Read Patrick Lencioni’s book by that title recently. Here’s the summary:
The question isn’t whether a job is good or bad. The question is whether a job is miserable or fulfilling. The 3 signs of a miserable job:
1. Anonymity: Anonymity means going to work and feeling like you’re invisible. People don’t care about you, don’t know anything about you, and aren’t interested in you.
If we don’t care about the people we manage, we shouldn’t be in management.
Reasons we neglect getting to know our employees (and in my case, people who serve in the church): a) We think we’re too busy; b) we have a false humility problem. Feeling that we’re no better than anyone else, we shy away gaining influence with those we lead; c) we feel disingenuous.
2. Irrelevance: people who don’t feel relevant can’t love their work. Relevance means you make a difference in someone else’s life–large or small.
3. Immeasurement: People need to know how they’re doing. They need to be able to gauge their contribution to have a sense of control. People want to know where they stand. We need to measure what it is we do that’s relevant.
The impact you have on the people you manage is probably greater than your influence with anyone you will volunteer to serve. When we manage someboy, we’re ministering to them.
So now the question is: How does this apply in the church?
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