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Community, Cause and Corporation – Classic in a New Location
If you've never heard Jim Dethmer's classic talk, Community, Cause and Corporation…come on over to MarkHowellLive.com to check it out. One of the best ever at a Willow Creek event. Whether you're leading a church or running a non-profit, this is a talk that will give you a fresh way of seeing your organization.
Where Are You In The “Free” Debate?
No doubt you've already begun hearing bits and pieces of the debate inspired in part by Chris Anderson's soon-to-be-released
Free: The Future of a Radical Price. Yesterday's blogosphere featured a couple interesting new takes. Malcolm Gladwell took a contrarian view and Seth Godin weighed in affirming the position. Interesting concept. Interesting discussion.
By the way, Tim Sanders tipped me off to the debate. If you're not subscribed to his blog you can get what you need right here.
The Movement to Free
How does your pricing model work? Don't think you have one? Oh, you have one. It may not be overt…but you and your organization have a pricing model.
As things develop in the Small Group Ministry space, it's more and more clear that free is the essential next step if I want to have a broader impact. Maybe you're ending up here too. I tripped across this video over at ChurchCrunch.com. You may recognize Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired Magazine. He's written a number of key articles on the concept, as well as a soon-to-be-released Free: The Future of a Radical Price.
Is It Time To “Scrap Your Job Descriptions?”
What are you trying to do? Do you know? Do you have a personal understanding of what a win is for you?
Kem Meyer's blog is one I read on a regular basis. There are over a hundred on my feed reader. Her's is one that I read because of posts like this one: We Scrapped Our Job Descriptions. I think this is really helpful. Why? Because it makes personal one of the corporate themes of StrategyCentral. It makes personal the idea that there is overarching win to which everyone on the team ought to be contributing.
The short story on Kem's post? Here is the process they used:
- Answer the question: “At the end of the day, if I’ve done this, then I’ve done my job.”
- In your answer, remember to demonstrate the benefit to others trumps the task.
- Keep your answer simple and short enough to easily remember and recite.
- Include your individual strength theme to help maximize impact.
Isn't that helpful? Won't that be a good team exercise? You can read the whole post right here. I especially loved the Strengths based diagram that they developed. Very cool. Check it out!
A Roadmap to An Authentic Win Streak
I've written a lot on the idea of clarifying the win. Great concept. Hard to do. Tripped across a very helpful post over at the Catalyst Blog: Seeing the Wins by Matt Keller breaks it down much like a coach charts a game plan. Check it out!
Servant Leadership at Southwest Airlines
Not sure whether you might have already caught this talk somewhere. You may have heard Colleen Barrett, former president of Southwest Airlines at Willow's Leadership Summit. It's a good one. (Thanks to Mike Wagner over at Own Your Brand for the link!)
