tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post5089671557423793426..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Can Gen-X Bring Outcomes Assessment to the Church?Gruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-26392399227445573672009-03-09T00:15:00.000-04:002009-03-09T00:15:00.000-04:00By Strauss and Howe's definition, I'm a trailing B...By Strauss and Howe's definition, I'm a trailing Boomer and a cusper. On the staff there are people like Tom Taylor who is the same age I am and shares a strong results oriented focus. I think there is some merit to the thesis.<BR/><BR/>Other issues also figure in. By temperament, I'm a Myers-Brigs INTJ and I don't suffer excessive idealism gladly. :-) (I find many older Boomers particularly exasperating in this regard.) I became Presby as a young adult and I have much less of the sentimental attachments to programs and traditions.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, I think the nominating committee has been asked to identify people who have experience or inclinations that qualify them for leading in adaptive organizations like the one we are trying to become. Among the new batch of folks a sense an increased (not universal) desire to really embrace this model.<BR/><BR/>We also have had some excellent leadership from Boomer leaders like Linda Valentine (executive director) and others on staff. She or her senior staff have hired a number of folks who I think might fit your scenario.<BR/><BR/>I do think I have been one of the most persistent and relentless voices among the board for moving toward outcomes assessment and I spent four years working on the Mission Work Plan process. But I really have had precious little to do with the actual transformation of the Presbyterian Center culture that has been underway.<BR/><BR/>So I think there probably is a generational component at work but a big piece of it is also just everybody owning up to the reality of how the world has changedMichael Krusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562574596754907146noreply@blogger.com