Charismatic, good-looking, selfish, and pretentious people plague ministries by their unaligned influence and multiplying others who seek to derail the mission, vision and values. Bentley from the Bachelorette deceived Ashley and nearly caused my wife (and me) to attack the screen on several occasions. His interactions reminded me of many people I have come across …
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“The share of Americans younger than 24 neither at work nor in school has steadily increased since 2007.”–source Interpretations of this kind of data often leans toward the negative–focusing on the idleness, lack of a steady income, or not gaining skills to help with employment. I’m sure these things happen but I see tremendous opportunities …
Leading redemptive change in your ministry requires specific knowledge of the types of people that form the whole. This chart from Dealing with Darwin by Geoffrey Moore illustrates five kinds of people: Techies, Visionaries, Pragmatists, Conservatives, and Skeptics. A few key questions related to applying this chart to your ministry: Which one of the five …
“Well, you don’t want to show something that is weak, or poor, so you want to hold off until you get it right. And the trick is to actually stop that behavior.”–Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Catmull explains one challenge in the creative process for Pixar but this reflected the challenges faced in ministry. I …
The closer leaders move toward faith-filled actions rooted more in the UNSEEN than the seen the easier it is to stop and analyze your actions. Yet those that start and improve on their first steps will see the future become reality right before their eyes. There are so many reasons to stop; a careful audit …
We’re not content to rest on our yesterdays. We’ll continue to move forward. To make the most of tomorrow. And every day after that.–source Fantastic and inspiring. Thanks @djjenkins for the find.
“Core work is always in some sense unprecedented, or else it would not be differentiating”–Geoffrey Moore, Dealing With Darwin The first goal of any ministry must be to develop a leadership team that is empowered and earnestly seeks to live out your mission, vision, and values. At this early stage of a ministry it’s usually …
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“It’s an obsession with sticking to the core business, and doing everything possible to defend & extend it — even when rates of return are unacceptable and there is a constant struggle to improve valuation.”–source The chart above illustrates Wal-Mart Disease best–on the surface there are no glaring signs of trouble–it’s the lack of significant …
Spending time evaluating what sorts of processes or work can be centralized in your ministry can yield tremendous rewards. Centralization frees up leaders to expand your ministry, pursue the vision, and take significant steps of faith. It also prevents people from depending too heavily on past processes or using resources to protect the past instead …
Significant steps of faith often lead to dramatic victories that increase the amount of leaders, laborers and resources in your ministry. Surprisingly these victories can start to feel like burdens as the time and energy needed to sustain these surges of growth zaps current resources. Each stage of a ministry’s growth draws leaders or laborers …
