One In Jesus

Picking a team, building a culture

Level 5 leaders can be slow to get started. They realize that they can’t be successful unless they’re surrounded by like-minded people. In church, this is much harder to do than in business. After all, the preacher can hardly lay off the elders! And if the preacher finds that the other ministers don’t share his values, in most churches, he can’t fire them either.

Therefore, it’s critical that the elders and preacher be on the same page — at least as to principles. The elders have to hire men and women who share their and the preacher’s values. Differing values among the staff and elders leads to frustration and failure.

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Back in 2001, Jim Collins wrote one of the most important business management books ever, Good to Great. Although it’s about business, the principles are easily applied to churches, because it’s not about how to make a profit. It’s about how to be a great organization.

And as is so often the case, businesses have learned that Biblical principles are the key to great organizations.

There have been spin off books written about churches and social organizations, but the original remains the most useful, at least to me. Continue reading →