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Rethinking Sustainability

Rethinking Sustainability. The Non- Negotiables Developed by Dr. Alan Pue President, The Barnabas Group www.thebarnabasgroup.com apuetbg@ aol .com. To rethink sustainability we must . . . . Develop a holistic , integrated strategy

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Rethinking Sustainability

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  1. Rethinking Sustainability The Non-Negotiables Developed by Dr. Alan Pue President, The Barnabas Group www.thebarnabasgroup.com apuetbg@aol.com

  2. To rethink sustainability we must . . . Develop a holistic, integrated strategy “To every complex problem there is always a simplistic answer and it is always wrong.”

  3. A Crucial Understanding You are a unique hybrid . . . • Education • Ministry • Business

  4. We Must Understand The Three Lenses

  5. My Assumptions • Education, by its nature is not . . . • an important caveat . . . • Education, as we understand it, is . . . • We struggle in our primary market . . . • We are not adequately prepared for . . .

  6. The Typical Christian School Funding Formula • The operational budget will be created with a “gap”. • To keep the gap as small as possible • Faculty/staff compensation will be inadequate • Insufficient resources will be allocated to program enhancement, facility maintenance, and reserve funds • The gap will be funded through some form of fund-raising. • The gap is considered necessary to keep tuition at affordable levels.

  7. To rethink sustainability we must . . . Be willing to ask the following questions • Are there any non-negotiablesto consider? • Are there any foundational first principles to consider? • Are there any essential practices to consider?

  8. The First Non-Negotiable - Biblical Principles • Calculate the cost (Luke 14:25) • Determine the worth (Luke 10:7, I Timothy 5:17-18, Proverbs 27:18) • Keep your promises (Leviticus 19:13, Proverbs 13:12) • Understand the obligation (1 Timothy 5:13) • Instruct the wealthy (1 Timothy 6:17-18) • Our responsibility to the poor (Proverbs 3:27-28, 11:24-25, 19:17, 22:9) • Represent with accuracy (Genesis 1:26, John 1, 17, Matthew 5:16-18)

  9. The Second Non-Negotiable – Your Core Create Clarity – Align With Practice • Why do we exist? • How must we behave? • What are we called to do? • Who are we trying to impact? • What do we hope to achieve? • What do we believe?

  10. Create Clarity – Align With Practice

  11. The Third Non-Negotiable – Execute With Excellence • “It was good.” • We are image bearers • “Do all to the glory of God” • The lesson of the lesser laws • The most good for the least cost • Create “raving fans” • Innovation and Imagination

  12. A Question and a Response Question Is it reasonable for a school with limited resources to execute with excellence? Response Yes! “I believe it is no harder to build something great than to build something good. It might be statistically more rare to reach greatness, but it does not require more suffering than perpetuating mediocrity.” Jim Collins, Good to Great

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