Do you have time?

Leadership, Prioritizing

“Effective leaders, in my observation, do not start with their tasks. They start with their time. And they do not start out with planning. They start by finding out where their time actually goes. Then they attempt to manage their time and to cut back unproductive...

Above average.

Leadership

“A leader’s focus on contribution by itself is a powerful force in developing people. People adjust to the level of the demands made on them. The leader who sets his/her sights on contribution, raises the sights and standards of everyone with whom he/she...

Is your ministry a dead GPS device?

Leadership

“An organization which just perpetuates today’s level of vision, excellence, and accomplishment has lost the capacity to adapt. And since the one and only thing certain in human affairs is change, it will not be capable of survival in a changed...

Where are tomorrow’s leaders of your church?

Leadership

“An organization that is not capable of perpetuating itself has failed. An organization therefore has to provide today the people who can run it tomorrow. It has to renew its human capital. It should steadily upgrade its human resources.”  — Peter...

What do you stand for?

Leadership

“…any organization also needs a commitment to values and their constant reaffirmation, as a human body needs vitamins and minerals. There has to be something ‘this organization stands for,’ or else it degenerates into disorganization, confusion, and...

Direct results

Leadership

“Direct results always come first. In the care of feeding of an organization, they play the role calories pay in the nutrition of the human body.”  — Peter Drucker One of the critical issues that we don’t recognize in church leadership is that it’s not the...

The conservatory model

Leadership

I was involved in a leadership network meeting with Peter Drucker back in the 80s. There were various practitioners there making presentations, and Peter added his commentary. After I gave my presentations, he got up and started talking about the rise of...