{"id":700,"date":"2013-05-08T07:25:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T13:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickduffel.com\/?p=700"},"modified":"2013-05-08T07:25:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T13:25:51","slug":"700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/?p=700","title":{"rendered":"Re-framing management"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nickduffel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mustoe_garden_1950s-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-701\" alt=\"Mustoe_garden_1950s\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nickduffel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mustoe_garden_1950s-1.jpg?resize=487%2C326\" width=\"487\" height=\"326\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<p>Management has gotten a bad rap in recent years.\u00a0 In leadership circles, \u201cmanager\u201d is even viewed as something of a dirty word.\u00a0 Some <span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.churchleaders.com\/pastors\/pastor-articles\/165184-Phil-Cooke-Leader-Manager-There%E2%80%99s-a-Big-Difference.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">articles<\/span><\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8ubRzzirRKs\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">videos<\/span><\/a><\/span> imply that management is tantamount to leadership sell-out.\u00a0 You have given up the high calling of leading, and settled for managing.\u00a0 And managing is only small step away from micro-managing, which is the unforgiveable sin of leadership.\u00a0 There is some truth to this.<\/p>\n<p>But is managing really a bad thing?\u00a0 Certainly it\u2019s often necessary\u2014vital, even.\u00a0 Somebody has to do it!\u00a0 Maybe we need to stop looking down on management and start re-framing it.<\/p>\n<p>I propose a new word: instead of management, <em>cultivation<\/em>; instead of manager, <em>cultivator<\/em>.\u00a0 Cultivation is a job taken on by God himself in our spiritual growth (John 15:1-2), and it was the very first job given out by God to the first human being (Genesis 1:15).<\/p>\n<p>Cultivation implies creating the right conditions for growth to occur.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t that management at its best?\u00a0 Plus, re-framing elevates this activity right alongside leadership as a different-but-equal partner.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders pioneer, cultivators settle the land.\u00a0 Leaders plant seeds, cultivators set the stage for a bountiful harvest.\u00a0 Leaders set the direction, cultivators groom the trail so people can follow.<\/p>\n<p>We need both leaders and cultivators, especially in the Church. \u00a0But not everyone is great at both, so here\u2019s to some amazing leader\/cultivator team-ups in the future!<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Management has gotten a bad rap in recent years.\u00a0 In leadership circles, \u201cmanager\u201d is even viewed as something of a dirty word.\u00a0 Some articles and videos imply that management is tantamount to leadership sell-out.\u00a0 You have given up the high calling of leading, and settled for managing.\u00a0 And managing is only small step away from&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/?p=700\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Re-framing management<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[37,38,84,101,113,114,117,118,165],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership-2","category-leadership-wednesday","tag-church","tag-church-growth","tag-god","tag-ideas","tag-leaders","tag-leadership","tag-management","tag-managers","tag-scripture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s7EHHr-700","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}