It's Business Time: Adapting a Corporate Path for Freemasonry

by Robert H. Johnson, Jon T. Ruark, Jason M. Richards (Editor)

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

76 pages, Paperback

Published April 21, 2018

Reviews

[Jeff]

It's Business Time is a quick and good read. As a regular listener to the authors' podcasts, I could hear their voices as I read the book. I hope the come back again with more in-depth looks at how a few of these might be adapted for the Craft.

[Robert]

Very Helpful for any Mason

A good read. Hopefully I’ll be leader of my Lodge in a couple of years and plan to read this book a couple of times. It’s got some great information on how to improve your Lodge.

[Philip Melton II]

A Good Place to Start

This book provides a good foundation for Masons and lodges looking to refocus and redirect efforts towards improving the fraternity.

[Jackson Fussell]

Absolutely amazing book. An absolute must for anyone who is a lodge officer, wants to be one or anyone who wants to drastically improve your lodge! MUST READ!

[Eric Lieb]

Great book! How to open your mind and look at the freemason's lodge and member from a very different perspective. Giving a different approach, it helps on the most important points that most lodges should be addressing and discussing. Congratulations to Robert and John!

[Bikerider99]

A valuable read to expand the thinking of contemporary Lodge officers.