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 […]
Tool, Talent, or Treasure? The Key to Keeping Talented Staff on Your Team
As an executive leader of one of the largest staffing companies in the church and non-profit space, I’ve learned some key things about people and why they are dissatisfied with their work. Speaking with transitioning employees is what we do, and it may surprise you why most people decide to leave their current job for […]
Everything Has Changed
Rather than some pithy intro to a blog post, I would simply like to give 10 suggestions of ways churches and student ministries can adjust ministry for the foreseeable future. In keeping with a traditional model that most youth ministry has, here are some possible ways to create your new-normal. 1. Create a Hub: Have a […]