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1 | Wildly Important Goals

Ministry Execution

The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) is a simple, repeatable, and proven formula for executing on your most important strategic priorities in the midst of the whirlwind. 4DX includes:

  • Discipline #1 – Focus on the wildly important
  • Discipline #2 – Act on the lead measure.
  • Discipline #3 – Create a compelling scoreboard.
  • Discipline #4 – Create a cadence of accountability.

WIGs

Each team needs wildly important goals (WIGs).

Because team focus is quickly diluted, it’s important that ministry departments and teams have no more than 1 or 2 WIGs at the same time. While it’s fine to have sub-goals or sub-WIGs, they must ensure the success of the parent WIGs.

WIGs should be measurable and have a clear finish line (E.g. from x to y by when).

Master WIGs for worship, community, service and evangelism might look like this:

  • Worship WIG – Increase Worship Attendance and Engagement to 2,311 by 8/1/19.
  • Community WIG – Increase LIFE Group Attendance and Engagement to 1,302 by 8/1/19.
  • Service WIG – Increase Missions Volunteers and Engagement to 630 by 8/1/19.
  • Evangelism WIG – Increase Baptisms and Salvation Decisions to 125+ by 8/1/19.

We might illustrate winning the war this way:

Goals

Goals help us focus on important and strategic things and move beyond the whirlwind of day-to-day activities that consume most of our time and energy.

Recognize the difference between urgent and important things:

  • Whirlwind – The urgency of the day to day.
    Urgent – It acts on you.
  • Goals – Important, new activities
    Important – You act on them.

Truly powerful and achievable goals are “SMART”. SMART goals are:

  • S = Specific – They should target a specific area for improvement. Exactly what do you want to accomplish? Who, what, when and where?
  • M = Measurable – They should quantify or suggest an indicator of progress. How will you track your progress? How much and how many?
  • A = Achievable – They should aim for a realistically achievable result. Do you have what you need to achieve your goal? Is your goal too challenging? Is it too easy?
  • R = Relevant – They should be goals that matter. Is your goal aligned with organizational vision and values?
  • T = Time-Bound – They should specify when the result can be achieved. When will you achieve your goal? What is your time limit?

Ministry Action Plans

Use a short form Ministry Action Plan (MAP) to make strategy and goal-setting purposeful and concise. MAPs are vision clarification and strategy planning on a few sheets of paper and the goal is K.I.S.S.: Keep it short and simple.

Resources

Sample Ministry WIGs

MAP Instructions

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