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Teacher Salaries

By |March 18th, 2024|

Hey Fletch—Why do you utilize teacher compensation data for comparison data? I don’t necessarily believe they are compensated very well on average. Fletch—Some folks don’t think teachers are paid a fair and living wage. [...]

Clear Priorities Drive Good Decisions

By |March 15th, 2024|

Your decisions create the story of your life. And while nobody plans to complicate their life with bad decisions, far too many people have no plan to make good decisions. Andy Stanley in Better [...]

When and How to Change Ministries

By |December 23rd, 2023|

Questions to Consider Before and After You Decide to Leave Feuding Cripples Church—

That headline was plastered on page 1 of the city newspaper. By a 17-6 margin, the deacons and trustees had voted the [...]

Five Reasons You Might Not Be Hired

By |December 19th, 2023|

You can learn from other’s mistakes. If you avoid these areas, the chances of a long-term successful career at your next church will be greatly improved. I recently had the opportunity to correspond with [...]

Talking to Visitors

By |November 30th, 2023|

Hey Fletch—We have a lot of people who visit our church but they don’t come back. We send out letters and emails to newcomers. Apparently these are not working. Any thoughts? Fletch—I stumbled on [...]

Be the Unicorn

By |November 28th, 2023|

William Vanderbloemen William Vanderbloemen’s latest book, Be the Unicorn: Data-Driven Habits that Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest, is a goldmine of information. He gets right at what the best leaders [...]

The Necessity of a Child Safety Team

By |November 22nd, 2023|

One of my favorite pastimes after a long day of work is to sit and watch sports. During each sports season, you’ll find me enjoying my favorite Atlanta-based teams as they work together to [...]

5 Ways to Protect Against Being a Bad Boss

By |October 12th, 2023|

There was a recent study that showed that two Walgreens stores had completely different success metrics and employee retention even though they were close to each other, had the same clientele, had the same [...]

Building a Splinter-Free Team Culture

By |August 31st, 2023|

Addressing Small Irritations Before They Derail Momentum Recently I was helping my husband and my dad on a renovation project. We’re restoring a home built in 1900, complete with all the character and quirks [...]

Common OSHA Violations in Church Facilities

By |August 10th, 2023|

We all know churches are places of worship and community gathering. What is often overlooked, however, is that the church-owned property used to meet in is considered a commercial property. This means that many [...]

Data Erasure vs. Risk Management

By |June 21st, 2023|

The Clash of Privacy and Protection of Vulnerable Populations Protecting Personal Information Everyone has a story about personal information fraudulently obtained by a security breach, Phishing email scam, or sold by a vendor gathering [...]

Learning from Leadership Failures

By |May 1st, 2023|

One of my recent ECFA research projects involves leadership integrity. For David Fletcher’s in-person XP-Seminar in February, I surveyed the attendees, the majority of whom are the equivalent of Executive Pastor, with 1 in [...]

End-of-Year Letters Are Vital

By |April 18th, 2023|

Year-end letters are vital to the life of your people and church. They can share stories of ministry and remind people of God’s great work during the year. A number of years ago, my [...]

Password Management and LastPass

By |April 11th, 2023|

I’ve been asked a lot of questions about password managers, especially due to the LastPass hack that started in 2022 and was fully disclosed in 2023. Before getting too far into this, let me [...]