Comments on: Have We Lost Our Imagination? http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/lost-imagination/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 18:33:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/lost-imagination/#comment-161004 Brian Dolleman Mon, 16 Nov 2015 18:05:06 +0000 http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5081#comment-161004 Oh wow, Vicki, this is super convicting (for me as the lead pastor) – how do I not squash, control, ignore, or devalue the creativity and imagination on my team? I’m critiquing myself and I’m not sure I like the score. One of the most challenging things in team-building is to create a culture where it is always safe to be yourself, to be honest. How honest can an employee be with their employer? I don’t have the answers. But this is stuff I wrestle with.

I do feel good about empowering my team to lead, to speak, to make decisions, to offer suggestions and ideas. The starfish and spider idea (from the book) has influenced me… if you cut a spider’s head off, she dies. If you cut one of a starfish’s leg, it grows a new one. Maybe organizations need more empowered leaders and fewer (or no) heads.

Thank you for your challenging words!

]]> By: Vicki http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/lost-imagination/#comment-161003 Vicki Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:49:49 +0000 http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5081#comment-161003 Imagination? There’s little room for imagination on a church staff. Imagination looks like insubordination to an insecure leader.

]]> By: Jared http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/lost-imagination/#comment-161001 Jared Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:20:28 +0000 http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5081#comment-161001 Thank you. I have often asked myself this while sitting through a live broadcast from another campus or (((shudder))) even worse the pre-recorded message why the talents and skills of the hard working and hard worshipping junior pastors weren’t just given the mic. Why have a team around if they can’t convey your message?

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