Comments on: The Entrepreneurial Mind http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2011/04/27/the-entrepreneurial-mind/ Reflections on leadership in the Orthodox Church Wed, 17 Jul 2013 04:07:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Rebecca Matovic http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2011/04/27/the-entrepreneurial-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-6760 Rebecca Matovic Sun, 08 May 2011 12:39:48 +0000 http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/?p=416#comment-6760 I’m generally very skeptical about applying business ideas to the church, and I’m also very skeptical about the value of business schools (ironically, as I think about it, because I’ve always worked in smaller, more entrepreneurial companies — whenever we hire an MBA they seem out of tune with how we work).

But some of the points here are interesting. I was particularly struck by the issue of risk taking. Our current priest has a more entrepreneurial spirit. At one point when he was advocating a more aggressive approach to something-or-other financial than the parish council felt comfortable with, I realized that even though members of the council, myself included, had lots of experience and some held senior positions in their work lives, in this particular parish we were all essentially ‘salarymen’ and that we could sorely use someone with a more individual, investment, or entrepreneurial outlook.

I remain highly skeptical that these kinds of things can be taught, but recognize that that’s probably a snobby prejudice.

]]> By: Fr Basil Biberdorf http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2011/04/27/the-entrepreneurial-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-6228 Fr Basil Biberdorf Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:21:38 +0000 http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/?p=416#comment-6228 Indeed. I think it’s important to take Adams as speaking a bit tongue-in-cheek on that point. (He is, after all, a cynical cartoonist who routinely mocks typical leaders in corporations.) I find his comments regarding this particular individual interesting in that he was willing to see that the guy who was a failure at one thing had the potential to be quite successful doing something else. How often do we leave people in positions where they are incompetent, when there are other tasks they could do quite well.

]]> By: Donna Farley http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2011/04/27/the-entrepreneurial-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-6223 Donna Farley Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:59:26 +0000 http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/?p=416#comment-6223 “…tall, good-looking and so gifted at b.s. that he’d be the perfect leader.”

Hmm. Not how I would describe most of the clergy of ‘successful’ parishes I know….:-)

well, okay, my own husband is good-looking. Really. And I do know some pretty tall priests who happen to have successful parishes too…..

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