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May 05, 2011
When should a church change their governance system?
Tomorrow afternoon I do another consult with a church leadership team on significantly modifying their governance system. I have at least one conversation with church leaders every week over the frustration governance systems that are out of sync with the current size and needs of the church. So what are the classic signs that it is time to look at how you do governance?
1. There is frustration by...
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1. There is frustration by...
Mar 16, 2011
The Five Why Questions
A simple technique for getting to the bottom of problems is to ask the question "why?" – five times, to drill down to the heart of the matter. I learned this from Toyota motors and their problem solving strategy.
Here is an example. I am meeting with a church board of about fifteen hundred whose board meets twice a month from about seven to midnight – terribly long and inefficient meetings. I ask “why...
Mar 16, 2011
The Five Why Questions
A simple technique for getting to the bottom of problems is to ask the question "why?" – five times, to drill down to the heart of the matter. I learned this from Toyota motors and their problem solving strategy.
Here is an example. I am meeting with a church board of about fifteen hundred whose board meets twice a month from about seven to midnight – terribly long and inefficient meetings. I ask “why...
Jan 27, 2011
Signs of a dysfunctional church board
It is an unfortunate truth that many church boards are dysfunctional. That lack of health makes board meetings difficult and leadership problematic. Here are some signs of a dysfunctional board.
Confidential discussions don’t stay in the board room.I recently met with a board over a particularly knotty problem they were dealing with (a personnel issue) and discovered that my comments had been...
Jan 27, 2011
Signs of a dysfunctional church board
It is an unfortunate truth that many church boards are dysfunctional. That lack of health makes board meetings difficult and leadership problematic. Here are some signs of a dysfunctional board.
Confidential discussions don’t stay in the board room.I recently met with a board over a particularly knotty problem they were dealing with (a personnel issue) and discovered that my comments had been...
Oct 16, 2010
Proactive or Reactive Leadership
One of the ongoing frustrations of many church boards is the lack of progress they seem to make in endless meetings. In some cases, the issues they are dealing with are the same issues they dealt with last year – and the year before that. The reason often has to do with getting trapped into reactive leadership – which is not really leadership at all rather than proactive leadership.
While leaders...
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While leaders...
Aug 24, 2010
Don't waste your life in meetings
Think about all the meetings you attend in the course of a week – a month – a year. Then consider this fact: It is estimated that half of all meeting time in the United States whether business or ministry is wasted time! Henry Ford once said that the problem with wasted time is that there is no waste left over on the factory floor that can be visibly seen. And time is the one commodity that none...
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