Category: Staffing

  • The Downside to delegation

    The Downside to delegation

    Delegation is a necessary evil. It’s an essential skill needed to get tasks accomplished, free up high-level leaders to spend their attention on what is most necessary, and it allows developing leaders to experiment with getting things done. But empowerment is what is really needed to grow the emerging leaders in your organization. There is…

  • 5 reasons why meetings don’t work

    5 reasons why meetings don’t work

    I hate meetings, and unless you’re a glutton for punishment you do too. Yet it seems like much of my professional life tends to drift towards…you guessed it, meetings! The problem with meetings is most meetings don’t work, and here’s why:  

  • starting right

    Starting right isn’t everything. But the way you start dramatically influences the trajectory of the rest of your life. This is also true in ministry. That’s why Craig Jutila and Joe McGinnis have teamed up to do a new project together. Craig and Joe are two Children’s and Family Ministry veterans, who between the two…

  • are you avoiding reality?

    are you avoiding reality?

    You’ve heard it said before, “The number one job of leadership is to define reality.” Unfortunately we’ve seen over and over again in recent years both companies and one high profile personality after another end in ruin as a result of losing touch with reality. Somewhere along the way these companies and personalities start to…

  • Why Church Staff Change Churches

    This week I’m excited to be starting a new job on the Executive and Teaching Teams at Sun Valley Community Church and because I’m going through this job transition I thought I’d repost this post on Staffing from the archives about why Church Staff change churches. And while this isn’t an exhaustive list, I think…