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10. 2. 2023
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Motivating Your Team

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Staff Health Leadership

I'll Be There For You

08. 28. 2023
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The Neglected Link

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From Meh to Marvelous

04. 17. 2023
Staff Health Leadership

Empowering Your Team Through Clear Communication

04. 14. 2023
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The Day After Easter Letdown. Easter Monday Stinks.

04. 10. 2023
Leadership Current Events

Thank You Cheaply

02. 24. 2023
Leadership Current Events

Four (Not-So) Obvious Reasons You're Struggling to Get Hired in Ministry

02. 3. 2023
Leadership

"You're All Replaceable"​ -Jesus

01. 16. 2023
Leadership Current Events

Rhythms of Hiring (Year at a Glance)

01. 13. 2023
Leadership

Believing God for Unbelievable Things

12. 26. 2022
Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

What NOT to Say When Reviewing Your Team

12. 12. 2022
Leadership Communication

Dimwitted Pastors

11. 28. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

Church is Family ... But Should We Hire Family?

10. 28. 2022
Leadership Current Events

Passion is Hidden in the Grind

10. 24. 2022
Leadership Staff Transitioning

Not Everyone Should Be in Ministry. Should You?

10. 10. 2022
Leadership Current Events

Quitting Us Softly

10. 3. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

Leading in a Disruptive Age

09. 16. 2022
Leadership Staff Hiring

What if Your Church Could Hire 10% Better This Year?

09. 12. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

When Is Enough Enough?

08. 26. 2022
Staff Health Leadership Staff Transitioning

When the Church Damages You

07. 18. 2022
Staff Health Leadership Team

What Will Your Church (and Staff) Look Like in 2047?

07. 17. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

Analog Leadership

07. 15. 2022
Leadership

How to Use the Summer to Become THE WORST Ministry Leader

06. 3. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

Training: Key to Sustaining and Retaining Staff

05. 27. 2022
Staff Health Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

The Golden Rule of Church Staff Leadership

05. 23. 2022
Staff Search Leadership Staff Hiring

Church Team Salaries in the Midst of Inflation

05. 2. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

Having Healthy Career Path Conversations

04. 18. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

Your Resume Has One Purpose (and ONLY One Purpose)

04. 11. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

Before You Go

04. 4. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

Where Have All the Youth Pastors Gone?

03. 28. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

How to Know When it's Time to Go

03. 21. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

Church Staff: Builders. Breakers. Fixers. Maintainers. Which are You?

03. 13. 2022
Staff Health Leadership Staff Hiring Church DNA/Culture

The Not So Great Resignation

02. 28. 2022
Staff Health Leadership Staff Hiring Church DNA/Culture

Your Staff Team is a Mess. Here's Why...

02. 14. 2022
Leadership

How Long Will it Take to Find Our Next Church Staff Member?

01. 31. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

How to Retain Kids and Youth Ministry Leaders During the Great Resignation

01. 26. 2022
Leadership

Top Ten Staffing Tips for 2022

01. 19. 2022
Leadership

A New Year, A New You

01. 3. 2022
Staff Health Leadership

Pastors will burn out, get out, or get healthy. Which do you choose?

12. 15. 2021
Staff Health Leadership

2 Things Every Church Can Do Today to Prepare for Christmas Weekend

12. 8. 2021
Leadership Current Events

What if Half Your Staff Left in 2022?

12. 6. 2021
Staff Health Leadership

Finishing the Year Well

12. 1. 2021
Leadership Current Events

How Inflation May (or may not) Affect Your Church

11. 22. 2021
Leadership Current Events

The Great Resignation: Realigning Your Church Staff for the Future

11. 15. 2021
Leadership Current Events

The Great Resignation: 5 Staffing Trends that Will Affect Your Church

11. 8. 2021
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

How Desire Paths Can Revolutionize Your Ministry

11. 5. 2021
Staff Search Leadership Staff Transitioning Staff Hiring

The Great Resignation and Church Staff Supply/Demand

11. 1. 2021
Staff Search Leadership Staff Transitioning Staff Hiring

The Great Resignation - The Diminishing Church Staff Workforce

10. 25. 2021
Staff Search Leadership Staff Transitioning Staff Hiring

The Great Resignation - Why People are Leaving

10. 18. 2021
Staff Search Leadership Staff Transitioning Staff Hiring

The Great Resignation and Big "C" Church

10. 11. 2021
Staff Search Leadership Staff Transitioning Staff Hiring

Pastors Never Lie on Their Resumes

10. 4. 2021
Leadership Staff Hiring

The 6 Steps to Get Hired at Your Next Ministry Role

09. 13. 2021
Leadership

We're All in This Together

09. 1. 2021
Leadership

No Decision is Still a Decision

08. 30. 2021
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

5 Things that Ruin a Great Fit

08. 25. 2021
Leadership

What is Your Church's Purpose, and How Will You Measure Success?

08. 23. 2021
Leadership

Is this a Speed Bump or an Obstacle?

08. 16. 2021
Leadership

I Was Wrong

08. 9. 2021
Leadership

What Do You Need to STOP Doing?

08. 2. 2021
Leadership

What Will You Do With Your Stones?

07. 26. 2021
Leadership

How Much Do You Delegate?

07. 19. 2021
Leadership Communication

The Economy of Trust in Church Leadership

07. 12. 2021
Leadership Communication

In Matters of Style, Swim with the Current. In Matters of Principle, Stand Like a Rock.

07. 5. 2021
Staff Search Leadership

Considerations When Hiring a New Senior Pastor at Your Church

06. 28. 2021
Staff Search Leadership

10 Things To Consider Before Your Church Hires Another Staff Member

06. 21. 2021
Leadership Current Events

What Happened to Our Volunteers? [VIDEO]

06. 2. 2021
Leadership Current Events

Online Church is Here to Stay [VIDEO]

05. 27. 2021
Staff Health Leadership

How to Engage Your Church in Social Innovation [VIDEO]

05. 19. 2021
Leadership Staff Hiring

Going it Alone Could Be Your Ultimate Downfall

05. 17. 2021
Leadership Staff Hiring Team

How Does Chemistry Staffing Serve Churches?

05. 12. 2021
Staff Health Leadership Communication

Abraham Lincoln on How Church Leaders Deal with Critics

05. 10. 2021
Staff Health Leadership

Helping Churches Dream Again [VIDEO]

05. 5. 2021
Staff Health Leadership

When Saying Goodbye to a Church Staff Member... Care is Key

04. 21. 2021
Staff Health Leadership

Everything That's Old is New

04. 14. 2021
Staff Health Leadership

Lonely Pastors... Everywhere

04. 12. 2021
Staff Health Leadership

Returning to Our Roots

04. 7. 2021
Staff Health Leadership

Recalibrate Your Church's Vision and Continue to Grow

03. 31. 2021
Staff Health Leadership Staff Transitioning

Why Pastors Leave Church Ministry Altogether

03. 29. 2021
Staff Health Leadership Team

Hiring the Right Church Staff Requires an Investment

03. 15. 2021
Leadership

Mondays Are For Criticism

03. 8. 2021
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

The Biggest Church Problem You Have Today

03. 1. 2021
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Grow Your Church and Multiply its Impact

02. 25. 2021
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Hope isn't Strategy

02. 18. 2021
Leadership

Three Staff Changes Your Church May Experience During 2021

02. 15. 2021
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

The Culture, Systems, and Structures to Multiply Leaders

02. 11. 2021
Leadership

Losing Touch with Reality as a Church Leader

02. 8. 2021
Leadership

Growing Pains - Leadership Development Lessons from Growing Churches

02. 4. 2021
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Staying Humble. It's Harder than it Seems.

01. 18. 2021
Staff Health Leadership

The Changes Have Only Begun

01. 13. 2021
Leadership

What Pastors Deserve

01. 11. 2021
Leadership

How Will Your Leadership Change in 2021?

01. 8. 2021
Staff Health Leadership Communication

Low Church Staff Morale Can Kill Your Church... But What Can You Do?

01. 4. 2021
Leadership

Navigating Through the Winds of Change

12. 22. 2020
Leadership

Why is Everything So Difficult in the Church?

12. 21. 2020
Leadership Current Events

Strong Resistance to COVID 19 Precautions

12. 16. 2020
Leadership

What You Do Every Day Matters More Than What You Do Once in a While

12. 7. 2020
Leadership

Mobilizing an Online Audience for Christmas

12. 4. 2020
Leadership

How North Point's Mission Shapes Their Christmas Planning

12. 2. 2020
Leadership Communication

Simple. Measurable. Ministry. Goals.

11. 30. 2020
Leadership

Leading change in a rapidly-changing world

11. 18. 2020
Leadership Staff Transitioning

Staying at Your Church (When It's Easier to Go)

11. 16. 2020
Leadership

Talking about what nobody wants to discuss

11. 11. 2020
Leadership

Bus vs Body

11. 10. 2020
Leadership Staff Transitioning

Monday Morning Church Work Scenarios

11. 2. 2020
Leadership

Christmas Survey Sneak Peek

10. 29. 2020
Leadership

We're All In This Together

10. 28. 2020
Leadership

We Get What We Expect (And We Expect What We Get)

10. 26. 2020
Leadership

Embracing a New Advent Experience

10. 21. 2020
Leadership

Christmas Disrupted: Planning for a Christmas Like No Other

10. 20. 2020
Leadership Staff Hiring Church DNA/Culture

I've Made A Huge Mistake

10. 19. 2020
Leadership

Church, Keep Innovating!

10. 15. 2020
Leadership

Renew, Rethink, and Release

10. 14. 2020
Leadership

This is a great time to be a pastor!

10. 7. 2020
Staff Health Leadership

The Youth Pastor Compensation Survey 2020

10. 6. 2020
Leadership

The Church Guest Experience

09. 30. 2020
Leadership Communication

When You Have a Jerk on Your Church Staff

09. 21. 2020
Staff Health Leadership

Clarity in the Calm

09. 11. 2020
Leadership

One Size Does NOT Fit All

09. 3. 2020
Leadership Current Events

The Future of Youth Ministry [VIDEO]

08. 28. 2020
Leadership

How Not to End Up in the News

08. 19. 2020
Leadership

What John MacArthur and Andy Stanley Have in Common

08. 12. 2020
Staff Health Leadership

A. W. Tozer on COVID-19 and the Future of Your Church

08. 10. 2020
Leadership

I'm sorry, but we need to let you go...

08. 5. 2020
Staff Health Leadership

The Temptation to Take the Summer Off is Real. Don't Do It.

08. 3. 2020
Leadership

What WAS Andy Stanley Thinking?

07. 20. 2020
Staff Health Leadership

Why You Need a 48 Hour Sabbatical

07. 13. 2020
Leadership

Hey, Church Leaders! It's Time to Think Like a Marketer

06. 23. 2020
Leadership

The Two Big Questions on Everyone’s Minds

05. 14. 2020
Leadership

Questions Leaders are Asking in the Virtual Strategy Lab

04. 28. 2020
Leadership

It's Time to Perform an Autopsy on Your Church

04. 21. 2020
Leadership

What I Learned About Digital Church

04. 14. 2020
Leadership

How Should I Be Evaluating Attendance During COVID-19?

04. 6. 2020
Staff Health Leadership Communication Team

How to Lead Negative Church Staff Members

03. 9. 2020
Staff Health Leadership

Chemistry: Do You Have What it Takes to Be A Great Church Staff Member?

02. 10. 2020
Staff Search Leadership Staff Hiring

Why You Should Consider Hiring Someone Fresh Out of College

02. 3. 2020
Leadership Core Values

Creating a Process that Works

01. 30. 2020
Staff Search Leadership Staff Hiring

Five Reasons You Might Not Be Hired

01. 20. 2020
Staff Search Staff Health Leadership Staff Transitioning Staff Hiring

The Story Behind Chemistry Staffing

01. 16. 2020
Leadership

Church Leaders Who Shade the Truth

01. 13. 2020
Staff Health Leadership

What Do You Have to Be Thankful For at YOUR Church?

11. 28. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Practical Steps For Encouraging Staff During A Tough Season

11. 20. 2019
Leadership

The Top Ten Things Church Staff Love About Their Church

11. 11. 2019
Staff Health Leadership Staff Transitioning

When Someone Leaves...

11. 6. 2019
Leadership

The Nines Conference: The Future of The Church

11. 4. 2019
Leadership

How To Make Decisions: Fast and 'Roughly Right'

10. 28. 2019
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

The Danger of Being in Place for Too Long

10. 23. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Trends In Staff Compensation

10. 21. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

The Highest Form of Obedience for Church Staff Members

10. 14. 2019
Staff Health Leadership Staff Hiring Church DNA/Culture

Why I Hate Personality Profiles

10. 9. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

It’s a mean church out there, boys and girls...

10. 7. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Why You Should Share Your Church's Vision Immediately

09. 23. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

5 Ways Church Leaders Destroy Their Teams

09. 16. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Counting heads. Numbers. Good or bad?

09. 9. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture Humor

Are You Dressing Up A Turkey?

08. 26. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture Humor

WHAT YOUR BATHROOMS COULD SAY ABOUT YOUR CHURCH

08. 19. 2019
Staff Health Leadership

Is It Ok For Pastors To Vent?

08. 12. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Why Conflict On Your Leadership Team Is A Good Thing

08. 5. 2019
Leadership Communication

How Radio Nearly Destroyed The Church

07. 29. 2019
Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

Pastors Who Are Jerks

07. 22. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Building an Emotionally Intelligent Team

06. 26. 2019
Leadership

Help! My Church is Falling!

06. 24. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Reversing the Decline

06. 18. 2019
Leadership Staff Hiring Church DNA/Culture

Are You Looking for a Tree-Climber or a Fish?

06. 11. 2019
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Winning the Heart of Your Team

05. 28. 2019
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Enough with the Reality Distortion Field

05. 14. 2019
Leadership

Forget the Highlight Reel

05. 9. 2019
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

What's the Emperor Wearing?

05. 7. 2019
Leadership Communication

I'm the Best Church Leader in the History of the World...

05. 6. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Beware the Body Count

04. 30. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

What's Good vs What's the Best

04. 18. 2019
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

What Purpose do Your Meetings Serve?

04. 16. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture Current Events

Cell Phone Breaks

04. 11. 2019
Leadership Staff Transitioning Church DNA/Culture

Thoughts on Succession

04. 9. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Maybe the Church Should Become a Little More Like Walmart

04. 8. 2019
Leadership Communication

Why Do So Many Pastors Fall?

04. 1. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Desiring Diversity

03. 26. 2019
Leadership Communication

Maybe Your Church Needs a New Water Fountain

03. 21. 2019
Leadership Staff Transitioning Staff Hiring

The Most Dreaded Conversation in Ministry

03. 19. 2019
Leadership Communication

Our Top 7 Worst Communication Habits of Church Staff

03. 18. 2019
Leadership

What's REALLY Going On?

03. 12. 2019
Leadership

Do People In Your Church Trust Your Leadership?

03. 11. 2019
Leadership

I Was Unaware

03. 7. 2019
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Who's Your Circle?

03. 6. 2019
Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

Who Is Setting the Tone?

02. 28. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

An Intentional Church Staff Search Launches an Exciting Future for Christian Fellowship Church

02. 26. 2019
Staff Health Leadership

The Myth of the Visionary

02. 21. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

7 People Your Community Trusts MORE Than Your Church Staff

02. 20. 2019
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Is Church Staff REALLY a Family?

02. 19. 2019
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Beware the Ripples

02. 14. 2019
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

The F Word That Ruins Your Team

02. 11. 2019
Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

The Next Big Thing in the Church Won’t Be Anything Like the Last Big Thing

02. 11. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

4 Types of Change in Your Church (and the right questions to ask yourself during these changes)

02. 8. 2019
Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

Letting Our Yes Be Yes

02. 7. 2019
Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

Why Seemingly Smart People Don't Get Your Vision for the Church

02. 4. 2019
Leadership

Says Who?

02. 1. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Don’t Use Hitting Your Budget as a Sign of Health at Your Church

01. 31. 2019
Leadership

Giving Birth to Naphtali

01. 29. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

What Will Your Church Look Like in 2039?

01. 28. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Think Small, Act Small

01. 22. 2019
Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

Complaint: People are Only Attending Church One or Two Times a Month

01. 16. 2019
Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

It's Highly Likely People Will Stop Attending Your Church in 2019. Here's Why...

01. 14. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Willow Creek: Nearly One Year Later

01. 10. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture

4 Questions You Must Ask to Start Your New Year in Ministry

01. 8. 2019
Leadership Staff Hiring Church DNA/Culture

Manifesto: We've Got to Stop the Bad Church Hires

01. 7. 2019
Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

Facts Don't Change Our Minds. Friendship Does.

01. 4. 2019
Leadership Church DNA/Culture Current Events

Five Trends That Will Disrupt the Church in 2019

01. 3. 2019
Staff Health Leadership

2019 Will Be Harder Than You Think...

01. 2. 2019
Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

Remembering the Good Old Days (in Ministry)

12. 22. 2018
Staff Health Leadership Communication

That Shortcut is Actually a Trap!

12. 22. 2018
Staff Health Leadership

Sometimes, You Have to Be OK Without Knowing the Answer

12. 22. 2018
Leadership Communication Church DNA/Culture

The Both/And Church: Defining Who You Are

12. 22. 2018
Staff Health Leadership Communication

What You Say... Matters... Always

12. 22. 2018
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

Reminder: What You Do Matters

12. 22. 2018
Staff Health Leadership Staff Transitioning

The Question That Could Save Your Ministry Career: Who Holds You Accountable?

12. 22. 2018
Leadership Staff Transitioning

That Time When I Didn't Get the Job (and Why it Was the Best Interview EVER)

12. 21. 2018
Leadership Staff Hiring Church DNA/Culture

How Many Paid Staff Members Does Your Church Really Need?

12. 21. 2018
Staff Health Leadership Communication

Applying "The Silver Rule" in Church Staffing

12. 21. 2018
Leadership Staff Transitioning

Do You Have What it Takes to be a GREAT Church Staff Member?

12. 21. 2018
Staff Health Leadership Staff Transitioning

Do You Love Your Church Job (or Hate It?)

12. 21. 2018
Staff Health Leadership Church DNA/Culture

The Most Important Thing You Can Do This Week

12. 21. 2018
Leadership Communication Staff Hiring

If You Can Master This One Leadership Quality, The Rest Will Be Easy

12. 21. 2018
Leadership Communication Staff Transitioning

What is Your One-Sentence Job Description?

12. 21. 2018
Leadership Staff Transitioning Staff Hiring Church DNA/Culture

Minimizing the Gap Between Ineffective and Fruitful Ministry

12. 21. 2018
Leadership Communication

It's Possible That People Just Aren't Listening to You That Much Anymore...

12. 21. 2018