Stan Toler’s Practical Guide to Hiring Staff: How to Recruit and Retain an Effective Ministry Team

by Stan Toler

Publisher:

WPH

, 2009

Overview

The most critical growth decision most pastors face is knowing when—and whom—to hire. Getting the right staff at the right time can make or break a congregation’s momentum. Drawing from his vast experience as a senior pastor and executive leader of large organizations, Stan Toler shares the secrets that will make your first hire the right one. Subjects include:

• Casting the vision for staff expansion
• Funding a new position
• Communicating vision to staff members
• Setting staff expectations
• Interviewing
• The first 30 days
• How to be a great boss

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Key Features

• Provides strategies for casting vision and funding for staff expansion
• Contains tools for interviewing ministry candidates
• Includes a step-by-step plan for the first thirty days of employing a new staff member

Contents

• Vision: Making the Case for Multiple Staff
• Appropriation: Funding the Staffing Plan
• Timing: Knowing When to Hire Staff
• Performance: Establishing a Standard and Job Description
• Assessment: Conducting the Interview
• Retention: Holding on to Quality Staff
• Management: Becoming a Terrific Boss
• Strategy: Building for Growth and Expansion
• Recruitment: Finding and Hiring the Right Person
• Attitude: Overcoming the Super Pastor Syndrome

Product Details

• Title: Stan Toler’s Practical Guide to Hiring Staff: How to Recruit and Retain an Effective Ministry Team
• Author: Stan Toler
• Publisher: Wesleyan Publishing House
• Publication Date: 2009
• Pages: 192

About Stan Toler

Stan Toler is general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. Toler began his pastoral career at the age of 17 and for several years taught seminars for Dr. John Maxwell’s INJOY Group, a leadership development institute. He has written more than 70 books, including ReThink Your Life, which debuted at number 23 on the CBA Christian Living bestsellers list.