Off-site Meeting

By Doug Franklin January 26, 2011

I spent today at an off-site meeting doing strategic planning for LeaderTreks. We do a good job of short-term planning called game planning, which helps us plan out the next year, but we realize that our short-term plans are not helping us reach long-term goals. We met today to connect long-term goals with short-term game planning. I learned a ton. It’s always surprising to me as the leader how planning reveals followers’ thoughts about purpose. I know the purpose for our programs but as we plan for the future I get to see how my followers have interpreted those purposes. This is not a bad thing but a helpful realization. No matter how many times I repeat the purpose everyone hears me in different ways. They filter the message through their life experience. Remember leaders: you need to repeat the purpose of the ministry and listen to how your followers share the mission. Trust me, you will learn a lot.