recruiting & hiring teams that make vision real part-1 why hires go wrong

Monday, March 26, 2012

Spiritual Leaders know where God wants them to go, and they have the ability to persuade other people to go with them. If God has given you a picture of where He wants you to lead, then chances are it’s bigger than what you can handle alone. It’s going to involve other people, it’s going to involve building teams. At some point it’s going to involve recruiting and hiring Staff Members. When a hire goes right it fosters synergy, movement, and momentum. But when a hire goes wrong there are setbacks, losses, and ultimately the mission suffers. Below are the 2 most common mistakes made by churches, which lead them to making the wrong hires.

Posted in Leadership, Staffing

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how coaches help us grow

Monday, March 19, 2012

The best Coaches not only put their teams in the best position to win, but they help their players become better people, they improve their game, and they help them grow. It’s true not only in sports, but off the field as well. The real irony is the higher you go in leadership the more coaching comes into play. Below are 4 phases of the game that your players need you to coach them through if they’re going to grow.

Posted in Leadership, Staffing

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top 10 reasons why ideas fail

Monday, March 5, 2012

Only one in ten new products succeed. That’s only a 10% success rate! What if only 10% of the hires you made worked out? What if your financial reports were only accurate 10% of the time? What if your local pizza joint only got your pizza right 10% of the time? You’d find a different place to buy a pizza wouldn’t you? Nine out of ten new products fail because the ideation process that the majority of companies and organizations use is broken.

In their book, “Lightning in a Bottle: The Proven System to Create New Ideas and Products that Work,” authors David Minter and Michael Reid detail why current ideation tools fail and provide a proven 7 step system that you can follow to better ideas. Below are the top 10 reasons they’ve identified why most ideas fail:

Posted in Creative Arts, Leadership

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5 reasons why I participated in a professional coaching group

Monday, February 20, 2012

After more than 15 years of full time ministry, 10 of which have been spent in some of the nation’s leading mega-churches, I made the decision to spend the last 6 months participating in a professional coaching group.

Here are 5 reasons why I did…and why you should too…

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ignite 2012

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Ignite 2012 is only 4 weeks away. Church planters, prospective planters and planting teams will have opportunities to learn best practices from nationally recognized church planting leaders.

I’ll be involved in an Executive Pastor’s Round Table Conversation with Sam Crabtree who serves as the Executive Pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church and Randy Deal who serves as the Executive Pastor at Rock Point Church I’ll also be teaching a break out called, “Recruiting, Hiring, and Leading a Team that Makes Vision Real.” Stop by and see me!

Cost:

$119 per person or $99 per person for groups of 3 or more

Dates & Location:

March 13-15 at Cornerstone Church in Phoenix, AZ

Register now and enter to win a free iPad here

Don’t miss these incredible leaders and speakers!

Jud Wilhite

Author, speaker and senior pastor of Central Christian Church in Las Vegas.

Darrin Patrick

Founded The Journey in 2002 in the urban core of St. Louis, Missouri. The Journey has four campuses and has released seven church plants. Darrin is Vice President of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network and serves as a leader in Exponential.