3 results for month: 03/2015
What Is My “State of Leadership”?
There are countless books, articles, seminars, videos, and yes, blog posts, about what constitutes a great leader. And many, if not most, are credible and helpful in discerning what characteristics make up a great leader, and even how to learn to become a great leader. I have personally read scores of books, hundreds (maybe thousands!) of articles, and attended more than sixty seminars and conferences on leadership in the last twenty years. I have been fortunate to experience the teachings of such leadership gurus as John C. Maxwell, Tom Peters, Ken Blanchard, Marshall Goldsmith, Jim Collins, Jack Welch, Patrick Lencioni, Peter Drucker, and many ...
Now What? Finishing Your Case for Support (Part 4)
In the last post, I guided you through the exercise of filling in the blanks for your cause, organization, impact, and invitation. Now, try to combine those four statements. They may still need work, but I hope you’re getting the idea. Filling in those blanks and fleshing out the sentences provides the backbone for a good case for support. Here are a couple of examples of what it looks like when you pull it all together.
Example #1
Let’s take a look at a ministry that provides school meals for schoolchildren.
Every day, children in our community are struggling in school because they haven’t had enough to eat. (Cause) Fresh Start Ministries is ...
Building Your Case for Support (Part 3)
In the last post in this series, I shared the details of the first three steps of building your case for support:
Step 1: Know your cause.
Step 2: Know your organization.
Step 3: Know what God asks of his people.
Now that we’ve looked at these “building block” steps, we’ll examine Step 4: how you actually construct your case for support. How does that all come together? Pull out a piece of paper and work on designing your case for support right now, following along with these four steps:
Cause: Why do you exist? What must be accomplished?
Why are you serving in this cause rather than some other cause? Every ministry organization was founded at ...