the “GIT-R-DONE” policy (english: “get it done”)

One of the things I oversee at Teen Mania is oversee the Campus Visit Weekend events here on campus.  This past event was not only the biggest in history, but also the best event in history (hands down), despite the lowest number of staff we had for the event due to spreading the rest of the staff to be small group advisors to our guests.

A contributing factor that led to the success of this weekend was a policy that I instituted known as the the “git-r-done” policy.  If you can embrace this policy, you will be promoted quickly in any job you work in.  Here’s how it works:

On our March Campus Visit Event, at 8:00pm Saturday evening, I called for Shelley (my incredible assistant) and asked her to get a large red Honor Academy T-shirt from merchandise.  Mind you, it’s hard enough just for an ordinary student to get one of those, not to mention merchandise being closed and locked on Saturdays, the workers probably out miles away, and no idea of what to do to try and get one… so you can imagine what Shelley was probably thinking when I asked her.  Without begging or telling her how important it was, I told her that I needed it in 20 minutes and without question, she walked away.  Fifteen minutes later, she return with a smile and handed me the shirt. 

You have just witnessed the “git-r-done” policy.  Basically, it’s hearing a request, understanding the vision without much direction, and doing everything possible to fulfill it without asking the person who gave the question for any further input.  No matter what road blocks, obstacles, etc… that come along the way, answers are discovered on your own and all the “red tape” is cut through to find a way to get to the answer.  Even if there is a dead end, you are doing everything possible to find another way to get to that end-goal.  So, if I were to ask you to get the moon from the sky in the back of a pickup truck, you should walk away and find a way to do it before stating that it is impossible.  After I explained this policy during our morning operations meeting, I’ve never seen any group receive it so well.  Dozens of volunteers, when I asked to do something, never asked me a single question, and in 10-12 minutes, the request was completed (and I had some pretty tall orders).  I wanted to give everyone who took ownership of my requests, a $100 gift certificate (if i had the budget to do so), but I know the Lord is going to richly bless them in the future as a result.