In my blog on Crisis Leadership, part 2 I talked about the importance of clear vision and values for an organization (or church) undergoing change. Anonymous commented and concluded, “For another time. The power of crisis.”
Sounds intriguing, but since I don’t know where Anonymous will post that, I’m hoping he will comment again.
We often talk about ‘stress management,’ by which we usually mean reducing the impact of stress-ors in our lives. Of course, we don’t really want stress to go to zero. It’s pretty boring with zero stress. In fact, manageable stress is what makes life interesting. Without stress, there is no impetus for us to grow or change.
I imagine crises work the same way. An organization (or church) can become bogged down in bureaucracy, laziness, and uncritical thinking, but a good crisis can jar them out of it. In what other ways is there power in crisis?
