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Church Leadership And Infrastructure Development

The Management System

What Is A "Management System," And Why Is It Critical To Success?

The Management System is the "backbone" of any serious effort to develop infrastructure in the church. It enables growth through leveraging (scaling up) the talent and expertise of key leaders in the organization. In this post, you will discover more about this approach to infrastructure development and learn more than enough to implement a Management System in your church. Here's an outline: What is a … [Read more...]

Strategic Planning

A Step By Step Outline Of A Pretty Good Strategic Planning Process

Developing a “plan and execute” culture in the local church is critical to success! Here’s a “step by step” description of the process of developing a strategic plan. This can be done in a fairly short time and without much difficulty and cost. Check this out and give it a try! Flowchart Stakeholder Needs Using numerous data sources (internal opinion surveys, external demographic studies, performance metrics, … [Read more...]

The Performance Cycle

Helping An Organization Leverage The Knowledge And Expertise Of Its Best Leaders

It's all about scalability. How can an organization leverage its leadership? Its knowledge? There are only so many leadership people to go around, and good leaders are extremely difficult to find. So ... building a world-class organization depends on the leader's ability to develop good systems, processes, and methods and make them known (easy to access, learn about, use, and change as needed) to the entire … [Read more...]

A Place For Everything And Everything In Its Place

Learning The Ins And Outs Of An Operational Must!

The more I serve in this capacity, the more I realize that much of what I’ve learned over my years in corporate applies to managing the church.  “Doing church” each weekend is a lot about logistics.  You know, having everything you need, where and when you need it.  Pulling this off, especially in a multi-purpose facility, is difficult.  Over time, everything gets shuffled, and the clutter and inefficiency stifle you … [Read more...]