HERO Culture is an organization or a functional area of the organization, that is run by a group of hard-working, highly talented “heroes” on sheer strength, will and knowledge.
- Hero Leader sets direction
- Accountability placed at top of organization rather than shared accountability
- Innovation/Creativity dependent upon Hero rather than
- Highly stretched and stressed leaders
- Bottle necks lead to slower and slower progress
- Creates imbalance of underutilized disengaged leaders
- Growth potential severely limited
A TEAM Culture is an organization or a functional area of the organization, that is run by a team of committed and invested owners at all levels of the organization. They lead through a unified vision and direction. Together creating structure and process to achieve the goal desired.
TEAM Culture unified by the Why, then together defines and implements actionable plan to achieve the What and How.
- Team Leader provides context/direction for the team
- Team Leader empowers the team to create the How
- Team Leaders supports by removing barriers to progress
- Everyone becomes co-responsible for delivery
- Team Leaders remain accountable but bottle necks removed
- Use of many minds speeds up progress
- Stress levels reduced significantly and organization growth accelerates exponentially
Is my organization or ministry currently structured and led in a HERO Culture?
- Is our vision, ministry action plan, ministry direction planned by one person or by a team of ministry owners and leaders?
- How many people/volunteers are fired up and owning large areas of ministry responsibility and accountability with you?
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