I’m at Rethink Leadership Conference in Atlanta, which has been like drinking from a fire hose of leadership wisdom. The first session was on strategy, which was incredibly stretching. Here are some highlights:
Reggie Joiner
- It isn’t the vision that determines our success at a church, it’s your strategy.
- A strategy is a plan of action with an end in mind.
- You don’t have to work at getting misaligned as a team or organization.
- Questions to ask: What do we want someone to become? If you could only get the people who come to your church for one thing, what would that one thing be?
Carey Neiuwhof
- Is vision as important as we think it is?
- The reason vision isn’t as important as we think is almost every church has the same vision.
- Your problem as a leader isn’t a vision problem, it’s a strategy problem.
- Mission and vision determines intention, but strategy determines direction. -Andy Stanley
- Strategy initially divides, but ultimately unites, every organization.
Leonce Crump
- Forms and functions change, but convictions never should.
- How do you change your strategy without losing your core:
- Can you measure your core? Do you know who your core is? Make sure they know your core convictions.
- Vision is taught, culture is felt. What do people feel in our church?
- Every person wants consistency out of their leaders more than anything else in the world. Do you know who you are and can you consistently communicate who you are?
