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What Will You Stand For?

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So, when budget cuts came there was one direction only: terminate any employees he did not like. .” I was done falling for anything. The CIO had a large ego and surrounded himself with yes men and (very few) women. The unwritten rule was clear: support him, or you limit your career options.

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Servant-Leadership 101: Nonpartisan Lesson (Moneyball Movie Example)

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Billy Beane was manager of the Oakland A’s Major League Baseball team, when their player salary budget was slashed. He knew they could not compete with major budget teams like the Yankees and Red Sox through traditional means. BEN: The Oakland A’s baseball team has never been known to have a major budget.

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Your Culture Stinks and you May be to Blame

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Declining revenues would further erode budgets and reduce benefits, resulting in further unihappiness by Ned and spawning more Neds. Increased budgets would drive further benefits and marketing. If Positive Paul were all Irene heard, she’d likely buy the product on the spot, with the holder and new expansion pack.

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What if Only the Coach Knows the Score, Time or Boundaries?

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The rules of the game are the company’s priorities, budget and corporate values. Or, are you pushing to specific result by quarter-end and it’s March 15th? The football team needs to know how much time is left. Your team should know the same. Boundaries. A team can score a touchdown easily when there are no rules.

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Your Culture Stinks and you May be to Blame

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Declining revenues would further erode budgets and reduce benefits, resulting in further unihappiness by Ned and spawning more Neds. Increaed budgets drive further benefits and marketing. If Positive Paul were all Irene heard, shed likely buy the product on the spot, with the holder and new expansion pack.

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Business Confessions: What Pastors Need to Know About Business Professionals

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We Forget Our Role as Stewards : I routinely call it, “MY team”, “MY budget” and “MY success” I know all we have is granted by God and we’re put in each role for His purposes, yet we often think too highly and often of ourselves.

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Paradigm Flip – New Book Releases Tuesday December 10th

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The startup space is fraught with tight budgets and communication risks. . “… In this spot-on and actionable book, (Ben) demonstrates how social media doesn’t imperil leadership, it accentuates it. Highly recommended.”– Jay Baer , New York Times best selling author of Youtility. Entrepreneurs. Paradigm Flip teaches you how.

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