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Work as a Calling

Application Purpose Principle Passion Virtue Character Calling Leadership Grace Christ One’s calling¹ is his or her vocation, job, career or profession. But more than mere work, one’s calling invokes a passion for work, a drive to accomplish, excel or master something. We usually think that calling applies to artists and clergy, who are called...

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Branding

Often the more a thing is discussed the less it is understood. Words have a point of diminishing return. That point is crossed when the effort to be clear and precise counts every tree standing, but misses the proverbial forest. Such is the case with branding. Because the idea of branding is all the...

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Bored Dumb

Board Room More Than Money Bored Dumb Board Development Board Fundamentals This is the second in a series of articles that examine some of the analysis and solutions provided by the work of John Carver and his Policy Governance® model of board of director governance (www.policygovernance.org), applicable to business, government and non-profit organizations that...

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The Christian Marketplace Movement

The Christian Marketplace Movement

Book Titles As A Window Search: All Products Apparel & Accessories Baby Beauty Books Camera & Photo Cell Phones & Service Classical Music Computer & Video Games Computers DVD Electronics Gourmet Food Health & Personal Care Home & Garden Jewelry & Watches Kitchen & Housewares Magazine Subscriptions Miscellaneous Music Musical Instruments Software Sports &...

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Board Room

Board Room More Than Money Bored Dumb Board Development Board Fundamentals Most organizational problems have their origin the board room, which means that the fix must also occur in the board room. Organizational effectiveness begins in the board room. The classic symptoms of board of directors problems are micromanagement and rubber stamping. Micromanagement involves...

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Board Room Fundamentals

Board Room More Than Money Bored Dumb Board Development Board Fundamentals This is the fourth in a series of articles that examines some of the analysis and solutions provided by the work of John Carver and his Policy Governance® model of board organization, applicable to business, government and non-profit organizations that want to increase...

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Board Development

Board Room More Than Money Bored Dumb Board Development Board Fundamentals This is the third in a series of articles that examine some of the analysis and solutions provided by the work of John Carver and his Policy Governance® model for board of directors governance (www.policygovernance.org), applicable to business, government and non-profit organizations that...

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Good Design

Design (di’zIn): to plan or outline in general; determine upon and mark out the principal features or parts of, as a projected thing or act; plan; devise. Good design: the elegant implementation of purpose. The application of purpose and principles results in design. Design is foundational. Everything around us is designed, and design decisions...

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Appeal To Virtue

Application Purpose Principle Passion Virtue Character Calling Leadership Grace Christ Popularity and Responsibility Just about everyone knows that something is very wrong with the world in which we live. Problems are compounding everywhere. While we may be tempted to look for someone to blame, that effort, at best, will do nothing to alleviate the...

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Crisis of Leadership

Sex sells. And because it does, it’s everywhere in our contemporary society. Ours is a consumer society, and sales are the life-blood of a consumerism. And sex is the sizzle in our consumer blood. Here in Marietta and everywhere else we are treated to the increasing number of sex crimes and scandals in the...

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