I love to fish…If you were to give me the day off and tell me to do whatever it is that is truly restful, that energizes me, or just makes me feel better generally…I would go fishing.
I don’t do it enough. As a husband, dad, employee, and a student there is just too much other important stuff going on right?
Well…we just go back from camp.
It was incredible. We do a weekend camp called Boot Camp for our 6th graders. Our goal is to introduce the kids and leaders to how we do Xtreme as well as to give the groups a jump start on community. The building blocks of relationship are shared quality experiences and we pack a bunch of those into one awesome weekend.
I wanted to share a couple of things about what I saw and see if I can convince you to think about your ministry and how you do it.
There are two things a High School Principal fears over all others….Coming in second place is any phone messages, meeting requests, or emails with “Cheerleading” in the subject line. Seriously.
And in first place…the meanest scariest person to walk the halls of any High School….
…the wild eyed Drama Teacher tapping at your door asking if you have a second.
I just got a shiver down my spine….
This was true for me, the principal, and my friend Gina…the wild eyed drama teacher.
I attended Gina’s funeral the other day and I have been doing a lot thinking about some of the lessons she taught me. Continue Reading…
Have you ever had to make a tough call? Have you had to make a decision you were sure that some folks would just not understand?One of the first times I had to let someone go as a boss I stressed about the decision. I jumped through all the hoops. I was as thorough as I could be. When you let a teacher go you can expect a bunch of backlash…right? It was basically a non-event after the hard stuff was over. No one complained. No one yelled.
My boss at the time told me that when nobody complains about a leadership decision…you waited too long.
He’s right. But that doesn’t help me with what I want to know as a leader. I want to know how to know when to make a decision. He didn’t have an answer for me for that one though…
During my time as a Principal…I was also the calculus teacher one period a day. Would you believe that I found my answer there?
This is part 2 of a two part post on ways to recruit leaders.
You can read Part 1 HERE.
There are basically three main ways to get leaders. A Big Push, catching “Show-Ups”, and leaders replacing themselves. I tried to keep with the sales theme below.
