Episode 5: Pulpit V. Profit -- What Pastors and Business Leaders can learn from each other.

Here are the main takeaways from Episode 5 of Your Best Work Podcast:

Here are the main takeaways from **Episode 5** of *Your Best Work Podcast* hosted by Eric Hoke:

1. Different Motivations:

- Pastors/ministry leaders tend to be people-driven.

- Business leaders tend to be outcome-driven.

2. Hiring Approaches:

- Ministry leaders often rely on intuition, choosing people they like—those who are charismatic, likable, and easy to get along with.

- Business leaders tend to overlook personal qualities if someone is highly competent or brings unique value—even if that person is difficult to work with.

3. Consequences of These Approaches:

- Churches often promote people who are pleasant but not always the most capable.

- Businesses often tolerate brilliant but toxic individuals, which can be corrosive to team culture.

4. Mutual Lessons for both groups:

- Church leaders can learn from business leaders about using objective outcomes and performance indicators to guide decisions.

- Business leaders can learn from church leaders about valuing collaboration, kindness, and people skills as much as output.

This podcast episode was produced by Jeffrey Riggs.

Music by Fyodor Zharkov from Pixabay

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