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Success Articles
The best articles related to Success.
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I had never been through anything quite as deep or, frankly, personally frightening as my burnout in 2006. Burnout moves fatigue and the darkness from a place where it was in your control to place where you can simply no longer control either....
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Are Your Meetings Really Worth It?
A few years back my wife and I attended a meeting at our son’s daycare. It was to discuss transition in ownership and to answer question parents might have. It was a total waste of time. We left so frustrated that we ended up finding a new daycare... -
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My 6 Go-To Interview Questions for Church Staff
Whether interviewing a candidate for a teaching pastor position or an administrative support position, these are my go-to questions that continue to give me insight into the person during my initial interviews. Maybe they can help you in your selecti... -
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7 Ways to Help a New Staff Member Succeed
I recently received the following message from a pastor friend:
“I have a new full-time associate pastor starting next week. What suggestions would you give for getting such a person off to a great start?” What... -
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Profile of an Amazing Children's Director
Kids matter!
The value and importance of children’s ministry in the local church simply can’t be overestimated. Let’s be candid, if the kids don’t like it, the parents aren’t bringing them back. In contrast, ther... -
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The 5 Best Ways to Prove Your Point to Your Boss
If you were in charge, everything would be different, wouldn’t it? But you’re not. At least not yet. You think you’re right (you have some great ideas). And you’ll do anything to convince your boss to do what you think your church or organizati... -
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8 Warning Signs to Watch Out for When Hiring
As staff recruiting in ministry world continues to evolve and become more competitive and sophisticated in recent years, churches and recruiting firms have developed a keen sense of red flags during the recruiting process that relate to whether a can... -
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3 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Meetings
I was recently talking with a new client in preparation for our first consulting visit. This was a routine call that I typically do with the leader to ask some basic questions about how they interact with their team. It’s a quick way for me to get in... -
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How to Harness the Power of Feedback
One of the biggest threats to a healthy, flourishing culture is not knowing how to give and receive constructive feedback. So many of us dread feedback, but it has the power to improve you, your people and your organization fo...
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What's the Difference Between Good and Great Leaders?
Communication of the Sunday message is not one of my core responsibilities as Executive Pastor.
On occasion, I have enjoyed the privilege of preaching on Sunday and received very kind and encouraging comments that the... -
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Why We Should Stop Comparing Our Average to Everyone Else’s Awesome
I had the opportunity to preach last Sunday. I love when those weeks roll around. After our final ser... -
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A 7-Point Checklist for a Good Meeting
It’s not difficult to know when you just left a good meeting or a bad one. Some meetings leave you motivated and feeling a sense of accomplishment. Other meetings leave you frustrated and feeling like you just wasted your time. If you are a leader... -
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3 Myths About Joining a Church Staff
Often godly marketplace leaders have wondered what a transition to some type of ministry role would look like. In the last decade I have had countless conversations with these leaders who have wondered what their lives would look like if they transit... -
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How to Lead a High Attendance Church with Minimal Staff
High attendance churches make everyone feel like family. They demonstrate this at the very beginning by having their volunteer team waiting for you in the parking lot with wagons to give new kids rides to the children’s area, and high fives or fis...
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Add These 3 to Your "Stop Doing" List
The second law of thermodynamics revolves around entropy, the principle that things move to disorder and chaos over time. Left alone, things do not become more orderly or more effective. Your once well-ordered garage digresses to clutter. No matter h...