Navigating Staffing and Structure Challenges in Church Leadership

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This chapter delves into the complexities church leaders face when making structural changes within their teams, emphasizing the importance of handling staffing challenges with wisdom and grace to align with the church's mission. It discusses the core tensions leaders encounter in organizational structure, advocating for a strategic approach to role definition and staffing decisions. The conversation highlights the significance of aligning strategy with structure and people in church organizations, stressing the need for organizational clarity and direction in staffing and structural choices.

We help teams solve complicated staffing challenges with wisdom and grace all the time. We’ve helped more than 650 churches do it. So, we’re going to share some of that wisdom related to structure, leadership, getting the right people in the right roles, and handling “misfits” in this new series we're calling "Staffing Wisdom for Church Leaders."

In the first episode, Tony and Amy unpack the core tension pastors feel when it becomes evident an organizational restructure is needed, and some of the most critical factors to take into account before you start making any decisions about specific people.

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