Nor Cal / Nev College Ministries

Kaizen, I am told, is a Japanese term meaning "improvement". It's used in business circles to refer to a achieving true & long-lasting excellence through making many small incremental changes to everything you do.

It's a great word to know, it's a better word to practice.

• Do you pause after every message to ask how you could have done better?
• Do you solicit feedback from your students? Do you listen to it?
• Do you change something small every time you have a meeting?

Here's a specific tip that works well:

 Hand out index cards to everyone at your meeting.
 Ask them to write down 3 "pointers" and 3 "keepers."
 (3 things you could improve and 3 things you rock at)
 Collate the info and think about what you learned.
 Do this once a quarter or twice a semester.