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Test Your Leadership Quotient

By Anthony Scott on October 28, 2013 in Envision, Lead

All hail the generalist leader!

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Peter Drucker: Nonprofit Management Consultant Par Excellence

By Anthony Scott on October 27, 2013 in Communicate, Develop, Envision, Free, Lead, Manage

Though published in 1990, Peter Drucker’s “Managing the Nonprofit Organization” continues to speak practical wisdom to anyone with staff, volunteers, budgets, programs, services, communications, ministries, etc.

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PowerPoint: Why Retain a Consultant?

By Anthony Scott on October 27, 2013 in Communicate, Develop, Envision, Free, Fundraise, Lead, Manage, Parish Council or Board Development, Plan, Projects

In a world of increasing specialization consultants are often needed.

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PowerPoint: Work “On” not just “In” Your Parish or Organization

By Anthony Scott on October 27, 2013 in Develop, Envision, Lead, Manage

Priests greatly excel at pastoral care and liturgical service, but what training have they received in leading, managing and developing a parish as a community? Is it all to be learned through trial and error? Or contingent upon whatever natural abilities God has endowed them?

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Powerpoint: Mission, Vision and Values Statements – Key Documents of Parish Development

By Anthony Scott on October 27, 2013 in Church growth, Communicate, Develop, Envision, Fundraise, Lead, Manage, Parish Council or Board Development, Plan, Strategic Planning

Surprising and sometimes erroneous assumptions are made by church leaders concerning how general parishioners view the mission, vision and values of the community.

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PowerPoint: Introduction to Orthodox Parish Strategic Planning

By Anthony Scott on October 27, 2013 in Envision, Lead, Plan, Projects, Strategic Planning

St. Paul was a master strategist with one eye on the global mission of the gospel and another eye on the particular challenges of local communities. He planted; Apollos watered; God gave the growth.

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Leadership is a Foul Weather Job

By Anthony Scott on October 24, 2013 in Develop, Envision, Lead, Manage, Parish Council or Board Development, Projects

The leadership of the priest is tested each and every day, fair wind or foul. Yet the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of his leadership is most apparent when the weather is foul.

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Envisioning: An Essential Task of Leadership

By Anthony Scott on October 24, 2013 in Develop, Envision, Lead, Parish Council or Board Development, Plan

Among the countless tasks of the priest one of the most important in terms of parish development is envisioning the future of the parish.

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Capital Campaign Early Strategies Enhance Success

By Anthony Scott on October 24, 2013 in Campaign Planning Study, Capital Campaign, Develop, Envision, Fundraise, Plan, Projects, Strategic Planning

“I prepare so I don’t have to repair.” – Anonymous

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Assess the Initial Effect of Prospective Change

By Anthony Scott on October 24, 2013 in Develop, Envision, Lead, Manage, Plan

Scan the field for landmines before stepping forth.

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Introduction to the Major Gifts Program

By Anthony Scott on May 17, 2010 in Envision, Fundraise, Major Gift, Projects

It’s the rare parish that regularly every year receives major gifts above and beyond stewardship commitments even when the parish is not in a capital campaign.

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