Totally – this is SO good. I've read it before, but glad to read it again.

Thanks for this Mike. I also understand all the more why your hierarchy works compared to other ones that place, say goals, first.

If your public face isn't in alignment with your private world it's only a matter of time until something has to give. Authenticity and transparency seem to be popular buzz words these days, so I always wonder at why people seem to have such an issue with mixing faith with business. Faith in business simply places core values where they should be in the hierarchy of leadership principles:

"Values should underpin Vision, which dictates Mission, which determines Strategy, which surfaces Goals, that frame Objectives, which in turn drives the Tactics that tell an organization what Resources, Infrastructure and Processes are needed to support a certainty of execution." (Mike Myatt, 1988)

Thanks for the kind words Mike. I really enjoyed this post – especially your remarks about John uniting faith with leadership.

It's sad to see in the social media arena there are many people who hide their faith. I have so, so many people who privately tell me how much they support me because I make no division between my faith and work – and it upsets me that they feel that they can't be vocal themselves.

I find this is a negative trait of social media in particular – it's ok to "be you" as long as you don't have any strong convictions of faith (of course, unless it's about Mac of PC!

I've been reading Maxwell for over 10 years now, since I was 16, and he's helped me a lot!

Now I'm 26 and reading Myatt

Scott