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Encouraging the Extraordinary

5 Ways to Help Your Team Reach Unexpected Heights
Pat MacMillan | posted 10/24/2007
This article provided by the Engstrom Institute

As we look at faith-based ministries, we're constantly confronted with a pervading lack of money and human resources.  Managers and leaders anguish over this dilemma. Most of the time they need the money because they need more people power. They need talented people who can help them achieve the goals God has given them.

Leaders feel they can't afford to hire in the first place, or can't afford to hire the people with the skills really necessary to accomplish the job. Clearly, we have a talent shortage in virtually every ministry organization. Or do we?

If we worship such a big God, and these are the resources he has put into our stewardship, are we sure we don't have enough?  One of our observations is that very frequently we do have enough people—often enough talented people. However, these people are not releasing their full potential.

This past year, I sat with a ministry leader wrestling with serious staffing needs, along with the pressures the organization faced because of constituent ...

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