INSPIRATION
SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY WEDNESDAY 11 OCT. 2017
Psalms 105:1-45
1
KJV: O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
WEB: Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
NIV: Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
2
KJV: Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
WEB: Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
NIV: Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
3
KJV: Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
WEB: Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
NIV: Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4
KJV: Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
WEB: Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
NIV: Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.L
5
KJV: Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
WEB: Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
NIV: Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
6
KJV: O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
WEB: you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
NIV: you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
7
KJV: He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
WEB: He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
NIV: He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
8
KJV: He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
WEB: He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
NIV: He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
9
KJV: Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
WEB: the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
NIV: the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
10
KJV: And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
WEB: and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
NIV: He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11
KJV: Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
WEB: saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance”;
NIV: “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”
12
KJV: When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
WEB: when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
NIV: When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
13
KJV: When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
WEB: They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
NIV: they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
14
KJV: He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
WEB: He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
NIV: He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
15
KJV: Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
WEB: “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
NIV: “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”
16
KJV: Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
WEB: He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
NIV: He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17
KJV: He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
WEB: He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
NIV: and he sent a man before them — Joseph, sold as a slave.
18
KJV: Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
WEB: They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
NIV: They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
19
KJV: Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
WEB: until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
NIV: till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.
20
KJV: The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
WEB: The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
NIV: The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.
21
KJV: He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
WEB: He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;
NIV: He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,
22
KJV: To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
WEB: to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
NIV: to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
23
KJV: Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
WEB: Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
NIV: Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24
KJV: And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
WEB: He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
NIV: The LORD made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes,
25
KJV: He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
WEB: He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
NIV: whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
26
KJV: He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
WEB: He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
NIV: He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27
KJV: They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
WEB: They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
NIV: They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
28
KJV: He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
WEB: He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
NIV: He sent darkness and made the land dark — for had they not rebelled against his words?
29
KJV: He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
WEB: He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
NIV: He turned their waters into blood, causing their fish to die.
30
KJV: Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
WEB: Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
NIV: Their land teemed with frogs, which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31
KJV: He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
WEB: He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
NIV: He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
32
KJV: He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
WEB: He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.
NIV: He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;
33
KJV: He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
WEB: He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
NIV: he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
34
KJV: He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
WEB: He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
NIV: He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;
35
KJV: And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
WEB: ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground.
NIV: they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.
36
KJV: He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
WEB: He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
NIV: Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.
37
KJV: He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
WEB: He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
NIV: He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
38
KJV: Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
WEB: Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.
NIV: Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39
KJV: He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
WEB: He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
NIV: He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
40
KJV: The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
WEB: They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
NIV: They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven.
41
KJV: He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
WEB: He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
NIV: He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
42
KJV: For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
WEB: For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
NIV: For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
43
KJV: And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
WEB: He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.
NIV: He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44
KJV: And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
WEB: He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
NIV: he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for —
45
KJV: That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
WEB: that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!
NIV: that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.
Stay blessed. Amen.
Business
Managing, Leading, Building Institutions And Sustainability
The two primary tasks of a top-level leader are to exploit and explore the organisation with people for now and in the future.
By Babs Olugbemi
One of my concerns for leaders is their capacity to be ambidextrous. Regardless of years of experience, knowledge, and leadership capacity, the lack of a clear distinction between managing and leading on the one hand, leading and building institutions on the second layer, and ultimately focussing on sustainability is a significant threat to successful leadership change.
I have followed events and people at C-suites, coached some, and developed frameworks for leadership development. Based on the personalities and styles of the new leaders, I have confirmed my fears about leadership sustainability in most African organisations.
“Successful leaders can aptly differentiate themselves and their roles without necessarily seeing activities as performance, focussing on what is required of them with appropriate tenacity and influence.”
The challenge for leaders is how to lead for the present and future without losing sight of the stakeholders’ immediate performance expectations. Successful leaders can aptly differentiate themselves and their roles without necessarily seeing activities as performance, focussing on what is required of them with appropriate tenacity and influence.
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In my walk as a leadership coach, I have keenly observed leaders who are managing rather than leading. Managing involves ensuring that processes achieve their intended outcomes. Leaders are above managing and should focus on creating an enabling environment for innovation, inventions, and team collaboration. The primary role in leading is not to monitor process outcomes, though critical to the company’s overall objectives, but to align corporate values with the people’s aspirations to create an engaged and ownership-thinking mindset ready to take on challenges and explore opportunities. An alignment of corporate and personal goals will not only deliver the present performance expectations. Still, it will also incubate innovations to adapt to future market demands and the sustainability of the business.
Unfortunately, the capacity for ambidexterity is rare and often marked by leaders’ exposure, approach and styles, perception, and perspective of their roles in the organisation. A leader with a wrong foundation in these areas is set for failure and awaits unfavourable decisions from the board of directors. A top-level leader might manage their teams instead of leading them. Not all leaders can combine leading for the present with building institutions. However, anyone able to submit themselves to an institution-building mechanism can champion sustainability. Aside from being a leadership coach, I help leaders achieve sustainability.
Mathematically, creating an ambidextrous organisation is beyond leading. It is to lead and build an institution that focuses on sustainability in all aspects of the organisation—employee fulfilment, customer retention, strategy effectiveness, performance evaluation, stakeholder management, process improvement, and goal congruence.
In a nutshell, the role of successful leaders in ambidextrous organisations is striking a balance between exploiting current assets and capabilities to ensure short-term success and allocating enough energy and resources to exploration to ensure future viability. The two primary tasks of a top-level leader are to exploit and explore the organisation with people for now and in the future. The two seemingly contradictory aspects—exploitation and exploration—encompass different strategies and processes and have different targets and outcomes (March 1991; O’Reilly & Tushman, 2004; O’Reilly & Tushman, 2013).
O’Reilly and Tushman described the two concepts as follows:
- Exploiting: Exploiting involves building on an organisation’s achievements and maximising returns on previous investments. It focuses on responding to current business demands to remain efficient and competitive within an established market niche, as well as on maintaining an existing customer base and stakeholder relationships. Examples of exploiting are activities focused on continuous improvement, benchmarking, and redesigning business processes.
- Exploring: Exploring focuses on expanding an organisation’s knowledge and capabilities, pioneering new products and services, and discovering and venturing into untapped markets.
The common area of practical bottlenecks in exploiting and exploring in organisations is a need for foundational trust and cohesion among the resources, especially the human capital, which are often treated as costs rather than assets to the organisations. Among all the factors of production, only humans can be ambidextrous with the capacity to think about changes in economic parameters and adjust their behaviours to match the time, content, and contextual requirements.
While organisations might have the resources to deploy in fighting competition, technology to obtain first-mover advantages, and production capacity to maximise output from input, none is compared with the potential of an engaged workforce.
Therefore, for leaders to be successful, they must refrain from operating in the realm of managing. They should operate in the capacity of institution builders, with the mindset of creating sustainable leadership and growth with people first and other factors of production second.
Consequently, only the leaders who prioritise their people over profits, pride, and organisational arrogance will be successful in the long term.
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BUSINESS: 3 Non-Financial Factors That Could Impact Your Business’ Value-JESSICA FIALKOVICH
we also look at factors like the level of owner involvement, company goals and growth opportunities.
Jessica Fialkovich, an entrepreneur leadership network contributor, has listed three important non-financial factors that could impact business value.
In a business publication on Entrepreneur, Fialkovich revealed that, to come up with the true value of a company or business, “we also look at factors like the level of owner involvement, company goals and growth opportunities.”
She explained that, “Determining a business’ value is not all about adding up revenue and subtracting expenses. While an important piece, these hard numbers are only half the equation for computing what a company is worth. To come up with the true value, we also look at factors like the level of owner involvement, company goals and growth opportunities. When we use the complete equation, we get a comprehensive picture of a business and can better understand the story of its past, present and future.”
“Calculations may vary depending on the company, but in a healthy one, there is about a 50/50 split between the quantitative (financial) and qualitative (non-financial) sides of performance. If the business isn’t profitable, it’s more important to focus on the quantitative side and fix the numbers first. Many owners don’t want to hear that, but if they’re not hitting their numbers, it may mean the business is not working. They must fix the quantitative issues before moving to the qualitative side” she added.
The first factor is what is called:
The owner’s Goal
We’ve found significant research showing that if an owner has defined goals and plans for the future that are in line with market expectations for their company’s value, they’re going to have a much stronger exit. What is the owner’s defined goal for exiting the business — to get the most money, to take care of their employees and to ensure a legacy? You must then get to the “why” behind the goals and devise a plan of action. It almost doesn’t matter what the answers to the questions are; having achievable goals and a strategy for reaching them can increase the company’s value because it keeps the owner focused on improving the other areas of the business.
The second factor is called:
The owner’s role
The extent of the owner’s involvement is a critical indicator, but perhaps not for the reason you think. The more involved the owner is in day-to-day operations, the more central they are to the business, the less the business will be worth down the road. If the owner is the linchpin that holds everything together, what will happen to the company when they leave? Evaluating operations is more about the system and the structure of the team. Look at the organizational chart and who’s on it – are they good employees or bad employees? Examine the company’s processes and procedures and how new team members are trained and onboarded. The owner sets the vision, but it’s the team that increases company value by carrying out the vision.
The third factor is called:
Growth opportunities
Nobody wants to buy a business and keep it exactly as it is. They want to see potential for growth in the future, especially the potential for return on their investment as a buyer. Whether it’s a simple price increase or new locations, whoever buys the business is going to ask about growth opportunities. Indicators like product or service diversification in both the company and the industry it’s in give a good sense of whether the company is moving forward or standing still (and at risk of going backward). The more potential you can show, the more upside there will be for the next owner — adding up to greater value.
Popular Nigerian columnist, philanthropist, writer, publisher and founder of Genevieve magazine, Betty Irabor has taken to social media to speak on the increasing rate of suicide in Nigeria.
Irabor who is a former columnist with Black & Beauty magazine UK in her post disclosed that she has attempted suicide in the past while also revealing that no one should be judged for taking such actions.
According to her, no one understands what the victims had been passing through, then they shouldn’t make assumptions on how they should have acted.
She wrote,
“suicide!!! don’t label or judge what you do not understand. if you haven’t walked in a man’s or woman’s shoes you cannot make assumptions about what they do or why they do it.
at the time i attempted suicide, i was sick and in pain. there was a volcano somewhere inside of me that needed to erupt and suicide seemed like an option to avoid the eruption. don’t trivialize anyone’s pain just because it’s not physical and you cannot see it.”
Irabor is also the founder of a foundation that promotes breast cancer awareness, early detection and treatment.
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