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It's Business Time: Adapting a Corporate Path for Freemasonry Paperback – April 21, 2018

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Few books on the craft today offer logistical assistance on the operational lodge or its active officers. It’s Business Time aims to offer a fresh look at the best practices that the world of business has spawned over the last hundred years and to take these market-disrupting techniques and adapt them for use at the Lodge level. Just because Freemasonry isn't inherently a business doesn’t mean the organization can’t benefit from industry-proven best organizational practices. It's Business Time lays out these modern concepts, and their relevance to Freemasonry in an easy-to-understand guide. The work explores and adapts each concept for use across the organization, regardless of leadership level. If utilized appropriately, these concepts can be a powerful force multiplier in enabling Lodges to succeed in the modern era."As someone with an MBA, I have long studied some of the best business practices and how to use these in organizations that I have been associated with. Brothers Johnson and Ruark have assembled some of the most innovative approaches used by successful companies and have illustrated how to adopt these for use in Freemasonry. This book is not about making Freemasonry a business, but rather applying these principals in building a successful lodge. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for new and innovative ideas."Gregory J. Knott,PM, St. Joseph Lodge No. 970 (IL)Senior Contributor - Midnight Freemasons

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (April 21, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 76 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1980830126
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1980830122
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.18 x 8 inches

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Jon T. Ruark (1981-) was born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and during his teenage years when he wasn't slinging crab bushels around, he was actively learning more about the evolving computer industry. A couple of engineering degrees later, he made his way near Washington D.C. to start his career. Always the troublemaker, Jon kept challenging the status quo and ensured that satisfactory was never good enough.
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Robert H. Johnson (1981-) was born in the Northern Suburbs of Chicago. Philosophy is at the core of what Robert has always been after. Having grown up in Italy and being exposed to the culture and much of the renaissance art and literature, Freemasonry became a natural place for him to gravitate toward. He has studied the occult for twenty years. He is an avid musician and writer. He’s written for several print magazines and blogs on subjects ranging from Firearms and Medical Ethics to Theology and Comparative Religions. He's recently begun writing young adult science fiction as well. Robert majored in philosophy and minored in mathematics. He also holds an honorary Doctorate Degree in Philosophy in Religion.
Other books on the horizon include one of various Masonic Essays and a concise guide on Occult Anatomy and Mythological Archetypes.
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Bill Hosler,PM

A valuable asset to Masonry

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 27, 2018

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Sadly for the last half century Freemasonry has been led by men who chose to guide the future of the Craft less than practical methods and by long handed down rumors of tales from long ago instead of sound business practices.

Brothers Johnson and Ruark took some of the best pracices they discovered from business and self help books from the non-Masonic world an adapted them to work in the Masonic world. AS we all know Masonry isn't a business but applying sound pracices to lodge reccruitment, day to day business and our fiaces will make us stronger and help to eable use in our job of "Making good men better" for decades to come. I highly reccomend all Masons should read this book, and read ir with an open mind.

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Samantha Black

Great Timing!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 25, 2018

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Wow timing is everything. It's not unusual for non-profits to adopt business principals and business models. They have been successfully applying those tactics for years. It is unusual for Freemason Lodges to adopt them because time and tradition are big obstacles. This book offers solutions in an easy to read and understand format the principals are tried and true and easy to use. I do recomend you start with Norman Vincent Peals best seller chapter in this book, how to win friends and influence enemies, your gonna need that for those grumpy, we've done it this way for fifty years, dudes in your lodge. I highly recomend this book, ya gotta start somewhere and this is a great start. BTW Samantha is really a pen name. Tune into MLP to get the rest of the story.

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M. Rubenstein

Simple, but I appreciate the effort!

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I've read most of the books the authors reference, so I was able to relate applying the various themes to lodge issues. I appreciate the efforts these brothers are making to drag Freemasonry into the 21st century (albeit kicking and screaming). Thanks!

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Great book, very concise and easy to follow with great ideas. I would recommend for anyone in lodge, especially those going into the East.

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Justin Edling

A must for leaders in the Craft, past and present.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 18, 2018

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I’ve finally been able to read, and I hope digest the book and all I can say is wow! Thank you Brothers! I had the pleasure of meeting Brother Johnson and chatting about the book just after receiving it. It was everything he promised and more. I’m looking forward to putting these ideas to use in my year leading into the East.

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Randy Sanders

Not just for Masons, applies to all service type orgs

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2018

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A well thought quick read through several relevant business practices that can boost a lodge or other org. How many times has change been scary or committee reports dragged incessantly in meetings? This book opens a tool chest on how to overcome the inefficient and nagging issues plaguing any organization or group meeting.

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David Lawrence

Pretty hard to say enough good about this book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2019

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The guys here are offering multiple usable paths forward for Freemasonry. The issue is not are these good ideas , the issue is can you find the will to implement .....where you are right now.

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Jeffrey B. Woosley

A quick, focused read

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I would have liked a more in depth look at a couple of the concepts in the book. Hopefully a part two?

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