Fundamentals of Church Staff Performance Management
January 12, 2016 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsEmployee performance management may be defined as a standardized set of processes and systems used to create clear goals and... Continue Reading
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Ten Steps You Must Follow in Hiring Church Staff
January 5, 2016 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsJim Collins, author of the best seller Good to Great, says “The most important decisions that businesspeople make are not... Continue Reading
15 Questions To Inspire Your Annual Self-Development Plan
December 29, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsUnless Things Change They Stay The Same. Why is this simple truth so difficult for us to embrace in our... Continue Reading
How to Set SMART Goals for the Coming Year
December 22, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsAs you reflect on possible goals for the new year use the SMART Goals acrostic to insure your goals are Specific, Measureable, Realistic and measure accomplishment... Continue Reading
A Spiritual Depth Interview Guide for Church Personnel Committees
December 15, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsOver the years of countless ministry interviews I was consistently amazed at the number of candidates that expressed this was... Continue Reading
Top 10 Mistakes Made In Hiring Church Staff
December 8, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsOver time I have come to accept that hiring church staff is an inexact science – one that can’t be... Continue Reading
Job Prioritization Stair Step
December 1, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsA church leader’s job today is a lot like gardening. There is always something else that needs to be done.... Continue Reading
Six Processes and Systems of a Healthy Church Staff Culture
November 24, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsThere is no singular cause and effect relationship in creating a church staff culture that is characterized by unity, high... Continue Reading
The Six Pathways to Personhood Awareness and Understanding
November 17, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsPersonhood is defined as the state or act of having human characteristics and emotions. Personhood awareness and understanding involves insights... Continue Reading
Loving Union and Communion with God Assessment
November 10, 2015 6:04 am Leave your thoughtsWe are called to ministry out of our love for Jesus. Yet, almost immediately the activity of our lives (“doing”... Continue Reading
Spiritual and Organizational Church Leadership Health Assessment
November 3, 2015 6:05 am Leave your thoughtsUnderstandably, the minister’s education and training focuses for the most part on developing biblical knowledge and spiritual leadership skills and... Continue Reading
Assessing the Health of Your Church Organizational Systems
October 27, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsA good organizational structure can often spell the difference between a smooth operating church and one in chaos. A healthy organizational... Continue Reading
