Tag: train
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How to Coach the Best Performance out of your Team
I wish coaching could solve every staff performance issue. I wish a little post game conversation would always turn into great results. I wish getting some team members a few more, “game like reps,” would improve their performance. I wish. Unfortunately, coaching isn’t always the solution. There are some team members who can’t or won’t…
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Take Someone With You
Take someone with you. It’s the most overlooked and easiest way to develop people. I’ve never worked with or consulted with a church that believed they had enough leaders. In fact, most churches are looking for some off the shelf content or course they can take people through and then call them leaders. Content and…
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What makes a Great Executive Pastor Great?
When I was starting out in full-time ministry more than twenty years ago if you had told me that I would one day serve as an Executive Pastor of a multi-mega church I would have asked you, “What’s that?” More and more I’m running into young church leaders that aspire to be an Executive Pastor…
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Why your Church is Thinking about Volunteers the Wrong Way
I’ve never met a church leader who said that they had enough volunteers. In fact, the opposite is typically true. Having too few volunteers is one of the most frequent complaints and pressure points I hear from church leaders. Most of the time it’s not due to a lack of effort or trying. It’s usually…
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Leadership can’t be Taught in a Classroom
I’ve never worked with a church that said they didn’t need more leaders. No, many churches, even healthy growing churches I’ve worked with mention two big hurdles that they feel are holding them back from accomplishing the vision God has given them; leaders and money. In fact I’ve been surprised to hear in recent conversations…