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Chris Trendler is a BYU graduate, former Elder Quorum President, former missionary in Argentina and a executive consultant at ghSmart, a leadership consulting firm. We have a fascinating discussion about the latest book produced by ehSmart titled, Power Score: Your Formula for Leadership Success. This book is meant for a business leadership audience, but it contains many interesting principles that are applicable to LDS leadership.
Some of the questions you will hear discussed on the interview are:
How can a bishopric or ward council highlight the strengths of members?
How can a ward council set priorities that lead to success?
How can leadership effectively manage talent in a ward without choosing the same 10 people?
How can a leader assess the talents and skills of members in their ward?
How can the bishop easily maintain focus in meetings by focusing on priorities?
Interview Links:
The Very Root of Christian Doctrine, Thomas B. Griffith
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
I really liked this interview because it brought out the basic fundamental issue I’ve seen in wards.
We rarely, if ever, take time to get to know people, and when I say people I mean everyone, not just those that easily fall into your social circle. In wards we need to actively adopt approaches that reach beyond this ‘high school’ mentality.
We may find that as we improve our social connections and interactions, we’ll improve our ability serve and call an expanded set of leaders.
I’d love to see you do something around actively pursuing a better social interaction among members of a ward to promote more inclusion, not only in social activities, but in the burden of leadership.
A great article years ago gave some great advice on this….
http://ldsmag.com/article-1-913/
ACTIVITIES PROVIDE A SOCIAL CONNECTION
Maybe you’re so busy that you don’t have a free night for three months. But not everyone is so lucky. For other ward members, the ward potluck dinner that you consider to be so dull will be the social highlight of the month….
As pathetic as you might consider your ward activities, ward members who feel isolated and lonely may anticipate them as one of the few events on their social calendar. So if a particular activity doesn’t meet your needs, take consolation from the fact that you might be doing a great service to others by providing them an evening of much-needed social interaction.
Great episode! This podcast has really help me in my calling as Bishop. I think you mentioned in this episode something about your Ward Mission plan and it’s 3 points. Could you save your Ward Mission Plan? Ward Mission Plan might be a great topic for an upcoming episode as it won’t be long and everyone will be coming up with their 2016 plans. Thanks again!
Great episode! Thanks for sharing