The Malachi Group Services

A “Kingdom Business” is simply an enterprise that exists to fulfil a heavenly assignment to make things “on earth as in heaven” in some arena of society. That will include the what the business needs to deliver to others and the how it impacts all its stakeholders.

Gods plan for all time for humanity has been, as was the case in Eden, to have dominion over creation and to extend the area where Gods will is done God’s way over the whole earth. In our specific era of what many would refer to as the “last days” we know from Malachi’s prophecy that God’s strategy for accomplishing the expansion of his rule through us (advancing the Kingdom) is to join all generations together to overthrow the curse that will otherwise be upon the earth. (See Malachi 4:5-6). My recent book, The Malachi Moment, fully unpacks Heaven’s intent and strategy for today as revealed in scriptures. Your business can become part of that strategy for our times.

Business by Design™ is designed to enable you to maximize your own assignment’s alignment with God’s purposes. Through it you will have all the tools you need to craft a strategic roadmap that is in step with the Spirit and resonates with the people you serve through that business, the people who join your team, the people who supply you with needed inputs and the communities in which you operate.

The course is taught in 4 modules:

1. Clarify and articulate what you already know to be true about your business and its purpose.
2. Validate your hypotheses for creating value for each of your stakeholders.
3. Build a fully integrated strategic plan to execute your business purpose.
4. Translate your plan into the language of financial capital as well as human, social and natural capital creation.

Business by Design™ can be delivered over a Zoom® or equivalent platform and live participation is expected. Each teaching unit will be recorded and made available for review by course participants. During each session, as each new tool or concept is taught, the instructor will engage one or more participants in at least a partial completion of that tool using the participants specific business. By this means all other participants will gain insights into how to take what they are learning and use it to gain the insights given by using that tool / learning process. Should questions and difficulties remain, the help sessions will offer opportunity to gain further input. In the Instructors experience, until a person has to explain his / her thinking to someone else, many gaps remain hidden and glossed over. Consequently, the inter-Module reviews with advisors is a requirement.

When Business by Design™ is taught in a virtual format, it  typically takes 9 weeks. It can also be delivered in a 5-day workshop at your location.

Upon completing this course and having defined a clear, integrated, purpose-driven plan for your business, if further coaching is needed either on the plan itself of in pitching it to others, Dr. Leman can be retained in a consultative role. A second course in Pitch Deck Design for impact is also available

Dr. Greg Leman is a business strategy coach and startup mentor. His career began in the Chemicals and Materials industry, where he led technology development, plant operations and product line growth over a 25-year span at global firms including Dow Chemical, Cabot Corporation and Great Lakes Chemical. At Baylor University he was the founder of a curriculum in Technology Commercialization, and a technology business accelerator. He has mentored and coached over 200 ventures in past 15 years, and is currently a founder of a novel green materials firm, Vertek Materials. This course is based on these experiences. He further draws on a life-long passion for bringing Christian faith and marketplace calling together. He is the author of The Malachi Moment – Unleashing the Kingdom Gospel to Heal our Planet and its People. (see malachimoment.com)