The Great Resignation: 6 key elements to employee retention
According to a theory developed over twenty years ago, regardless of the specific circumstances, job turnover is universally a result of an employee’s perceived embeddedness.
William Vanderbloemen
Op-Ed Contributor
Navigating cultural challenges in the workplace post-COVID-19
You can’t fabricate a culture, you can only discover it. When trying to understand your culture, ask this question: When we are functioning at our very best, what do we do as a team that’s common to us, but uncommon to other teams around us?
In the workplace, culture always wins
When culture is bad, no matter how talented the team or great the strategy, a team will never reach its potential. Because whether good or bad, culture is the trump card that determines your team’s outcome.
How can we measure church growth post-COVID?
We know that Covid-19 brought a shift in the way that churches operate and reach their audiences, but which of these trends are here to stay and how will the landscape of church change from 2020 on?
How to avoid spiritual and emotional burnout
The Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25 makes it clear that God gives us gifts to steward for our personal ministry and outreach. God wants us to be part of his Kingdom work; he gives us a calling alongside the tools we need to fulfill it, and he expects us to steward those tools well.
Preparing for church growth: Why hiring can’t wait for the fall
Our team had the pleasure of hearing from Shawn Lovejoy, Founder and CEO of CourageToLead, on trends he s seeing in churches across the country Here are his predictions for 2021 that will impact your staffing strategy this spring, summer, and fall
How to assess if an internal candidate is the right successor
Many times people ask me, “William, we have a great candidate on staff who could be my successor. How should we figure out if he/she is the right person?” Determining a new leader for your church is a high-pressure and high-impact decision that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Here are some lessons I learned about assessing internal candidates.
My advice to a younger pastor: 15 ways 90% of leaders fail
When Gordon turned 80 years old, he made a point to write down the top factors that he found to determine success or failure as a leader. I asked him to join me for a conversation to share these 15 life lessons and more.
Why an interim leader is your only choice
When people typically think of an interim pastor, they think of someone who is filling a temporary role until the position is filled by the next full-time pastor. Few consider the fact that every pastor is an interim pastor.
Succession readiness: Why your succession plan matters now more than ever
One feeling that is uniting all pastors after 2020: exhaustion. Consequently, 2020 has caused a lot of pastors to consider stepping down years before they had planned.
