This study is a longitudinal description of freshmen in Christian colleges concerning the presence of alcohol in their homes of origin during high school, their views of consuming alcohol, and their alcohol consumption. The sample of over 3,330 surveys was collected annually for 20 years through selected freshmen courses primarily at two colleges, although surveys were originally collected from six Christian colleges. This research provides empirical data describing the presence of alcohol in the home environments of Christian college freshmen, their views on alcohol, and empirical data on alcohol use by Christian college freshmen. This research attempts to offer conversation starters for students, faculty, and administrators on the topic of alcohol.

Who was your best boss?  What did she/he do that stands out?  The kind of boss you are (or have) matters. A lot.

Faith-anchored and informed leaders usually sense that their roles are a divine calling requiring that they discover and implement a process of planning consistent with God’s will as revealed in scripture. The significance, then, of their roles requires a process that seeks a systematic, responsible, and thorough understanding of God’s mind and will for every aspect of their leadership calling.

In any work environment passion can be encouraged or discouraged; the authors refer to this dichotomy as passion thrillers and passion killers. An organization’s productivity can be affected by its employees’ passion for their job and place of employment. Studies reveal several ways to excite passion in the workplace and by doing so increase employee engagement and persistence. However, too often leaders fail to analyze what drives the passion of their employees. While there seem to be several ways for passion to be thrilled, this work also explores the proposition that passionate engagement can be killed. Leaders who focus on the negative usually fail to excite passion and the critical culture kills the fire within employees. The findings suggest that inherent employee passion can be ignited in the workplace, promoting success; or it can also be extinguished, destroying the great potential that employee passion brings to the organization.

"Why did you do that?" "Why" is the philosophical question that exposes our values.  Every leader is by default a philosopher.