The Power of a Catholic Business Owner, Business Leader Peer Group

The power of Catholic peer groups

Here’s my short list of the benefits of belonging to a Catholic business owner (or Catholic Business Leader) peer group. The most important insight is understanding how important your vocation as a Catholic business owner, business leader actually is to the Church, and to the world.  The introduction of True Leadership by the Habiger Institute […]

We Catholics need to renew what the Arabs call asabiyya, or solidarity of purpose.

The United States Constitution with quill pen, glasses and candle holder

I just read an interesting essay by Lee Smith, that explains why the Taliban beat America. He said “There is no mystery about why the U.S. experience in Afghanistan ended in failure, embarrassment, and scandal. Nor is it a mystery why the Taliban took over Kabul so quickly. They were fighting for primacy. Their victory […]

The Connection between Montessori and The Integrated Business Leader

A friend recently gave me an article written by Dr. Annette Haines. Dr Haines addresses the full spectrum of man’s development, from birth to adolescence and ultimately as a “cosmic agent” to order the earth to the good of all through actions in solidarity benefiting the common good. Why am I posting about Montessori? I discovered […]

First Comes Family, Then Comes the Catholic Social Teaching

Catholic Social Teaching is the teaching of the church that relates man’s life to society. The teaching was developed in history and is still developing. Family works together with Catholic Social Teaching to show others how to better the society we live in. Catholic Social Teaching help us be better citizens and contribute to the […]

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 […]

The B-Corp, a great first step to balance social mission and profit

Book cover of B-Corp Handbook

Maybe it’s the fact that Pope Francis is, well, the pope who by the position commands a world-wide microphone, that there was and still is such an outcry to his call for businesses to be more aware of the plight of the poor and to be better stewards of the earth. Pope Francis spoke at […]