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IGSL Cultural Commitments

The Cultural Commitments are made by the IGSL Leadership Team to the IGSL faculty and staff. The commitments are designed to keep us in sync with one another, so that we stay healthy and focused as we grow as an organization. Faculty are encouraged to refer to these commitments regularly and check if we are staying on track.

Strategic Empowerment

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Each team is empowered to lead an essential area needed to accomplish IGSL mission.

 

IGSL is committed to: 

  • Give teams well-defined responsibility that directly impacts reaching IGSL’s God-given calling 

  • Empower teams with authority and resources to make and implement decisions

  • Provide a clear structure of accountability

  • Streamline responsibilities and create efficient systems to better maximize faculty and staff time.

Dynamic Collaboration​

 

Clear and efficient systems are established that promote inter-team and intra-team communication and cooperation.

 

IGSL is committed to:

  • Form teams of diverse people who are able to create corporate synergy to accomplish given responsibilities, as opposed to merely dividing responsibilities among members.

  • Steward the God-given gifts, passions, training, and personality of each faculty member and staff to help him/her reach God-given potential.

  • Establish a balance between corporate (Leadership Team) and community (Strategic team and sub-teams) decision making.

Leadership Development

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Systems are established to intentionally and continually develop leaders for specific leadership positions.

 

IGSL is committed to: 

  • Prepare multiple leaders capable of taking over any major leadership position when the existing leader temporarily or permanently leaves. 

  • Provide a structure for clear avenues (environments and developmental leaders) for growth and development of all faculty and staff.

  • Ensure that multiple individuals are capable of fulfilling any faculty or staff responsibility (redundancy).

Capacity Stewardship

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The overall capacity of IGSL resources are considered in the planning and execution of strategies/events in order to promote faithful stewardship of what God has entrusted IGSL and to protect from overextending people and other resources. 

 

IGSL’s is committed to keep the following guidelines in mind as decisions are made:

  • Faculty, staff, and students are increasing their personal spiritual, relational, and professional capacity through adequate training and intentional experiences.

  • The responsibilities placed on faculty, staff, and students are evaluated in order to guard against excessive demands that hinder effectiveness and foster unhealthy or unbalanced life. 

  • Decisions of student enrollment, special events, and other opportunities are made in consideration of the capacity of IGSL’s facilities to accommodate them and the capacity of the IGSL personnel to prepare and maintain the facilities.

  • Plans are made to further IGSL’s mission in light of the overall financial resources and stewardship.

  • “Aggregate capacity management” involves an overall evaluation of all resources in order to balance the total resources of IGSL (aggregate capacity) with its plans in order to pursue its calling in an effective and efficient manner.

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