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Change is healthy.

Change is needed.

Change is good… but not all change is good.

It’s up to you to lead with wisdom and discernment in order to know the right changes at the right times.

It’s not easy, I know.

One pastor said, “If I object to nothing, I have no courage. If I object to everything, I have no credibility.”

I get what he’s saying.

If you object to everything, the message is one of little vision, lack of ability to adapt to culture shifts, and no hope. If you object to nothing, it might appear like you’ve lost touch with your values and convictions.

It is a new day, a new era for the church. It’s not an easy one, but it truly is filled with new possibilities and opportunities.

If your Lead Team tries to focus on everything, you won’t accomplish anything. 

It’s good that your Strategic Leadership Team has the freedom to talk about anything, to be honest, and deal with reality as it happens, but what are the primary areas you should focus on? 

When your Executive Team, by whatever term they are called, and whether paid or includes volunteers, creates an agenda, what should be on it? 

Typically, the teams that simply “go around the table and give updates” are not highly effective. 

Communication is always helpful, but when the whole group works on something together, the results are stronger.

Even if your Lead Team solves a few problems with an open agenda, a good thing, of course, perhaps those problems could have been solved by others, which allows you to give more time to forward-focused thinking.

What are the primary categories your exec team is responsible for? What should you obsess on? 

Welcome to 2021.

A few might think, “What’s actually different from last week?”

A new year is always different.

God created life with patterns and rhythms, seasons and days, and newness internally and externally. New beginnings are part of creative and redemptive nature. It’s up to you what you do with it.

With the start of a new year, we give ourselves mental and emotional permission for a fresh start. That’s normal and healthy. In fact, it’s powerful. Too powerful to waste.

In some ways, you may want to leave 2020 in the dust, never to look back. But that’s not possible; last year is part of you. You’ve learned, grown, and changed.

Take the best of 2020 forward. Learn from your struggles and lead with the best of you.