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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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Research Explores How Financial Incentives Affect CEO Behavior

The Horizons Tracker

“No systematic review has been done on the effects of financial incentives to CEOs, so firm compensation committees and policymakers have had no evidence to inform their decisions,” the researchers explain.

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The Wrong Reason Many Policies are Written

Ron Edmondson

That person will likely continue to struggle handling finances the rest of their ministry – many times not even knowing why – just knowing they had they bumped up against a policy somewhere. And they were truly trying to help people. See the tension.) Problem not solved. Policies are easy.

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Parkinson's Law of Triviality

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was first published in SmartBlog on Leadership on 11/29/2012: Have you ever noticed that committees or management teams tend to spend way too much time in meetings endlessly debating the most unimportant or mundane topics, while at the same time, not enough time on the most important or strategic issues? Here are a few ideas: 1.

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CMI Awards of Excellence 2024 shortlist announced

Chartered Management Institute

Here’s the shortlist in full: Chartered Manager of the Year Sandy Farar CMgr FCMI, business services partner, Arup Major James Golding CMgr MCMI MSc IEng MIMechE, officer commanding – Light Aid Detachment, British Army Dr Thesara Jayawardane CMgr FCMI, head of the department and senior lecturer – Grade I, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Jenna Jenkins (..)

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The Ineffectiveness of A Team When There Is No Leader

Ron Edmondson

I have worked with a number of churches that have well-defined structures with lots of committees. In practice, this often means you have to be there for many years before you are ever “known” enough to be placed on a committee. Often in these circumstances, churches need more of a team concept than a committee structure.

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How to Create a Priorities Map

Modern Servant Leader

For example, Accounting, Finance and Information Technology teams. Priorities Map for an Executive Committee. What would the executive committee priorities of service look like for your company? In business, this will typically include employees, customers and investors. Establish Weighted Connectors for Priorities.

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