setting the right goals

Sunday, September 9, 2012

With 2013 quickly approaching most Churches and Ministries are getting ready to enter into a period of planning and goal setting for the new ministry year. Goal setting can be an effective tool to take tangible steps that lead you and the overall organization towards making vision become reality. But how do you know if the goals you’re setting are the right ones? Here’s a quick list to get you going the right direction:

1. The right goals result in overall church progress not just individual ministry progress

2. The right goals provide a clear target for movement and track winning

3. The right goals change the status quo

4. The right goals force you to lead at a higher level

5. The right goals raise the level of involvement and leadership of those around you

6. The right goals keep you from settling for current success

So what’s missing from the list? What would you add?

Need help figuring out how to make the vision God’s given you become reality? Let’s talk!

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meet my new coaching network

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

I’m stoked about the new Coaching Network beginning in a couple of weeks. These are the incredible people that I’ll be sharing life with over the next six months with links to their churches and Twitter accounts if they’re on Twitter (no pressure guys).

1. Abel Gurrola, Lead Pastor from Iglesia Vida located in Chandler, AZ

2. Micah Hutchison, Executive Pastor from Harvest Community Church located in Mesa, AZ

3. John Nichols, High School & Young Adult Pastor from Rock Point Church located in Gilbert, AZ

4. Colin Noonan, Director of Youth Ministries from Mountain View Lutheran Church located in Phoenix, AZ

5. Jonathan Seabourn, Pastor of Operations & Equipping from Imago Dei Community Church located in Phoenix, AZ

6. Joe Stewart, Lead Pastor from Sabino Road Baptist Church located in Tucson, AZ

7. Greg Suiter, High School Pastor from Sun Valley Community Church, Gilbert Campus located in Gilbert, AZ

8. Ira Towns, Executive Pastor from Atlantic Shores Baptist Church located in Virginia Beach, VA

Although this coaching network is closed, it’s not too early to apply for the next round that will begin in the spring of 2013. Here are the coaching network details including a link to the application.

In the mean time, say hello to my new friends, check out their church websites and connect with them on Twitter!

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5 reasons why the church is an anti-leadership organization

Sunday, August 26, 2012

There are all kinds of threats and challenges facing the church these days. But underlying them all is one common denominator. The greatest crisis facing the modern day church is a crisis of leadership. Churches don’t naturally attract, develop, or keep leaders. But why?

1. Pace of Change:

Leaders live in the future. They dream about what should be. Most churches are consumed with preserving the past.

2. Pride and Fear:

Growing and developing young leaders requires giving leadership away. But when the organization is driven by a personality rarely are young leaders given real leadership opportunities to experiment with and grow from.

3. Misalignment:

A majority of churches are stuck, not because they don’t have a vision, but they have not aligned the systems and ministries of the church to move people and the church towards that preferred future. Leaders grow frustrated in silo oriented misaligned organizations.

4. Criticism:

Leaders by their very nature are change agents. Because the unstated goal of most churches is to preserve the past, church leaders find themselves fighting the family instead of fighting the enemy.

5. Compensation:

High capacity leaders can use their skills in a variety of industries and participate in meaningful work. Many churches simply aren’t willing to, or can’t pay leaders what they’re worth.

How are you addressing these underlying issues of an anti-leadership culture in your church? What’s missing from the list?

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willow creek association global leadership summit 2012

Friday, August 17, 2012

If you missed the 2012 Global Leadership Summit, then you missed some great content, great speakers, and incredible ideas that have the potential to shift your thinking when it comes to leadership. But no worries! Now you’ve got all the notes to every session right here at your fingertips for free! Hope you enjoy!

1. Bill Hybels Opening Session

Bill Hybels is the founder and Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL. He also the founded The Global Leadership Summit, now in over 200 U.S. sites and over 260 cities worldwide including 85 countries.

2. Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State, addressed the Global Leadership Summit.

3. Jim Collins

Jim Collins, researcher and best selling author of the leadership books Built to Last, Good to Great, and How the Mighty Fall.

4. Craig Groeschel

Craig Groeschel is the founder and Senior Pastor of LifeChurch.tv and author or multiple books.

5. Patrick Lencioni

Patrick Lencioni, is the founder and president of The Table Group and author of 10 best selling books. He gave an incredible talk about organizational health!

6. William Ury

William Ury is the co-founder and senior fellow at Harvard University’s Program on Negotiation.

7. Geoffrey Canada

Geoffrey Canada is a social activist and educator. Since 1990, Canada has been president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone in Harlem, New York.

8. Mario Vega

Mario Vega is the Senior Pastor of Misión Cristiana Elim in El Salvador one of the world’s largest churches with 73,000 attendees.

9. John Ortberg

John Ortberg is the Lead Pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, in Menlo Park, CA and author of “many books” according to Wikipedia (that means too many to count).

10. Bill Hybels Closing Session

Bill Hybels is the founder and Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL. He also the founded The Global Leadership Summit, now in over 200 U.S. sites and over 260 cities worldwide including 85 countries.

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global leadership summit 2012: bill hybels closing session

Friday, August 17, 2012

Bill Hybels opened the Global Leadership Summit. Hybels is the founder and Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL. He also the founded The Global Leadership Summit, now in over 200 U.S. sites and over 260 cities worldwide including 85 countries.

Giving people words and phrases to express your values & culture is about 50% of building that culture
…it could happen, and our world is screwed up enough that it needs to happen…
Everyone wins, when a leader gets better
Matt. 16:18 I will build my church & the gates of hell will not stand against it
Who is building the church, He is, and He will not allow it to be easily defeated
Have you ever been to a church that was so weak and sick that you wanted to protect people from coming to it so they wouldn’t get an incorrect view of what God was like?
It’s one thing to see a vision it’s another to be seized by one
A vision is a picture of the future that produces passion in people
Will the local church, the hope of the world, be able to sustain itself until the end of time?
The church will outlive and outlast every other dynasty and empire because of who is building and sustaining it
This is the only thing that Jesus is doing between now and the end of time
The core of leadership is trust
By the level of trust we have, we can lead people from here to there. When we lose trust it can all come to a grinding halt.

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