delegation
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Four Leadership Styles
When it comes to leading people, it’s helpful to think about two aspects of every leadership conversation… First, there’s the (horizontal) aspect; who makes the decision at the end of this conversation? Is the final decision way over on your… Continue reading
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It’s not just about making good decisions…
It’s about making sure good decisions get made. If you’re the leader, you’re probably making loads of decisions. But if you were to grow, you couldn’t sustain being the decision maker for all those things. There would be even more… Continue reading
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Long & wordy offers unwittingly communicate immense workload
If you’re going to ask someone to take on a responsibility, make it short. Not the responsibility… but the “ask”. If you make the “ask” long and wordy, it will communicate that this task you’re offering them is so huge,… Continue reading
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Did you miss your expected outcomes, or miss-communicate your expected outcomes?
This is a really important question to consider as a leader. When something doesn’t go to plan, after you’ve planned it, and delegated it… what’s the problem? Where do you go for answers about what went wrong? The only question… Continue reading
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Dream!
Leading, delegating, starting, serving… they all require a little bit of dreaming. Sometimes, they require a lot of dreaming. What would you LOVE to see happen… don’t worry about “how” it will happen just yet… just imagine. What would you… Continue reading
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Amaze people with “no reason”
If you’re in Christian leadership, its your job, your responsibility, to keep asking and encouraging people to give their time and effort to ministry. So much so, that it can feel like every interaction and phone call is a request.… Continue reading
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Reblog: What separates us from the secular managers…
…is motivations. The secular world only cares about motivation; they want motivated people. People with drive and self-persuasion. But Christians don’t want just motivated people. We want people with specific, godly motivations. As an example, you could work for something… Continue reading
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Good delegation creates new opportunities
There’s an important aspect to delegating something… After you delegate it… STOP DOING IT!! If you’ve delegated a task or responsibility to someone, you can check how they’re going, you can ask them to keep you updated, you can give… Continue reading
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Reblog: Delegate, but always check they know the…
… very next step to take. They might have to call someone they’ve never spoken to before. They’re happy to do it. They’re keen to make a cold-turkey phone call. They know what they need to say, and how to… Continue reading
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You haven’t delegated until you’ve told other people who’s the boss
This is a pretty simple one. If you’re appointing someone to do something that you’re normally responsible for, you don’t just explain that to them. You need to explain it to everyone else too. If you’ve asked someone to organise… Continue reading
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If leadership means making decisions, raising up new leaders means…
If leadership means making decisions, raising up new leaders means… delegating decisions. If you want more people involved, you need more teams/groups for them to join. If you want more teams/groups, you need new team/group leaders. If you want to… Continue reading
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The difference between giving someone a brief and giving someone a job…
A job is… “I want a coffee table with four legs, 1200x900x500, in wood.” A brief is… “I have a coffee every morning and I want to out it down in something…” A brief is a problem, a need, something… Continue reading
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Why churches and businesses are not the same and why they are the same #horstmans-laws.4
(This is a series of reflections on Horstman’s Laws) Leadership is not the ability to control people. Because you can’t control people. Some business (corporate) leaders think because they pay their people they should be able to control them –… Continue reading
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Reflections from building the HBC Hub
About 12 months ago I took an architect and a couple of our Committee of Elders to a 1970s warehouse and pitched the idea that by the grace of God we could use it as a home base for our… Continue reading
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Do your professionals volunteer?
Do you ask the Pre-school teacher in your church to run your crèche? Or the full-time photographer to take photos for church? Or the web designer to make your church website? Or the architect in your congregation to design your… Continue reading
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Outline the consequenses
Sometimes when we delegate, we can be tempted to only focus on the positives. e.g. How great it could be! These cool things will happen! etc. But an important part of coming to one mind as you hand over responsibility… Continue reading
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