This pattern of advancement encourages others to excel and further equip themselves for future assignments. Using the context of our requirement for profound respect, I described right and wrong kinds of communications. Referencing James, chapter 4, I pointed out how the tongue, though small, is like the rudder of the Titanic, able even in a fierce storm to change the ship's course. Used wrongly, the tongue can curse others who have been made in God's own likeness. I set some guidelines for sound communications and gave counsel on how relationships damaged through gossip or slander could be healed through asking for and receiving forgiveness.
Businesses are no stronger than their people.
Ultimately these benefits flow through to the bottom line. In the short term, we have. In the long term, no. Several times we have kept employees working during business slumps rather than laying them off and then rehiring. The decrease in profits was more than offset by increased loyalty, commitment, and our employees' self-worth.