Revised & Updated: The Staffing Workshop — How to Find, Hire, Manage and De-Hire Staff
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Attention Pastors: Master the essential staffing skills you need to avoid costly mistakes, lower your stress and raise your leadership effectiveness!
Now is the time to grow your team — so you can grow your church! Based on 21+ years of leading a growing staff and coaching others to do the same, Pastor Nelson Searcy shares his proven staffing system in the most comprehensive staffing resource ever developed for pastors!
As your church grows, nothing will keep you awake at night or break your heart more than staffing issues. At the same time, nothing will lower your stress level and raise your leadership effectiveness more than investing in the skills necessary to lead, manage and grow a healthy staff.
See, you are not alone in navigating the four areas of staffing: recruiting, hiring, managing and de-hiring/firing. In this revised and updated Staffing Workshop, Nelson Searcy has compiled EVERYTHING he’s learned about church staffing into one jam-packed, five-hour audio resource, along with all his supplemental forms, documents and checklists that you can begin to use immediately.
This workshop will be like a graduate course in church staffing — the result of years of reading, consultation and real-world experience growing a healthy, multi-site church, plus influenced by over 4,000 other pastors in Nelson’s coaching network.
Revised & Updated: The Staffing Workshop
Join Nelson Searcy for a practical, comprehensive (five-hour) staffing training packed with tools and techniques to help you lead a healthy, growing and committed staff.
Nelson leads you through five sessions of training:
Session 1: Introduction & 10 Staffing Lessons
Session 2: Recruiting
Session 3: Hiring Process
Session 4: Managing
Session 5: De-hiring & Conclusion
Secure your download today at the low rate of just $69 for the audio edition (normally $599.95) OR $89 for the audio + video edition (normally $899.95).
In this staffing resource, you will discover:
- âś… How to overcome your next growth barrier through effective staffing
- âś… A field-tested, 3-step management M.A.P. to keep your staff on track and working to their highest potential
- ✅ How to effectively evaluate your current staff — including if and where to add staff
- âś… 10 big staffing lessons (learned the hard way)
- ✅ How to prevent 90% of staff problems before they start (hint: it’s in the recruiting and hiring processes!)
- ✅ The greatest management — and time-saving — tool that you will ever use (and how to use it!)
- âś… Lower-cost alternatives to full-time staff that you should know and be able to utilize when needed
- ✅ The truth about “micro-management” — is it a good thing or a bad thing?
- ✅ The 4 “C’s” of hiring that you can use to measure each applicant
- âś… The two most effective methods to get people to apply for an open position
- âś… The A-B-R principle of effective staffing
- âś… Detailed breakdowns on important meetings and staffing tools that you can use each week with your staff
- ✅ How to unlock and understand the “Hiring Continuum” for greater results!
- âś… The important first step you must take BEFORE you start recruiting
- ✅ How to plan for growth — and the critical questions you must consider before adding staff
- âś… Over 62 sample questions to ask during your interviews
- ✅ The “Rule of 3” and how it can maximize your interview process
- âś… The power of ONE piece of paper (and how this can prevent conflicts)
- ✅ The foolproof method to check a candidate’s references — including the ONE question you must ask every time
- ✅ How to know when it’s time to hire your next staff person (it will be sooner than you think!)
- ✅ A guide to 7 financial and non-financial rewards — including when and how to use each one
- ✅ Identifying when you need to “de-hire” a staff member vs. “fire” them (don’t try this on your own — follow this detailed evaluation)
- ✅ The ways you are responsible to guide your staff — and cooperate with God
- âś… The biggest mistake to avoid when someone resigns from your staff
- âś… The greatest gift that you can give your staff (you may be surprised!)
- âś… How to attract the right people who are a great fit for your church and the position
- âś… The area of staffing where you must invest the majority of your time
- âś… The 4 key areas to prioritize for your staff (Note: YOU must also model all 4!)
- âś… A step-by-step recruitment process designed to filter out prospects who are not right for the position
- âś… The pre-assessment tools every candidate must complete
- âś… A complete Hiring Checklist and the essential agreements you cannot overlook
- ✅ The critical key milestones to establish and meet for every new hire (miss these and you’ll miss the best management techniques at your disposal)
- ✅ When and how to have a “crucial conversation” that leads to a staff departure
- âś… What area to address first if you have underperforming staff
- âś… A detailed Staff Resignation Checklist (you do not want to miss ANY of these boxes to avoid problems later!)
- âś… The six-step firing process (you just might need it)
- âś… The TWO things your church wants to know when a staff member leaves
- âś… Plus sample job postings, staff expectation lists, one-on-one management questions and other essential documents
- âś… And SO MUCH more!
Meet Dr. Nelson Searcy
Nelson Searcy is the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. By God’s grace, he identified and developed the Eight Systems of a Healthy Church® that he has used to coach over 5,000 churches in the US and around the world to adapt those eight systems to their unique ministry fields, resulting in great health and growth.
Nelson regularly coaches pastors online and in-person through the Church Leader Insights and Renegade Pastors Network ministries that he founded. He also leads several annual pastor in-person conferences and online training events. In ministry for more than 25 years, Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.”
He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 20+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life and Ministry, The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests Into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church. Nelson is the recipient of the prestigious Donald A. McGavran Award for Outstanding Leadership in Great Commission Research.
He is a longtime student of church history, especially mastering the areas of evangelism and church growth. He divides his time between NYC and South Florida. He battled Stage 4 cancer and has been cancer-free since 2018, praise God! He has an amazing wife, Kelley, and a teenage son, Alexander, who continues to grow in so many ways.