My best advice is to always hire someone more competent than yourself.
Jessica Livingston, Co-founder, Y Combinator
Leaders…trust me, we CANNOT underestimate the power of saying “thank you.” -
Perry Noble on Staff Relationships

David Foster writes: Just because you’ve been the pastor in 2007 doesn’t mean you need to stay there. Trust me, you don’t need the work. The same God that employed and brought you there can take care…

The difference between workers and leaders…

(via mrjacebreeback)

The difference between workers and leaders…

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If you want to change the culture, you have to change the stories.
From a Harvard Business Review article (via Kem Meyer)

Your weekly church staff meeting is the most important meeting of the week. It is an opportunity to gather key staff leaders to celebrate victories, identify missed opportunities, communicate dates…

Signs of disengagement are everywhere – low morale, increased absenteeism, conflict, poor productivity. And where staff turnover is down, let’s make no mistake.

No, this question isn’t about New Year’s resolutions triggered by holiday weight gain. Leadership Network is trying to learn about healthy ways churches keep staff costs down. If you’ll take a few…

Casey Graham writes: This post is a passion of mine because I am sick of seeing pastors distracted from the work of the ministry to pay the bills. We work with millions of dollars of church budgets…

OK… not a real uplifting title. Many ministry staff people absolutely love their job. Others are… well… simply miserable. With us ministry folk, there doesn’t seem to be much middle ground…