The workplace is an integral part of the business enterprise for the working individual, whether

that person is a manager that is responsible for the leading, directing, and delegation for some
form of task and responsibility or the average non-managerial employee, whose job requirement
only consist of fulfilling its required job description, as agreed between the employer and
employee.
According to the Spiritual Gift Inventory Survey, there are three dominate gifts that I possess that
was clearly indicated from the survey. The underlying gifts are as follow: (1) Administration, (2)
Evangelism, and (3) Teaching, all of which are important elements that clearly define my area of
interest, both at the professional and personal level.
The attributes of my spiritual gifts aforementioned has always played an ever important part in
my requirement to be successful in my profession as a service member of the United States
Navy, as well as into every facet in my personal life. Evidence of my spiritual gifts has always
resulted most positively throughout my life, especially during the twenty years, while serving the
United States Navy, help me gained invaluable life-long learning skills; without these attributes,
no doubt I would have been less effective in every part of my job requirement, commencing from
a non-managerial worker to being first- line supervisor in the naval force.
On a very large scale, where I have been extensively exposed in a type- work environment where
stringent adherence to set rules and policies have no leg room for any possible change would be
considered as a bureaucratic organization. No doubt, according to John Schermerhorn (2012),
author of Exploring Management explicitly stated that bureaucracy is a rational and efficient
form of organization founded on logic, order, and legitimate authority, are important elements,
if one desires to succeed within that environment, especially in an environment where the U.S.
Navy continues to operates on those principles ( p. 34). Under this environment, I have been
able to be proficient in the areas of administration as well as with the ability to teach others of
my area of expertise to those that were under my directions, so they may be able to replicate their
knowledge of expertise unto others, especially in times of crisis management, when called upon
to put into action.
Another area of importance, where all three of my spiritual gifts gave rise to more maturity and
able to employ them unto others to good use during my twenty years stint in the U.S. Navy, is the
behavioral managerial Maslow theory, where indoctrination of this form of behavioral
management as being service members, directed us to understand basic needs are important
enough, if the unit wishes to fulfill other interest both professionally and individually for each
members within the working environment. According to this theory, physiological needs, Safety
needs, social needs are the first three needs that are required to be fulfilled, if the last two which
are esteem and self-actualization needs are to be fulfilled in succession, are to be actualized in
ones life (Schermerhorn 2012, p. 41). This form of behavioral management was quite an
effective tool, especially when newly members arriving in my unit find themselves having their
basic needs fulfilled gave opportunity for the other needs to be realized as they continue to gain

experience while serving their country and many other important needs required by individuals
would be an incentive to better themselves, according to their projected objectives and goals in
life.
Although contingency thinking was introduced in the area of my work environment that was
once utilized in an attempt to match management practices, in scenarios where management of
people and products played an important role to meeting objective goals, it would be short-lived
with the modern management approach of evidence-based management, where it was more
feasible to utilize decisions based on hard facts about what really works, than attempting to do
something new from a contingency basis (Schermerhorn (2012) p. 48). The reason for the
change is the that fact that the work environment of ensuring military aircrafts ready for
deployment in a time of crisis while underway during wartime situations that experienced
aeronautical parts failing on a test check and/or an aircraft requiring many forms of services unto
the military aircraft are done exactly as prescribed only on the results of from hard facts that
were tested time and time again (Schermerhorn (2012) p. 50). My ability to manage in a timeconstraint crises over the course of many years working onboard several aircraft carriers that can
carry nearly 100 military aircrafts, not to mention the amount of weaponry that can be attached
to these aircrafts, evidence-based management was more advantageous from a goal oriented
perspective as opposed to the use of contingency thinking. I learnt to apply all three of my
spiritual gifts that helped me demonstrated these important skills both to individuals and various
inventories requiring to meet the goals of the U.S. Navy.
An interesting aspect of all three of my spiritual gifts rest on one of the most important element
that worked well both in my professional and personal life is the fact that ethics and social
responsibility continues to play an important part in my life. Without it, it would be futile to see
any form of positive results, that from my previous employment with the U.S. Navy and working
for other employment entities that would require me to be in conformance of the norms in the
business environment. From my experience in the U.S. Navy, ethics constantly played in every
part of my job requirement, not only by conducting myself to the expectations of the navy, but
also to display it in my demeanor both during and off-duty hours, that I may be an example to
others while I was serving my country. All three of my gifts helped me to reinforce those quality
required from my profession, even during crisis management, when situations becomes out of
your control, ethical behavior always became an important part of my professional life. On the
other side of ethics, social responsibility is another important element that I have learned while
serving onboard various aircraft carriers; where inventory ranging from chemical usage for the
purpose of military operations to the accounting of the whereabouts of multi-million dollar
inventories that would have to measure up to the protocols and policies established by
Department of Defense.
I always believed and continue to believe serving others, especially during my time serving in
the U.S. Navy gave me opportunities to express my Christian faith, when led by the Holy Spirit
to those that I have worked for as well as to those that have worked for me, over the many years

as sailor, worldwide. As the survey indicated what are my spiritual gifts, it quite evident that I
have experienced them during the course of my working years in the navy along with the other
important elements such the experience of Maslow theory and the other hosts of theories that
played an important part of my naval career. I have used these theories along with my faith in
Christ to become a better witness, by evangelizing the gospel of Christ worldwide. I am so
grateful that I had opportunities to witness for the kingdom of Christ that has always been an
important element to tells others of what Jesus Christ has done on the cross and had the
opportunity others to respond to the gospel of Christ by leading them into the acknowledging of
repentance prayers accepting Christ as the personal Lord and Savior into their lives. Although a
great many have not responded favorable to the call of repentance, others have accepted the
invitation to find Christ as their source of salvation and inspiration for their souls.

References
Schermerhorn, J. R. Jr., (2012). Exploring Management. Ohio University: John Wiley and Sons,
Inc