Leading staff teams effectively
Jamie Child gives a health check and framework for leading and serving church staff (recorded at the Reach Conference 2024):
Audio:
Handout: Leading staff teams effectively
Enabling female staff to thrive
Rachel Sloan, women’s ministry co-ordinator at Charlotte Chapel Edinburgh and FIEC director for women’s ministry (TED talk recorded at Reach 2024).
Line management
Recommended course:
Confident Supervision from Gospel Coaching
Recommended articles:
- Biblical metaphors for management (steward, caretaker and deacon) – John Truscott
- Different structures of line management in a staff team – John Truscott
- Matt Perman on management and leadership
- Reviews and Appraisals – Ray Evans
- Good feedback is a two way conversation (HBR)
- How to give feedback people can actually use (HBR)
- How to give tough feedback that helps people grow (HBR)
- Pros and cons of 360 degree reviews for church staff – John Truscott
- Google’s 6 aspects of effective management
- Helping new employees fit into organisational culture
- 7 steps to creating a thriving ministry culture
- How to chair a meeting
- Supervising trainees (9:38)
- 6 levels of delegation
Podcasts:
- Enhancing Your Team’s Success With Rhythms of Feedback – One Thing
- How to give effective feedback (Mark Horstman podcast series)
- How to give effective feedback (One Thing podcast)
