One of the major tasks of any leader is creating clarity. Patrick Lencioni, in his classic The Advantage, argues that in order for leaders to create clarity, leaders need need to make sure everyone they are leading is clear on six questions. These questions, he argues, aren’t unusually insightful. Rather, the insight is that “none of them can be addressed in isolation; they must be answered together.” He continues, “Failing to achieve alignment around any one of them can prevent an organization from attaining the level of clarity necessary to become healthy.”
What are the six questions?
- Why do we exist?
- How do we behave?
- What do we do?
- How will we succeed?
- What is most important, right now?
- Who must do what?
Answering these questions, he asserts, “may well be the most important step of all in achieving the advantage of organizational health.” Whether you lead in the local church or outside of the local church, I think these questions are absolutely worth wrestling with.
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