When it comes to applying Biblical wisdom to everyday business practices, Eric Kampmann definitely stands out from the crowd. Over the past twenty-seven years, Kampmann has experienced just about every high and low that business life has to offer. He has navigated the troubled waters of a corporate bankruptcy and he has built and managed one of the most successful sales and marketing companies in the book industry today.

During some of the darker days of his journey, Kampmann discovered the Bible. In 1991 he began reading Scripture on an everyday basis; later, he began to share what he had learned with others through Bible studies, small groups and, most significantly, in the daily grind of business decision making and management. It is in this business setting that Kampmann has had the best opportunity to apply Biblical wisdom to building an organizational model that promotes growth and well being for both employees and customers.

Kampmann believes that his own encounter with bankruptcy was no accident. Prior to 1989, the year his company filed for Chapter 11 protection, he had been managing his company on the popular principles of money, status and success. These principles centered primarily on self not service; eventually, everyday business reality brought on contraction and collapse. Today, Kampmann considers his business failure to be one of the most positive transformative experiences of his life.

By 1996, when Kampmann founded Midpoint, the company he now leads, he had the opportunity to apply some of the key Biblical principles that he had learned through his daily Biblical reading. These are the principles that are always relevant and can often be found at the cornerstone of many of the most successful organizations in America today. Whether you are running a small or large church or whether you are a small company entrepreneur or a large company manager, the seven principles apply and they serve to explain, in significant ways, the reasons behind organizational growth and personal well being. The seven principles are:

·       Staying Put  or cracking out of the comfort zone

·       Planting the Seed  or the glory of starting small

·       Present Moment Management  or keeping it real

·       Dynamic Navigation  or surviving the storm

·       The Power of Delegation  or being free to lead

·       Inverting the Pyramid  or discovering the best ideas

·       The Multiplier Effect or making your story known.

Eric Kampmann would like to share his insights and experience in the business world with your church or organization. He believes that the seven Biblical principles he has learned and applied will work in any organizational settling. While he is conversant in the language of business, he draws almost all of his references and examples from the Old and New Testaments. In addition, he has written a daily devotional that applies Biblical wisdom to life’s everyday situations. His book is entitled Trail Thoughts: 365 Signposts for Walking the Good Path.

Besides being a devoted Christian, Eric is a business leader, entrepreneur, author, teacher, speaker, and outdoorsman. He has appeared on or been interviewed by: NBC’s The Today Show, Fox News, CNN, The BBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The LA Times, The Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg, The London Times, Court TV as well as innumerable radio programs.

Eric has taught at various universities including Columbia, Harvard, NYU, Hofstra and Stony Brook. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and a graduate degree from Stony Brook University. He has also been a speaker at many publishing and writers conferences.

Eric and Anne Kampmann have four children and live in Riverside Connecticut.