accountable leadership

Accountable Leadership

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Accountable LeadershipCore Purpose today is to understand what Accountable Leadership looks like in the local church environment.

Objectives: • Ensure church leaders understand the key

concepts of accountability• Recognize the connection between

Mission / Vision / Goals and how they apply to our ministry

• Understand the correlation between church governance and staff organizational structure

“Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” – Jesus Matthew 28:19-20

What does this say to you?To our church?What Is Our

Mission?

MissionOur mission is making disciples of Jesus Christ

for the transformation of the world.

Everything flows from the mission…

Vision… • the unique way a congregation achieves or

accomplishes the mission• the key ingredients need to be outwardly

focused and measurable • provides a framework for goals and

accountability for the congregation and staff

Accountable LeadershipDo you want the mission to succeed?

“Are you prepared to stake everything, change anything, and do whatever it takes—even if it means altering long familiar habits, redeveloping precious programs, and redeploying sacred assets?”

Tom BandyFrom the foreword of Winning on Purpose

Accountable Leadership

Accountable LeadershipThis workshop is based on concepts from the book: Winning on Purpose: How to Organize Congregations to Succeed in Their Mission by John Edmund Kaiser

Church Leadership

Bureaucratic: Responsibility – Authority = Safe but not Effective

Autocratic: Responsibility + Authority – Accountability =

Effective but not Safe

Bureaucratic:Committee-Based or Consensus-Driven Leadership

• The goal, as it’s usually expressed, is to get

everyone involved in the decision making process and hence have ownership of the outcome. All opinions and feelings are weighted or valued equally.

Bureaucratic:Committee-Based or Consensus-Driven Leadership

1. Decisions are slow – if they happen at all.

2. Decisions, since consensus is the goal, are not always focused on the mission.

3. Consensus is often not achieved; instead, compromise is the rule. It becomes better to maintain the relationships than fulfill the mission

4. Consensus is often a vote in disguise

5. There is no one person who can be held accountable for missional objectives

6. The role of the pastor and staff as leaders is limited

7. The pastor and staff are evaluated by the congregation – power resides with a person or group who does the evaluation

Bureaucratic:Committee-Based or Consensus-Driven Leadership

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Major Downside: The pastor and staff feel triangulated/caught, helpless to effect an outcome for which they feel accountable and/or are held accountable.

Bureaucratic:Committee-Based or Consensus-Driven Leadership

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The Mission Gets LostWhat is the Mission?

Autocratic:Pastor-Centered or Personality-Driven Leadership

1. The pastor is held responsible for the church’s success.

2. The pastor makes all the major decisions

Autocratic:Pastor-Centered or Personality-Driven Leadership

3. Everything revolves around and is dependent upon the pastor’s

1. Skills

2. Presence

3. Charisma

Autocratic:Pastor-Centered or Personality-Driven Leadership

4. Decisions are made quickly – sometimes impulsive or unrealistically

5. Dissent is not tolerated

6. Or, if dissent is allowed, the pastor spends his/her time “putting out fires”

7. Laity leaders are evaluated by the pastor and staff.

Autocratic:Pastor-Centered or Personality-Driven Leadership

1. Congregation feels run-over & disconnected from the ministry of the church

2. Or, power needs are expressed in a passive-aggressive manner that is manifested in chronic conflict.

Major Downside:

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Autocratic:Pastor-Centered or Personality-Driven Leadership

Accountable Leadership

Bureaucratic: Responsibility – Authority = Safe but not Effective

Autocratic: Responsibility + Authority – Accountability =

Effective but not Safe

Accountable Leadership: Responsibility + Authority + Accountability =

Safe & Effective

Ephesians 4:11-16•  11It was he (Jesus) who gave some to be apostles, some

to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. 

In this passage, where do you see . . .

Responsibility

Authority

Accountability

To what does it lead

 11It was he (Jesus) who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. 

Ephesians 4:11-16

Staff-LedMission-Driven Leadership

1. The mission of the church comes first.

2. Those responsible are accountable.

3. Must have the right people in place to accomplish the mission.

4. Small number of decision makers – large number of people in ministry.

5. Shepherding, including pastoral care, is done by the laity, not the pastor.

Definition - Pastoral Care

5a. Does not mean the office or position of pastor.

5b. Does mean the actions of hospital visits, caring for one another,

visiting those in nursing homes, grief care, etc.

Staff-LedMission-Driven Leadership

6. Lots of input – very focused direction

7. Pastor evaluates the staff

8. Everyone is held accountable for the mission

9. Alignment to the mission and vision is critical – not consensus as it is now

Accountable Leadership

Responsibility =

Object of the Game

Authority =

Rules of the Game

Accountability =

How we keep Score

Accountable Leadership - Strengths1. Mission/Vision fulfillment is the driving

force…not management

2. Goals and objectives of ministries can be adjusted as needed

3. Marries responsibility and authority with accountability

4. Promotes church unity

5. Functions on a high level of trust

6. Decisions are made very quickly

Accountable Leadership

Members = Role is ministering

Staff (paid & unpaid) = Role is managing

Pastor = Role is leading

Board/Council = Role is governance

Accountable Leadership

Position Players Functions Metaphors

Ministry MembersOutreach first then care for one another

Teammates, champions,

athletes, etc…

Management Staff Equipping and coordination

Assistant coaches and specialists

Leadership Pastor Vision, direction and teaching

Head coach, or quarterback, captain, etc…

Governance Board Accountability and support

Commissioner, umpire,

scorekeeper & cheerleader

Pastor’s Role

• Spiritual Leader / Shepherd

• Keeper of Mission

• Caster of Vision

• Example of Evangelist

• Chief Fund Raiser

• Main Recruiter

• Develops Leaders

• Staff

• Board

• New Leaders

Accountable Leadership Organizational Chart

(From Winning on Purpose, by John Edmund Kaiser) And EPHESIANS 4:11-16

Owner: CHRIST 1st Beneficiaries: PEOPLE OUTSIDE

2nd Beneficiaries: PEOPLE INSIDE

Player: THE BOARD Position: GOVERNANCE

Player: THE PASTOR Position: LEADERSHIP

Player: STAFF MEMBER Position: MANAGEMENT

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Player: STAFF MEMBER

Position: MANAGEMENTMinistry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Player: STAFF

MEMBER

Position: MANAGEMENTMinistry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

When we aim at nothing in particular, that’s what we hit.

Meetings & Activities

Fulfilling the Mission/Vision

MissionOur mission is making disciples of Jesus Christ

for the transformation of the world.

Everything flows from the mission…

Vision… • the unique way a congregation achieves or

accomplishes the mission• the key ingredients need to be outwardly

focused and measurable • provides a framework for goals and

accountability for the congregation and staff

MISSION & VISION

Goals

Alignment

S = Set Expectations

I = Invite Commitment

M = Measure Progress

P = Provide Feedback

L = Link to Consequences

E = Evaluate Effectiveness

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Youth PastorRetired Pastor of Visitation

Custodian

Staff Growth

Sr. Pastor

Ministry Assistant

Youth Pastor

Part Time Retired Pastor

Visitation

Worship Leader

Custodian

Staff Growth

Sr. Pastor

Ministry Assistant

Youth Pastor

Part Time Retired Pastor

Assimilation Director

Nursery/Children’s Director

Worship Leader

Custodian

Staff Growth

Accountable Leadership Organizational Chart

(From Winning on Purpose, by John Edmund Kaiser) And EPHESIANS 4:11-16

Owner: CHRIST 1st Beneficiaries: PEOPLE OUTSIDE

2nd Beneficiaries: PEOPLE INSIDE

Player: THE BOARD Position: GOVERNANCE

Player: THE PASTOR Position: LEADERSHIP

Player: STAFF MEMBER Position: MANAGEMENT

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Player: STAFF MEMBER

Position: MANAGEMENTMinistry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Player: STAFF

MEMBER

Position: MANAGEMENTMinistry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Ad Council/Boards

Sr. Pastor

Sr. Mgmt. Team

Vol./Paid Staff

Vol./Paid Staff

Sr. Mgmt. Team

Vol./Paid Staff

Sr. Mgmt. Team

Vol./Paid Staff

MINISTERS

GOVERNANCE LEADER-SHIP

MANAGERS

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& Staff Structure