Special Invitation! CCCC is in the midst of a major strategic review. If you’d like to interact with us as the review progresses, please visit the Strategic Review Engagement website. I want to open source the strategic review by having as many non-board, non-staff people engage with us as possible. In this blog, I am writing about [...]
Strategic planning for Christian ministries
Here, in a nutshell, is the issue about strategic planning in a Christian ministry context: What sets the strategic limitations for your ministry – your circumstances or your mission? It can’t be clearer than that. Environmental scans and SWOT analysis, the traditional strategic planning tools, focus too much on your circumstances, the reality of the world [...]
Harvard Business School: Final Reflections
Well, I’m home from an amazing seven days at HBS. From noon last Sunday to noon Saturday, this was a whirlwind of learning and thinking like I’ve never experienced. Those of you in nonprofit leadership, you have to go. It’s running next summer from July 18 – 24 and is worth every penny. Check it out. [...]
Rev. John Pellowe, MBA, DMin
