Goals Equal Productivity We want to be productive. Some people try to be productive by working a lot faster, but in the end we only have 24 hours in a day. And as leaders, our productivity is determined by more people than just us. Everyone that you oversee ultimately determines how productive you can become. Now, people who feel good about...
The key to making a great environment is listening. Listening allows you to know what's going on in your organization and to truly grasp how people are thinking, feeling, and what they need from you. Listening not only makes you a stronger leader, but it also makes the people in your organization feel more confident and secure. So let’s take...
Well, I just finished reading the book The Habits of Highly Effective Churches by George Barna. He did a good job making a distinction between churches that just exist, and churches that are in fact highly effective. In this book he gives 9 different habits that help in making churches become highly effective so I would definitely recommend you heading...
Our culture is always changing and as a result, churches must learn how to adapt to the changes in culture. Now for a while, churches saw the word “culture” as being equivalent to being “worldly” and wanted nothing to do with it. But consequently, pastors have realized that culture really does make a difference in how we minister and if...
For years, church membership classes have been a big part of a church’s discipleship process. People come to your church, get saved, and then go through your new members class as they become a mature Christian. But over the last couple of decades, churches have realized that while they have a long list of names on their “church directory”, not...
We’ve all been there. You start off the first day of your work week with a fresh cup of coffee…. or maybe two. Then you make your way into the office, where you pour yourself another cup of coffee, catch up on emails, listen to voicemails, and begin to make the mental list of everything needing to be done this...
Creative meetings are where some of the best ideas for ministry are conceived and birthed but they also can be the very place where we lose brain cells and our IQ drops. These meetings can either be fun and exciting, or completely dull and boring. Obviously, we’d rather our creative meetings be fun, exciting and well….creative. But for many church...
A Big Idea also simplifies your church and therefore consumes less energy all the way around. Better things are produced even when putting forth less effort. You are freed up on time so that you can work on introducing new ideas implementing the best ones. Your curriculum also then becomes universal to your ministries and only needs to be altered...
Every Sunday when people pull into the parking lot of your church they receive tons of messages or little ideas from your decorations, your greeters, your cafe, your auditorium, the band, and your preacher. This leaves the people in our churches confused about what they need to do and that is simply something that we cannot afford. The message is...
We all know that numbers aren’t the most important aspect of a church- creating disciples is. It is exciting, however, when your church does seem to get bigger and bigger, as long as you have excitement for the right reason. It is worth noting, however, that large churches are not just bigger versions of small churches. They are completely different...