Gaining and Sustaining Momentum
Momentum: Confidence about the future created by a series of wins in the past.
Three components of Sustained Momentum: New, Improved, & Improving.
New triggers momentum. Negative circumstances are the fertile soil for a burst of positive momentum (new leadership/vision or direction/product or program).
Warning: New does not guarantee sustained momentum. But new is an essential trigger for momentum.
Improved sustains momentum for the SHORT term. The new must be a SIGNIFICANT improvement over the old (cost $$). Scrap mediocre to focus on new & improved.
Warning: Small, incremental improvements rarely result in sustained momentum.
Improving - Long-term momentum is sustained through CONTINUOUS improvement. Look at your groceries: "New & Improved." It shows that we're working on it!
Continuous improvement requires systematic and UNFILTERED evaluation (this is something I think we are achieving at NewSpring!). Don't be OPEN to change - be COMMITTED to change! Rip apart your service each week and make changes!
Warning: Success breeds complacency and complacency breed failure.
Great leaders are BOTHERED when things aren't moving!
Look for new ways to upgrade your presentations: God's Word never changes, how we present it must always change. Ex: We basically eat cow, chicken, and fish. But we go to difference restaurants based on the presentation of their cow, chicken, and fish! Same content, new presentation.