Ministry 4DX
The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) is a simple, repeatable, and proven formula for executing on your most important strategic priorities in the midst of the whirlwind. 4DX includes:
Team WIGs
Each team needs wildly important goals (WIGs).
Because team focus is quickly diluted, it’s important that ministry departments and teams have no more than 1 or 2 WIGs at the same time. While it’s fine to have sub-goals or sub-WIGs, they must ensure the success of the parent WIGs.
WIGs should be measurable and have a clear finish line (E.g. from x to y by when).
Master WIGs for worship, community, service and evangelism might look like this:
We might illustrate winning the war this way:
Goals
Goals help us focus on important and strategic things and move beyond the whirlwind of day-to-day activities that consume most of our time and energy.
Recognize the difference between urgent and important things:
Truly powerful and achievable goals are “SMART”. SMART goals are:
Ministry Action Plans
Use a short form Ministry Action Plan (MAP) to make strategy and goal-setting purposeful and concise. MAPs are vision clarification and strategy planning on a few sheets of paper and the goal is K.I.S.S.: Keep it short and simple.
Resources
We provide open access tools to help ministry teams lead, grow and serve.