You may have noticed that it’s been a while since I posted regularly.  There’s a few  good reasons for this but I really want to share something exciting with you now…  and into the future.

I’m Taking This Blog in a New Direction

Up until now it’s been mostly about “Productivity”, hence the title.  From now on  it’s going to be a lot more about leadership, and more precisely about leadership  within ministry.

I want to move from heroic leadership to non-heroic leadership.

Why the Change?

Last week my wife, Raewyn, and I have been at our 5 year officer  review.  We’re Salvation Army Officers leading a church in Johnsonville (Wellington,  New Zealand) and during that time of reflection and learning we once again got to discussing the SHAFTE model of leadership.

The highlights of the SHAFTE model of leadership can be found here and most specifically are :

1. Work to your leadership strengths;
2. Fix your fatal leadership flaw; and
3. Do the rest with your team.

The model also talks about the need to be post-modern leaders and this is a major challenge for me because  I’m naturally a command and control type leader.

You would think this would be a good thing in a command and control type environment like The Salvation Army but I think it would be even better if I could bring a more post-modern leadership style to this most definitively modern leadership environment.

In terms of the SHAFTE model of leadership it could be said that I want to move from heroic leadership to non-heroic leadership.

This then is the start of my journey.  I hope you’ll come along for the ride .

Photo courtesy of Koka Sexton

Will You Still Post about  Productivity

I hear you ask.

Absolutely!  You will know by now that I use GTD and eproductivity extensively and I certainly intend to keep this going.  I think by definition a leadership style blog will always include quite a number of other things also.

So you can still expect to have posts about productivity, book reviews and the occasional rant along with miscellaneous other posts.  It’s just that my prime focus will move toward leadership in ministry.

Is There Anything I Can Do to Help?

Another good question.

Yes.

The main thing you can do is enter into the conversation.  Some of what I say is likely to be self evident but hopefully a lot will be contentious and worthy of discussion.

Also I need to decide whether I maintain the “Simply Productive” name for this blog.

Should I change the name of my blog? If you think I should, then what to? Please leave your thoughts as a comment. Thanks for your help.

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