INSPIRATION
SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY WEDNESDAY 22 NOV. 2017
Mark 1:1-45 (New International Version & Complete Jewish Bible)
CJB 1 The beginning of the Good News of Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of God:
NIV 1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,
CJB 2 It is written in the prophet Yesha’yahu, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare the way before you.”
NIV 2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way” —
CJB 3 “The voice of someone crying out: ‘In the desert prepare the way for ADONAI! Make straight paths for him!'”
NIV 3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ’Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”
CJB 4 So it was that Yochanan the Immerser appeared in the desert, proclaiming an immersion involving turning to God from sin in order to be forgiven.
NIV 4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
CJB 5 People went out to him from all over Y’hudah, as did all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim. Confessing their sins, they were immersed by him in the Yarden River.
NIV 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out
to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan
River.
CJB 6 Yochanan wore clothes of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; he ate locusts and wild honey.
NIV 6 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
CJB 7 He proclaimed: “After me is coming someone who is more powerful than I- I’m not worthy even to bend down and untie his sandals.
NIV 7 And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than
I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
CJB 8 I have immersed you in water, but he will immerse you in the Ruach HaKodesh.”
NIV 8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
CJB 9 Shortly thereafter, Yeshua came from Natzeret in the Galil and was immersed in the Yarden by Yochanan.
NIV 9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
CJB 10 Immediately upon coming up out of the water, he saw heaven torn open and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove;
NIV 10 Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.St. Mark 1:
CJB 11 then a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, whom I love; I am well pleased with you.”
NIV 11 And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
CJB 12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness,
NIV 12 At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness,
CJB 13 and he was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by the Adversary. He was with the wild animals, and the angels took care of him.
NIV 13 and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.
CJB 14 After Yochanan had been arrested, Yeshua came into the Galil proclaiming the Good News from God:
NIV 14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
CJB 15 “The time has come, God’s Kingdom is near! Turn to God from your sins and believe the Good News!”
NIV 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
CJB 16 As he walked beside Lake Kinneret, he saw Shim’on and Andrew, Shim’on’s brother, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishermen.
NIV 16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his
brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
CJB 17 Yeshua said to them, “Come, follow me, and I will make you into fishers for men!”
NIV 17 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
CJB 18 At once they left their nets and followed him.
NIV 18 At once they left their nets and followed him.
CJB 19 Going on a little farther, he saw Ya’akov Ben-Zavdai and Yochanan, his brother, in their boat, repairing their nets.
NIV 19 When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.
St. Mark 1:
CJB 20 Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zavdai in the boat with the hired men and went after Yeshua.
NIV 20 Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
CJB 21 They entered K’far-Nachum, and on Shabbat Yeshua went into the synagogue and began teaching.
NIV 21 They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.
CJB 22 They were amazed at the way he taught, for he did not instruct them like the Torah-teachers but as one who had authority himself.
NIV 22 The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.
CJB 23 In their synagogue just then was a man with an unclean spirit in him, who shouted,
NIV 23 Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out,
CJB 24 “What do you want with us, Yeshua from Natzeret? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are- the Holy One of God!”
NIV 24 “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are —the Holy One of God!”
CJB 25 But Yeshua rebuked the unclean spirit, “Be quiet and come out of him!”
NIV 25 “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!”
CJB 26 Throwing the man into a convulsion, it gave a loud shriek and came out of him.
NIV 26 The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.
CJB 27 They were all so astounded that they began asking each other, “What is this? A new teaching, one with authority behind it! He gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
NIV 27 The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is
this? A new teaching —and with authority! He even gives orders to impure
spirits and they obey him.”
CJB 28 And the news about him spread quickly through the whole region of the Galil.
NIV 28 News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.
CJB 29 They left the synagogue and went with Ya’akov and Yochanan to the home of Shim’on and Andrew.
NIV 29 As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.
CJB 30 Shim’on’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever, and they told Yeshua about her.
NIV 30 Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her.
CJB 31 He came, took her by the hand and lifted her onto her feet. The fever left her, and she began helping them.
NIV 31 So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them.
CJB 32 That evening after sundown, they brought to Yeshua all who were ill or held in the power of demons,
NIV 32 That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed.
CJB 33 and the whole town came crowding around the door.
NIV 33 The whole town gathered at the door,
CJB 34 He healed many who were ill with various diseases and expelled many demons, but he did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who he was.
NIV 34 and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out
many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who
he was.
CJB 35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Yeshua got up, left, went away to a lonely spot and stayed there praying.
NIV 35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up,
left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
CJB 36 But Shim’on and those with him went after him;
NIV 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him,
CJB 37 and when they found him, they said, “Everybody is looking for you.”
NIV 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”
CJB 38 He answered, “Let’s go somewhere else- to the other villages around here. I have to proclaim the message there too- in fact this is why I came out.”
NIV 38 Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else —to the nearby villages —so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”
CJB 39 So he traveled all through the Galil, preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.
NIV 39 So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
CJB 40 A man afflicted with tzara’at came to Yeshua and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
NIV 40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
CJB 41 Moved with pity, Yeshua reached out his hand, touched him and said to him, “I am willing! Be cleansed!”
NIV 41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”
CJB 42 Instantly the tzara’at left him, and he was cleansed.
NIV 42 Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.
CJB 43 Yeshua sent him away with this stern warning:
NIV 43 Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning:
CJB 44″See to it that you tell no one; instead, as a testimony to the people, go and let the cohen examine you, and offer for your cleansing what Moshe commanded.”
NIV 44 “See that you don’t tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the
priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your
cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
CJB 45 But he went out and began spreading the news, talking freely about it; so that Yeshua could no longer enter a town openly but stayed out in the country, where people continued coming to him from all around.
NIV45 Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a
result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in
lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.
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.
Business
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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