Collaboration
Why Collaboration Fails
- Sin. Satan’s primary strategy is to divide the Church.
- Belief that good intention is all that’s needed. Little appreciation for the skills required.
- Good intentions but lack of clear, big-value goals broken down into limited, achievable near- to medium-term objectives.
- Lack of continuity in leadership, which disrupts purpose and process.
- Poor communication. Gaps in communicating assumptions, goals, roles, indicators of/means for sharing success. Read more »
Crossing the Will/Skill Divide
Doing mission in partnership is the faithful way to go, most people agree. It's good witness for Christians to work together. We gain the benefits of greater numbers and resources in tackling the faith-sized mission and ministry we have on our hearts. And there's the practical dimension: We avoid duplicating efforts where our ministry initiatives overlap significantly with other ministries. Read more »
eLearning Tools Introduction
Many have found it helpful to consider that there are two major aspects to help Christian groups work together. The first is to develop the "will" to collaborate—that is, to understand its value and central contribution to the Kingdom of God. To gain the will to work together, we plumb its biblical underpinnings and the positive outcomes once collaboration is practiced. Read more »
Why It's So Hard To Collaborate
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Many words are written in an attempt to describe the next new thing. These days that list includes trust, authenticity, collaboration, holistic, personal, sustainability, engagement, and relationship capitalism.
You could make a case that the "most likely to succeed" is collaboration. Read more »
The Effects of Collaboration and the Orality Movement
With 60% of the world’s population either not being able to read or choosing not to read, mission strategists believe that achieving the great commission without using "oral" methods would not be possible. Thus the Orality movement was born—and networks and partnerships are playing a key role in the growth of this movement.
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Linking Arms for a Common Cause
The ministry horizon is filled with struggling and marginally-productive solo ventures trying to hold on and win attention. With all their commitment, who can fault these ministries' entrepreneurial dedication and energy, scraping together a ministry often on a shoestring and carving out a role they work on all by themselves? Read more »
Myths to reject—to help your partnership succeed, Part 3
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The following (Part 3) was posted on the author's blog, August 27, 2009. Read more »
Myths to reject—to help your partnership succeed, Part 1
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The following (Part 1) was posted on the author's blog, August 25, 2009. Read more »
Collaboration in Today's Marketplace
Corporate planners, company leaders, and business observers recognize that collective collaboration is fundamentally changing the global marketplace. Read more »
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