Champion Partners » For Sale or On Sale? http://www.cpchampion.com Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:40:53 +0000 en hourly 1 For Sale or On Sale?http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/for-sale-or-on-sale/421287 http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/for-sale-or-on-sale/421287#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:50:29 +0000 Ricky Lyons http://www.cpchampion.com/?p=1287 Everyday we receive phone calls asking if we have anything for sale. They expect the answer – “of course, everything is for sale!”

That is not necessarily true.

At Champion, our plan is to hold our assets long term. ...(continued)...Related posts:

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]]> http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/for-sale-or-on-sale/421287/feed 0 Lenders love cash flowhttp://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/lenders-love-cash-flow/421285 http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/lenders-love-cash-flow/421285#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:30:10 +0000 Ricky Lyons http://www.cpchampion.com/?p=1285 In today’s real estate world we are in juxtaposition for loans and equity between cash flow and replacement costs.

Lenders love cash flow and investors love replacement costs.

These two concepts can work well together. When looking for value-added projects, Champion ...(continued)...Related posts:

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]]> http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/lenders-love-cash-flow/421285/feed 0 Wall meetings – a look at Champion Rhythmshttp://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/wall-meetings-and-champion-rhythms/421283 http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/wall-meetings-and-champion-rhythms/421283#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:27:13 +0000 Ricky Lyons http://www.cpchampion.com/?p=1283 For the 10 years since Champion has been in business, we employed Wall meetings. But we use a special wall.

The purpose of the Wall is to put everything important about Champion out publicly and have it updated regularly. ...(continued)...Related posts:

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]]> http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/wall-meetings-and-champion-rhythms/421283/feed 0 It is hard telling your friends that it is time to change.http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/it-is-hard-telling-your-friends-that-it-is-time-to-change/421281 http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/it-is-hard-telling-your-friends-that-it-is-time-to-change/421281#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:26:41 +0000 Ricky Lyons http://www.cpchampion.com/?p=1281 In a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek, the activities of the Gates Foundation were chronicled. At the end of the article Bill Gates is quoted as saying “sometimes the most difficult act of leadership is not fighting the enemy; ...(continued)...Related posts:
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]]> http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/secondary-responsibility/421268/feed 0 Responsibility is the keyhttp://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/responsibility-is-the-key/421265 http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/responsibility-is-the-key/421265#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:19:12 +0000 Ricky Lyons http://www.cpchampion.com/?p=1265 Champion operates under a model that is an integral part of our Culture. The model was first designed one afternoon at a Strategic Coach™ seminar, when a workshop mate of mine stopped the conversation and said, “Ricky, I think I ...(continued)...Related posts:
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]]> http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/responsibility-is-the-key/421265/feed 0 Prosperity and its connection to Timehttp://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/prosperity-and-its-connection-to-time/421257 http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/prosperity-and-its-connection-to-time/421257#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:55:07 +0000 Ricky Lyons http://www.cpchampion.com/?p=1257 The metric of prosperity is time.  This has been the case since commerce started.

It is evidenced by the massive prosperity we have achieved by the exponential increase in computing power always at a lower cost.  Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, ...(continued)...Related posts:

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]]> http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/prosperity-and-its-connection-to-time/421257/feed 0 Apollo Culturehttp://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/apollo-culture/42329 http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/apollo-culture/42329#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:11:19 +0000 Champion http://new.cpchampion.com/?p=329 Connected to this Apollo culture is a can-do, responsible attitude that Israelis refer to as rosh gadol.  In the Israeli army, soldiers are divided into those who think with a rosh gadol – literally, a “big head” – and those ...(continued)...Related posts:
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What is capitalism?  It is not about the growth of capital!  It is about the expansion of cooperation among strangers.  A capitalist is ...(continued)...Related posts:

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]]> http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/never-personalize-a-negative-feeling/42324/feed 0 Urgency definedhttp://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/urgency-defined/42322 http://www.cpchampion.com/champion-culture/urgency-defined/42322#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:07:33 +0000 Champion http://new.cpchampion.com/?p=322 When people have a true sense of urgency, they think that action on critical issues is needed now, not eventually, not when it fits easily into a schedule.  Now means making real progress every single day.  Critically important means challenges ...(continued)...Related posts:
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This Inuksuk was built at a strategic juncture on one of Paul Landry‘s favorite dog sled routes between Iqaluit and Kimmirut (in Nunavut). Mr Paul Landry is a Champion.

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