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Team Culture

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When the culture of your Team is weak, you must bring in an abundance of heavy, precise rules, processes and systems. But a strong culture allows autonomy, empowerment, and development among your people. A strong culture equals TRUST. A weak culture equals DISTRUST!

The ultimate question is “How do we build a strong culture in our Team? Understand that a great team has many voices, but it only has one heart and one vision. Consider these 3 thoughts ….

•Vision goes from ME to WE

•People do what people see. 

•Leadership is highly visual. There is no such thing as an unseen an unheard Leader!

Culture is about having in place a strong team cycle. A journey is simply passing various markers without ever considering if we should stop or turn around. A cycle on the other hand is a repeatable process that adds strength over time. Consider these 5 aspects of a strong Team cycle.

Believe Abundantly – This means there is an abundance of belief in People, Product, & Purpose (Why we do what we do). Think about it this way – when was the last time you  expressed belief in your team? In a culture that believes abundantly, the leaders believes in the people, the people believe in each other, each person believes in themselves and the people places belief in their leader.

Appreciate Consistently – Silent gratitude doesn’t work. Coach John. Wooden stated, “The person who scores the bucket has 10 hands!”. Consider using the book “25 Ways To Win With People” by John Maxwell. Teach a chapter each week and then challenge your team to practice what you taught and then report back next for week’s meeting.

Develop Intentionally – If you are going to have a strong team culture you need to develop them intentionally all the time. Give your team members a standard to uphold. The highest calling of any leader is to develop their team. First, you must be intentional about your own growth! Give others a reputation to aspire to!

Listen Actively – People must be in an environment where they are heard. As a leader if you are not listening to your team, eventually your team members will not have anything to say. How do you do this? Ask them questions – what can I do for you? Support your team members. Let your team know you believe in them. When you do these things, you will bring our the best in your team members.

Live Repeatedly – Vision that is not repeated is soon forgotten. Vision leaks! Keep the culture in the eyes and hands of the Team.

KEY THOUGHT: This is a Cycle that is to be repeated, not a journey!

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Music: “Gratitude Mood” by David Arivett. You can learn more about his music by clicking on his name. THANKS DAVID!

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All In

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In order to live a life that is all in you need to think like a winner! One of the key differences between people who win in life and those who whine in life is those who win are all in! Those who whine in life are not committed. Understand this leadership fact; “Everything worthwhile is uphill!” 

If you are going to live all in, let me say now, that it takes incredible motivation! A tremendous amount of energy is needed to keep your team motivated. There are always team members who are unmotivated.

Here are 4 key aspects of “All In” leaders that keep their team and themselves motivated:

They love their people

The love their work

They love winning

They love success of the people around them

You need motivation to begin, but HABITS will keep you in the game! Consider these truths.

•Healthy habits are a result of the right mindset.Understand that everything worthwhile is uphill and you must give your best everyday.

•You do not choose your future, rather, you choose your habits. It is your habits that determines your future.

•When you are all in you demonstrate commitment .

•You cannot challenge people to follow you when you are not moving.

•Would my peers describe me as “ALL IN”?

Question: How do you stay in once you get in?

•Understand the 100% principle everyday – What you don’t do today is lost forever – John Wooden. You do not give 60% today with the thought I will make up the difference tomorrow. It never works that way in life. We only have 100% possibility daily not 140%!

•Give your best effort to your highest priorities – You must be 100% at key times of each day.

•Share with others what you are doing – make a verbal public declaration to others about what you are doing.

•If you are doing the right thing, your “all in” should increase!

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Team Diversity

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Are You an Expander or Container?

So, what is an Expander and Container?

EXPANDER – They love action, thrive in chaos, and are out their 100% of the time.

CONTAINERS – They are detailed oriented, Like to keep on top of things, they do not like chaos, they love to create systems.

As a Leader, do not make everyone around you like yourself. If you are an Expander, Find a Container. If you are a Container, Find an Expander!

As you grow your enterprise, grow your circles of influence. These circles of influence will be uniquely different. Develop a Outer Circle and Inner Circle. How do we understand their unique function?

Outer Circle

•Consists of Expanders. These individuals will only be with you for a season.

•They can help with vision and perspective. They are your fresh eyes that ask “WHY” on everything. Sometimes you cannot see the picture because you are in the frame.

•They complement the weaknesses of Containers•The complement the strengths of Expanders

ILL. – George Barna told a group of leaders in 1999 that people will primarily consume content online within 10 years. Now that we are in 2021, I would say that Barna hit the mark as an Expander.

Inner Circle

•Made of Containers. These people are with you for the long haul. 

•They can help in the day-to-day operation and implementation.

•Can complement the weaknesses of Expanders.

•Complements the strengths of Containers.

KEY THOUGHT: Expanders and Containers are not enough individually. Together they complement each other so that expansion of the enterprise occurs. Heathy tension is a good thing on diverse teams!

What are some lessons that both Expanders and Containers need to learn?•Containers and Expanders should both be appreciated

•Containers and Expanders should serve each other

•Containers and Expanders truly need each other

•The differences between Containers and Expanders should create a healthy tension. You cannot charge ahead full force without someone getting your attention to ask serious questions at this moment. Is this the right thing to do and it is this best price to pay?

•The differences between Containers and Expanders need to complement each other. Only then can you move from Uniformity to Diversity

Here is quick exercise that I did monthly with each of my Team Members. This exercise accomplished a number things; staying on track with the overall vision, encouraging diversity, recognizing accomplishment, and mutual support to each other. Perhaps this could help your Team and your leadership.

1.What progress have you made on the goals previously discussed?

2.What is causing you the biggest problem right now?

3.What are you planning/dreaming that we have not discussed?

4.What decisions are you waiting on me to make so that you can move forward?

5.Rank your personal happiness – 1=Very depressed   100=Extreme Joy

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Birkman Assessment

Leadershift by John Maxwell

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Music: “Gratitude Mood” by David Arivett. You can learn more about his music by clicking on his name. THANKS DAVID!

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4 Biblical Metaphors on Leadership

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What Can The Apostle Paul Teach Us?

While leading the church at Thessalonica, Paul gives us 4 Metaphors that can be used to gain a clearer perspective of what Leadership should look like and its impact upon the Leadership vacuum that is exists. 

STEWARD – 1 Thessalonians 2:4; “But just as we have been approvedby God to be entrusted with the Gospel so we speak not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.” Paul suggests that leadership is born from something that is bigger than ourselves and our immediate gratification. This Stewarding concept is more of an infinite-minded approach to leadership. This would imply the end goal is not winners and losers. Rather it is about the perpetuation of our work beyond the scope of our life. The metrics are not what we have done and how much we have made. Rather what decisions have been made that will allow our idea and initiatives to live well past my life span. For this to even have a chance, you must focus on people and their success.

MOTHER – 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8; “But we were gentle among you like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. So being affectionatelydesirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God, but also our own selves because you had become very dear to us.” Do you hear the words of endearment in Paul’s expression? What we can learn about leadership from the metaphor of motherhood is that leadership carries a basic instinct of care for others first. It is not about the words of endearment so much as it is demonstrating the care for others by means of our actions. More now than ever, people are asking 3 key questions from their leaders: Do you know me? Can you help me? Can I trust you? A negative response to any of these 3 questions will result in the departure of that team member. If leadership does not reveal a tender concern for others, that environment becomes toxic and unproductive.

FATHER – 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12; “For you know how like a Father with his children we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.” Paul instructs more from a fatherly metaphor at this point. Fathers are to be the care-takers of the family name and family industry that marks the family signet. Through the fatherhood role we learn work ethic and discipline. It is not about getting just a paycheck but about building, creating something of value and worth for others. There is discipline and encouragement wrapped up the life work we choose. Do your work with integrity and honor for the family name.

Herald – 1 Thessalonians 2:13; “And we also thank God constantly for this that when you received the word of God that you received from us you accepted it not as the word of men, but as what it really is, the word of God which is at work in you believers.” The Herald metaphor of Paul at this point is more about accuracy of speech and reporting. If there was ever a day that accuracy of speech and reporting was needed it is NOW! Unfortunately, what we are witnessing in far too many places of leadership is manipulation of the narratives to persuade in a different manner and outcome. Truth is stubborn – it always surfaces so the public can see clearly. If our message as leaders is massaged in a manner to convince people of our products and purpose that cannot support its own weight, we become hucksters and shysters. Our mission must be pure, and our products must be accurately presented. History is filled with leaders that attempted to manipulate the masses. Historical outcomes have not been kind to these leaders. 

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7 Church Trends in 2021

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Barna Group is a premier research company that has been involved in studying trends in the faith community for many years. They have been able to add the prior 20 years of research to the impact of our COVID journey to give us a powerful image of trends. Understand that data trends in your location may be different from the national snapshot. The important thing to remember is this is not a race for first place in returning to what we had pre-covid. We are attempting to understand trends over the long view of life and the possible outcomes of what we all have experienced.

Tony Morgan has contributed much to the national discussion on church trends as we move through this pandemic. The culmination of his research coupled with the Barna Group I want to give 7 trends that have emerged in the national dialogue about church direction into 2021.

•From Analogue To Digital – This trend is to move away from facility only church option. The digital  age is upon us in full force, Most church attenders engage the digital world as part of their family routine for work and home. It is time for the church to offer a digital presence beside merely streaming a facility-based style service.

•From Teaching To Equipping – For so many years church presentations centered around a teaching lesson with a challenge to alter a life-style behavior. The need to EQUIP has grown large in recent months. Equipping is more about  skill development than random lessons. The goal is to equip church attendees to become self-feeders. This allows the ability to thrive instead of just surviving. This moves people from becoming consumers of religious goods and services to qualified leaders that are fully capable of standing alone.

•From Gathering To Connection – This pandemic has awakened a strong need for connection that is more than just acquaintances. We are searching for meaningful relationships. We are searching for more than attending religious events.

•From Global To Local – Do not misinterpret this trend. It is not suggesting that global initiatives are no longer of importance. It is suggesting that local initiatives have taken on a stronger focus. Being quarantined has created a renewed sense of what is missing within the local community. It has also awakened the church to have an even greater voice within the community they exist. When life slows down for whatever reason we tend to see our local community and its needs more clearly.

•From Spending To Generosity – This is more about investing in equipping leaders versus the headcount of staff in each organization. It is reported that declining church’s have 35% more staff than is necessary. Instead adding salaries, invest in equipping others to be self-feeders.

•From Complexity To Simplicity – Busyness is not necessarily making you more like Jesus. The greater the complexity the more it reveals your decline as an organization. Agility is to be preferred!

•From Counting Attendance To Measuring Engagement – Measuring viewership is the incorrect metric. The correct metric is to make disciples. Leaders should be developing leaders. Engagement is more than viewership.

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Blizzard, Winter, Ice Age

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One of the HUGE AH-HA moments of 2020 was facing the reality that our COVID shut-down caused everyone to become a “Start-Up”, even if it was momentary. We were jolted by the prospect of doing business in a cultural environment that did not exist any longer. Simply to use the word SHOCKING is a true understatement. As we begin the journey into a new reality and a new year 2021 consider the following 3 definitions and 4 key insights that should be part of your leadership experience right now.

Key Definitions•Blizzard – You can’t go out; zero visibility and hostile conditions. You need to shelter.•Winter – You can go out but not for long. Wear protective clothing and check the weather forecast for storms. A need for survival!•Ice Age – Things do not grow in the way they used to grow. Discover new ways to live and thrive. Need to adapt and rebuild.

4 Key Insights

•If you have not come to grips with this reality you are behind the learning curve – COVID-19 should be treated as a Cultural Blizzard, winter, and beginning of a little ice-age. What we are experiencing is a once in a lifetime event. This is going to impact your organization for years to come. Everything you do, plan, and dream will be measured from this moment not what we had. COVID is the new ground zero of metrics. The natural tendency is to attempt any pathway that can get us back to where we were. This, however, ignores the sobering reality of change to such an extent that it will not allow a return to old norms. Simply stated, we have lost control and we are not calling the shots any longer! This once in a life-time event forces us to forge new methods, message, budgets, missional purposes, and systems. 

•In mid-March of 2020, all churches and non-profit enterprises were effectively out of business in that the under-lying assumptions for their existence is no longer true. Understand that growth can become blinding in that you strategize and align resources to perpetuate your success trajectory. We have equated success and God’s blessing on doing the right things. Understand this is true in part but not the whole. To bring this fact into focus answer this question; “What was your founding purpose?” “Are you still on that trajectory of purpose today?” The prioritization of your founding purpose began with a call to a community. Use this disruption as a time to evaluate your function and footprint in the community you were called to reach. From that you can move toward to the uttermost part of the world. Your community is your foundational landing pad in times of uncertainity.

•It is time for a new “playbook” that honors your missional purpose and the community you serve. Make the most of your organization’s assets – namely the personnel, financial capital, social capital, to develop strategies that lean more on relationships and trust instead of programs for attractional value. The Kingdom of God is being faced with 3 keys questions of its leaders; Do you know me? Can you help me? Can I trust you? The foundation of questions is that people are looking for genuine community in which people actually know my name.•Currently the creative potential for hope is unparalleled. We are being given an amazing gift of a clean slate to start over. Paradoxically, we cannot achieve the full force of this new potential until we are given a chance for lament. We need to grieve over what we have lost – because it is real, and we all are attempting to find our way right now. Once lament has been engaged, leadership requires personal assurance and guidance that where we go one, we go all!

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Remove Potential Regrets

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Regrets are a part of our life. We can’t live without regrets, but we can learn through them.

Understand that it is never too late to take a step in the right direction.

There are 4 key regrets that I want to remove from my life.

Spending Too Little Time With The Right People

Nothing is more ill-fitting than spending time with the wrong person.

•Spend time with people who make your life richer.

•The right people…

• Love me no matter what, despite my flaws, unconditionally

•Add value to me. They make me better.•Continually grow. It makes me more determined to improve myself.

•Walk my journey with me. They know what’s important to me and we travel together.

•Are excited about life.

•Refuel me. They give me energy and inspire me.

Not saying what you need to say.

•The regret is not saying what you want to say, it’s saying what you need to say.

•Ask: How do I need to use my voice?

•Gift voice: what I do well. We all have one. How do you know? It’s in an area where you have intuition and timing.

•Character voice: standing up for what I believe. Not allowing other people to decide for me.

•Experience voice: what I know and what I’ve learned.

•Heart voice: what I feel. This one can cause regret more than others. It’s important to let the people you love know what you feel and what they mean to you.

•Dream voice: where I’m going, my calling.

•Question Voice: what I don’t know or understand. Having the courage to ask for help. Gives me more growth and more joy than anything else.

I make visual and verbal commitments. Tell others what you plan to do so they can hold you ac-countable. You’ll be more accountable if you can see it or you say it.Control your agenda so you can create margins for thinking and doing more than others can do. I control my agenda. You either keep your own calendar, set your own goals and remove distractions. Get in an environment or use your distraction-free time to get your most important things done.I set timelines. I block my time so the major tasks get done or others will set it for you.I evaluate my calendar. I evaluate it based on my actions not intentions.I review my actions and I ask, am I making progress.

Not allowing others to control your destiny.§“I cannot and will not recant anything…”—Martin Luther

Average people want you to stay average. People cannot give what they do not have. If they aren’t fueling you, they have nothing to give and if you hang with them, you’ll run on empty too. You become like the five people you spend the most time with and the books you read. Emotionally dysfunctional people should not control you. Have the courage to speak up and take control of your life.

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Choose Your Life Sentence

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Have you given any thought about writing you life sentence. This is a legacy exercise that summarizes your life work that you want to leave behind. In the words of that great theologian Tim McGraw; “I went sky diving; I went rocky mountain climbing; I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fumanchu. And I loved deeper, and I spoke sweeter, And I gave forgiveness I’d been denying.” And he said, “Someday I hope you get the chance To live like you were dying.” (Song: Live Like You Were Dying).

Sociologist, Anthony Campolo talks about a study in which fifty people over the age of ninety-five were asked one question: If you could live your life over again, what would you do differently?” The question was open-ended, and people’s answers were varied. However, THREE themes consistently emerged:

I would reflect more

I would take more risks

I would do more things that would live on after I am dead

In the book Tuesday’s With Morrie, there are some perspectives on writing a life sentence.

Life is Brief – Billy Graham once stated that we cannot fully appreciate life until we understand that one day it will be taken from us.

Life is Difficult – The difficult thing about life is that it is daily!

Life is A Book – I highly encourage you to purchase the book; The Greatest Story Ever Told. You will be shocked to discover the pages are blank. You see, your life is a book and the greatest story that can be told is about your life. Start writing!

Life Compounds – There is a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.

Priorities For Our Life Sentence

Today, Live Life Fully – Make your life a mission not an intermission.

Today, Live Thankfully – Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it is still a gift.

Today, Live Faithfully

Today, Live Thoughtfully

When you are eighty, sitting on that porch rocking, and looking back on your life, how will you feel? You won’t have to answer to anybody but yourself…not your parents or your spouse or your business associates. What did you do with this gift of living? It will be an important question to you then. So you should make it an important question now.

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Making Today A Better Tomorrow

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Few people realize that success is within their reach right now! The secret of success is determined by your daily agenda. Most people overestimate today and underestimate tomorrow. 

My success agenda is determined by the daily decisions I make and the daily disciplines I practice. You do not make decisions because they are easy. You do not make decisions because they are cheap. You do not make decisions because they are popular. You make decisions because they are right!

Here are 5 Decisions and Disciplines to practice daily.

1.Responsibility – I have decided to accept responsibility and be responsible daily.

2.Values – I have decided to embrace and practice right values. A practice is an activity that may work in some situations but not all. A value applies to all situations. 

Principles are important because they function like a map allowing us to make

wise decisions. If we ignore them or deny their reliability, we become like travelers refusing to use a road map because we don’t think it’s accurate. While we may acknowledge the reliability of many principles, we only internalize those we deem important. When that happens, the principle has become a value that serves as an internal map that we use to direct our lives. A value, then, is an internalized principle that guides our decisions.

3.Improvement – I have decided to grow and improve daily. “When you cease to be better, you cease to be good. When you stop growing, you cease to be useful – a weed in the garden of prosperity … We are what we are today because we were what we were yesterday. And our thoughts today will determine our actions tomorrow.” ―George Knox, on Leadership

4.Health – I have decided to practice good health daily. According to Duke Medical Center, men who are in poor health are 4x more likely to die of a heart-attack than men who are physically fit. People who cannot find time for recreation  are obligated  sooner or later to find time for illness.

5.Relationships – I have decided to invest in healthy relationships. There is a Law of Relationship that says every person is merely four people away from any other human on earth. Think of it! This simply means that you know Bill, who knows Judy, who knows Charles, who knows anyone else you would ever want to know. You are already networked with the entire world. Reciprocity Rule of Human Behavior: Over time, people come to share, reciprocally, similar attitudes toward each other.

Almost all our sorrows spring out of relationships with the wrong people.

Every day of his adult life, Ben Franklin set aside the time to examine two

Questions:

The morning question was, “What good shall I do today?”

The evening question was, “What good have I done today?”

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Birkman Assessment

Leadershift by John Maxwell

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Music: “Gratitude Mood” by David Arivett. You can learn more about his music by clicking on his name. THANKS DAVID!

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Making The Most of Our Mistakes

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The three most difficult words to pronounce are I Was Wrong!

There are three things people can do when they make mistakes. (1) They can resolve that they will never make another, which is fine, but impractical. (2) They may let their mistakes make cowards of them, which is foolish. )3) They can make up their minds that they will learn from their mistakes, and so profit by the experience, that when the situation comes again, they will know just how to meet it.

Today’s leaders’ top ten mistakes:

1) The Top-Down Attitude

2) Putting Paperwork Before People-work

3) The Absence of Affirmation

4) No Room for Mavericks

5) Failure to Delegate Well

6) Dictatorship in Decision Making

7) Communication Lines Confused

8) Failure to Cast Clear Mission and Vision

9) Success Without Successors

10)Failure to Focus on the Future

Hans Finzel, “The Top Ten Mistakes that Leaders Make”

I want to give you 9 insights on how to make the most of our mistakes.

Stop Fearing Mistakes – “The greatest mistake one can make in life is to continually fear that you will make one.” ~ Elbert Hubbard

Don’t Make The Biggest Mistake of All by Doing Nothing – “You miss 100% of the shots you never take. ~ Wayne Gretzky

Learn From The Mistakes of Others – To impress others, tell them about your successes and how you achieved them. To impact others, tell them about your mistakes and how you fixed them.

Focus On Progress Not Mistakes – “He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.” ~ Teddy Roosevelt

Focus on The Future – It is better to make new mistakes than repeat old ones.

Do Not Make The Same Mistake Twice – “When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1) admit it; 2) learn from it; and 3) don’t repeat it.” ~ Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant

Remember that the size of the person, not the size of his mistakes, determines success or failure – We must be big enough to admit our mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

Evaluate Your Mistakes and Respond Accordingly – Forget your mistakes but remember what they taught you.

Use your Mistakes To Take You To A  Higher Level – Our attitude toward our mistakes will determine our altitude after our mistakes

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