Stress is high these days.
You and your team may not have experienced one major thing in particular. Still, the cumulative effect of many small and unfamiliar stresses over a sustained period of time may be very real for you.
Or you may have experienced one or two significant problems, disappointments, or setbacks that sent your stress levels through the roof.
Either way, it’s very clear that stress is high these days and that impacts the morale of your team.
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A little poison goes a long way.
The leaders on your team may be gifted and high capacity people, but no amount of talent can prevent teamwork toxin from taking its toll.
I’ve been asked many times, “Would you really let someone go for a bad attitude?”
My response is always the same, “Would you really pay someone for a bad attitude?!”
I never delight in someone being released from a team, but yes, without a change, I would let them go. I’m not willing to pay anyone for a lousy attitude. That kind of attitude is available for free.
(This principle is not limited to paid staff.)
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Hiring a staff member can be stressful.
It’s a big decision, and you never know for certain how it will work out.
Smart leaders will do everything possible to make a wise choice when hiring, not the fast choice.
When it comes to hiring, fast seems expedient, but more often than not, it’s expensive in the end.
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The concept of the campus pastor is a genius kind of idea.
For more than a decade, the roles and responsibilities of a campus pastor have been innovated by hundreds of leading multi-site churches.
Campus pastors, while many are very capable communicators, they focus more on leadership and shepherding than on teaching and preaching.
The weekend sermon from the primary communicator is broadcast to all campuses. The senior pastor or a small teaching team typically carries that responsibility, thereby saving time for the campus pastors to invest more in the people of their campus.
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Dan Reiland is the Executive Pastor at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia. He previously partnered with John Maxwell for 20 years, first as Executive Pastor at Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, then as Vice President of Leadership and Church Development at INJOY.
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