ALERT THE MEDIA!
ALERT THE MEDIA! I learned a leadership lesson from President Bush! (I know!)
I was watching some quick video clips from the World AIDS Day, where Rick Warren interviewed President Bush on the progress of the AIDS initiative. President Bush responded with a comment about the importance of setting "measurable goals." I think that one of the best legacies that he will leave as a President is the action taken to do good in regards to the AIDS Pandemic, not only in Sub-Saharan Africa, but around the world.
As I watched this video I also was struck with the importance of what he said. "Lives need to be saved, so we need to be setting measurable goals... because we are concerned about actually doing something." As important of an issue as the AIDS Pandemic is, this advice is really applicable to all leaders in all leadership venues. The importance of setting measurable goals helps you not only see what is working and what isn't, it also helps create momentum when you can point to something that is working and celebrate that victory.
As I consider how this applies to our own ministry, what measurable goals are we setting in our strategic plan that we hope to accomplish in the future. What do we want to see happen with God help in the next week, the next 2 months or by the end of 2009?
A lot of people talk about how important it is to set goals, and because we do not want to step on other people's toes we, in church world, have become complacent with fluffy, non-commital goals that have no measurable qualities. They is nothing that we can use to assess if the goal was accomplished or what we could do differently.
For example, a very noble, yet dangerously flawed goal I hear a lot is, 'I want to grow closer to God this year.' or 'I want our church to become closer this year, or care more.' While these are noble, and even Godly desires, the goals are cut short because they haven't answered the questions, "What does 'closer' mean?"
As we set goals for our own personal lives, our ministries, and our relationship with God and people, we need to remember to build measurable components into our goals so that be can know whether those goals have been accomplished. It is much scarier at first because it makes the goal much more real, but it also makes it much more realizable.
I know we will be discussing this in our Student Ministries Team Meeting tomorrow. What measurable goals are you setting in your ministry?
I was watching some quick video clips from the World AIDS Day, where Rick Warren interviewed President Bush on the progress of the AIDS initiative. President Bush responded with a comment about the importance of setting "measurable goals." I think that one of the best legacies that he will leave as a President is the action taken to do good in regards to the AIDS Pandemic, not only in Sub-Saharan Africa, but around the world.
As I watched this video I also was struck with the importance of what he said. "Lives need to be saved, so we need to be setting measurable goals... because we are concerned about actually doing something." As important of an issue as the AIDS Pandemic is, this advice is really applicable to all leaders in all leadership venues. The importance of setting measurable goals helps you not only see what is working and what isn't, it also helps create momentum when you can point to something that is working and celebrate that victory.
As I consider how this applies to our own ministry, what measurable goals are we setting in our strategic plan that we hope to accomplish in the future. What do we want to see happen with God help in the next week, the next 2 months or by the end of 2009?
A lot of people talk about how important it is to set goals, and because we do not want to step on other people's toes we, in church world, have become complacent with fluffy, non-commital goals that have no measurable qualities. They is nothing that we can use to assess if the goal was accomplished or what we could do differently.
For example, a very noble, yet dangerously flawed goal I hear a lot is, 'I want to grow closer to God this year.' or 'I want our church to become closer this year, or care more.' While these are noble, and even Godly desires, the goals are cut short because they haven't answered the questions, "What does 'closer' mean?"
As we set goals for our own personal lives, our ministries, and our relationship with God and people, we need to remember to build measurable components into our goals so that be can know whether those goals have been accomplished. It is much scarier at first because it makes the goal much more real, but it also makes it much more realizable.
I know we will be discussing this in our Student Ministries Team Meeting tomorrow. What measurable goals are you setting in your ministry?
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