How to Embrace Rest Post-covid
Do you find yourself often saying, “I’m just so busy and tired” when asked how you’re doing? In ministry especially, it’s easy to view our schedules...
The 3 Biggest Pitfalls I’ve Seen In Succession Planning
For over a decade, I have been studying pastoral succession. It’s been amazing to see how this has become a central topic of conversation...
Finding Yourself In a Surprise Succession
Succession can be a difficult process under any circumstances, but sudden and unexpected succession can be much more challenging to navigate. Surprise successions that...
10 Ways to Tell If You Should Leave Your Leadership Post
Over the years, I’ve gotten to hear some pretty vulnerable conversations from pastors. They’re honest with me about their fears, doubts, and uncertainties about...
4 Reasons to Work with a Boutique Search Firm
As competition floods the job market with people who were laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic and others who chose to leave their positions...
How Do You Lovingly Terminate Staff?
For twenty-five years of leading different companies and churches, I have learned the hard way how to lovingly terminate staff. In my role as...
4 Succession Styles Depending on Church Culture
The longer I help Christian organizations with hiring and succession planning, the more convinced I am that there are no cookie-cutter solutions to succession....
Six Helpful Ideas for Smaller Nonprofits | Better Fundraising
This article is written by Steven Screen, and was previously published by Better Fundraising.
Recently I spent the day working with a bunch of smaller nonprofits...
12 Things Failed Successions Have In Common
There’s an insurance company that has an ad campaign I just love. They end each ad by saying, “We know a lot because we’ve...
3 Ingredients for Successful Pastoral Transition
Succession has always been certain, but COVID-19 has put it in focus like never before.
There’s an old saying among many Catholics: “The only sick...
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He was researching and writing an in-depth biography of Robert Moses, the highly acclaimed “master builder” of New York City,...
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Leadership is rewarding and definitely worth it, but let’s be honest, there are many days when it’s no picnic.
Typically, those days have something to...
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Whether you watch football religiously or just hear your coworkers chat about it on Monday mornings, there’s one team right now that seems to...
