Working Smarter As A Church Leader: Optimization
I recently read an article by Scott Belsky entitled "Why You Should Be Optimizing " on Work-Smart Strategies that was posted on the99percent.com . [For clarification, the99percent.com is not connected in anyway to the Occupy movement---quite the contrary. This site promotes creative, emergent leadership, art, culture, etc.] Belsky identifies three areas of reflection regarding organizational optimization that leaders should take up. I thought that I would reflect on Belsky's article (which you can find here) in the light of church leadership. 1. Tinker With What Works Belsky writes, "When you make an error, you are likely to persevere and keep trying until you get it right. But when you get it right – when you hit a home run – the human tendency is to rejoice and then move on to the next challenge. Despite research that encourages us to build on our strengths, we spend more time fixing what’s broken than optimizing what works. Why? Becaus...