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From the Blog
Leadership Direction: Organizational Life Stages
The first thing to consider for your organization is where are you here and now. A helpful framework for understanding the current reality of your organization is the Organizational Life Cycle. There are numerous variations of this framework (see Organization Theory and Design by Richard Daft), but the one I see most helpful for churches considers five stages in the life of a congregation:
Leadership Direction: Organizational Assessment
As a leader, you want to harness who you are (roots) and what you have to offer (core) for the good of others (fruit). Actions are what stretches you to produce fruit in the world. These are the activities in which you engage in order to branch out beyond yourself and into your context. To [...]