100 companies and the criteria. So you might be asking yourself, “Tom, how does this apply to ministry”? Good question. Great companies not only have a vision that people support and buy-into but they also treat their staffers well. In many ways, as ministries, we are really pseudo companies. If we promote an environment for our employees (both paid staffers and volunteers) to thrive in, we’ll never lose them. They want to work for us the rest of their lives. On the other hand, if we promote an environment of insecurity and uneasiness where nothing is ever good enough, then our possibility of retaining the best and brightest may be short lived. With this in mind, think about your ministry. Is your ministry a “company” people desire to work for? That they wake up in the morning with a passion and zest to be a help and contribute? Or is it just something they “do” because God calls us in the great commission to go and make disciples? I pray that it is the latter. I believe great Ministries and Churches to work for…
- Appreciate and Honor their staff/volunteers
- Keep you focused on the task at hand and gives you a vision of what can be
- They keep a good balance between setting and maintaing expectations while also being an environment of grace.
- Allows you to use your gift set to its best ability
- Have fun together…never take each other too seriously
- Allow you to fail
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