When you look at the title of this white paper, it may not be readily apparent that there is an inextricable relationship between humility and the economic prosperity of your organization. However, I intend to prove that there is untold profitability inherent within humility … and a staggeringly high cost associated with hubris.

My desire in writing “The Economics of Developing Humility in the Workplace” is to speak to the hearts and minds of leaders, so that they will herald the monumental importance of every member of their organization growing in humility as the means to living a richer, more fulfilled, and profitable lifestyle, both personally and professionally.

In my youth, I thought success related to position, power, prestige and wealth. Since accepting Jesus in 1976, the Bible has reshaped my views. As I began to apply the Bible’s teaching on success, my worldly perspectives faded away. Today, I have enjoyed far more worldly success than I deserve. I can’t credit myself—my success is based on what God values more than the values of this world.

In this white paper, we will review a Biblical framework for true success and consider creating a written framework of your own.

Our contributing author this week, Bob Benoit, is uniquely qualified to address the issue of motive in our work. He runs three companies that train leaders and leadership teams. In pursuit of excellence to run his companies, Bob is passionately committed to modeling the values that he promotes. Motives connect directly to Vision, Mission and Values. Motives are also very close to God’s heart.

The empirical data is inarguable: there is a direct relationship between employee happiness, customer satisfaction, and bottom-line profitability. Fresh Smith, founder and CEO of FedEx, wisely revealed the order of sustainable organizational success when he penned the FedEx credo: People-Service-Profits. The three-fold order of his success formula rightly began with People, and not Profits.

The purpose of this white paper is to encourage you to consider the order of your corporate philosophy, so that you can achieve greater growth potential.

This week’s illustration is excerpted from A. W. Tozer’s writings, Man, God’s Dwelling Place. A.W. Tozer’s writings, Man, God’s Dwelling Place. Tozer, author of some of the greatest Christian classics of all time, including, Pursuit of God and Knowledge of the Holy, approached God and the scriptures, with a practical and disciplined approach that has inspired generations.