2. Leading in Chaos - pt. 1

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Leading in Chaos

Crisis & Chaos is fundamentally what moved the church from being gathered to scattered. It happened at the beginning of the church and it seems to be happening again in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
1. Embrace Reality
Face reality as it is, not as you wish it were - Jack Welch

Great leadership embraces both the real and ideal - Carey Nieuwhof

The wisest leaders will embrace what Jim Collins calls the Stockdale Paradox. Jim Stockdale was an American general captured and imprisoned during the Vietnam war. He was held and tortured for seven years. Stockdale said the first people to die in captivity were the optimists, who kept thinking things would get better quickly and they’d be released. “They died of a broken heart,” Stockdale said. Instead, Stockdale argued, the key to survival was to combine realism and hope.

In Stockdale’s words: “This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end–-which you can never afford to lose–-with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”

Coaching Question: What parts of my current reality am I ignoring or avoiding?
2. Embrace Uncertainty
Chaos occurs when we FEEL too many things are out of our control.

“Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership. Rather it indicates a need for leadership. The nature of leadership demands that there always be an element of uncertainty. The temptation is to think, ‘If I were a good leader, I would know exactly what to do.’ Increased responsibility means dealing more with more intangibles and therefore more complex uncertainty. Leaders can afford to be uncertain, but we cannot afford to be unclear. People will not follow fuzzy leadership.” - Andy Stanley

Coaching Question: What decisions do I need to make now even though I’m uncertain?
3. Embrace Opportunities.
Do you see the opportunity or the obstacle?

“You’re not made in a crisis, you’re revealed in a crisis. Squeeze an orange or lemon and orange juice or lemon juice comes out. Squeeze a human in a time of chaos or crisis and what’s inside comes out.” - John Kinder

Coaching Question: What opportunities am I currently missing?
4. Embrace Teamwork.
Law of Mt Everest - As the challenges escalate, the need for teamwork elevates.

John Maxwell - 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork

The Mountain Way - It takes 200-300 on the team for 2 climbers to succeed.

Coaching Question: How do we (think team) create meaningful ministry in this season?

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