One mistake I see many leaders make is in the area of making "rules." What is a rule, really? When I was in corporate, the Human Resources Manual or Employee Handbook, depending on the organization, always had a list of "Major Work Rules." If an employee broke one of those rules, they would be facing "corrective action up to and including termination." The good news is, most of the time these work rules were … [Read more...]
Serving Is Required!
How Can A Christ Follower Justify Not Serving In The Church?
I was recently talking to someone who attends our church about their need to serve. They faithfully come to church every Sunday, but don’t serve anywhere. They were very reluctant, citing that they would love to serve, but they were “too busy.” The conversation prompted me to reflect on my own experience in the church just before making the decision to follow Christ and just after. Back in 1998 my wife and I … [Read more...]
Developing A Compensation Program For Your Church
The 5 Important Components Of Any Good Church Compensation Program ... Explained
Every church, regardless of size or denomination, must have a "structured method" of determining fair and equitable compensation for staff. Why? Having a program developed, documented, and readily available for staff to read and understand solves or prevents issues staff sometimes have related to their compensation. Everyone knows where they stand in the organization and they are confident that their compensation is … [Read more...]
The Documentation
Another Critical Part Of Any Organization's Compensation Program
A series of posts on the topic of compensation programs would not be complete without a few words on the documentation. As I've referred to numerous times here on Executive Pastor Online, the Management System is where policies, procedures, forms, etc. reside. So, of course, the compensation program documentation is part of the Management System as well. The compensation program should be a "policy" as opposed … [Read more...]
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