Sorting Out the Roles of Board and Staff. Peter Drucker Drucker's books, his scholarly and popular articles explored how humans are organized across the

Sorting Out the Rolesof

Board and Staff

Peter Drucker

Drucker's books, his scholarly and popular articles explored how

humans are organized across the business, government and the

nonprofit sectors of society.

Peter Drucker

He is one of the best-known and most widely influential thinkers and

writers on the subject of management theory and

practice.

His writings predicted many of the major

developments of the late twentieth century,

Peter Drucker

…including privatization and decentralization; the

rise of Japan to economic world power; the decisive importance of marketing;

and the emergence of the information society with its

necessity of lifelong learning.

The four hardest jobs in America according to Peter Drucker :

President of the United States

President of a University

C.E.O. of a Hospital

Pastor of a large church

What do these four jobs have in common

that makes them so difficult?

Each of these leaders serve a diverse constituency

with competing demands and expectations.

The existence of many competing demands and expectations

underscores the necessity of a clearly defined sense of purpose.

IT CANNOT BE EMPHASIZED TOO STRONGLY

The leader of a local church must be CLEAR about the purpose and God’s specific calling for

the local church.

One biographer states that President Ronald Reagan had two objectives so clearly defined that they could be written on the back

of a business card:

DEFEAT COMMUNISM

LOWER TAXES

Because the existence of many competing demands

and expectations underscores the necessity of a clearly defined sense of purpose.

This is where the central board is to work most closely with

the lead pastor of the church.

Every local church should periodically revisit and clarify the

sense of purpose in ministry.

What is God calling us to do in this community?

These clear statements are called

ENDS

Furthermore, the central board of every church should be diligent in

identifying the next critical success factor or imperative that must be addressed to move the

ministry forward.

“What is it that seems to be an obstacle or problem that can

obstruct our progress?”

STRATEGY = the ultimate objective

TACTICAL = specific battles that must be won to achieve the ultimate objective

LOGISTICAL = supplying the physical needs of the army fighting the battle

GOVERNANCE = accountability of the leader(s) to achieve the ultimate objective

PURPOSE= the ultimate objective

TACTICS= specific victories that will enable us to achieve the ultimate objective

LOGISTICAL = supplying the physical and organizational needs of the volunteers

GOVERNANCE = the Board holding the lead pastor accountable

to fulfill the objective

Simple governance ground rule:

POSITIONS PLAYERS FUNCTIONS METAPHORS

MINISTRY

MANAGEMENT

LEADERSHIP

GOVERNANCE

TELLING PLAYERS APART


MINISTRY Members

MANAGEMENT Staff

LEADERSHIP Lead Pastor

GOVERNANCE Board of Elders



MINISTRY Members Outreach first then care for one

another

MANAGEMENT Staff






another

MANAGEMENT Staff Equipping and Coordination






another


LEADERSHIP Lead Pastor Vision, Direction and Teaching





another



GOVERNANCE Board of Elders Accountability and Support




another

Teammates or Champions,

Athletes, etc.







another


Athletes, etc.


Assistant Coaches and Specialists






another


Athletes, etc.




Head Coach or Quarterback





another


Athletes, etc.




Head Coach or Quarterback


Commissioner, Umpire,

Scorekeeper


Healthy Decision-making structure in 8 words:

1. Board governs


1. Board governs2. Pastor leads


1. Board governs2. Pastor leads3. Staff manages


1. Board governs2. Pastor leads3. Staff manages4. Congregation ministers

MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP GOVERNANCE

Is entrusted to the staff

Executes with excellence

Does things right

Contributes efficiency

Answers to the Lead Pastor

Translates vision to action

Links pastor to ministries

Operates within boundaries

Runs tactical operations

Meets frequently

Solves problems of today

Effective Decision-making structure

From WINNING ON PURPOSE by John Edmund Kaiser


Is entrusted to the staff Is entrusted to the Lead Pastor

Executes with excellence Directs with excellence

Does things right Does the right things

Contributes efficiency Contributes effectiveness

Answers to the Lead Pastor Answers to the board

Translates vision to action Translations purpose to vision

Links pastor to ministries Links staff to board

Operates within boundaries Enforces boundaries

Runs tactical operations Runs strategic operations

Meets frequently Meets with staff and board

Solves problems of today Solves problems of tomorrow




Is entrusted to the staff Is entrusted to the Lead Pastor

Is entrusted to the board

Executes with excellence Directs with excellence Protects with excellence

Does things right Does the right things Defines what is right

Contributes efficiency Contributes effectiveness Contributes accountability

Answers to the Lead Pastor Answers to the board Answers to the church

Translates vision to action Translations purpose to vision

Articulates purpose

Links pastor to ministries Links staff to board Links church to owner

Operates within boundaries Enforces boundaries Establishes boundaries

Runs tactical operations Runs strategic operations Writes and monitors policy

Meets frequently Meets with staff and board Meets infrequently

Solves problems of today Solves problems of tomorrow Prioritizes the problems



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