- Like most leaders, I love the idea of servant leadership & putting others first, as long as no one actually cuts in front of me or starts treating me like I'm a servant.
- Empowerment without a platform is like responsibility without authority. It's frustrating for everyone involved.
- Titles are powerful platforms that cost nothing to give away except a willingness to share some of your own organizational prestige & power with others.
- Weddings, funerals, baptisms, preaching, & up-front leadership at special events provide significant platforming opportunities.
- When tenure is the primary deteminer of who sits where on the leadership bus, a church is headed for trouble.
- If your leadership team chooses to shut them out, please don't complain when they fly down the street & plant a church that sucks away all the kids, young families, and energetic folks who used to join you for Sunday services.
Everything including the kitchen sink... but with special attention paid to board games, Jesus Christ, my family, being a "professional" (and I use that word loosely) Christian, and the random firing of the 10% of the synapses I'm currently using.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Sticky Teams: Selected Quotes (Chapter Eight)
This chapter was esp. challenging to apply to our small church situation... "Making Room at the Top."
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