Aspiring for “excellence” can lead to an inspiring environment of achievement. But if you miss the target, you might only create a neurotic atmosphere of fear. I once was talking with a new team member as part of his on-boarding process, when I mentioned to him that “excellence” was one of our core values. “Oh…
How To Prevent The Excellence Value From Destroying Your Team Culture
Aspiring for “excellence” can lead to an inspiring environment of achievement. But it can also lead to a neurotic atmosphere of fear. I once was talking with a new team member as part of his on-boarding process, when I mentioned to him that “excellence” was one of our core values. “Oh no,” he sighed. “Not…
3 Ways to Restore Sanity to the Excellence Value
If you’re in local church leadership there’s a very good chance that you have excellence listed as one of your church’s core values. There’s also a very good chance that the misunderstanding of that value has caused your church a degree of grief, frustration and confusion. To help restore a bit of sanity to this…
5 Lessons Small Churches Can Learn from Larger Churches
Effective leaders have a knack for looking for ministry insights from a wide bandwidth of church sizes, types, and styles. The key is knowing what lessons to look for, and where to find them. Earlier I posted 5 important lessons large churches can learn from smaller churches. But equally true, leaders of small churches, of…
