Author: weswong

This is part 4 of a 4-part series on project management in church ministry. Projects come in different sizes and complexity. There are different project management frameworks that can be utilized depending on the characteristics of a project. The traditional project management approach has been the “waterfall” methodology. This technique is typically used for enterprise-level… Continue reading Project Management in a VUCA World

This is part 3 of a 4-part series on project management in church ministry. The post suggests some tools: Basecamp, Asana, Trello. However, tools and technologies are mere enablers. These can automate and expedite processes and procedures; but it is more important to know a process before automating it. Automating a bad process will merely… Continue reading Tools, Processes, Principles

This is part 2 of a 4-part series on project management in church ministry. Whereas some people are content with just a “plan” they don’t realize that the plan becomes obsolete the moment it starts to be executed. This is a planning fallacy. This bias is due to the invalid assumption that “everything will go… Continue reading Plan or Planning? Static or Dynamic?

This is part 1 of a 4-part series on project management in church ministry. According to the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), a project is a temporary endeavour (i.e., delimited with a start and a finish) to create a unique outcome (product, service, result). In the local… Continue reading Project Management & Church Ministry

We all have relationships. They can be husband-wife, parent-child, brother-sister, friends, neighbours, co-workers, peer-to-peer, supervisor-subordinate, employer-employee, teacher-student, coach-player, mentor-mentee, director-actor, those-in-the-pulpit and those-in-the-pew, and with the divine. As we wrap up 2021, here’s a tip to breathe air into our relationships in 2K22: in addition to O2, give your relationships O3. What is O3? It’s… Continue reading O3 – Breathe air to Your Relationships

It is important to discern that evaluating people’s performance is not judging them but rather what they did according to what they had agreed. The agreed-to SMART objectives would have been articulated in advance with established criteria upon which to measure and assess the performance against those targets. They comprise of the expectations as well… Continue reading Performance Review or Appraisal?

As another year draws to a close, people reflect upon the past. As mentioned in my post, “Do you drive looking at the rear-view mirror,” although we cannot change history we can learn from it, else we’re doomed to repeat it. For some, be they the reviewers or those being reviewed, the thought of “performance… Continue reading ‘Tis the Season for Performance Review

Have you done your regular health check-up this year? How well are you, as compared to your previous check-up? Did you carry out the regimen prescribed by your doctor which you had agreed to do; e.g., diet, exercise, etc.? How is your blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI, weight, waist size, etc.? In addition to your… Continue reading Annual Check UPs … Love ‘em or Loathe ‘em

Following up to my previous blog posts re: “phygital distancing, not social distancing,” “phygital has gone viral,” and “social distancing in the cultural context,” this post addresses “cultures and the COVID-19 pandemic.” This post is succinct. However, for a fuller discussion of how different cultures handled the pandemic in their respective countries, check out this… Continue reading Cultures and the Pandemic