Christian Management Report
October 2002 Issue (Vol. 26, No. 5)
Focus: A Time of Radical Change!
“There is a time for everything…a time to keep and a time to throw away…a time to tear down and a time to build up.” –Ecclesiastes 3, NLT
"The reason successful companies often fail to respond to new business conditions," states Harvard Business Review, “is ‘active inertia,’ the tendency to persist in previously successful behaviors.” w Today’s ministry environment is more dynamic than ever, requiring Spirit-led creativity, explains Lyle Schaller, in tearing down ineffective, culturally-bound models and re-inventing, in a sense, the church and how we do ministry. Tersely put, “innovate or die!” w We need to foster a culture of agility, states Brett Johnson, “where change is normal, growth is expected and obedience overrules tradition.” w But a great change strategy is not enough, says Peter O’Donnell. First we must check our change readiness. Great change requires certain capacities to be in place to assure success. w Hopefully this issue of Christian Management Report will help build those needed capacities for this sometimes dreaded, yet revitalizing thing called “change.”
--DeWayne Herbrandson, executive Editor.
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MANAGEMENT FOCUS
A Time of Radical Change!
Lyle Schaller Shows Us the Path to the Future
An interview with Lyle Schaller, Author
MINISTRY PROFILE
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
New Leadership Brings Dramatic Changes With a
Fresh Commitment to Its Mission and Undergirding
Principles That Have Guided It Well for Over 50 Years
An interview with Preston Parrish,
Executive Vice President,
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
PART 2: IS IT TIME FOR NEW WINESKINS?
Leading Through Change
A Reality Check on Change and How We
Should Respond to It
By Brett Johnson, Founder, The Institute for
Innovation, Integration and Impact, Inc.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Preventing Strategic Failure
Steps for Assessing Change Readiness
By Peter O’Donnell, President,
Healthy Futures Group
COACHING AS MINISTRY
Closing the Gaps
Creating a Positive Change Environment
By Judy Santos, Founder/President,
Christian Coaches Network
HUMAN RESOURCES
Creating a Safe Place
Improving the Workplace Dynamics for
Women and Minorities
By Clarence Shuler, President/CEO,
Building Lasting Relationships, Inc.
THE SERVANT LEADER
Engagement
The Leader’s Role in Sustaining Focus
By David T. Yerry, Director of Administration,
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
LIVING WITH INTEGRITY
An Uncommon Courage
Unwavering Commitment to the Father’s Will
and Purpose
By Rod Handley, Founder/President,
Character That Counts
PRE-CONFERENCE SERIES, PART 1
Courageous Leadership
Why We Mix Best Management Practices
With Spiritual Stuff!
By Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor,
Willow Creek Community Church
LEADERS ARE READERS
The Leadership of Change
By John R. Throop, President of The Summit Planning Group
