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6 Safeguards To Remain Mission True
1. Remain mindful of cultural trends – Recognize cultural shifts, become a student of trending. This will give insight to guardrails that you need to build.
2. Do not assume successor’s will inherit the founders vision – Founders must be diligent in training and educating the next generation. You cannot afford to assume anything.
3. Attend to the details in constructing safeguards – Keeping procedures as simple as possible. Simplicity tends to outlive even the founders. Complexity is impressive but can cause a number of deviations from the original intention.
4. Know why you exist – If you cannot articulate in writing your reason for existing, you are only day-dreaming about who you are and what your purposes are.
5. Be able to differentiate between means and mission – Know the boundaries on what you will concede and what you will not.
6. Change only to strengthen the core mission – Change for the sake of it is not a good reason to do anything. Only pursue change when it will assist you in strengthening the core mission and its implementation.
Keeping The Board Mission True – 5 Considerations
1.Recruit Prayerfully and Carefully – In the show notes I am providing a sample nomination form to consider future potential board members.
2.Hold the Chief Executive Officers responsible for the mission of the organization and maintaining the core of the mission.
3.Follow standard Board Practices – The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability is a great starting point to protect the missional direction of the organization.
4.Create Policies and Safeguards that tie the hands of successors to the core distinctives of the organization and why they are important.
5.Remember the mission – not only should the history be reviewed from time to time, but the officers need to live out the principles and core values of the organization.
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