Lets begin with self evaluation; As a leader ask yourselves these questions:
- What am I doing right?
- What am I doing wrong?
- What can I do better?
You are a ministry administrator. You are leading and administrating. You are very similar to Payton Manning the quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. He is in the field leading the offense down the Gridiron adjusting and adapting the plays from the lineup as the team encounters the challenges of the defense.
Let me share with you 4 tasks of administrative Leaders represented by the acronym
P-L-O-D
1. Planning and Goal achievement; A goal is no good without a plan. You Don't Fail, You only get results. 99% of our failure or success is based on how well we planned. Success is the result of proper planning and execution. Failure is a result also, of poor planning and poor execution.
Let me give you an example from my experience with political campaigns. A Politicians Goal is to win the election but in order to get that result, organizing volunteers is critical.
Some of us expect God to take up our slack in planning because of our passion for ministry. Not gonna happen. Too often we come to pastor with a goal and never set the plan in place. A goal needs a plan to make it work.
2. Leadership and Supervision of Staff: You want to know the number 1 reason why ministry staffs fail? Lack of Communication
As leaders we have Great Expectations; we expect consistency and passion for ministry. Volunteers or staff expect vision and communication. If you are not communicating with your core staff on a weekly basis shame on you.
Lets see if we can determine what kind of leader you are?
- Dependence – only upon my authority. No one else can
- Independence – you're only going to see me every now and then.
- Interdependence – I need you and you need me, let's work together.
What kind of followers are you inspiring?
Leadership does not work unless felt needs of the group are being met. If your ministry is not healthy there are probably and unmet needs that you should address.
Confrontation is a good thing. Confront the problem or issue without being confrontational. That's called communication.
3. Organization and Quality Control; Here's what our leadership is saying to our followers when we refuse to get organized:
"Well, I'm not organized, I'm just lazy"
Funny how we can be organized in every other area Life: lunch, directions, outfits surely you can organize your ministry.
Who is in charge of quality control in your department – YOU ARE.If your ministry is not running at full potential who's fault is it?
Take ownership of your success and your failure and work to make it better.
Quality Control: People don't do what you expect they do what you inspect. Inspection is a form of communication.
4. Delegation and Motivation
Are you empowering people for ministry?
Lets talk about the Energizer bunny. He's ready to go all you need to do is empower him with a Duracell. He'll bang the drum for whoever empowers him.
In the book of acts, the local church model in the Apostolic Age always functioned under a plurality of leadership or a group of leaders.
Motivate them to succeed and give them the resources to win and let them own victories. Celebrate their triumphs. Nothing motivates a team more than a leader who isn't selfish about success.
In Conclusion:
1. Planning and Goal achievement
2. Leadership and Supervision of Staff
3. Organization and Quality Control
4. Delegation and Motivation
Finally, I close with this; YOUTUBE: The founders were Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim – all of whom met via their employment at PayPal. As far as I know, none of them are over the age of 30. May 2005 – October 9 2006 $1.65billion
They were driven by their frustration. Frustration and ministry go hand in hand.
"Channel your frustration in the right direction
and it will blow your mind what God will do in your city."
Randy O. HarperDistrict Secretary
