Kawasaki on effective church planters—sort of

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Picked this up from Guy Kawasaki’s: Ten Questions with Bob Sutton. Some insights on what it takes to be an effective church planter.

Guy: What are the qualities of an effective leader (church planter)?

Bob: Some one who acts as if he or she is in control, but realizes that they only way to sustain some control is to listen, admit error, and keep learning. Here is a great quote that we have in book from Andy Grove, which demonstrates this attitude of wisdom, the ability to act on your knowledge, while doubting what you know, and on a related point, how pretending you are in control can help you gain control:

“I think it is very important for you to do two things: act on your temporary conviction as if it was a real conviction; and when you realize that you are wrong, correct course very quickly …. And try not to get too depressed in the part of the journey, because there’s a professional responsibility. If you are depressed, you can’t motivate your staff to extraordinary measures. So you have to keep your own spirits up even though you well understand that you don’t know what you’re doing.”

I can’t believe he said it, but it is consistent with the evidence!


“Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management” (Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton)

2 Comments

  1. Posted 26 May, 2006 at 11:48 PM | Permalink

    Steve, thanks for bringing this stuff from Guy. His blog is excellent.

  2. Posted 26 May, 2006 at 11:57 PM | Permalink

    Brian thanks. I’m quoting Guy who is quoting Bob who is quoting Andy. At least one of us had an original thought!

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