© 1969 Ronald Rainson
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Table of Contents for The Christian Executive
Christian Executive Requirements Profile
Introduction to The Christian Executive
Bible Applicability in the 21st Century
The Arenas You Fight In

Being Shrewd is Okay
Types of Arenas You Fight In

The Publicly Traded Arena

Motivation of Board Members with Publicly Traded Firms
Board Member Selection Process for Publicly Traded Firms

The Privately Owned Arena

Motivation of Board Members with Privately Held Firms
Board Member Selection Process for Privately Held Firms
How Nebuchadnesser Used Consultants
A Board Member's Fiduciary Responsibility

The Government Arena

Selection of Board Members for Government Entities
They Are No Longer Us
The Professional Elected Official
Appointed Officials
Government as Our Substitute Family
Appointed Boards

Not-for-Profit Organizations
Charities
Geographical Differences
Educational Differences

The Kinds of Lions You Will Have to Fight

The Devil's Playing Field
Evil Seem to Prosper
Rude is Better
Modern Slavery
Mergers & Acquisitions

M&A's Present Career Risks
The Russian Viewpoint
Warnings

Team Players
Send Me Someone Who Reads - Maybe
Positioning Yourself

Who Gets the Credit for Your Success

Thrown into a Den of Lawyers

Cassandra

Leadership vs. Management and Administration

A Note on Taking Notes

Difficulties

Litigation
Free to Do the Right Thing

The Kind of Resources You'll Have

Predicting Success

Desire to Lead
Entrepreneurs
Leaders vs. Managers

Time Warps Created by Leadership Transitions

Management is Not a Dodge
Salesmanship
Pareto's Principle
Christianity vs. Science

The Actions You Can Take

Self-aggrandizement
Internal Politics
Obedience
Organization
Rationalization

Downsizing

Attitude

Employee's Attitude as Important Than Skills

Good Skills & Good Attitude
Good Skills & Poor Attitude
Poor Skills but Good Attitude

Peers
Bribes
Reorganization
Respect Subordinates' Needs
The Clever Christian

Secular
Spiritual
Working with The Government

Over Worked and Underpaid

Time Management

Face Time

Planning

Pilot or Navigator?
The Curse of Interesting Times
Weight Minimums
Delphi
Keep It Simple
Diversity
Women in the Work Place

Contracts - Yes / No

Spiritual
Secular

Delegation

Beware of the Monkey
Meetings

Committee Assisted Management

The Things You Must Do

Acquisitions

Provide Opposition
Escape Plan
Employee Security
Fired
Foreign Bookkeeping

Taxes
Training
Employee Evaluations

Your Associations

Surrounded by Your Staff
Associations

The Value of Pseudo Christian Organization

Rotary International
Advertising
Purchasing Agents
Engineers & Scientists
Boy Scouts

Unbelievers
Little White-Liars
Hypocrites

Competitors - Powers of Dark/Lukewarm
Your Rewards

It is Okay to be Rich
Is it Christian to Make a Profit?
Is it Christian to Charge Interest?
Be Big or Do Big
Compensation & Incentives
A CEO's Pleasure
Over-Qualification
Career Planning

Quality of Preparation
Course Selection

Your Success

Key to Success
Spiritual Growth
Corporate Success - Love Your Neighbor

Your Motivation
Your Employees' Motivation

Threats
Fear
Reward
Better to Not Have Given than to Take Back
The Key to Motivation is Respect
In The Know - The Importance of Being in the

Profit is Acceptable

© 2001 Ronald Rainson
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.