For many Christian professionals and businesspeople, the prospect of practicing our faith in the marketplace is overwhelming.  It’s easy to remain paralyzed in the face of so many things calling for our time and attention.  In the face of overwhelming number of choices, most marketplace Christians default to what’s comfortable and familiar – which is  … Read more

Regardless of what you hear, what are some of the benefits of striving to make Christ a more visible part of your marketplace lives? I recently asked the people who are members of my X-I Community to articulate one benefit to intentionally moving their business and their careers to a more visible alignment with God.  … Read more

My wife is a crisis counselor. One of her biggest eye-openers occurred when she realized she was counseling the same people over and over again. You would think that a crisis was an isolated event. Maybe for most of the population. But some lurch from one crisis to another. Why is that? They have not  … Read more

PresidentAaron Sweeten Insurance Aaron Sweeten is the owner of Sweeten Insurance Solutions, a full service independent insurance broker.  This is his 14 year in business as a insurance agency owner.  He has been married to his wife Lillian for 12 years, has a 10 year old daughter named Emma, 6 year old daughter named Autumn  … Read more

Speaker | Trainer | CoachLisa Fisher Associates Lisa Fisher, Leadership Developer, speaker, and growth strategist, has a passion for working with others to achieve THEIR definition of success.  Using her talents as a business coach, and her library of training topics, she has worked with a variety of Industries to help Leaders identify what success  … Read more

God was in control from the beginning to the end of this remarkable journey and story. It all started when we were on Cape Cod in mid-November preparing to leave for a long drive to Michigan to visit family there and in Utah for the holidays and for the birth of a grandson. My wife  … Read more

“My whole life, I was told that we were one of the richest nations on earth, but now I see that we are one of the poorest.  It’s like my whole life has been wasted.” That comment marked one of the saddest and most poignant moments of my life. Here’s the story. At one point  … Read more

“We’re doing OK.”  That’s a thought shared by thousands of executives I have encountered over the years. It also resides in the minds of the majority of B2B salespeople with whom I’ve worked. “OK” for a business often means that the company grows slowly, at least in most years.  It is marginally profitable in most  … Read more

“Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.”  Do you remember that from your childhood?  It was a response from our parents when we were verbally attacked, criticized, or otherwise made to feel bad by what someone said to us.  It was probably helpful in nudging us off our hurt  … Read more

As the year draws to a close, many small business leaders are wrapped up in the season’s busyness. Yet, this is precisely the time to pause, reflect, and start planning for 2025. Effective goal setting requires intention, alignment, and faith, and it’s crucial to begin before February. Below, we share insights from recent Round Table  … Read more