Do you remember the days when decisions were made by a minority of people? When "brainstorming" times were a half-hearted attempt to involve your "team" in the process even though you or someone else had made the decision long before?
Maybe that's the present :) if so I'm sorry.
Hopefully that's the past.
I believe your ministry's future can be more innovative, vibrant and effective by becoming less of a wall and more of a sponge.
- Allow more people to be a part of the CREATION process; not everyone will want to and some may not be as good as you, but more of your team will be bought in with the decisions being made and someone may surprise you by their insight.
- PUSH more of "the why's" into the public view; students are more skeptical and distrusting of authority than ever before; as a leader you are not going to get away with a "need to know basis" style for much longer.
- EXPAND expertise beyond your organization; someone from another ministry or field of expertise may be a lot smarter than you; it would be good to learn from them.
- REVEAL more of yourself on the channels that matter to those you lead--yeah my blog is cool but when I am highly intentional about revealing the day to day stuff on Facebook because that's how my students get to know me.
- CLARIFY what kind of sponge you are; all of the others are useless if you are drawing people that do not reflect your mission, vision and values.
