Can Businesses Be Schools for Evangelization and Sanctity?
Yes, I strongly believe that businesses can serve as a “school” for evangelization and sanctity in the sense that it can be a place where both the leadership and employees are given the environment to thrive personally and professionally and also to grow in virtue, character, and moral integrity. Although we may not use the […]
Why Attollo Exists
Why does Attollo exist? We all naturally try to live a divided life, a life where we neatly compartmentalize our lives into buckets marked “faith”, “family” and “work”. We desperately try to keep those buckets away from each other. God in His wisdom finds a way to combine those buckets into one marked “integrated life”, […]
The Anti-CEO Playbook
The traditional CEO playbook tells you everything about how to run a business except how to be a noble leader. That requires the anti-ceo playbook. Hamdi Ulukaya is the owner of Chobani Yogurt. After I read about how he gave 10% of the shares of the company to the employees about five years ago, I […]
I must be a very bad capitalist!
I was speaking with a Catholic business owner recently who said at one point during our conversation “I must be a very bad capitalist.” He took me down his path of logic. The purpose of owning or running a business, he was taught, is to make money and to create a lifestyle for himself and […]
Jesus Christ visits businesses run by Catholics – On the next episode of Undercover Boss!
Undercover Boss is a reality TV show where a business owner, CEO, president dons a disguise and works alongside front line employees in an effort to remind themselves of what the business looks like from the vantage point of employees, and others who interact with that business. They (the owner, CEO, or president) often find […]
If Christ was a secret shopper at your business
What would Christ discover if he was a secret shopper who dropped in on your business? Would he be able to report back to you that the culture, values, processes, and the way your leadership interacts with your employees and how your employees interact with each other, with your suppliers and customers, and the community, […]
A Christmas Prayer – May your business continue to be a sanctifying gift to the world
The owners of companies who see their business ownership as a true vocation, for Catholics this means a real calling from God, are better able to positively affect the lives of their employees and to contribute to the common good. Saint JoseMaria Escriva said “ Sanctifying one’s work is no fantastic dream, but the mission […]
How Virtuous is Your Firm?
The article entitled “How Virtuous is Your Firm?” written by Hershey H. Friedman and Linda Weiser Friedman in 2009 provides a basic checklist that can be used by your firm to determine whether or not it is “virtuous”. It’s not all encompassing, but it’s a great indicator to help you determine the general virtuousness of […]
Rome, we have lift-off, lift-off on Attollo 1. We have pilot launch!
What a momentous day yesterday for Attollo. The pilot launch occurred within the walls of the Augustine Institute, here in Colorado. The leaders of A.I. were gracious enough to provide the meeting room space for us, on the Feast Day of St. Augustine. Ten business owners spent a full day, very precious time, testing out […]