Effective Staff Meetings
Many church staff members tell me they find the weekly meeting frustrating in some way, so here is practical guidance to help make your staff meetings worthwhile.
Seven common frustrations are listed through the use of a case study. For example, meetings can seem a waste of time, take up too much time, or it may not be clear why some people are included and others excluded.
Seven practical ideas are offered such as:
Define what you mean by ‘staff’
Split into groups
Have an occasional review.
The notes then suggest fourteen possible reasons for meeting. These include:
Communication of information
Discipleship training
Planning the future
Training/team-building sessions.
There is a final note on appropriate record keeping.
Training Notes TN128, Effective staff meetings, are now available without charge from the Training Notes index page of John Truscott’s website.