How to do a staff review that helps people grow
When I was a senior pastor, I used to do formal annual reviews with each member of my staff. I began by giving them an evaluation form that they were to fill out before our meeting. It covered these categories: List your areas of responsibility, along with a rating of...
Five questions for leading and living intentionally
By guest blogger Insoo Kim, Vineyard Church Planter in Vancouver Every time our church planting team gets together, we each individually take 15 minutes or so to reflect on these five questions view from last week, then to look forward to what God may have in mind for...
Why staff meetings are mostly a waste
Consider the average staff meeting: some catch up, coordinating of calendars, maybe a bit of support. Usually when you walk away, you haven’t accomplished much, and you’re generally you’re not in a place where the team had enough time for focused thinking about the...
Can’t we all just be friends?
Sometimes people have an expectation that when you work together as a team, everyone needs to be friends — buddies who go out and do things together outside of work time. Many teams do function like that, and that’s fine if it works. But not all teams have to function...