Strategies for Change

The fourth of five books about managing for change in the congregation, Strategies for Change --the fruit of the author's week-long workshops on planned change--focuses on the institutional context for change, defines sources of authority for making changes, and offers a checklist of strategies and tactics for making changes.

Lyle E. Schaller, the author or editor of more than eighty books, is the Parish Consultant for the Yokefellow Institute in Richmond, Indiana

Introduction	p. 9
Covenant Community or Voluntary Association?	p. 15
Covenant Community Versus Voluntary Association	p. 18
What Are the Cohesive Forces?	p. 18
Trust or Consensus?	p. 20
Edict or Process?	p. 22
Who Is the Client?	p. 25
Past or Future Orientation?	p. 27
Charisma or Goals?	p. 29
What Is the Climate?	p. 31
Is This an Adversarial Environment?	p. 31
Is Apathy Worse?	p. 34
Who Has a Voice?	p. 36
Is Complacency the Issue?	p. 38
Is This a Supportive Environment?	p. 40
If Not, What Do We Do Next?	p. 43
What About That Adversarial Climate?	p. 48
What About That Benevolent Dictator?	p. 49
Who Stirs Up the Discontent?	p. 52
Who Identifies That Discrepancy?	p. 53
A Crucial Distinction	p. 54
Three Alternatives	p. 54
Why Do Coalitions Fail?	p. 56
Who Gave You the Authority?	p. 59
Authority or Power?	p. 62
The North American Spectrum	p. 63
From Given to Earned	p. 64
Nations and Denominations	p. 65
The Big Illusion	p. 67
The First Lesson	p. 68
Two More Lessons	p. 68
A Fourth Lesson	p. 69
A Fifth Lesson	p. 69
Eight Sources	p. 69
The Parish Context	p. 76
One Discordant Note	p. 78
Questions	p. 78
Who Decides?	p. 80
How Did It Happen?	p. 82
Four Lessons	p. 85
But Is That Democratic?	p. 86
Who Can Conceptualize Tomorrow?	p. 88
Who Controls?	p. 88
What Is the Issue?	p. 89
What Is Your Strategy?	p. 90
Three Levels of Change	p. 90
A Five Step Sequence	p. 92
That Crucial Second Step	p. 93
That Often Overlooked Third Step	p. 96
The Fourth Step	p. 97
The Fifth Step	p. 99
A Checklist for Change Agents	p. 100
Reform or Create?	p. 107
What Are Your Assumptions?	p. 109
What Are the Choices?	p. 110
Who Are the Victims?	p. 112
Three Scenarios	p. 113
Expanding the Sunday Morning Schedule	p. 117
The Toughest Call of All	p. 119
Why Did It Work?	p. 122
Notes	p. 125
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