Some more gold from NeoLeader

TED’s 10 Commandments of Public Speaking:

1. Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick
2. Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before
3. Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion
4. Thou Shalt Tell a Story
5. Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Sake of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy
6. Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success.
7. Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desperate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness.
8. Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.
9. Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.
10. Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee

For the full article follow this link.

Great new song!

Here is a video clip of a great new song. The words are great and the music is quite simple (though you can easily make it more complicated if you have more accomplished musicians) and the whole song has a great groove. The sheet music is available here. Hope you like the song!

Ten Fatal Flaws that Derail Leadership (from neoleader)

I thought these were great, certainly spoke to me....

Lack energy and enthusiasm. They see new initiatives as a burden, rarely volunteer, and fear being overwhelmed. One such leader was described as having the ability to “suck all the energy out of any room.”

Accept their own mediocre performance. They overstate the difficulty of reaching targets so that they look good when they achieve them. They live by the mantra “Underpromise and overdeliver.”

Lack clear vision and direction. They believe their only job is to execute. Like a hiker who sticks close to the trail, they’re fine until they come to a fork.

Have poor judgment. They make decisions that colleagues and subordinates consider to be not in the organization’s best interests.

Don’t collaborate. They avoid peers, act independently, and view other leaders as competitors. As a result, they are set adrift by the very people whose insights and support they need.

Don’t walk the talk. They set standards of behavior or expectations of performance and then violate them. They’re perceived as lacking integrity.

Resist new ideas. They reject suggestions from subordinates and peers. Good ideas aren’t implemented, and the organization gets stuck.

Don’t learn from mistakes. They may make no more mistakes than their peers, but they fail to use setbacks as opportunities for improvement, hiding their errors and brooding about them instead.

Lack interpersonal skills. They make sins of both commission (they’re abrasive and bullying) and omission (they’re aloof, unavailable, and reluctant to praise).

Fail to develop others. They focus on themselves to the exclusion of developing subordinates, causing individuals and teams to disengage.

http://www.neoleader.org/?p=1235

Do you see things?

There is an old Hillsong song from the Geoff Bullock days called "We Have A Vision" and while the music is a little cheesy, I've been thinking a lot about the words lately...

"We have a vision for this nation We have a dream for this land..."

And, I have to be honest, I don't really have a vision for this nation, or even for all of South Australia... but I do have a vision for my church.

We don't have a youth group/program at Croydon at the moment. It wouldn't make much sense if we did, since we don't have very many youth-type-people anyway. What we do have, however, is a number of young kids around 7-12 and in a few years these guys will definitely be looking for a youth group and if we want to keep these young people we will need to find a way to cater to their spiritual needs.

So this year we have started a series of activities for the kids we have in this age group. The plan is that we will grow these kids into a youth group.

But we have to start planning for this stuff now!

So, as I think about this stuff there are 2 questions that come to mind...

1. What is your vision?

2. What are you doing now to make that vision a reality.

"Whether it’s across the table with another church leader, at a planning retreat, or talking to the whole church-every time you talk about what could be and should be, you’re casting vision" - Andy Stanley

To check out the article that this quote came from follow this link.

God loves a Cheerful giver!

This is a clip of an offeing time at a churhc in the states...makes me wonder how many of our people feel this joyful about bringing their tithe to the church. This made me smile....it should be a joyful time!

No Sweeter Name - Kari Jobe

A Beautiful Song....