SNAPSHOT OF B4T

SNAPSHOT OF B4T

I had breakfast with a couple this morning, who after 4 years are shutting down their business. The business was struggling, but they said their greatest problem was that their organizational leaders and team members kept telling them they were wasting their time...
HONEST REFLECTIONS OF A B4T WORKER

HONEST REFLECTIONS OF A B4T WORKER

The following was written in response to my blogs on accountability. Patrick, I have a question/thought about your latest email series on accountability.  I have honestly been having a hard time thinking through these emails on accountability, and I think it dawned on...
ON TRANSPARENCY

ON TRANSPARENCY

The past 3 months we’ve been talking about the priority of relationships and accountability in developing better models of doing mission. The next few weeks I wish to focus on transparency. In a timely fashion, one of the guys we mentor wrote the following on this own...
THOUGHTS FROM A FIELD COACH

THOUGHTS FROM A FIELD COACH

Photo credit: bycurated.com The following is written by one of the coaches we work with to friends in North America. (Names have been changed.) One of the main reasons I moved to N. Africa was to work with a B4T business, Wonderful Widgets, and her sister company GO2....
ACCOUNTABILITY YIELDS JOY

ACCOUNTABILITY YIELDS JOY

We are investing several months reviewing the 4 core values of B4T – relationships, accountability, transparency and perfection. This month we continue the focus on the need for real accountability. Joy! A B4T worker recently asked me to hold him accountable for the...
THE GOAL OF B4T

THE GOAL OF B4T

Is drinking alcohol good? Is drinking alcohol bad? Drinking wine is one of life’s pleasures which even Jesus enjoyed, but if we drink alcohol all the time we become a drunkard. So if we wake up thinking about drinking and drinking then becomes a driving force in our...