“Leaders with authentic compassion are strong, courageous, honest, and direct. Compassionate leaders will stand alone and stand firm to defend the defenseless and help the helpless. Compassionate leaders are a tyrant's worst nightmare. ” Pat Williams … [Read more...]
The Best Of The Blogosphere For The Week Of June 26th
This Week's Top Posts From Around The Web
You Are Up To The Task Whether You Feel Like It Or Not - Brandon Cox The ABC Of Retention In The Great Resignation - David Waters What Does Your Team Celebrate? - Scott Cochrane Where Does EQ Belong In The Workplace? - Hannah Gawlik, Vanderbloemen What Is Guaranteed To Destroy Your Organization's Culture - Brian Dodd And this week's funny video... … [Read more...]
The Unique Relationship Between The Senior And Executive Pastors
A Description Of The Unique, One Of A Kind Relationship Dynamic Between The Senior And Executive Pastors
One of my favorite movies of all time is Crimson Tide. Have you seen it? There's trouble in Russia, and the American ballistic missile submarine, Alabama, is ordered into action. The captain, played by Gene Hackman, has just selected a new executive officer (XO), played by Denzel Washington. The captain and XO end up at odds with one another over proper ballistic missile launch procedure under the ship's … [Read more...]
Solving The Communication “Problem”
Sharing A Six-Part Plan For Improving Communication In Any Organization
In virtually all of my coaching relationships and other work with church leaders, the single biggest issue they face, related to staff and volunteers, is "communication." Does that surprise you? Probably not. One of the most important responsibilities of leadership is seeing to it that good communication is happening at all levels of the organization. Easier said than done, though. Have you ever heard the … [Read more...]
Successful Staff Meetings
Here Are The 5 Keys To Having Successful Staff Meetings
How often do you meet with your staff? Are the meetings productive? Successful? In my experience as an Executive Pastor, I went through many iterations of attempting to have great staff meetings. While I wouldn't say I ever got it "perfect,", I would say we did a pretty good job with it. We met every Wednesday at noon and began with a brown bag lunch. In my experience, here's what I would say are the top 5 "keys" … [Read more...]
Tessa West On Jerks At Work
This Week's Great Book Quote
“The sad reality is, most people aren't promoted into leadership positions because they know how to manage people; they're promoted because they were good at their last job. A lot of jerk-at-work problems can be traced back to poor leadership. Even well-intentioned bosses often don't know how to handle office jerks.” Tessa West … [Read more...]
The Best Of The Blogosphere For The Week Of June 19th
This Week's Top Posts From Around The Web
How Pastors Should Answer The Hardest Leadership Question - Sam Rainer 7 Practical Questions To Create Your Best Strategy - Dan Reiland How To Deal With The Books And Teaching Resources Of Fallen Pastors And Leaders - Phil Cooke Finding People Who Challenge You - Joseph Lalonde The First Thing You Must Do To Become A Dynamic And Innovative Leader - Brian Dodd And this week's funny … [Read more...]
Capital Campaign Names
A Little Help With What Some Think Is The Most Difficult Part Of A Capital Campaign
Since becoming an executive pastor in 2004, I've run several capital fundraising campaigns. I've had plenty of experience with them. I've also had the privilege of helping other church leaders with stewardship strategies and capital fundraising campaigns for their churches. The last campaign I helped a church with, I'm happy to say, went very well. They were able to raise 120% of their goal over a 3-year period. I … [Read more...]
Volunteer Coordinator Job Description
Defining And Documenting Staff Duties, Responsibilities, And Qualifications
General Description The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for the support of church-wide volunteer recruitment, training, scheduling, and recognition. This includes leadership and coordination of a volunteer check-in team, processing communication cards, managing the volunteer recruitment process, coordinating volunteer orientation, ministry fairs, and recognition events. Essential Job Functions Lead a team … [Read more...]
Avoiding A “Path Of Least Resistance” Culture
Culture Is What Happens As A Result Of What We Do, Not What We Say
You've heard the phrase "path of least resistance" right? Have you ever thought of what this means in the context of organizational culture? I believe culture to be the most critical issue we face as senior leaders. I also believe that organizational culture is something that's hard to define. It's easy to spot a healthy culture (or unhealthy culture for that matter) but it's difficult to define "culture" or to … [Read more...]
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