits Hindering Your Success?
March 26, 2024 10:30 - 9 minutes - 7.94 MBWe are all subject to sub-conscious attitudes and habits of thought. These habits can impact our lives in multiple ways. If we were to identify and examine our habits of thought, we can improve our lives. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 47 states and 11 countries and worked with over 500 sales organizations. In these ten-minute podcasts, his unique blend of out-of-the-box thinking and pract...
Are You Comfortable Believing a Lie?
March 19, 2024 10:30 - 10 minutes - 8.74 MBRecently, one of my clients recommended that I compile a series of posts on the most important lessons I’ve learned over my 30-year career as a consultant working with over 500 different organizations. This is one of them: Most people would rather believe a comfortable lie than accept an uncomfortable truth. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 47 states and 11 countries and worked with over 500 sales...
3 Essential Paths for A Christian Business
March 12, 2024 10:30 - 9 minutes - 8.08 MBThe world is full of advice for businesspeople. If you are a Christian, the challenge is to sort it out – to discard the superficial and worldly while grabbing onto that which will make a difference. Here’s one person’s opinion as to the three essential paths for a Christian businessperson. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 47 states and 11 countries and worked with over 500 sales organization...
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
March 05, 2024 11:30 - 15 minutes - 12.9 MB: Sooner or later, every Christian experiences a painful event that leads them to ask: Why do bad things happen to good people? It’s one of the most difficult questions that people ask. In this post, we dig deeply into this, and provide direction for people asking that question. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 47 states and 11 countries and worked with over 500 sales organizations. In these ten-minute p...
Your Ultimate Success Skill
February 27, 2024 11:30 - 19 minutes - 16.9 MBThe pace of change has increased, the growth in complexity has multiplied, and information has proliferated at an unprecedented pace. We are in extraordinary times. We often find ourselves overwhelmed, distracted and insecure. And unprecedented times call for unique and disciplined approaches if we are to survive and thrive. The only sure way to deal with this pace of change is to nurture the skill of changing ourselves as rapidly as the world is changing around us. And that makes le...
Do You Need to Be Seminary-Trained to be a Spiritual Leader?
February 20, 2024 11:30 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MBThere are a number of ideas that are bantered around so much within our Christian culture that people assume they are unquestioned truth, when they are anything but that. Here’s one such idea: Spiritual leaders must be seminary-trained pastors. That idea is non-Biblical, serves to hinder the growth of the Kingdom, and discourages thousands of Christians who would otherwise take on leadership roles. Let’s unpack this. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Bus...
God's View of Business Through Two Old Testament Men
February 13, 2024 11:30 - 10 minutes - 9.22 MB"If you want to become closer to God and build your faith, start a business." Business had a far greater role in the Old Testament then you have been lead to believe. Let's look at two Old Testament characters, and see what business meant to them. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 47 states and 11 countries and worked with over 500 sales organizations. In these ten-minute podcasts, his unique blend of o...
Are You Too Busy to....?
February 06, 2024 11:30 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBGood time management recognizes the universal temptation to do more and become ‘too busy. Unfortunately, to continue to try to do “more” is a frustrating strategy that eventually causes great pain: strained relationships, health problems, a sense of helplessness, less effective work, and, in some cases, emotional and physical burnout. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 47 states and 11 countries and ...
Who is to Blame for the Muddle We're In?
January 30, 2024 11:30 - 7 minutes - 7.03 MBWe all know that the country is more divided than at any time in recent memory. It seems like the shared values that have defined the America that used to be a light to the world are no longer in play. How did we get here? More importantly, how do we get out of it? How do we adjust our careers and our businesses to survive and thrive in this muddle? Here’s one person’s opinion. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 boo...
Are You Giving Scripturally?
January 23, 2024 11:30 - 14 minutes - 12.4 MBEvery Christian understands that there are certain fundamentals of the Christian faith, and that ‘giving’ is one of them. And while we have all heard lots of sermons about the need to give, and give generously, very few of us have heard any Biblical teaching on an important aspect of that giving – “To whom should we give?” And “How should we give it?” We’re looking more closely at those questions. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert and a Christian Business thought leader. He has author...
Are You Too Comfortable in The Marketplace to Be Effective in The Kingdom?
January 16, 2024 11:30 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBOne of Christianity’s greatest failures has been the separation of the church from the world of business and commerce – acting on the premise that there are some things which are secular, and others which are sacred. Christian companies and their owners and executives must share some of the blame, as they have been comfortable following the worldly approach to business. As a result, countless millions of people around the world and across generations have never known the touch of God’s lov...
Motivation, Self-Image, and Success
January 09, 2024 11:30 - 8 minutes - 7.44 MBMotivation is one of the least understood concepts in the business world. If you want to achieve any degree of success in your career, you can and should motivate yourself. One necessary pre-curser is the MORE mindset. Here’s a first step in a process that will impact the rest of your life. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 47 states and 11 countries and worked with over 500 sales organizati...
Three Misconceptions about Christian Business
January 02, 2024 11:30 - 9 minutes - 8.25 MBMost Christians are woefully misinformed when it comes to understanding the role of business people in the Kingdom. They often have misconceptions about what is expected from a Christian in business. As a result, they compartmentalize business from their Christianity, and rob themselves and those around them of a more fulfilled life. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales expert, and a Christian Business thought leader. He has authored 13 books, presented in 47 states and 11 countries and worked with...
Four Spiritual Disciplines for Your Business
December 26, 2023 11:30 - 10 minutes - 8.94 MBJust as there are spiritual disciplines for individuals, so are there spiritual disciplines for Christian businesses. For many people this is a radical thought. In this article we look at that idea. If you have a say in a Christian business, this concept is for you. Dave Kahle is a B2B sales Guru and Christian business thought leader. He’s authored 13 books and presented in 47 states and 11 countries. He has a reputation for presenting concepts, principles and practices that are out-of...
3 Essential Paths to Growing a Successful Kingdom Business
December 19, 2023 11:30 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBThe world is full of advice for businesspeople. If you are a Christian, the challenge is to sort it out – to discard the superficial and worldly while grabbing onto that which will make a difference. In this podcast, I share three essential paths that will keep you focused on the right things Striving for these will keep you on track, harnessing your power to continuously stimulate your efforts in a way that will eventually bring you to the best that you can be. The XI Community Subscr...
Are You Too Busy with Good Things That You Don't Have Time For The Best?
December 12, 2023 11:30 - 9 minutes - 7.89 MBWe are all too often incredibly busy – but with the wrong things. Activity becomes addictive and we become automatons, forever pursuing the satisfaction of accomplishment but rarely assessing the value of that accomplishment. We do it because it’s there, not because we have decided to do it. Intentionality suffers as activity prospers. We run the risk of living a busy life, but being busy with the wrong things. What if all these things we’re busy with really weren’t worth it? And we ne...
Is God With US?
December 05, 2023 11:30 - 19 minutes - 17.1 MBDoes God really care for me? How do I know? Those are two questions that Christians often ask. One way to answer them is to reflect on the occasions when God has intervened in our lives… protection and provision. I recently had an occasion to share a series of events in my life that I have labeled as ‘traveling mercies.’ In this podcast, I’m sharing that series of Godly interventions in my life, all having to do with travel. Enjoy.
Is An Executive Roundtable For You?
November 28, 2023 11:30 - 12 minutes - 10.6 MBThe 2020's are without a doubt one of the most turbulent times American businesspeople have ever seen. That means that it is likely that the conclusions, paradigms and core beliefs upon which we based our decisions as recently as two years ago are likely to be obsolete today. One solution to keeping up with changing times is an executive roundtable. CBIG groups
Why Things Don't Always Go As Planned
November 21, 2023 11:30 - 10 minutes - 9.03 MBFrustrated with your business? Lots of problems in your career? Does it sometimes seem like almost everything is going wrong? The cause may be spiritual warfare in your business. It comes with the territory of being an effective Christian in the marketplace. The Excellence & Influence On-line Community
Do People Trust Business? and, BHAGGGs
November 14, 2023 11:30 - 12 minutes - 10.4 MBThe Edelman Trust Barometer just released it’s 2023 report. Based on interviews with 32,000 people across 28 countries, it found that people trusted business more than the media, government and NGOs. The report on this phenomenon may nudge some Christian businesspeople, who previously had been hesitant to express their faith in the marketplace to finally step up and begin to see their careers and businesses as ministries. Here’s why and how. The XI Community
Take Your Business to a Higher Level with a System of Measurements
November 07, 2023 11:30 - 26 minutes - 22.3 MBOne of the watershed moments in the life and growth of a business occurs when the executives design and implement a system of measurements. This signals the development of the business from an entrepreneurial effort to a serious organization that can exist outside of the hands-on involvement of the entrepreneur. In this piece, we unpack that idea. Read these blog posts on goal setting: Creating Long-Term Goals, A fresh, nuanced approach to goal-setting: Introducing FOFS
Spend Sales Dollars Wisely
October 31, 2023 10:30 - 19 minutes - 17 MBOver my career as a sales expert, I’ve personally and contractually worked with over 500 sales organizations. I’ve learned some things. Here’s one: Very few chief sales officers have a good handle on the economics of the sales force. And very few entrepreneurs think about the economics of a sales system. Almost everyone can tell you what the amounts of the various categories on a P&L statement indicate. So, sales salaries, expenses, advertising costs, etc. are readily at ha...
10 Commandments for the Ethical Salesperson
October 24, 2023 10:30 - 12 minutes - 10.8 MBSales is a profession that is ripe with temptation. Salespeople deal with a lot of people, and a lot of money. Either one of those by itself presents a challenge. Add them together and it can be overwhelming. Here are some guidelines to help you stay on the right side. The XI Community. Check it out here.
Can Mind Software Enhance Your Business/Career?
October 17, 2023 10:30 - 12 minutes - 10.6 MBThe recent proliferation of AI (Artificial Intelligence) has surfaced a lingering issue: If we can create software to increase the capabilities of a computer, can we not create software to increase the capabilities of the greatest computer we know of – our minds? Let’s drill deeply into this.
How Do You Make a Good Christian Decision -- Part 2
October 10, 2023 10:30 - 20 minutes - 17.5 MBSooner or later, every sincere Christian wrestles with the question of how you make a sound Christian decision.. We all face turning points in our lives and need to make good decisions. In this podcast, I sort it out and offer several options.
How Do You Make A Good Christian Decision- Part One
October 03, 2023 10:30 - 11 minutes - 10 MBSooner or later, every sincere Christian wrestles with the question of how you make a sound Christian decision.. We all face turning points in our lives and need to make good decisions. In this post, I sort it out and offer several options. Check out Practical Wisdom podcasts here.
Are Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back?
September 26, 2023 10:30 - 16 minutes - 14.5 MBAs an educated and experienced practitioner in the profession of helping people change their behavior, I’ve come to the conclusion that our set of preexisting beliefs supplies the largest and most potent set of obstacles to self-improvement and the greater success and fulfillment that comes with it. Human beings naturally make observations and conclusions about our experiences as we grow up and experience life. Eventually, some of these become hardened into beliefs. These beli...
Are You Seeking Significance?
September 19, 2023 10:30 - 10 minutes - 8.48 MBToo many Christian business people look outside their careers and their businesses for a place or a work that allows them to be significant. This search for something outside of themselves keeps them focused in the wrong place. The real source of significance is much closer to home. The XI Community for Christian Business People
Three Steps to a Powerful Corporate Culture
September 12, 2023 10:30 - 8 minutes - 6.2 MBBuilding a successful business requires serious focus on four fundamental components. Those include the three elements of infrastructure: Systems, people and money, and the glue that ties those three together and empowers them to reach their potential: corporate culture. Creating a positive corporate culture is a process, not an event. Here are three essential keys. Check out the XI (Excellence & Influence) On-line Community here.
Can Your Business Have a Greater Impact for The Kingdom?
August 29, 2023 10:30 - 11 minutes - 9.14 MBMost Christian business people are woefully ignorant of the impact their businesses can have for the Kingdom. God designed business to be a powerful force in the Kingdom. A Christian business is a powerful ministry. Let's dig into the details of this idea. The Good Book on Business The XI Community
On Christian Business Culture
August 22, 2023 10:30 - 8 minutes - 7.55 MBThere is a pattern for the practices and principles consistently evidenced by Biblical business leaders. Leadership in the Bible often included creating an intense business culture. The right culture binds people together, stimulates them to be the best they can be, and prods the organization to excellence. The Xi Community
3 Essentials to Transform Your Business Into a Kingdom Entity
August 15, 2023 10:30 - 9 minutes - 8.32 MBChristian-owned businesses have a huge potential to impact their communities. But, ‘business as usual’ will not help you realize that potential. In order to nudge your business in the direction of becoming a Kingdom business, you’ll need to build these three practices into your business routines. Free Biblical Business Assessment. The Biblical Business Course The Good Book on Business Holy Spirit resources: https://www.bennyhinn.org/relationship-with-the-holy-spirit/ https://...
When You Change the Structure, You Change Everything
August 08, 2023 10:30 - 9 minutes - 8.88 MBIf you want to improve the productivity of your organization, and particularly your sales team, focus first on the structure. When you change the structure, you change the behavior of the people who operate within that structure. Let me explain
To What Extent Ae You Growing Through New Ideas?
August 01, 2023 10:30 - 12 minutes - 10.7 MBIn order for an individual or a society to reach its potential, it must continuously grow and develop. That requires consistent, methodical exposure to new ideas. Unfortunately, many people have arrested their development by remaining within their status quos.
Are There Any "-isms" Preventing Your Development?
July 25, 2023 10:30 - 8 minutes - 8.15 MBIt’s more and more popular to blame other people, or some ‘ism’ for your own circumstances. As long as we claim to be a victim we’ll never achieve our potential. As soon as we accept personal responsibility for our own circumstances, we gain the freedom to change them.
Leverage -- How to Accelerate Your Growth
July 18, 2023 10:30 - 9 minutes - 6.95 MBWhether you are a small businessperson or a professional salesperson, you can utilize a powerful strategy to take your performance to dramatically higher levels -- leverage. Leverage revolves around the idea of multiplying the effects of some effort to gain more value from it. Leverage will take you to a higher level.
Churchianity or Christianity?
July 11, 2023 10:30 - 11 minutes - 9.93 MBLiterally millions of people have been exposed to Christ through our institutional churches. The problem is that what happens there so turns them off that they are lost to Christianity for the rest of their lives. They equate church with Christianity, and find church to be disagreeable, and so reject Christ. It’s like we are vaccinating them from ever considering Christ again. A vaccination is made from dead and powerless organisms, that, when injected into our body prevent us from con...
Are You Suffering From The Consequences of Spiritual Warfare?
July 04, 2023 10:30 - 8 minutes - 7.44 MB: The consequences of losing the daily battles to the “evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm” are larger than most of us consider. Let’s look at the impact of spiritual warfare on our businesses, our lives and our careers.
Building Biblical Principles into Your Business/Career
June 27, 2023 10:30 - 9 minutes - 7.04 MBWestern business culture is built on fundamental Biblical principles. You do not need to be a Christian to build them into your business or career and achieve greater success and influence. Let’s look at once such principle.
Are Your Sales & Marketing Efforts Like Popcorn?
June 20, 2023 10:30 - 9 minutes - 6.74 MBHow do you effectively and consistently grow your business? One common mistake is to pursue a strategy I call popcorn, instead of building a solid sales system. See if this describes you.
Is the Loss of Discipline an Opportunity for You?
June 13, 2023 10:30 - 9 minutes - 7.15 MB: In recent years I’ve seen a deeper degradation in the learning potential of the work force fueled by a growing inability to concentrate. I’m afraid that much of the adult population in this country has become so conditioned to sound bites, texts and tweets that they have lost the discipline to “do the work.” Like an unused muscle, their ability to concentrate has atrophied. On the one hand, that is alarming. On the other hand, it is a tremendous opportunity for you.
Spiritual Warfare in Business?
June 06, 2023 10:30 - 17 minutes - 12.5 MBCan our businesses and careers be subject to attack by the ‘spiritual forces of evil’? And, if so, what does that look like? Can some or much of the obstacles in your path be intentionally implanted by the “spiritual forces of evil”? Let’s dig into this together.
Personal Responsibility -
May 30, 2023 10:30 - 14 minutes - 10.4 MBWhat is it that empowers some people to change smoothly and effortlessly, while getting others to modify their behavior seems like moving a mountain? What is the fundamental building block for individuals which, more than anything else, equips them to successfully implement change? It is something that is becoming increasingly rare -- a motivating sense of personal responsibility.
You or God?
May 23, 2023 10:30 - 11 minutes - 8.16 MB“How much should I expect God to do, and how much should I do?” I just fielded that question from one of my CBIG members. It wasn’t the first time I’d heard that question, and I have asked it myself dozens of times. I believe it is one of the most asked questions by Christian businesspeople. Let’s dig into it.
When You Are Expected To Do Something Unethical
May 16, 2023 10:30 - 9 minutes - 10.9 MBEvery now and then, almost every professional runs into a situation where he/she is expected to do something that violates their conscience – something unethical. How do you handle that?
Are You A Second Class Christian?
May 09, 2023 10:30 - 15 minutes - 11.5 MBFor much of my Christian life, I've struggled with a difficult and painful image of myself: I was a second-class Christian. No one ever said that to me in so many words, but the practices of the Christian community made it perfectly clear. Let's take a look at thst idea.