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Jon Acuff Resignation from Dave Ramsey Team Raises Questions

Modern Servant Leader

The actions by Ramsey’s organization and the lack of transparency from either man raise questions in the Christian business, personal finance and leadership communities. This was not an integrity or moral issue. Friday, September 20, 2013 at 2:27 PM. This was not an integrity or moral issue.

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STUDY: Less Negative Spillover of Paid Parental Leave than Hyped

HR Digest

The data was collected from 2001 to 2013. There are three states, California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, which offer paid family leave and finance it through payroll taxes that pay into the states’ existing temporary disability insurance programs. The Family and Medical Leave Act gives workers 12 weeks of unpaid leave.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Panic of 1907 vs Great Recession of 2008

Strategy Driven

This year, 2013, marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve System, and central bankers are taking a historical perspective. Trusts, however, were financed by consumer deposits, while the toxic asset of 2008 were securities contracts held by investment banks.). Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Why Your Employees Count as Much as Your Clients

Strategy Driven

This will affect morale and productivity. Now she writes about business and finance and finds her work-life balance far more enjoyable. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The same applies to employees. Express Gratitude: Managers shouldn’t behave like know-it-alls. Consider leaving a comment!

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How Startups Overcome the Capital Gap

Harvard Business Review

Fast-forward to 2013: Zoho is a $200 million dollar a year company. The moral of the story is that even an entrepreneur with a smaller idea that is not fundable can build a great company. The initial cash needs to come from revenues, not financing. Not even any kind of bank financing. No venture capital. Read their story.

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Sears Has Come Back from the Brink Before

Harvard Business Review

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants.

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When Research Should Come with a Warning Label

Harvard Business Review

The researchers looked at systematic reviews conducted between 2006 and 2013. The effect sizes for these trials are still quite small, but when added together, there was more, and qualitatively better, evidence associating sugar consumption and increased weight gain the closer one got to 2013.