This week I am doing performance reviews with my team. I’m trying to prepare for these sessions by doing some self-evaluation, including and especially about things that my team might not tell me. Senior leaders, as you approach similar sessions, honestly evaluate yourselves. There are certain things that people on your teams will not bring up – for the simple reason that it’s not safe to. Here are a few items on that list:
1. Nepotism – family members or friends on staff who shouldn’t be there, or who have more influence than they should;
2. “Secret Bosses” – people that can give direction to your team members with no avenue for feedback;
3. Consistent lack of planning on your part;
4. Keeping them “out of the loop;”
5. Ever-escalating expectations (ie “Impossible-to-please-ism”);
6. Vague or shifting expectations (ie “What’s the win?”);
And one specific to senior pastors:
7. It’s not “your church” – you don’t own it, you steward it.
If you can be honest with yourself in these areas – and then honest with your team, acknowledging where you’ve come up short – you have MUCH more potential for building long-term trust. #creativeworshipideas
This week I am doing performance reviews with my team. I’m trying to prepare for these sessions by doing some self-evaluation, including and especially about things that my team might not tell me. Senior leaders, as you approach similar sessions, honestly evaluate yourselves. There are certain things that people on your teams will not bring up – for the simple reason that it’s not safe to. Here are a few items on that list:
1. Nepotism – family members or friends on staff who shouldn’t be there, or who have more influence than they should;
2. “Secret Bosses” – people that can give direction to your team members with no avenue for feedback;
3. Consistent lack of planning on your part;
4. Keeping them “out of the loop;”
5. Ever-escalating expectations (ie “Impossible-to-please-ism”);
6. Vague or shifting expectations (ie “What’s the win?”);
And one specific to senior pastors:
7. It’s not “your church” – you don’t own it, you steward it.
If you can be honest with yourself in these areas – and then honest with your team, acknowledging where you’ve come up short – you have MUCH more potential for building long-term trust.
creativeworshipideas 