So I’m reading this book right now called Good to Great by Jim Collins and it’s totally rockin my world. I am doing this deal of setting aside time to hear from God. I was inspired to do this by JR Lee, pastor of Freedom Church. Anyway, I’m trying to create this expectation in my life of hearing from God and I feel like I can do that by seeking HIM in everything…reading books, reading my bible, my circumstances–everything. So, anytime I do something I try and see what God wants to teach me at this point in my journey.
All that leads me to this entry…The book says that good-to-great leaders understand three simple truths. The book says that good-to-great leaders first would get the right people on the bus (and the wrong people off) and then figured out where to drive it. I’m going to comment on this stuff over the next few days…
Truth #1-”If you begin with “who,” rather that “what,” you can more easily adapt to a changing world.”
That is so true. It’s much easier to make adjustments and shift when you have the right people on board. In my opinion, the people who need to be on board are the people who have “bought” into the mission God has placed on your church. So many times, there are people on board that want to advance their own agendas, all the while putting HIS on the back burner. It’s tough to do things differently because you will hear the “church killer” statement, “we have never done it that way before.” As you can tell, I’m not a fan of that statement. I think it’s to restricting and it doesn’t allow for movement or even growth sometimes. Because of our changing culture, the way we “do” church has to sometimes change. We don’t change the message, but how we communicate it will change. We have to have a “whatever it takes” attitude to reach those disconnected from God and having the wrong people on the bus will sometimes kills the work. You must have the right people on board who recognize changing directions will sometimes be necessary….The right people get and believe in the vision and are in it for HIS glory and agenda to be advanced, not their own. They know that change can be good and a new direction might mean being more successful in the cause of taking Jesus to the people….bottom line, the right people get it!
Wanting to hear your thoughts,
Brian
Pete Wilson Said:
on February 29, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Brian I love this book. It has had a big effect on my leadership. Can’t wait to hear more about how God uses it in your life.
Brian Said:
on February 29, 2008 at 3:25 pm
the book is cool so far so even after this series of post i’m sure i’ll comment more on it…it was recommended by a church planter that all church planters should read this…while i’m only a student pastor now, who knows what the futures holds…i’m glad i picked up the book!