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In this series we are advancing the notion of ”Bucket List Living;” that is, how do we experience a more meaningful life through goal setting.
As my blog is directed toward ministry leaders, I want to deal briefly with the potential push-back to the series: Is it selfish to dream big and set goals for self-fulfillment? At first …
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A few days ago I posted some church leaders take-aways from the Kony 2012, Invisible Children video, 70 Million Views in 7 Days: A Vision Analysis. I also mentioned the opportunity to see this video through The Six Elements. (Grab the free tool on the previous post.) Here are just a few observations of how the video weaves through The …
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Someone once asked “Are you going through life or are you growing through life?” I love that question. Right now I am going through significant transition in how I lead. I have never been more motivated by the maxim, “If you are doing what you did last year, you’re not growing.”
One of the greatest growth challenges for …
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The single greatest advantage any company can achieve is organizational health. Yet it is ignored by most leaders even though it is simple, free, and available to anyone who wants it.
- Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage
With that bold statement, Patrick Lencioni delivers perhaps his finest work to date – no mean feat considering …
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An organization doesn’t become healthy in a linear, tidy fashion.
- Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage
Patrick Lencioni’s latest book The Advantage is a comprehensive, practical guide, covering many of the topics introduced in one of his eight business fable books. But don’t make the mistake of thinking that this is just a …
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When Mark Zuckerberg wrote a letter to potential investors, he unpacked the five values that guide everything at Facebook.
HERE THEY ARE
Focus on Impact: Solve the most important problems that make the biggest difference. Zuckerberg reminds his team that it’s very easy to waste time.
Move Fast: Facebook employees are …
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It’s a delight to watch teams get clear on the future. But it’s a fright to see that hard work of visioning go south when it comes to execution. If the work of visioning can be compared to taking a journey, there are six mistakes I see most:
#1 Spinning Wheel Decision-making. Sometimes a team can have a great vision process only to …
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Right now, everything you do or don’t do is guided by a set of underlying values. The same is true for your church. Culture-savvy leaders understand how to mold the invisible stuff of values to shape, like clay, the atmosphere, attitudes, actions and automated responses of their teams.
What if we were to x-ray the intuitive …
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Step One: Ask “Who?”
Consider who created the pattern, the model, “the how” of your particular ministry area or ministry responsibility. Did it come from a book, another church (conference), the previous pastor? Someone was the designer. Who was it?
Step Two: Ask “Why?”
Consider the motives and the intent of the …
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Instead of counting Christians, we need to weigh them. – Dallas Willard
Clear vision requires clarity about the results you are after. Any result you might desire for your ministry will fit into three broad categories - input results, output results and impact results.
INPUT RESULTS
Input results in the church world focus on …
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