A very critical part of any organizational culture is instilling the norm that we "plan and execute." It's not "ready, fire, aim." It's "aim, ready, fire!" But why is planning so important to the success of the organization? To answer this question, I'll borrow a quote from a previous post I wrote on strategic planning. Why plan? Why is planning or “choosing a direction” so important? Especially in the church, … [Read more...]
Eyes And Ears Open, Mouth Shut
One Of The Most Important Things I've Learned About Starting A New Position In A New Organization
I still remember being hired by Comcast back when they were beginning the process of moving 1.5 million broadband subscribers from a third-party network to their own network. The project was called "Jumpstart." I was in on the "ground floor," so to speak. Up to that point in my career I had been, what I verbalized a few times, "a manufacturing guy." Meaning that manufacturing is what I knew, and I was pretty much … [Read more...]
Finding Staff
The "6 Steps" To Successfully Finding Church Staff Members
Since the beginning here at Christ's Church of the Valley, “staffing” has been one of the biggest challenges in fueling growth. There is a continuous, ever-increasing need for people to lead stuff! From very early in the life of our church, we've focused on identifying and “raising up” leaders. And, in a church focused on reaching the lost, you often are developing leaders and leading them to Christ all at the … [Read more...]
Organizational Culture
What Is "Culture" And Why Is It Important?
The success or failure of an enterprise is almost entirely dictated by how well the senior leadership of the organization creates a healthy culture. That’s a bold statement, I know, but it's painfully true. Read on … Culture is what happens when the senior leader(s) in the organization does or doesn’t practice good leadership. (See the Leadership Fundamentals, previously posted.) Let me say this differently. If … [Read more...]
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