Under New Management: Motivation to Righteousness
Before entering into full-time ministry, I worked for about ten years as a stock clerk in a grocery store. Within this ten-year period, I worked in two different stores under two entirely different managers. One of these managers ran his store with a harsh “iron fisted,” distant authoritarian approach. He utilized harsh overbearing techniques to get us as his employees to output according to the expected standards. Negative external motivators were often used, and a competitive environment was encouraged. Needless to say, the overall sales and output were only mediocre for this particular store. Thankfully, …
Filed under: Devotional, Michael Carter on August 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
