{"id":9138,"date":"2016-09-08T07:58:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T14:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dminlgp.com\/?p=9138"},"modified":"2016-09-08T07:58:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T14:58:42","slug":"sustain-that-great-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/sustain-that-great-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustain That Great Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sustainable-future\"<\/a>The premise of \u201cGood to Great and the Social Sectors\u201d is easy to interpret and accept. Jim Collins\u2019 thought behind this book is how to build a framework (or formula) of greatness while exposing principles that has the potential to lead to greatness. \u201cGreatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, as it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice.\u201d[1]<\/a> This conscious choice involves four stages:<\/p>\n

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  1. Cultivating disciplined people<\/li>\n
  2. Engaging in disciplined thought<\/li>\n
  3. Taking disciplined action<\/li>\n
  4. Creating sustainability<\/u><\/em><\/strong> after making the leap to greatness<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \"Sustainability\"The primary focus of the social sector is sustainability: how do we make the resources last. It is important for an organization to transfer power to leaders over time successfully. A fellow cohort, Phil, often speaks about aging pastors becoming unwilling and ineffective at \u201cpassing the torch\u201d to younger leaders, which results in a decline of many churches. We are encouraged to rely on strategies to stimulate organizational progress and success. The challenge is that we create a vision plan that involves us leading the organization without an expiration date but the reality is that we can\u2019t do everything forever.<\/p>\n

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    Collins overemphasize the need to get the right people on the bus, which is critical for sustainability. These \u201cGood to great leaders are a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will.\u201d[2]<\/a> Hence, having the right people on the bus becomes the number one resource. Stage 2 in our formula becomes critical because it allows us to engage in disciplined thought by analyzing our businesses and have faith in its success. However, if the analysis does not reveal passion and skill set, it will be difficult to cultivate a resource engine that’s built to last. \u201cWhen charismatics communicate with passion, emotion, inspiration, and motivation, followers are likely to attribute charisma.\u201d[3]<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Collins revealed timeless principles that remain relevant in this global change and these principles are guided by \u201ca series of good decisions consistent with a simple, coherent concept.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Two of these principles created personal impact.<\/p>\n

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    Firstly, Level 5 Leader: \u201can individual who blends extreme personal humility with intense professional will.\u201d[4]<\/a> This leader builds a team with people who possess core values such as skill, passion, and humility. Level 4 Leaders (effective leader) are motivated by incentives or resources while Level 5 Leaders (executive leader) rely heavily on longevity which is a result of strategies and consistent core values that are relevant in an evolving world.<\/p>\n

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    Secondly, money is a commodity and is incapable of attracting the right people. Business executives have the luxury to use money to buy talent, but the social sector relies on getting the right people on the bus. \u201cTime and talent can often compensate for lack of money, but money cannot ever compensate for lack of the right people.\u201d Many churches in my area have the challenge of getting the right people on the bus because they started out by using money to attract talent that didn\u2019t align with their vision.<\/p>\n

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    As a leader in the social sector, it is personally important to implement early assessment mechanism in getting the right people on the bus. \u201cThe right people don’t need to be tightly managed or fired up; they will be self-motivated by the inner drive to produce the best results and to be part of creating something great.\u201d[5]<\/a> Lack of resources can no longer be an excuse for lack of rigor or sustainability. Collins did an excellent job in documenting that when you have the right people, longevity is possible in the social sector. In the last year, my role shifted to overseeing and developing the music department for our campus churches. As a result, I was away from the church orchestra that I conducted at the central campus. It is fair to suggest that I had the right people on the bus because the orchestra grew to more than twice the number since this new role.<\/p>\n

    This is a great book that I\u2019ve read several times and apply many of the principles in my business and social sector.<\/p>\n

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    [1]<\/a> Collins, Jim. Good to Great (New York: HarperCollins, 2001), p. 11<\/p>\n

    [2]<\/a> Ibid. p. 13<\/p>\n

    [3]<\/a> R. Mark Bell. Charismatic Leadership Case Study with Ronald Reagan as Exemplar: Emerging Leadership Journal, Vol 6, Issue 1, (Spring 2013) p. 65 http:\/\/www.regent.edu\/acad\/global\/publications\/elj\/vol6iss1\/4elj_vol6iss1_bell.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

    [4]<\/a> Collins, Good to Great, p. 21<\/p>\n

    [5]<\/a> Collins, Jim.\u00a0Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap–and Others Don’t\u00a0(New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 2001), p. 42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The premise of \u201cGood to Great and the Social Sectors\u201d is easy to interpret and accept. Jim Collins\u2019 thought behind this book is how to build a framework (or formula) of greatness while exposing principles that has the potential to lead to greatness. \u201cGreatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, as it turns out, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[571,1],"tags":[676,882],"class_list":["post-9138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography-drama-history","category-uncategorized","tag-dminlgp6","tag-jim-collins","cohort-lgp6"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}