Learn to Evaluate Your Major Sundays
Darrel Girardier joined us for our first-ever Road to SALT webinar to share how his team learned to evaluate their major Sundays. He’s sharing his expertise so that your team can benefit to know what ideas worked and which ones need to be scrapped for future Sunday events. Evaluation is not a dirty word. Nor […]
Lead Up – How To Lead When You Aren’t The Leader
Leadership isn’t about power or position, it’s about relational equity. And this doesn’t just go from the top down it should also go from the bottom up. It’s about having mutual respect. Working at the church typically means having the pastor as our boss or leader, and many of us would like to have the […]
5 Tips To Lead Your Team Through Easter
With the Easter season upon us, there is a tendency for the stress, timetables, and busyness of the season to get in the way of truly leading your team. Too much effort is put into getting tasks done, that we lose sight of the role we play as leaders to those we interact with on […]
Encourage Your Team and Elevate Accountability – Part Five
For the past few weeks we have been doing a series on the Five Foundations of Accountability. This week is the last installment and the conversation is on the foundation of Follow Up. Whether you are leading a creative or volunteer team if you want to encourage your team you need to build a rapport. Back in the […]
Encourage Your Team and Elevate Accountability – Part Three
For the past few weeks we have been doing a series on the Five Foundations of Accountability. This week Dr. Johnston is focused on the foundation of Clear Direction. What I appreciate about this foundation is how this applies to your volunteers or non-paid staff. Clarifying the mission of your church is vital in retaining […]
The Creative Meeting Series with Seth Bartlette
We have been covering a series on Creative Meetings and we end it with our friend Seth Bartlette. Seth is a producer and has worked with many people on projects and events. Seth’s insight on the creative meeting process comes from his extensive work as a producer. If you haven’t had a chance to read […]
The Creative Meeting Series with Colette Taylor
SALT is exploring the idea of Creative Meetings for your team, so we asked 3 people in our community to give us their insight on how they like to conduct a creative meeting. Honestly we have done Creative Meetings several different ways and there isn’t a “right” way to do them. This topic is relative […]
The Creative Meeting Series with Stephen Brewster
SALT is exploring the idea of Creative Meetings for your team, so we asked 3 people in our community to give us their insight on how they like to conduct a creative meeting. Honestly we have done Creative Meetings several different ways and there isn’t a “right” way to do them. This topic is relative […]
3 Reasons Brand Standards Are Needed in the Church
Innovation. Sounds cool and sexy. Disrupters. The word drips from one’s lips. Change agent. Sign me up. Standardization? Sounds like the chaperone who makes everyone uncomfortable at the dance. Innovation and standardization are two sides of the organizational coin. Without one, the other fails. Innovation without standardization is like playing tag with no home base. […]
Vacation Guide for the Creative Church
You need a vacation. There, I gave you permission. Of course, I also know the fear that comes from even thinking about the V word for most who work in ministry. Vacation is terrifying for many of us because we feel the burden of how important each weekend is. So follow these steps with me, […]
