Issachar Coaching Cluster

Year 4 Session 5

Executing Strategy
As a child, what was your favorite
room in your house?
Why?

Prayer, remembering our

Evangelism Prayer List
A primary end-product of the WPA
District is to produce Growing
Spirit-fill Christ-like Servant
Leaders at every level
in the Bride of Christ.

Who is your Timothy?

 Growing
Spirit-filled Abiding In
Christ-like Servant Jesus Christ
Competencies:
Leader(ship) Core
1-Growing in
Competencies
Intimacy with Christ
Model 2-Crucifying Self
3-Claiming God’s
Armor
4-Exercising
Spiritual Disciplines
5-Practicing Sacred
Pathways
 Growing
Spirit-filled Empowering by
Christ-like Servant Holy Spirit
Competencies:
Leader(ship) Core 1-Claiming the
Competencies Promise, Presence
Model & Power of the
Holy Spirit
2-Obeying the Holy
Spirit
-Quench Not
-Grieve Not
-Resist Not
 Growing
Spirit-filled Empowering by
Christ-like Servant Holy Spirit
Competencies:
Leader(ship) Core 3-Being filled with
Competencies the Holy Spirit
Model 4-Manifesting the
Fruit of the
Holy Spirit
5-Exercising the
Spiritual Gifts of the
Holy Spirit
 Growing
Spirit-filled Thinking
Christ-like Servant Strategically
Competencies:
Leader(ship) Core 1-Defining Realities
Competencies 2-Providing Direction
Model 3-Facilitating Action
4-Thinking
Divergently
5-Thinking
Convergently
 Growing
Spirit-filled Leading Self
Competencies:
Christ-like Servant 1-Developing Christ-
Leader(ship) Core like Character
Competencies 2-Establishing
Christ-like Priorities
Model 3-Maximizing God-
given Abilities
4-Establishing
Healthy
Relationships
5-Sharpening the
Saw/Learning for
Life
 Growing
Spirit-filled Leading a Team
Christ-like Servant Competencies:
1-Building Trust-
Leader(ship) Core filled Relationships
Competencies 2-Communicating
Model Effectively
3-Unleashing
People to Act
4-Cultivating
Effective Teams
5-Developing
Leaders
 Growing
Spirit-filled Leading the
Ministry
Christ-like Servant Competencies:
Leader(ship) Core 1-Cultivating God’s
Competencies Preferred Future
2-Managing Change
Model 3-Executing
Strategy
4-Adapting
Organizational
Structures
5-Administrating the
Ministry
 Heb 12:1-3
Therefore, since we are surrounded
by such a great cloud of witnesses,
let us throw off everything that
hinders and the sin that so easily
entangles, and let us run with
perseverance the race marked out
for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus,
the author and perfecter of our
faith, who for the joy set before him
endured the cross, scorning its
shame, and sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God.
Consider him who endured such
opposition from sinful men, so that
you will not grow weary and lose
heart.
 Phil 3:13-14
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to
have taken hold of it. But one thing I do:
Forgetting what is behind and straining
toward what is ahead, I press on toward
the goal to win the prize for which God
has called me heavenward in
Christ Jesus.
NIV
4 Disciplines of
Execution by
FranklinCovey
Video Presentation
 What Do Leaders
Have Influence Over?

Strategy Execution

What have we been trained to do?

70% of Strategic Failures were do

to Poor Execution of the Leader-
Rom Charan
 Why Is Execution So Difficult?

Whirlwind Goals
( Day Job) (New Activities)

Would the people in our church still

be busy even if we did not have
any new goals/initiatives?

What typically kills new initiatives?

 Why Is Execution So Difficult?

Whirlwind Goals
( Day Job) (New Activities)

Urgent Important
(It acts on you) (You act on them)
 Key Challenge

Trick is not executing a goal!

It is executing a goal in the

midst of the whirlwind!!!
 1 Focus on the Wildly Important

Number of Goals 2-3 4-10 11-20

Achieved
w/Excellence 2-3 1-2 0

Law of Diminishing Returns

 Focus on the Wildly Important

Good Leaders ALWAYS have more

Good Ideas that they can
Execute!!!
 Wildly Important Goals (WIGs)

A Goal that makes all the

difference. Failure to achieve this
goal renders all other
achievements inconsequential!!!
 Wildly Important Goals (WIGs)

Rules:
1- No more than 1-3 WIGs per
person/team at a time
2- Sub WIGs must ensure the
success of the Parent-WIGs
3- Finish Line- A WIG must have a
gap (From X to Y by When)
 2 Act On The Key Measures

Key to Execution

Lag Measure Lead Measure

Measures goal Leads to Goal
Predictive
Influencable
Leverage
 2 Act On The Key Measures

Key to Execution

Lag Measure Lead Measure

Loose Weight Exercise
Diet

People tend to focus on

Lag Measures!!
 2 Act On The Key Measures

Key to Execution

Lag Measure Lead Measure

Why do people focus on the Lag?

It is the focus
It is easier
 3 Create a Compelling
Score Board

Rules:
1- Simple
2- Highly Visible
3- Have the Right Lead and Lag
Measure
4- Immediately TELL IF Winning or
Loosing
 3 Create a Compelling
Score Board

Human beings like games!!

Make it a Winnable Game
 4- Create A Cadence
Of Accountability

Weekly Meeting:

NO WHIRLWIND DISCUSSIONS
 4- Create A Cadence
Of Accountability

Weekly Meeting:

What are the 1-3 most important

things I can do this week to impact
the scoreboard?
4- Create A Cadence Of Accountability

Weekly Meeting:

1- Report on last weeks commitments

2- Review and Update Scoreboard
3- Make commitments for next week

We don’t have Dragons, We have

GNATS
Push the Wildly Important Goals
into the Whirlwind!!!
 FranklinCovey Tools

•Importance Screen

•Measurement Builder

•Work Compass
 Lead Measurement Builder

Wildly Important Goal:

List potential lead measures that would produce progress toward the goal:

Measurement Credibility Checklist:

Accurately tracks progress toward goals
Is Influencable by the team
Tracks outcomes as well as activities
Has no unintended consequences
Inputs cannot be easily manipulated
Drives the right behaviors
Is truly achievable
Value of measuring exceeds cost of
measuring

If you could only choose ONE of these overarching measures, which would have the
greatest impact on helping you achieve your wildly important goal?

Measure:

Current result:
Target result:
By when:
 IMPORTANCE SCREEN
MINISTRY SCREEN STRATEGIC SCREEN FINANCIAL SCREEN
INSTRUCTIONS

1. Pray!!! Scale: -1 to 4 Scale: -1 to 4 Scale: -1 to 4

2. List your team's potential goals.
3. For each screen, rate each on a scale of -1 to 4 where: MINISTRY CRITERIA TO CONSIDER: STRATEGIC CRITERIA TO CONSIDER: FINANCIAL CRITERIA TO CONSIDER:
 4 = High Positive Impact
 0 = No Impact  Increases # of people involved in  Inspires trust District wide  Is this the most effective use of our
 -1 = Negative Impact leadership development  Clarifies the District’s direction resources?
1. Total your score.  Increases the health and # of Christ-  Aligns District resources and ministries  Will there be a significant return on our
2. Do a Holy Spirit Check. "What is the Holy Spirit saying centered churches  Unleashes people investment?
concerning the brutal realities?"  Reduces church conflict  Directly supports the district’s primary  If we had only 50% of budget, would
3. Using the score totals and your Holy Spirit check, mark the  Increases # of people involved in end-products (Christ-like leaders, Christ- we still do this?
goals that are truly most important. coaching and/or mentoring centered churches & Living the Call  Will this increase support of the GCF
 Facilitates placement of God’s workers Together) and missions?
 Assists churches in executing  Facilitates multiplication of leaders and  Increases bonds with missionaries and
strategies churches sister churches
 Maximizes DLT’s God-given abilities  Are there sufficient resources to
execute with excellence

MINISTRY SCREEN STRATEGIC SCREEN FINANCIAL SCREEN TOTAL HOLY SPIRIT CHECK
POTENTIAL GOALS -1 0 1 2 3 4 -1 0 1 2 3 4 -1 0 1 2 3 4 SCORE , YELLOW, GREEN

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 Expressions of Executing Strategy

• Regularly say “no” to good ideas

• Identify wildly important goals
• Regularly focus on Lead Measures
• Create a compelling scoreboard
• Create a cadence of accountability
• Intentionally removing two things from
one’s plate to add a WIG
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 Resources for Executing Strategy

• Execution- Adler, Bossidy, Charan

• Good To Great- Collins
• Getting Things Done- Allen
• Execution Plain & Simple- Neiman
• Making Strategy Work- Hrebiniak
• First Things First- Covey
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People- Covey
• Focus- Covey
 Resources for Executing Strategy

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In your Triad:
1) Review last months SMART
Goals
2) Explore what specific action
steps the Lord is leading you to
take in relation to Managing
Change.
3) As you pray for one another,
remember people on your
Evangelism Prayer List.
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