Drive Conference 2006

Session 1: Replacing the Filters

Bottomline: If you make it difficult for unchurched people to get to God, you are testing God. Acts 15:20

Session 2: Repairing the Transmission--Liberating Your Organization

Bottomline: Systems creat behaviors.

Components of a system: Expectations/rules, Rewards or lack thereof, Consequences or lack thereof, Communication (content and style), Behavior of those in charge.

The systems of a church will always trump teaching, communication, vision & mission. A mission is meaningless unless you change the system.

Session 3: Changing the Plugs--Recruiting and Retaining Great Volunteers

1. Connect the dots: make volunteers feel that they fulfill a vital role that is connected to the overall mission and strategy of the organization.

2. Start and Stop: Clearly define the beginning and of a volunteers role.

3. Eliminate the Competition: Eliminate competing systems within your organization.

4. Bring them along: apprentice volunteers; don't parachute them into a role.

5. Recognize and reward: Positively reinforce actions that reflect the core values---celebrate the win

6. Make them proud: Create an environment that volunteers would be proud to be a part of. Captivate their imaginations.

7. Staff for stars: Leadership attracts leadership. Hold out for the best leaders.

Session 4: Recharging the Battery--

Bottomline: In conflict, obey God and trust Him with the consequences.

Session 5: Cleaning the Fuel Injectors--Building High Performance Teams

Bottomline: A high performance team is a small group of competent (interdependent) individuals passionately engaged in the execution of a plan designed to solve a specific problem.