2009
How much time should you invest?
Reflecting on 4 questions can help you figure
out how much time you should invest in each of your
goals.
How much time do you want to invest in each of your goals?
You want to carry out your God-given
mission: To empower Christian leaders and
organizations to close the rhetoric/reality gap.
You have reflected on your mission, prayed and thought about what God would have you do in the next 5 years, and established a 2-part vision:
You have reflected on your mission, prayed and thought about what God would have you do in the next 5 years, and established a 2-part vision:
- 200 Christian staff from 40 Christian organizations with increased capacity/results
- 15 Christian organizations with total of 25 new annual capacity-building goals
- 30 Christian staff through coaching
- 75 Christian staff through consulting
- 40 Christian staff through networking
- 40 Christian staff through resourcing
- 150 Christian staff through training
How can you manage yourself more effectively?
19/06/09 07:24 Filed in: Self-management
| Self-assessment
By focusing, working smart, and pursuing
excellence. To get an idea of how you can
manage yourself more effectively, take the following
assessment (download). Write the number in
the blank that comes closest to representing how
true a given statement is for you right now. Use
the following scale:
4: Consistently • 3: Usually • 2: Sort of • 1: Rarely
Focus
___ I focus on joining God in what he is already doing.
___ I focus on doing right things, before I focus on doing things right.
___ I focus on my God-given mission.
___ I have defined my mission in terms of SMART goals.
___ I understand how my mission, goals, and daily activities are connected. Read More...
4: Consistently • 3: Usually • 2: Sort of • 1: Rarely
Focus
___ I focus on joining God in what he is already doing.
___ I focus on doing right things, before I focus on doing things right.
___ I focus on my God-given mission.
___ I have defined my mission in terms of SMART goals.
___ I understand how my mission, goals, and daily activities are connected. Read More...
Schedule your key priorities first
Make sure you schedule time for your key
priorities before you schedule time for other things.
Eliminate your frustrations
09/04/09 08:27 Filed in: Self-management
| Eliminate
frustrations
What frustrates you? What has
frustrated me includes not having proper travel gear,
not having necessary software, and unclear job
expectations.
Notice, I listed what has frustrated me, not what frustrates me. Read More...
Notice, I listed what has frustrated me, not what frustrates me. Read More...
Target your strengths
13/02/09 08:26 Filed in: Self-management
| Target
strengths
Imagine you’re a basketball coach.
You have a player who scores 27 points per game,
shoots 46% from the 3-point line, and gets 14
rebounds per game. You’re pleased with his
performance.
But you’re puzzled. Read More...
But you’re puzzled. Read More...
Do right things
Want to increase your effectiveness?
Do right things, then do things right.
DRAW others out to focus on science-related issues
You're at school, and you want to help others
grow. Instead of giving advice or
suggestions, ask questions that fit the DRAW
protocol:
Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a faculty meeting conversation about science-related issues. Read More...
- Define: Get the facts defined.
- Respond: Get the facts responded to in terms of feelings/experiences.
- Analyze: Get the facts, feelings, and experiences analyzed.
- What’s next?: Get next steps considered.
Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a faculty meeting conversation about science-related issues. Read More...