May1, 2012: Volume 1, Number 13
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May 10. 2012
CLEARING THE HURDLES
Overcoming Leadership Challenges
June 7, 2012
FINISHING WELL
Fight the Good Fight, Walk Worthy, and Finish Well
July 12. 2012
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Churches and organizations invest considerable resources in constructing their mission, vision, and core values. These tools target their ministry and allow them to keep focused. But individuals can use these tools, too, to live a life with purpose. When you adopt a set of your own personal core values - strongly-held beliefs, ideas, or standards that you follow every day - they become become your personal moral compass. Your energy, time, and resources become targeted and focused. Identifying your true core values can be trickier than you think, but we'll walk you through the process. Get started in this issue of The Cultivator when you read Part 1 (of 3) of our new series, Identifying Your Values: Did You Check Your Moral Compass? A few spots are still open for the May Spiritually Healthy Leader� workshop on leadership challenges.
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CLEARING THE HURDLES:
Overcoming Leadership Challenges
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Every "group" we live with and work in - whether it's a family, church, club, or business - has its own culture. Organizational culture can be grown or destroyed by how we lead it. But leaders can learn how to build a God-inspired culture and successfully meet the challenging hurdles that they encounter.  They face three common hurdles: growth, change, and teamwork. During May's Spiritually Healthy Leader� workshop, Clearing the Hurdles, you'll learn how people and organizations can support their growth and prevent premature death. You'll also discover how to counteract negative reactions to change, encourage new ideas, and build a team DNA that stimulates group health. The workshops are not closed small groups; registration is OPEN. Best of all, the series is flexible. You can select one or all or a combination throughout 2012. Consider bringing your ministry team to the Clearing the Hurdles workshop on May 10. Learn more about SHL� Workshops. Register now. |
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 Feature: IDENTIFYING YOUR VALUES (PART 1):
Did You Check Your Moral Compass? |
"I stopped at the hardware store on the way home," Dave told his wife Leslie. "I got you these." He handed her a packet of her favorite seeds. He didn't go into detail about the $200 he'd also racked up in costs for tools. It wasn't a lie, he reasoned. He simply left out that nugget of information.
Leslie eyed the packet and then looked at Dave. "Anything else?" she said. "I'd like the whole truth so that the credit card bill isn't a surprise."
Why am I avoiding telling my wife the truth? Dave wondered. He was a good guy. Honesty and integrity were important to him.
Dave faced a common situation. He thought integrity was important. But was it one of his core values?
Core Values vs. Preferences
The answer is no. Values drive actions. Dave was not living out the value of integrity in his actions with his wife.
Instead, integrity was simply a personal preference for Dave - not a core value. Because integrity was just a preference, Dave could discard it with a self-justifying excuse when things become too inconvenient or uncomfortable
Is this what I really want? Dave asked himself as Leslie studied him suspiciously. The more Dave thought about it, the more he wanted to be a man of integrity that his wife could respect and trust.
Core Values Act As a Moral Compass
If integrity was to become one of his true values, then it would act as a moral compass, affecting what Dave did or did not do. Suddenly, demonstrating his integrity to Leslie was more important to Dave than the temporary comfort in holding back about his shopping spree. How could he interact with her to show he was serious about being a man of integrity? How could Leslie see integrity come alive in him?
"Let me be honest with you, Leslie," Dave said as he reached into his wallet to pull out the hardware store receipt. "I bought a few things. But I can take them back if we can't afford them. Can we talk about it?"
Growth Point
Values drive our actions.
Scripture
Let your Yes" be "Yes" and your "No" be "No." (Matthew 5:37, NIV)
Prayer Points- Dave struggled to understand the difference between a preference and core value. Articulate the difference for yourself.
- List 3-5 of your own personal core values. Test each one to determine if it drives your actions, or if it is merely a preference.
- Adopting a core value which was previously a preference takes practice. Ask God to give you opportunities to do so this week.
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What People Are Saying ...
| "The Values exercise (in the Conditioning for the Course workshop) was excellent. It helped me clarify my values. I was able to better 'see' and articulate them."
Doug Chandler, Next Step Ministries, Albuquerque, NM
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