Scenario: You are a first-year athletic administrator who has been given the charge of developing an operating budget for your 11 sports. The last athletic director was terminated because of a lack of budgetary control and an unrealistic budget and process.

1. What steps would you take as a leader to correct this situation? 2. How you would go about developing a realistic budget proposal that all stakeholders will "buy into"? 3. Provide an outline of the steps you would take in constructing this budget proposal.