Maximizing and Minimizing Lottery Leadership
Lottery Leaders love change and lots of it. In fact, their leadership style is characterized by constant and massive change, often leaving followers drowning in their wake. And, frequently such leaders lack the analysis skills to distinguish between simply a good idea versus a really great idea.
If you are one caught in the wake of a speed boat leader then what can you do to help him or her maximize their creative and visionary strength yet minimize the chaotic and sub-optimizing downside of their Lottery Leadership?
Working with the Lottery Leader to run their ideas through one or more of the following four exercises can serve as tools to help bring clarity between a good idea and a great idea.
Tool #1: The Importance Scale
An exercise for classifying options, activities, events and programs according to their mission critical importance by using the following 1-4 scale:
- Extremely Important to the Mission
- Very Important to the Mission
- Somewhat Important to the Mission
- Not At All Important to the Mission
Tool #2: Impact/Risk Analysis
An exercise for classifying options, activities, events and programs according to their level of impact on the mission, objectives, goals and strategies of the church and their level of risk by using the following scale:
- High Impact/Low Risk
- High Impact/Medium Risk
- High Impact/ High Risk
- Medium Impact/Low Risk
- Medium Impact/Medium Risk
- Medium Impact/High Risk
- Low Impact/Low Risk
- Low Impact/Medium Risk
- Low Impact/High Risk
Tool #3: Cost/Time/Impact Analysis
An exercise for classifying options, activities, events and programs according to their impact on the mission, objectives, goals and strategies of the church using the scale of High, Medium and Low and the criteria of cost and time and the weighting of dollars and hours.
| Criteria | Weighting | Impact |
| Cost | $ | H, M, L |
| Time of Minister | Hours | H, M, L |
| Time of Support Staff | Hours | H, M, L |
| Time of Volunteers | Hours | H, M, L |
| Time of Participants | Hours | H, M, L |
Tool #4: Strategic Alignment Analysis
An exercise for classifying options, activities, events and programs according to their strategic alignment with the church’s Objectives, Goals and Strategies.
Strategic Alignment |
Scoring Value |
Score |
Church Objectives |
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Church Goals |
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Church Strategies |
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Posted on July 14, 2015
