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Leadership

Application Purpose Principle Passion Virtue Character Calling Leadership Grace Christ A contemporary theory of leadership states that there are three basic ways that people become leaders. The first two explain the leadership development for a small number of people, the third explains how most leaders find their way into leadership positions. These theories are:...

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Do It Right!

I haven’t always lived up to this axiom, and occasionally have to re-learn its wisdom. It’s not easy to achieve compliance with this one. It’s like painting a room in your home. Once painted, the other rooms look worse in comparison. Improvement in one area makes the unimproved areas look bad. You did nothing...

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Christ @ Work

Application Purpose Principle Passion Virtue Character Calling Leadership Grace Christ The Foundation of All Truth The acceptance that anything at all can be true, that there is such a thing as truth and/or logic requires two things: 1) the acceptance that the universe is fundamentally consistent, and 2) that there are rules or laws...

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An Overview of Policy Governance®

An Overview of Policy Governance®

Policy Governance® is a registered trademark of John Carver. A brief report of his book, Corporate Boards that Create Value, follows: I. Board of Directors Structure A. Authority, properly executed and observed, provides the necessary “glue” for policy governance. The flow of authority begins with the proper identification and acknowledgment of the owners. 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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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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