This is the final session from the Influencers conference 2011. Samuel Chand presented a session for leaders & Pastors about organisational health. I hope these notes have given you insight into being an influencer in your responsibilities.
Samuel mentioned the 'Johary window' (the four quadrants 1. What we know 2. What we think 3. What we don't know 4. What we don't know we don't know ) Which quadrant are we operating in? he says the ignorant of the future will be those who can't adapt to rapid change. What we have learned in life we can UN learn and we can relearn things as well.
So what do we need to UN learn in 2011? - have we been holding onto inefficient processes / habits / ways?
The Ohio principle says "Only handle it once' efficient management executes rapidly - in managing people Q Who does what by when? Clear delegation and deadlines help efficiency.
Samuel spoke on vision; We must align our vehicle (organisation, church) to our vision. A new vision often necessitates a new 'vehicle' its easier to change the vision than to change your vehicle - So are we trying to use an old vehicle to get to a new destination? (I.e. a car is good vehicle to get interstate but to get overseas we must change our vehicle!)
Some good organisational principles:
1. Only if the people in a system behave as they should, will the system work as it should.
2. The removal of cancerous people for the sake of the greater good. Who are you tolerating ?
Culture: Cracking your culture code.
- How do we do things here? why ?
- What is the culture of this church ?
- What is the vision of this church ?
- Is our culture stronger than our vision ?
- A stronger culture will devour vision ?
- cleanse the culture to be able to receive the vision
Who are the bottlenecks in this Church? Don't deny, do not delay, deal with human resource issues NOW.
Understanding why:
Do we understand the why behind the what? If we / people don't understand why we are doing something it is very hard to 'buy in' - Leaders need to clearly define the WHY of changes / processes so people can do the what with understanding.
Trust:
How is trust earned and traded in the organisation? Trust is a valuable commodity to the leader; very difficult to develop and can be lost in a second.
We need to be unafraid in our communication - honesty, openness & transparent are the only effective ways to operate.
Dr Chand spoke about leaving a leadership legacy good questions to ask ourselves:
- Is God pleased with me?
- Who am I becoming?
- What is my legacy?
- What could I have done different?
Quote: "If you live with 'What if's' you will die with 'if only's'
This was the final session before the night rally. I was greatly enriched by this input - Its great to get this insight - but the challenge is to implement the wisdom into practical action in our personal lives & local church setting!
Regards Ps Rhett.
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