But here are a few of the reasons why the most successful businesses - not to mention ministries - have adopted "team" as the model for reaching their goals.
- The need to respond to quickly changing market forces means that organizational structures must be designed to get the best ideas on the table and in development fast. This means more collaboration to uncover those ideas and more "we decisions" to move forward on action steps.
- Complex projects and issues demand more than the expertise of one person - the complexities of today's world requires a wide-range of talents and experience.
- Employees and volunteers (particulary of the next-gen culture) expect to participate in decisions that effect the projects that they are directly or indirectly involved in.
Basically it comes down to what may be my favorite Ken Blanchard quote:
"None of us is as smart as all of us."
The org chart gets flatter, relationships get tighter, the workplace gets noisier, power is shared, information is shared and exchanged openly, and a culture of mutual accountability takes hold.
Team is hard work.
Most ministries fall back to the "group work" model instead because Team is so hard and it is usally very messy. There is more conflict and true team allows little room for selfishness. But for those who are willing to do the hard work, give up control, trust others, invite feedback and relentlessly commit to collaborate always- the payoff is well worth it.
The results: better decisions lead to increased effectiveness which means increased impact for the Kingdom...(or increased market share for those who are in it for financial gains).
The question becomes- why would you do ministry or business in any other model?
Why not Team?
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