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What in the world is Strategic Business Prayer? Great question! It's not often that those three words are used to describe the same thing. So, let's define it. Strategic Business Prayer is interactive conversation with God in order to make strategic decisions about how to proceed in business. It's like having the Father, Son and Holy Spirit on your advisory board.

Many of us have come to think that the best we can hope for is that God listens to our prayers and occasionally grants a request. Prayer seems like a mysterious activity that is useful for children at bedtime or aging saints who seem to have mastered some secret code with God. For others, prayer seems like an obligation without much usefulness in everyday life.

This couldn't be farther from the truth.

What if we looked at prayer differently? What if we recognized that prayer is two-way communication with the God who created the universe? It might be helpful to think of prayer like a cell phone conversation. Sometimes, we have five bars and the signal is crystal clear. Other times, there is interference, and we don't hear clearly what God is saying. Still other times, we dial a wrong number, and the communication we have isn't with who we intended. Prayer is a skill that takes practice, just like any skill. Think about it. If you had never seen a cell phone, and nobody you knew had ever used one, how useful would it be? You might be able to turn it on, but would you know how to unlock it? How to dial the right person? You or one of your friends might figure out how to answer a call when it came in; how long would it take to figure out how to call someone you know? Using a cell phone is an automatic skill to most people. Interactive prayer can be just as automatic—when you've had as much practice with it as you have with using your cell phone.

Strategic Business Prayer is based on three underlying principles:

1. God knows the plans He has for us (Jeremiah 29:11-13)
2. God already has good work prepared for us to do (Ephesians 2:10).
3. God speaks to His children through a variety of means (John 10:14 & 27. See also, Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby).

Based on these Biblical truths, we ask God what His plans for us are, and what works He has planned for us. We take the time to pay attention to what God is doing in and around us, and seek His wisdom and guidance in every area of our lives—including work.

Strategic Business Prayer grew out of Dawn Whitestone's efforts to align her activities and business practices with what she believed God was calling her to do. Dawn was familiar with several listening prayer modalities for trauma recovering and inner healing prayer which she used regularly in her counseling practice, as well as in her own life. She had been inspired to pray through her own life decisions through Henry Blackaby's Bible Study Experiencing God. So it seemed only natural to utilize prayer in business consulting. Utilizing her training as a counselor, she applied what she learned about helping people grow through trauma to business problems, such as leadership development, strategic planning, conflict resolution and other issues important to those in the business world.

Through coaching, retreats, workshops, training, books and more, WhiteStone Professionals coaches guide our clients to utilize Strategic Prayer for greater influence, impact and income.

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How can we help you? Contact us at 407-605-2720.  

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February 5, 2017

What does "profit" mean to you?

In business, profit usually means money. The simple formula often used is Income-Expenses=Profit. Profit it is the bottom line. Monetary profit it important. We are all for that kind of profit, and we work with our clients to increase that bottom line as much as possible.

But money is simply a tool. It is a measure of value. What do you VALUE? What will you do with the money you earn? What are your dreams, goals, aspirations? How will your organization grow and prosper? How will your team be better off this year? Whether you are thinking of your organization, your family, or your weekend, profit isn’t really about money. Profit is about what we value.

At WhiteStone Professionals, we understand the importance of profit—the monetary kind, and the living-life-to-the-full kind. In our Strategic Planning Retreats and Quarterly Check-ins, we help you define and plan for profit. In Executive Coaching, we help you lead your organization to greater profitability. Through Professional Coaching, we can help you define your goals and create a strategy to meet those in your work.

Contact us to define and increase profit for you and your organization!

People are important to business. In fact, people are the whole point. After all, if there were no people, we wouldn't need to produce products or provide services. It would make for a pretty short workday.

Have you ever noticed that where are there are people, there are problems? Now, that's great when you provide the product or service that solves those problems. As the saying goes, problems are just opportunities in disguise. However, it doesn't seem so great when the people you work with cause the problems. (I know, I know, sometimes it seems like those people ARE the problem.)

At WhiteStone Professionals, we are EXPERTS at smoothing out the People Problems. In fact, this is one of our favorite things to do! We LOVE to help you understand what makes people tick.

Here's the thing: most business people we know are actually really good at productivity. In fact, they are so good at it, they have to hire other people to help them keep up with all of the business that they generate. That's when the problems start. Have you ever noticed that being good at something doesn't mean you will be good at helping other people be good at it? Technical skills are one thing. People skills are a completely different set of skills. In fact, they are stored on different sides of the brain!

People have this strange way of looking at the same thing and seeing something different. They DO things differently than we would do them. And then there's the DRAMA! Why can't they just leave the drama at home? If you need to lead, manage or get along better with people, WE CAN HELP!

At WhiteStone Professionals, it's our PASSION to understand people—and to help YOU understand how to inspire, motivate, work with and be less frustrated by those darn people you work with. Imagine: less drama. More productivity. Less conflict and confusion. Greater harmony, and dare we way, more FUN at work. Yes, you can enjoy going to work. We would love to help you with that!

Increase your People Skills through WhiteStone Professionals Leadership Development training. Boost your team's engagement and cooperation through Employee Training. Learn and practice key people skills through Group Coaching for individuals or your leadership team. Focus on specific challenge areas through Executive or Professional Coaching. Troubleshoot conflict, problem-solving or decision-making with a half-day Intensive or customized corporate Retreat. Whatever the people problems, we've got you covered!

Talk to us! We love people—even the ones at work. Even the ones at YOUR work!

Business is all about PRODUCTIVITY. Purposes and Plans are vital; but if you don't PRODUCE something, if you don't SERVE someone, if you don't actually DO something USEFUL, what's the point? At WhiteStone Professionals, PRODUCTIVITY is all about increasing influence, impact and income.

Influence is about individuals. Whether it's boosting employee output or increasing customer satisfaction and sales, we help you focus on individuals to increase productivity. Increase your influence through WhiteStone Professionals Leadership Development training for your executives or rising stars. Work on troubleshooting corporate issues in a monthly Group Coaching option. Or boost your entire team through Employee Training programs.

Impact is about numbers. How many people are you influencing? Are your sales growing or shrinking? What is your marketing plan? What processes do you have in place to increase your impact in the marketplace? How can systems be streamlined, automated, or outsourced for greater efficiencies? Through Strategic Planning Retreats, or Intensives, WhiteStone Professionals can help your leadership team look at the corporate numbers. For improving individual impact, check out our Executive or Professional Coaching options.

Income is the result of great productivity. At WhiteStone Professionals, we believe that God wants people to enjoy the fruits of our labors. As the scriptures say, "the worker deserves his wages" (1 Timothy 5:18 NIV). Money is a tool, and a very useful one. It's necessary for sustainability and growth—not to mention eating and living indoors. We are rather fond of those things ourselves, and truly enjoy helping our clients exceed their goals for growing income through greater productivity. Monetary income is a form of PROFIT—but it isn't the ONLY form of PROFIT. Explore and define what PROFIT means to you and your organization.

Ready to raise your company's PRODUCTIVITY—and your own? Contact us for a Productivity Assessment.

What's the difference between PURPOSES and PLANS?

PURPOSE asks "Why?" PLANS ask "What, how, when, where, and with whom?" Plans provide the bones, the infrastructure on which to build and grow. Plans give us a track to run on.

At WhiteStone Professionals, we believe in planning. Our retreats, group coaching and quarterly check-in services are designed to help you make plans, execute, monitor and yes, even change plans.

A WhiteStone Professionals Strategic Planning Retreat will guide you and your team to review your past year, assess your present status, and lay out goals and strategies for the coming year. But then, any consulting company will probably do that. We add something unique. We do it prayerfully. We teach you to connect with God through listening prayer so that you can discover HIS plans for you, your team and your organization. To us, it just makes sense. If God already knows the plans that He has for us, doesn't it make sense to find out what they are? In our experience, life is a whole lot better when we align ourselves with God's plans.

But plans aren't just annual. We need to break them down into chunks we can get our arms around. Quarterly Check-ins are mini-strategic planning retreats. We meet once a quarter to look back at the previous quarter and forward to the next one. Then get serious about putting on your calendar what you need to do monthly, weekly, and daily for the next 90 days.

Do you struggle to follow-through with your plans? Monthly Group Coaching provides strategic interaction with other professionals in addition to skills training and troubleshooting. Experience encouragement and accountability through a WhiteStone Professionals coaching group.

Prefer an individual experience? Executive or Professional Coaching will help you to clearly focus on the plans YOU need to make to hit YOUR target and run YOUR race.

Contact us now so we can help you to make and implement the plans you need to reach your goals.

Once your plans are in place, then it's time to look at your PEOPLE.

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Why do you do what you do? Why does your company make widgets or tutor students or do whatever you do? You know WHAT you do You know HOW you do it. But WHY? Why was your organization started in the first place? Why are YOU in the position that you are in, with these crazy co-workers, for this set of clients or customers?

WHY?

At WhiteStone Professionals, we believe that God has a PURPOSE (or more than one) for you to be on the planet at this particular time, in this specific place, doing something useful. We believe He has a purpose for you, at work, now. We believe God has a purpose for your business or non-profit organization. We believe He has a purpose for each person and position in your company, and for each customer that you serve through products or services.

OUR PURPOSES are:

• To help you connect with God to discover His purposes and plans for you and your business. Yes, folks, we actually believe that God talks to people today. The problem isn’t that He isn’t talking to us, the problem is that we don’t know how to listen. We help you know how to listen—and what questions to ask to get the answers you are seeking.
• To identify problems, blockages, hindrances, and other pesky issues and help you get them out of the way.
• To catalyze growth in you, your business and your people. More about that in the other P’s.
• To help you increase your influence, impact and income.

When it comes to PURPOSE, some of the ways that we help you to discover and catlayze YOURS are:

• Strategic Planning Retreats
• Strategic Business Prayer
• Strategic Prayer for Individuals
• Executive or Professional Coaching
• Intensives

Want to know YOUR WHY? Contact us for a FREE 15-minute PURPOSE consultation.

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Pam is one who has had the experience of seeing how Strategic Praye has worked in her business. Her story is absolulutely true,as she relates the following testominal.

I'd love to tell you that since I met payroll this past Friday I have no concerns about day-to-day expenses or the next payroll in two weeks. Of course I am concerned, but the difference now is that I sleep at night. I am concerned, but not worried, and as I write this I can truly say I have a "peace that passes all understanding."

I have operated my business for over eight years and every day, without fail, my mind has been a never ending ping pong game. I have spent countless hours replaying all different types of "what if" scenarios. What if I don't have enough money? What if I'm not doing the right thing? What if I'm "missing something? What if this client doesn't pay? What if I don't get more clients? What if it gets worse? Worse? How on earth could it get worse?

Then there are the "should" questions: Should I hire more people? Receivables are low, should I fire people? Who should I layoff? How many days? Should I do something different? Should I do more marketing? Should I go after a different customer? Should I change my website? Should I borrow money? Who on earth is going to lend me money?

The hardest questions of all revolve around "me" because after all, the problems surely exist because I'm not doing something right. What should I be doing that I'm not doing? What am I missing? What is wrong with me? Is this what I should REALLY be doing? I thought I heard God's voice tell me to do this, but maybe I was wrong?

I have to work harder. I have to put in more hours. Yes, I'm working 80 hours now, but somehow I have to work smarter and put in even more hours. Push, push, push. Worry, worry, worry. Plan, plan, plan. Think, think, think and then think some more–back and forth, just like a ping pong ball. At the end of all of that effort, I am still weary, worried, depressed, scared, frustrated and broken.

But then God talks to me. I hear Him, very clearly, and for me, the most intimate life-changing conversations happen in those moments when I come to God with Dawn's support. Sure, I can pray and talk to God on my own and I do, but with her help I hear God on such a deep level that I can't seem to make happen by myself. I don't know why God set it up this way, but I trust His plan is perfect and it works.

I am much calmer and I think more clearly. I have learned that I my job is to focus on "doing" what God tells me to do. It is His job to take care of the "how." Every time I assume responsibility for the "how" I get into trouble. Last week I gave up trying to think of how to get money in my bank account to cover payroll. I left that part up to God and I focused on managing my time, my staff, my clients and the business. The result is that I had all the money I need to cover payroll and expenses for the week.

So here's the thing: I am so tired of worrying about my business and not enjoying it. I bet you are, too. I am so tired of working 80+ hours and not ever feeling caught up. I bet you are, too. With all my heart I want you know there is a different way to run your business. There is a much better way to live. If you're searching, if you're trying desperately to put thing in order, call Dawn and let God step in and take care of it.

If you're still hesitant, then here' my personal offer: I am more than happy to talk with you about this process. Simply contact Dawn and she'll give you my personal cell phone number. There is a better way, and I believe this is God's invitation to you to experience it.

If you would like to know more about about Strategic Business Prayer please feel free to call is at 407 605-2720 or by contact us 

The goal of WhiteStone Professionals is to provide our clients the finest in Coaching and Training and Strategic Planning while equipping them to be successful individuals, business professionals and business executives. We have witnessed many of our clients embrace a complete paradigm shift away from their "business as usual" approaches of the past to that of more satisfaction and higher levels of success.

The scriptures challenge us all to… "...throw off everything that hinders and [what] so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us…" –Hebrews 12:1. You may ask, "But is that even possible?" At WhiteStone Professionals, the answer is a resounding, Yes! Yes! Yes! Our professional coaches and trainers are not only well qualified to help you, they are excited to work with you. Our coaches will help you RUN TO WIN!

At WhiteStone Professionals we take a "targeted" approach with every client who is serious about winning his or her race. Hitting your target requires an aligned strategy, focusing on four strategic P’s: Purpose, Plans, People, and Productivity. When the four P’s are aligned, you get to enjoy the fifth P: Profit! More on that later.

At WhiteStone Professionals, we help you to focus on both Vertical and Horizontal Alignment. Vertical Alignment is achieved through strategic prayer: connecting with God to understand the Purposes that He has for your business and your role in it. Then, focusing on specific plans for specific timeframes: annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily. Horizontal Alignment focuses on specific skills for increasing Productivity with People. Get the work done, together, with less drama and conflict, more loyalty, enthusiasm, and dare we say, even FUN!

Purpose: What is God’s purpose for this business? What is His purpose for me in my role in this business?

Plans: What specifically is God planning for my business and for me in it? What do I need to accomplish in what ways and in what timeframe?

Productivity: What actions are needed to accomplish those purposes and plans?

People: What skills do I need to work together with people to accomplish those purposes and plans?

Profit: How do I measure profit? Is it revenue? Is it people? Is it both?

The Professionals at WhiteStone will help you run the race in a way that today’s individuals, professionals and executives can understand. We have done it before and we will continue to do it again and again. The target is achievable; let us help you.

Please call us at 407-605-2720, or if it is more convenient, send us an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible.