Strategy, Method, and Analysis for Church Leaders
I’m learning of more and more churches that make it a policy to hire staff that doesn’t attend their church. I find this very interesting. Tim Stevens, in his post Work Here? Attend Here says it’s about avoiding conflict. While I appreciate his opinion and am sure this is often the case, I have a [...]
I remember working with a group of employees on the manufacturing floor (many years ago) in an attempt to improve efficiency through a better layout and organization of the workspace. I made a very interesting observation that, I believe, illustrates the significance of our responsibility to our staffs and organizations as leaders. I spent a [...]
Serving in the church is a very important part of spiritual development. And, as church leaders we should be asking more and more people to “get involved” in the various ministries of the church. I have often said, “There’s no such thing as too many volunteers.” I remember a situation in our church where a [...]
A comment was posted to my blog recently asking for my input on a “good” performance review tool, method, format, etc. I said, “Great question!” and started to think about the numerous performance appraisal methods I’ve been exposed to over the years. In fact, I thought so much about it that rather than put a [...]
I’ve been asked a number of times for “a copy of my job description.” For whatever reason, though, I’ve never documented my position here at Christ’s Church of the Valley. Despite my strong belief in the development of infrastructure as the highest priority in building a strong, capable organization … I’ve never taken the time [...]
