I am a boss. By that I mean that I have people that report to me at work. I have been one for a long time. One thing that I’ve learned is that we bosses sometimes let ourselves off the hook too easily. It is our job to give our teams the tools that they need to successfully do their jobs – that includes time, resources, information, and – especially – encouragement.
I don’t mean telling someone with a bad work ethic that they are doing a good job. I mean actually noticing when people do a good job, and not just continually taking it for granted. I know, I know – we bosses are busy. But supporting your team IS your job, not a distraction from it. That goes for whether your team members are staff or volunteers. I’m going to let Ken Blanchard take it from here:
“No organization makes a habit of hiring losers! You either hire winners (people you already know are good performers) or potential winners (people you think can become good performers). So why would you ever sort your people out into a normal distribution? Your job is to bring out their magnificence.
Find ways to convince your people that you see them all as either winners or potential winners and you mean them no harm. When you do, you will find that communication in your organization is greatly enhanced.”
Hmmm - well, let's see...
I'm a Christian, a husband, a dad, a son, a pastor, a consultant, a musician, a writer, and bits and pieces of a bunch of other things. My work life has followed three main phases - business to teaching to church. I was the Weekend Services Pastor for nine years at Northview Church, an awesome church in the Indianapolis suburbs. I used to work for Willow Creek, another awesome church in the Chicago area. Plus I've written for various magazines and websites, and other freelancy sorts of things... My life mission is to help the church be as excellent as it can be.
Oh yeah - the name's Greg. Greg Wallace. But not the race car driver or the major league pitcher or the British celebrity chef. Just the creative worship guy. Hi.
It's my hope that these ideas, musings, rants, raves, etc... will inspire you. They're just my opinions - but again, I hope that they'll help to inspire you. Because the church really, really needs inspired creative types. If you're a creative type (and most people are, deep-down), ask God for help. Then take any ideas that are useful to you - borrow them, nab them, use them, adapt them - and make them into something greater...
You can head over to my Instagram site for an abundance of shorter posts: creativeworshipideas. If you're looking for consulting - especially on weekend services, team leadership or multi-site strategies - I'd love to help. Just message me here, and I'll be in touch - Greg
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