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5 Mistakes Pastors Make With Finances

Ron Edmondson

I have noticed pastors making mistakes with church finances. When I came into ministry it was after a long business career, so I’m sometimes considered unique in my involvement or interest in our church finances. Working with different churches over the years, I’ve seen lots of approaches by pastors in this area of finances.

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10 Reasons Why Every Manager Should take a Finance Course

Great Leadership By Dan

We just finished a “ Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager ” program this week for a large client. You’ll have a better appreciation for why top management or the bean counters are always asking you to fill out those reports, budgets, forecasts, and all that other stuff that you always whine about.

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Leadership in Cybersecurity

N2Growth Blog

Budgeting & forecasting. Human resource leadership. Obtaining an effective security budget is a constant battle. If the security budget is measured against a percentage of the IT budget, this creates an ineffective security posture for the business. Vendor management. Network systems security. Data storage.

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9 Essential Budgeting Tips for Rookie Managers

Great Leadership By Dan

New managers are often not prepared to manage a department budget. Read my latest post over at About.com Management and Leadership for 9 essential tips to avoid some of the most common budgeting mistakes made by rookie managers.

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101 Things I Learned in Business School

Leading Blog

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. perpetually exceed the cash receipts from the previous, smaller sales volume.

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How To Take Control Of Your Business & Future

Joseph Lalonde

Your finances also play an important role in your business and the amount of success you experience. Make wise decisions when it comes to your finances such as following budgets and forecasting so you know what you’ll need to continue growing your business. Make Wise Financial Decisions.

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The Wrong Reason Many Policies are Written

Ron Edmondson

Without wise counsel, the missions pastor never learns principles of healthy budgeting or how to manage cash flow. They never understand why overspending in the missions budget negatively impacts every other ministry. Policies make people in leadership positions feel better, but they seldom solve real problems. Do the hard work.