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By Bill Hybels
The simplest leaders not just lead good but in addition give some thought to their management lengthy sufficient and thoughtfully adequate to articulate the philosophies that lead them to accomplish that. even if serving on the market or in ministry, as executives or rank-and-file staff, as salaried employees or volunteer servants, sturdy leaders can pinpoint the reason for his or her activities and judgements with the benefit of reciting their domestic handle. In Axiom: writer invoice Hybels divulges the God-given convictions that experience dictated his management approach for greater than 3 many years as senior pastor of Willow Creek neighborhood Church. orientated towards 4 key management different types ... 1. imaginative and prescient and technique ('Promote Shameless Profitability,' 'Take a Flyer') 2. Teamwork and conversation ('Obi-Wan Kenobi is not for Hire,' 'Disagree with out Drawing Blood') three. task and review ('Develop a Mole System,' 'Sweat the Small Stuff') four. own integrity ('Admit blunders, and Your inventory is going Up,' 'Fight in your Family') ...Axiom agents obtainable knowledge from one leader's trip, in addition to emboldens you to nail down the explanations why you lead such as you lead.
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We don’t bet the farm. This was one of my dad’s many mottos that has stayed with me my entire leadership career. indd 49 6/12/08 12:25:43 PM 50 | a x iom In the three-plus decades I’ve led Willow, I can honestly say that I have never bet the farm. Stories often surface about pastors who bet the farm and had things go right for them, but I never envy their gains or seek to emulate their decision making, because someday, if they keep rolling the dice, they’ll lose the kingdom farm. So from day one, I was determined to abide by my dad’s flyer/farm policy.
Sometimes a good idea can simply spice up an otherwise bland event. Several years ago, Willow invited NFL coach and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs to come speak at our weekend ser vices. Our programming team got together for a meeting to discuss the creative elements, the content of his talk, and the transitions. ” But something was missing. “Gang, there’s nothing ‘really cool’ about this ser vice,” I said. ’ ” We had twenty minutes left in our allotted meeting time, so I said, “All right, bolt the doors.
A pastor friend of mine is finishing a building program right now and at the end of it will be tens of millions of dollars in debt. His church has no reserves. None. He has been asking me questions along the way, and I keep saying the same thing to him: “Please be careful. ” “We’ll be fine,” he keeps reassuring me. “And pay down that debt as soon as possible,” I keep coaching him. Over the years, I have lost my appetite for financial high-wire acts. I would rather build profit (reserves) into a budget and be able to give away a substantial amount of resources than spend the last thirty days of the fiscal year wondering if we might have to close up shop.