The Mission Guys

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The Mission Guys episodes

  • Sharpen Your Ax: Seize Opportunities to Step Back

    Are you taking the time, both scheduled and unscheduled, to step back, reflect, and recharge? We suspect your answer is “No, I don’t have enough time to get all the work done that I need to do, so who has time for that?!”  So in this episode, Nick and Rick explore ways to ensure that you regularly take advantage of the opportunities to “sharpen the ax,” whether they are via planned retreats and offsites, or whether they are less-planned as with a sudden job change. You can and must leverage every good chance to sharpen your axe.

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    30 min
  • Don’t use “family” in the workplace
    Unfortunately, leaders in the Church too often buy this bad advice as they try to lead people as though they are running a business. That’s not biblical. And it doesn’t work well in the Church. So set down “Inc. Magazine” and “Harvard Business Review” for the length of this episode, and consider what the Bible and Jesus have to say about becoming a family on mission. You’ll love it brothers and sisters! 
     
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    31 min
  • Goals? Really? In the Church? Why?
    Goals. Focus. Energy. 
     
    The Mission Guys close out a mini-series for leaders on strategic planning. In this episode, they’ll help you as leaders to think about how best to establish your organization’s goals, in order to focus the energy of your team to achieve what it is the Lord has called you to achieve together.
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    46 min
  • You can’t measure success in the Church! (3rd in a series on strategic planning)
    In this episode, Nick and Rick tackle one of the biggest challenges for leadership teams in the Church, which is to figure out how to assess and monitor the success of their organization (diocese, parish, school, apostolate, etc.). Metrics, indicators, measures, markers, KPIs, SMART objectives, and many more terms like those often get leaders in the Church especially agitated. Some insist that you can’t measure results in the church, while others suggest that you should measure the Church just like a business…both extremes are wrong, but contain some valuable insights.
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  • You must clarify the mission! (second in a series)
    In this episode, the second part of a mini-series on strategic planning, Nick and Rick focus on the concept of ’mission’, the definition, the often confused difference and relationship between mission and vision, why clarity of mission matters in the church (parish, diocese, school, family, your organization), and how to approach missional clarity.
     
    Though vision and mission are critically linked and dependent on each other, it is vital for leaders to know the difference and the importance of providing clarity of both. So the “mission” of this episode is to help leaders become more comfortable and confident in discerning and effectively communicating their mission for the entire team/family.
     
    1. Mission Challenge: 
    1. Prayer Sessions: Higher Level, longer-term mission. For example:
    1. What is our part of the Great Commission; what are you calling us to do? 
  • How are we to arrive at the vision of success that you have shown us?
  • Prayer Sessions: Deeper Dives, shorter term
    1. How will we succeed in your mission for us?
  • What is most important right now?
  • Who is to do what?
  • What am I personally called to do in light of the larger mission here?
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    42 min
  • It All Starts with Vision
    Strategic Planning Mini-Series: It All Starts with Vision
    Mission, Vision, Strategy, Plans, Goals, Metrics, KPIs, …Ugh! The Church is not a business! Do we need any of this? I’m confused. 
     
    In this mini-series on Strategic Planning in the Church, Nick and Rick simplify strategic planning for leaders in the Church, from a biblical perspective and always being docile to the Holy Spirit.
     
    This episode focuses on the importance of Vision and how to go about discerning a common vision of success for your diocese, parish, school, apostolate, or family — one of the most fundamental and important responsibilities of leaders in the Church.
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    39 min
  • Discipleship Starts at the Top

    If you want to establish a culture of discipleship, it is essential to begin with your leadership team. In this episode, we provide personal examples and discuss the practical components necessary for your leadership team to develop and live as a discipleship community.

    Link to the FOCUS discipleship roadmap

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    45 min
  • Don’t Dam it!

    "Your organization will never outgrow your leadership team."

    This truth emphasizes the importance of leaders in the Church committing to their discipleship journey together if they wish to see it flourish in their parish. In this episode, we offer some valuable insights for leaders to contemplate as they strive to transform their culture.

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    31 min
  • Leadership Envy

    Envy is a deadly sin, and it has a sneaky way of showing up in our lives. In this episode, the guys discuss how envy in leadership roles harms progress and the prescribed antidotes given to us through the Church.

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    44 min
  • The Silent Killer - Avoiding Critical Conversations

    Have you ever said this to yourself?

    "I know I should talk to her about that, but I really don’t want to.”
    "I know the team is suffering, but I don’t want to hurt his feelings by bringing up such a potentially sensitive topic.”
    "I’m not very good at having those kinds of difficult conversations."

    Or how about this?
    “Wow, that went better than I thought; I should have done that a long time ago.”
    “What a relief! It’s like weight has been lifted from all of our shoulders.”

    We hear all of these kinds of statements way too often. So this episode is intended to inspire and help you to have those critical conversations now, to be effective in having them, and to feel positive and confident in doing so.

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    49 min

About The Mission Guys

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Mission guides, Nick Jorgensen and Rick Popp, discuss topics to help equip leaders to lead transformation in the Church. This podcast speaks to leaders everywhere who desire to lead transformation through a Biblical worldview.