Category: Staffing
How to Hire the Right Assistant
Hiring an assistant is almost always a wise and important move for a leader. So important that I argue that the first person that you should hire is an assistant. Why? Because you have too much specialized training and are …
Why You Must Develop Leaders Starting Now
It is imperative that you place a high priority on Leadership Development in your church. There are times that outside hiring makes sense, but there are not enough ready-made leaders to hire everyone you need from the outside. And there …
Why Performance Evaluations Don’t Work
It’s time for Performance Evaluations! It’s your job to make sure that those who you oversee are doing good work. You have to make sure that resources are being invested wisely. And you would also like to get feedback on how …
Why You are Struggling to Build a Team Around You
Leadership is often lonely. This loneliness is compounded by the fact that many leaders can’t quite figure out how to put together a good team around them. These leaders have vision but no real team. They have been blessed …
Three Things you should Stop doing ASAP
Recently a leader that I coach shared with me four kinds of things that we do in life. He learned this from Steve Stroop, pastor of Lakepoint Church in Rockwall, Texas. It is SO good that I have been thinking …