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<\/a><\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re not careful, you could actually be about to put a ding in your organization\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n
Because even a party needs to be rooted in a plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n The truth is that celebrations can<\/span> be an integral part of your culture-building plan. Celebrations of organizational wins can underscore team values, can affirm strong performance and can simply inject a tone of pure fun.<\/p>\n But beware. There are at least 4 potential pitfalls of an ill-conceived celebration that can do more organizational harm than good.<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The \u201ccelebrating too soon blunder\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Reserve your celebration for big deals; for significant wins. If you make everything a big deal, then nothing\u2019s a big deal.<\/p>\n If you start having a parade each time someone hits a single, then a grand slam won\u2019t seem quite as noteworthy<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The \u201cwrong-presenter fiasco\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n It really matters who hands out the \u201cway to go\u201d accolades.<\/p>\n Sometimes the point leader prefers to maintain a low profile, or simply wants to allow a second-in-command a moment in the limelight.<\/p>\n But if an accomplishment being recognized is a big deal, it needs to be acknowledged by a big leader.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The \u201ccelebration-delayed faux-pas\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Celebrating organizational wins can be a lot of work. Some organizations save on the hassle by having just one big celebration per year; kind of a one-size-fits-all kind of thing.<\/p>\n But a celebration delayed saps the accomplishment of any sense of significance.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re going to acknowledge a win, do it as soon as is practically possible.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The \u201cdisconnected celebration blooper\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n If you want to be strategic about shaping your culture, connect your celebrations with your values.<\/p>\n For example, if you value organizational integrity, celebrate the fact that your team completed a project when they committed to; on time and on budget.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t squander a celebration on a non-value based accomplishment.<\/p>\n The culture of your church or organization isn\u2019t a chance occurrence. It is a direct result of the values you do, or do not, celebrate.<\/p>\n So choose the culture you want and celebrate the wins that will reinforce those cultural values.<\/p>\n But celebrate wisely.<\/p>\n Because even a party needs to be rooted in a plan.<\/p>\n How do you leverage celebrations to build your culture?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The balloons are set. The streamers and decorations are ready to go. You and your staff are about to par-tay! And if you\u2019re not careful, you could actually be about to put a ding in your organization\u2019s culture. Because even a party needs to be rooted in a plan. The truth is that celebrations can…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,478,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","category-featured","category-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2873"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2880,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873\/revisions\/2880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}