Episode 314: Crisis Leadership

 

Here are what I call 5 “P”s for crisis management:

1. Preparation - have you built a collaborative team to walk with you and help you in crisis?

 

2. People - your leadership team, your lay leaders, your church, and your community are all affected by a crisis. How are you prepared to minister and communicate with each group?   Jeff Iorg   You cannot lead if you cannot bring and inflict pain

 

3. Process - you have to work through a process. Differing situations require different processes, but you have to commit to working the process.

 

4. Perception - like it or not, how we handle a crisis will reflect on us personally, on the church, and on the Lord. We need to communicate quickly, clearly, and honestly with as much information as is appropriate.

Remember that everything you do from the platform disciples your congregation.

 

5. Possibilities - COVID taught all of us that crisis also brings forward possibilities. In the business world, they speak about organizational learning. Certainly our churches learn and grow. For us, it goes deeper, a crisis is an opportunity to demonstrate our faith is real. All for His good and for His glory!

 

 

Put these in your back pocket, hopefully you won’t need them often, but they will be there when you need them.