Today, I had a great leaders meeting at church…I know, I was surprised too!

Today we had a meeting at church and I am very happy to report that it was a great meeting!

Normally, when you have a leaders meeting (especially in the church) it tries to do too many things and it becomes yet another meeting that goes on too long because too much has been shoe-horned into the time.

This meeting had the potential go do that. Brilliantly, the pastor spotted this and sent out a revised agenda yesterday that trimmed the fat and made us focus on the specific area that we are responsible for.

The first agenda was deflating. The second agenda was freeing. I felt such a sense of relief when I received it in the email. The pastor started the meeting by explaining why he had changed the agenda. Everyone in the room agreed with him and were extremely glad at he did. To give him his full credit – Nic (pastor) had got everyones thoughts on the matter and listened to them. Not only did he listen but he acted on the collective opinion of his leadership team. He knows that if you can trust someone to be a leader you can trust their ideas, even if they are not the same as yours.

The meeting also had a clear purpose that was stated at the start! I loved it.

It was a great meeting – and it felt like we achieved what the team has been put in place to do. And, we finished in time! Something that I am amazingly grateful for.

How many of your team say that about the meetings that you run?