What the church could do without
What the church could do without
By Tom Ehrich
http://www2.journalnow.com/
March 12, 2011
I chuckled at business consultant Tim Berry's latest blog about the all-time "Stupidest Management Fads," "Dumbest Management Concepts" and "Dim-witted Leadership Strategies."
I lived through some of them during my years as a business consultant. In the church we have our own issues, of course. Here is my list of "Five Self-Defeating Practices that Ought to Be Abandoned":
Interim pastorates: I mean no disrespect to those who toil as interim clergy, but I find the common practice of requiring interim pastorates to be unwise. Little can be accomplished in the typical one- to two-year interim except loss of momentum, a near obsession on who the next pastor will be, and a delay in dealing with systemic issues.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Tom Ehrich
http://www2.journalnow.com/
March 12, 2011
I chuckled at business consultant Tim Berry's latest blog about the all-time "Stupidest Management Fads," "Dumbest Management Concepts" and "Dim-witted Leadership Strategies."
I lived through some of them during my years as a business consultant. In the church we have our own issues, of course. Here is my list of "Five Self-Defeating Practices that Ought to Be Abandoned":
Interim pastorates: I mean no disrespect to those who toil as interim clergy, but I find the common practice of requiring interim pastorates to be unwise. Little can be accomplished in the typical one- to two-year interim except loss of momentum, a near obsession on who the next pastor will be, and a delay in dealing with systemic issues.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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