I have been reminded many times this week that great leaders know how to stop things that aren't great in the organization. I just heard this snippet from a message by Alf Halvorson in Bethlehem, PA:
If you are an Indian you bury a dead horse
If you are a church leader you might...
-Buy a stronger whip
-Change riders
-Appoint a committee to study the horse
-Visit other places to see how they ride dead horses
-Lower the standards so that dead horses can be included
-Reclassify the horse as “living impaired”
-Hire outside contractors to ride the dead horse
-Harness several dead horses together to increase speed
-Show we need lighter riders through productivity studies
-Declare that dead horses require lower overhead and therefore contribute more to the bottom line