Management Policy

Hiring Management Staff

Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy C O N F I D E N T I A L 20 May 2002 Hiring Management Staff Hiring senior management staff can be very tricky. We have had our share of errors in the area, although we too have had our share of wins. The errors were due, in [...]

When Not to Create a New T.I.P.

Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy C O N F I D E N T I A L 25 April 2002 When Not to Create a New T.I.P. Having reviewed a number of trouble spots in our past, there was a common outpoint that I discovered. When I looked over the training history of those [...]

Jump on Financial Irregularities

Mission: Renaissance Inc. Standard Operating Policy C O N F I D E N T I A L 6 January 2002 Jump on Financial Irregularities In 1992, when I first came to M:R, there was a vastly different org. structure in place. While it was the structure necessary at the time, it was a haven [...]

Weekly FP Reports; Founder’s Copy

Mission: Renaissance Inc. Standard Operating Policy C O N F I D E N T I A L 6 January 2002 Weekly FP Reports; Founder's Copy It is a standard action to provide the Founder a full copy of the weekly Financial Planning reports at the conclusion of the FP Meeting each week. This is [...]

Selecting a New Studio

Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy C O N F I D E N T I A L 31 December 2001 Selecting a New Studio Selecting a new studio location requires real evaluation on the part of the Expansion Officer. We cannot simply grab an empty space, turn it into a studio, and expect tremendous success. [...]

Approval of Legal Expenditures

Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy C O N F I D E N T I A L 1 January 2002 Approval of Legal Expenditures All legal expenditures to be incurred by the organization are to be approved by the FP Committee or the Founders directly prior to committing the group to the expense. I’ll let [...]

Holiday Pay

Mission: Renaissance Inc. Standard Operating Policy C O N F I D E N T I A L 22 December 2001 Holiday Pay Earlier this week I discovered an ongoing oversight in our policies regarding payroll and holidays. There has been some confusion on who should and who should not receive holiday pay, which resulted [...]

Getting The Tech In

Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy C O N F I D E N T I A L 20 December 2001 Getting The Tech In As I was writing M:R POLICY 19 DECEMBER 2001 – EASE IN ETHICS ON PROGRAM TURNOVERS, I realized yet another piece of the puzzle had yet to be written up. It [...]

Ease In Ethics on Program Turnovers

Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy C O N F I D E N T I A L 19 December 2001 Ease In Ethics on Program Turnovers There is a wide variety of reasons why a program might be turned over to a new Program Director. In many cases, except someone leaving a successful post, [...]

What to Do “When Calls In” are Down

Mission: Renaissance Standard Operating Policy C O N F I D E N T I A L 18 December 2001 What to Do "When Calls In" are Down The “calls in” stat is a rather important stat to keep an eye on, especially for the O.E.S., the Director of Public Affairs, and the Chief Registrar. [...]