Mar 31, 2022 | Core Values, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Uncategorized, Values
A church or a business won’t get to their goal without fuel—the culture created by meaningful values provides that fuel. Core values are behaviors that shape the culture of an organization. If vision answers the question where, and a playbook answers the question...
Mar 29, 2022 | Core Values, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Podcast, Uncategorized, Values
A church or a business won’t get to their goal without fuel—the culture created by meaningful values provides that fuel. In today’s episode, John and Jim unpack what values are, what they mean, and why they matter. Here are the show notes: In Pods 127, 128, and 129,...
Oct 26, 2021 | Core Values, Culture, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Podcast, Team members
Welcome to Part 2 of our powerful conversation with Jenni Catron on the subject of The Impact of Culture on the Organization You Lead. The dynamics of your team—the way you work together to achieve the mission—flows throughout everything in your organization. Culture...
Sep 14, 2021 | Alignment, Calling, Core Values, Hiring, Interviewing, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Podcast, Team Building, Team members, Uncategorized
Building a strong, productive team is one of the hardest things a leader has to do. When hiring staff, it’s not unusual to operate in one of two extremes: We go totally with our gut and ignore objectivity . . . or we go totally with objectivity and ignore our gut....
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 10, 2021 | Core Values, Culture, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Uncategorized
Here at Converge Coaching, we spend a lot of time talking about things pastors never learned in bible college or seminary. Today’s subject is one of those things. When we talk to leaders about shaping culture, sometimes we get head nods. Other times, we get blank...
