How to Become AI Ready

Have you ever heard of FOLO? It’s one of the main reasons people – especially in ministry – avoid using AI.  FOLO stands for fear of looming obsolescence. You’ve probably heard this play out in comments like, “AI is going to take all our jobs,” and “AI will do all our work for us.” But […]

When to Promote From Within… and Top Mistakes to Avoid

The right hire is getting harder to find. With nearly 10 million job openings, it’s a candidate’s job market.  That’s why it’s important to assess when to hire from the outside—and when to promote from within your own organization. If you have an internal candidate willing to step up to the challenge, then promoting from […]

Executive Leaders: 3 Steps to Mastering Your Responsibilities

Sometimes, we just wish we could be good at everything.  As executive leaders and pastors, our job is incredibly broad. Simultaneously we need to discover vision, build a strategic plan, manage the business, pastor our staff, equip our volunteers, and support our pastor, all while forming people spiritually, building a healthy culture, and meeting the […]

Live Webinar Replay: Finding + Building Remarkable Nonprofit Teams

The world of nonprofit work has gone through significant transformations in recent years.  Faced with limited resources, so many nonprofits are trying to do more with less. Plus, building an effective team to fulfill the mission is becoming a bigger challenge than ever before. This challenge of team building hits nonprofits at the organizational level—as […]

Need to Hire? First, Look Within

5 Critical Components to Successful Staff Transitions Churches, like all organizations, depend upon a capable and dedicated staff to achieve their mission.  Over time, one or more key staff members will inevitably retire or resign, leaving many church leaders scrambling to find a replacement. That is no easy task in today’s seeker-skewed job market.  So […]

Need to Hire? Check Your Culture

Peter Drucker, a celebrated management consultant, once said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” If you’re one of many churches trying to hire new leaders, forget recruitment strategies that might have worked for you in the past. They have most likely been eaten for breakfast! The current hiring landscape comes with a whole new set of […]

Onboarding Done Right

Smart church leaders are laser-focused on team health and employee retention.  In a landscape of shifting church attendance, tenuous budgets, and an unprecedented number of resignations and retirements, most churches are inevitably experiencing staffing changes in 2022.  Recruiting, screening, and hiring new employees is expensive. And for employees picking up the slack, the lost productivity […]