Frustrating Church Communication: How to get More People to Respond
Communications in the church world can be hard and frustrating — even for the best communication strategists! You may be the best orator in the world, but week after week, it still seems there are lackluster responses to your sermons. Your team sent multiple emails and printed tons of flyers and yet, half the parents […]
Top 7 MISHAPS in Recruiting
Growing churches are always in recruitment mode. Healthy churches are led by healthy teams who love their work. But how do you recruit the best people to add to your team? There are several things you can do to help, including partnering with Slingshot Group. Here are 7 mishaps many leaders are guilty of […]
Preparing for What’s Next Before You Need To
The best time to prepare for an earthquake or storm is before the calamity hits! Similarly, as a person in ministry, the best time for you to prepare for what’s next is when there is actually not a need. Prepare for the next position while you’re happy in your current role. A change in church […]
Maximize the Holiday Season
The holidays bring exceptional opportunity for churches and organizations: 29% more people attend church during the Christmas season (Source: LifeWay Research and Covchurch, 2015) 34% of charitable giving is done during the last three months of the year (Source: USA Today, 2014) 4 out of 10 Americans say that they would attend a church at […]
7 Steps to Loving Your Work
There is a universal, spiritual, upside-down, culture clashing, reality that when approaching anything in life, the high road (the Jesus road) is to consider others before ourselves. Loving your work is no exception. “If you want to be great, in God’s Kingdom, learn to be the servant of all.” The 2nd chapter in the book […]
Creative Compensation in Attracting Next Level Staff
These days, recruiting and retaining next level people on your staff requires more creativity than ever. After over a decade of providing staffing services for the local church, we’ve discovered some “out of the box” ways to recruit your dream staff beyond the predictable compensation plans that are most common to the local church. […]
How to survive a TGIF (Twitter, Google, Instagram, Facebook) Christmas
Will your kids send you links when you ask them for a Christmas list this year? Do you ever call someone on the phone and in return they text you back? Do you ever feel like your smartphone is vibrating in your pocket, even when the phone is not in your pocket? The way you answer […]
Five Musts Leading into 2019
A new calendar year provides an opportunistic and important time to lead splendiferously. The following are three powerful questions to ask yourself, followed by five ways to lead well into 2019. What would make 2019 a successful year? How will 2019 results be different than years prior? What personal rhythms will help you be the […]
First In, First Out
There are those among us who seem to just be born with a high level of grit. They don’t stop until the task is done. They could be a number-crunching CFO, a dedicated employee, an artist at a canvas, or a leader who just won’t give up no matter what. Let’s set those amazing folks aside for […]
Check 1, 2…Is This Thing On?
Soundcheck is a familiar time for most of us. A room that was once eerily quiet has now been filled with the sounds of people chatting and gear being set-up, instrument tuning and off-line rehearsing. Now, it’s finally time to “make noise.” Isn’t it amazing what happens once the mics are turned on? Sound fills […]