Speaker says church, like companies, needs good leadership, management

Published: 2008-07-01

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Effective organizations need good leadership and good management, but because "individuals frequently are much better at one than the other," successful organizations make sure both skills are well represented on their leadership team, said business leader Frederick Gluck. He spoke during the annual meeting of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management June 26-27 in Philadelphia. Gluck, a member of the round-table's board of directors who is a former managing partner of the international consulting firm McKinsey & Co., told the meeting's 90 participants that while leaders and managers in the church might sometimes wish they could escape their responsibilities "there is no escaping them." One can, however, take steps to define "leadership" and "management" to create a balance between them that works for a given individual. Participating in the Philadelphia meeting were 10 U.S. bishops, along with business and financial leaders, pastors and lay pastoral ministers, philanthropists, educators and others. They discussed ways to promote excellence in the leadership and management of Catholic dioceses and parishes.

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