Don’t Hire Your Friends Until You Watch This

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In this episode, I open up about one of the biggest leadership traps I’ve seen (and experienced) firsthand: hiring your friends. It might seem like a great idea early on, especially in a startup, but more often than not, it ends in broken trust and lost relationships.

I talk about how familiarity breeds contempt, why the shift in power dynamics can ruin a friendship, and the real cost of choosing comfort over clarity in your business. I’d rather protect the relationship than risk it for a role and I explain exactly why.

But that’s not all we cover.

We also dive into:

- How to handle competition in a Christlike way

- Why you need to protect what God has entrusted to you—your “castle”

- What to do when employees start relationships with each other

- The biblical take on partiality in business vs. in church

- Why I avoid sharing the Gospel with people who have no desire for it

- And how I think about friends as investors vs. partners

If you’re a Christian leader or entrepreneur navigating team building, competition, or faith in the workplace—this episode will challenge you to lead with wisdom, conviction, and discernment.

Chapters:
00:00 – Protect What God Has Entrusted
00:28 – Handling Competition in a Christlike Manner
02:01 – Stewarding Business and Ethical Hiring
03:10 – Dealing with a Lost Client
04:00 – Building a Defensible Business
04:22 – Employees in Romantic Relationships
05:50 – Partiality in Business vs. Church
08:28 – Should I Hire My Friend?
10:46 – Friends as Business Partners and Investors
13:43 – Lending Money to Friends and Family

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