I agree with everything he writes...
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 04:13 AM CST
I don’t like committees. Big groups of people rarely make the best decisions and often slow things down.
When I talk about leading as a team, I am NOT talking about ministry by committees.
On any good team, there is a head coach. Someone must be in charge. But if the coach is wise, he’ll build a team of coaches.
In any ministry, I suggest the following:
- One leader who is ultimately responsible for the direction of the ministry.
- Three to seven people who become some sort of a leadership team. (Two is not enough. Three drastically improves the dynamics. More than seven becomes bulky. For some reason, I like odd numbers.) This could be an advisory team, executive team, leadership team, directional team, or whatever suits your purposes.
- When possible, the people on the team should be a diversified group.
- Each person has an equal voice—but the leader reserves the right to make the final call. (On our team, it has been years since I have overridden the wisdom of the team. I still reserve the right at any time to make the hard call.)
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