Jul 1, 2021 | engagement, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Productivity, Team Building, Uncategorized
Your team is the most important asset in the organization you lead. But that’s true only when they are engaged. In 2017, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report, only 15% of employees worldwide were engaged at work. By engaged, Gallup means...
Jun 29, 2021 | Core Values, Culture, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Podcast, Uncategorized
Welcome to Part 2 of our conversation on the subject Shaping the Culture You Need. You can craft an amazing vision, have a dynamic playbook, but only a healthy culture provides the fuel for that vision and playbook to become reality. Today’s pod unpacks a practical...
Jun 24, 2021 | Leadership, Metrics, Pastor, Uncategorized
The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated quarantine radically impacted the way churches measure success. It’s turned historical metrics on their head. For many churches prior to the pandemic, the metric was ABC: Attendance, buildings, cash. The numbers that screamed...
Jun 22, 2021 | Culture, Leadership, Pastor, Podcast, Uncategorized, Values
We spend a lot of time on the podcast talking about things we never learned in bible college or seminary. Today’s subject—shaping culture—is one of those things. Culture is fuel. You can craft an amazing vision, have a dynamic playbook, but only a healthy culture...
Jun 17, 2021 | Burnout, Calling, Depression, Emotional Health, Exhaustion, Fatigue, Finishing Well, Health, Leadership, Longevity, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Productivity, Uncategorized, Workaholism
One of the hardest things to do for most lead pastors is to separate from work. Pivoting from their professional life to their private life. I know this from personal experience. I had to work really hard as a lead pastor to shut off work once I entered our home....
