May 1, 2013: Volume 2, Number 13
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| Greetings! | Will your business or ministry outlive you -- and outgrow you?
Although succession planning is popping up on commercial radar across the globe, ministries have lagged behind. In this issue of The Cultivator, we launch a three-part series that addresses succession planning -- and in particular, how your organization can invest in the next generation of leaders. When it comes to approach, Is Yours Reactive or Proactive? Part 1 helps you find out.
 As we look back to the time when we were young leaders, we can name those who invested in us. It is exciting to think that we can do the same for up-and-coming talent. Please let us know how we can come alongside and support you as you make succession plans for your business or organization. Just shoot us a quick email.
We look forward to hearing from you! Keep growing. |
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BACK 40 ALREADY BEARING FRUIT
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During the first part of 2013, we traveled to Costa Rica and Guatemala to equip believers in remote areas with leadership skills using Spiritually Healthy Leaders� materials. It's exciting to hear how your support and tho se trainings are bearing fruit! Costa Rican participants have continued growing in their faith and faithfulness. Several couples have taken on increased leadership responsibilities since the workshops. A group of our Guatemalan participants recently returned from a fruitful outreach trip to a remote region in northern Guatemala where they are partnering with a local pastor in sharing the Gospel, training villagers in organic gardening methods, and teaching the Word.
Now, Apple Tree Ministries (an evangelical ministry in Ukraine) has invited us to lead Spiritually Healthy Leaders� workshops for pastors and ministry leaders in Ukraine in late 2013 or early 2014. Will you please pray for the Back 40? Specifically, ask God to continue to work in those we've taught, prepare hearts in Ukraine, and raise up partners who will pray for and support this exciting work. Thank you so much for standing with us in this great task!  |
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 Feature: SUCCESSION PLANNING, PART 1
IS YOUR PLAN REACTIVE -- OR PROACTIVE? |  Will your ministry or business outlive you -- and outgrow you?
Succession planning is a road map for the future of your organization, allowing it to expand and extend its reach.
In its simplest form, succession planning focuses on two big-picture components: the organization's structure (long-term goals and how to carry them out) and its people (identifying and cultivating young talent to eventually fill key leadership roles.)
Today's business leaders have developed more proactive succession plans than in the past, thanks to the increasingly global economy and the widening skills gap among employees. Good preparation poises the company to expand structurally and builds depth in its staff.
What Ministries Can Learn From Business
While succession planning is popping up on commercial radar across the globe, ministries have lagged behind, typically falling into a reactive mode with one of three default approaches:
- Arbitrary succession: a leader or pastor is replaced suddenly (whether due to moral failure, illness, or board decision) with no clear transition plan in place.
- Avoidance succession: a talented young leader is not nurtured, but perceived as a threat and is demonized or moved off site.
- Inheritance succession: a senior leader passes his role onto his son or other family member, one who may or may not be qualified.
Fortunately, ministries are finally catching on to the acute need to develop healthy, proactive succession plans to prepare the next generation of leaders and grow their organizations beyond themselves.
The Principle Behind Proactively Investing in People
Both business and ministries alike can call upon best-practice principles to strategically plan future structures. But it is in the second area - developing people - in which Christ-followers can make an especially powerful impact.
Whether you hold a position in the highest levels of management or you are the newest employee at the lowest rung of the ladder, scripture is clear: God gives each person unique gifts. We are to use them and develop them. Effective succession planning calls for an investment in people.
As you work the portion of your succession plan that develops the next generation, consider this: you're not preparing an employee for a specific position. You're not even simply preparing new leaders.
You're proactively developing up-and-coming talent to equip the Kingdom to move forward.
Parts 2 & 3 will address what both experienced and young leaders need to know about fostering a healthy succession process.
Growth Point
Succession planning prepares both your organization and its young talent for growth.
Scripture
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace. (1 Peter 4:10, ESV)
Prayer Points - What kind of succession plan does your organization have in place?
- What skills and knowledge will the next generation need most in order to effectively grow your organization in its next phase??
- What is one proactive step you can take to invest in the next generation?
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