Staff in Christian organizations face a challenge—to close the gap between the words of the mission statement and the reality of the current situation.

To meet this challenge, staff can do 4 things:

1. Focus on the mission
2. Empower others
3. Work smart
4. Pursue excellence

To what extent do staff in your organization do these 4 things? To find out, take the following self-assessment. Read More...

You want your organization to achieve its God-given mission. To achieve the mission, you want your staff to carry out their job responsibilities, including implementing the strategic plan. And you want your professional development program to better support all of this.

What’s next? Look at the characteristics of your professional development program. To get an idea of how you can improve your organization’s professional development program, take the following self-assessment. Read More...

You want your organization to achieve its mission. You know that a quality improvement system can help.
 
Question: What’s next?
 
Answer: Take time to reflect. Take time to reflect on key questions, for example:

1. How well does your staff understand what’s involved in organizational improvement?
2. How involved are your stakeholders in organizational improvement?
3. How focused is your staff on organizational improvement?
4. What drives your organization’s improvement?
5. To what extent do improvement plans guide staff work?
6. To what extent are staff accountable for improvement plans?

Reflect, then take action to enhance your organization’s improvement system.
 
Pursue excellence. Today

If you want your organization to more effectively carry out its God-given mission, increase your investment in your staff.

As an administrator at an international Christian school, you know that staff play a vital role in carrying out the mission. Because your care about your staff, want to be good a steward of the staff God has provided, and want your school to carry out its God-given mission, you ask yourself, “How can we energize, focus, and unleash staff both personally and professionally?”

To find out, take the following self-assessment. Read More...

Remember what it was like the first month on a new job? Remember how you felt? You wanted to do a good job. You needed support so that you could get your questions answered. You needed support so that you could fully use your gifts.
 
Question: How can you provide new staff with support? Read More...

You like feedback. When you get feedback, you make better decisions and use your God-given gifts more effectively. Same with your staff.
 
Question: How can you provide your staff with feedback? Read More...

Question: During staff meetings, how can you provide accountability and provoke reflection?
 
Answer: By asking questions. Read More...

Good stewardship of staff involves supervision, supervision that results in staff understanding job expectations, meeting the expectations, and growing professionally.
 
Question: How can you provide effective supervision? Read More...

You want your staff to further develop common understanding of a key idea. You know that if this happens, you staff will be able to work together even more effectively.
 
Question: How can you help your staff further develop common understanding? Read More...