Your view of organizational management is a function of your presuppositions about reality.

For example, consider the following assumptions:

The universe was intentionally created.

The Creator is active and engaged in his creation.

The Creator is executing his will through a meta-narrative.

Every person and organization must find identity and purpose in the meta-narrative.

The Creator defines all the rules for all the activities in the meta-narrative.

The Creator reveals himself most fully through Christ—the focus of the meta-narrative.

Christ is most fully revealed first in Scripture and second in creation.

The Creator rewards obedience to Christ and punishes disobedience.

If you subscribe to these basic assumptions, then you believe in what I call kingdom management. Kingdom management is the logical extension of the above assumptions applied to organizational management.

As I have pondered these assumptions over the years, I developed the following logical extensions for building and managing organizations:

Biblical worldview: Since all wisdom and knowledge comes from Christ (Colossians 2:2–3), the only correct worldview is a biblical worldview based on Christ. The philosophy, values, principles, and practices that emanate from this worldview are the only correct way to build and manage any organization.

Equally yoked senior leaders: The leaders of an organization must be unified in their understanding of a biblical worldview and their commitment to practice this worldview (2 Corinthians 6:14–16).

Strategic planning: The leaders must also be committed to align the organization with the will of God, that is, the meta-narrative. Given that Christ has created everything, the purpose of an organization must be to discern and obey the will of God in accordance with the ways of God (James 4:13–17).

Executional excellence: Every organization must execute its strategic plan with excellence. All work is to be performed in the name of the Lord Jesus (Colossians 3:17), that is, the work should represent Christ. And the work should be done knowing that the ultimate accountability will be to Christ (Colossians 3:23–24).

Customer validation: Finally, confirmation of an organization's degree of alignment with the will and ways of God comes from those served by the organization, that is, the customers or clients (Proverbs 27:2).

I believe that any organization built according to this model, which I call the Beyond Babel Model, will be aligned with Christ. Furthermore, given that God rewards alignment with himself, organizations built according to the Beyond Babel Model will enjoy the favor and blessings of Christ (Psalms 1).

Here is your business tip. To build an excellent world-class organization, management must learn and practice a biblical worldview—the only true worldview. The senior leaders must be equally yoked in their understanding of how to practice a biblical worldview organizationally. Furthermore, the senior leaders must learn to develop strategic plans in alignment with the will and ways of God. Then the strategic plan must be executed with excellence—congruent with a biblical worldview. Finally, the customers or clients served by the organization will help validate how well the organization is aligned with the will and ways of God.