LEADERSHIP VALUES
The mission comes first. The mission of non-profit organizations–including churches–is changed lives. An organization begins to die the day it begins to be run for the benefit of the insiders and not for the benefit of the outsiders. Know the value of planned abandonment. You must decide what not to do. Know the value of foresight. You can’t predict the future, but you must assess the futurity of present events. Focus on opportunities, not on problems. Most organizations assign their best resources to problems, not to their opportunities. Management is a social function and has mostly to do with people, not techniques and procedures. People decisions are the ultimate control mechanism of an organization. That’s where people look to find out what values you really hold. All work is work for a team. No individual has the temperament and the skills to do every job. The purpose of a team is to make strengths productive and weaknesses irrelevant. The three most important…
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