3 Nonnegotiables For Every High Achiever - Michael Hyatt Good Leaders Develop A Leadership Vocabulary - Ron Edmondson An Antidote To Burnout: 5 Reasons You Haven't Found A Sustainable Pace - Carey Nieuwhof 7 Top Strategies That Break The Grip Of Self-Inflicted Anxiety - Dan Rockwell Leading Through Uncertainty And Change - David Robinson And this week's funny video.... … [Read more...]
The Performance Cycle
Helping An Organization Leverage The Knowledge And Expertise Of Its Best Leaders
It's all about scalability. How can an organization leverage its leadership? Its knowledge? There are only so many leadership people to go around, and good leaders are extremely difficult to find. So ... building a world-class organization depends on the leader's ability to develop good systems, processes, and methods and make them known (easy to access, learn about, use, and change as needed) to the entire … [Read more...]
Creating The Annual Budget
The Annual Process Of Developing The Budget, Along With A Few Pointers
In my role as Executive Pastor, one of the things I can never avoid is doing the budget for the church each year. The budget is due to the eldership in early December, and it takes a bunch of work to get it together. I usually start working on it in mid to late September. I wanted to share the process I go through each year, along with a few pointers. I’ll assume your church uses QuickBooks or some other … [Read more...]
A Place For Everything And Everything In Its Place
Learning The Ins And Outs Of An Operational Must!
The more I serve in this capacity, the more I realize that much of what I’ve learned over my years in corporate applies to managing the church. “Doing church” each weekend is a lot about logistics. You know, having everything you need, where you need it when you need it. Pulling this off, though, in a multi-purpose facility is difficult. Over time, everything gets shuffled, and the clutter and inefficiency stifle … [Read more...]