{"id":18464,"date":"2016-07-26T19:50:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T23:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/?p=18464"},"modified":"2016-07-26T20:03:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T00:03:52","slug":"15-habits-of-church-staff-who-get-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2016\/07\/26\/15-habits-of-church-staff-who-get-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Habits Of Church Staff Who Get Fired"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I was speaking with a church staff member who was lamenting mistakes he had made as leader. \u00a0<\/strong>These mistakes caused him to lose tremendous amounts of influence with the pastor, fellow staff, and key volunteer leaders within the church. \u00a0Ultimately, he lost his job.<\/p>\n

There was no moral failure. \u00a0No financial impropriety. \u00a0Just plain poor leadership.<\/strong>\u00a0 His story was a heartbreaking because it could have all been avoided. \u00a0There were numerous warning signs. \u00a0Constant coaching was delivered. \u00a0He just simply kept running through Stop signs.<\/p>\n

His story provides a series of guard rails for all church staff members to learn from. \u00a0While this is not an exhaustive list, the following are\u00a015 Habits Of Church Staff Who Get Fired. \u00a0<\/strong>What is interesting is none of the items listed had anything to do with the performance of his department.<\/p>\n

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  1. Disloyalty<\/strong> – You are not loyal to the senior pastor. \u00a0Loyalty does not make you a leader. \u00a0But disloyalty disqualifies you as a leader. \u00a0Nothing will get you fired faster.<\/li>\n
  2. Pushiness<\/strong> – You invite yourself into conversations with your superiors or other departments. \u00a0Wait to be invited in by others before speaking your mind.<\/li>\n
  3. Disrespect<\/strong> – When dealing with other leaders always show them and their families<\/em> the respect they deserve.<\/li>\n
  4. Bad Theology<\/strong> – You hijack passages of Scripture and misrepresent them for your personal gain.<\/li>\n
  5. Greed<\/strong> – You want portions of other departments’ budget for your ministry.<\/li>\n
  6. Glory<\/strong> – Visibility is what you crave. \u00a0You want increased platform time and website real estate at the expense of others.<\/li>\n
  7. Selfishness<\/strong> – You want other ministries to promote your ministry offering them nothing in return.<\/li>\n
  8. Lack Of Integrity<\/strong>\u00a0– You lie and misrepresent the truth.<\/li>\n
  9. You Skip The Process To Avoid Hard Work<\/strong> – You constantly want special offerings for your area of ministry.<\/li>\n
  10. Demanding<\/strong> – You want messaging series built around your area of ministry at the expense of other ministries.<\/li>\n
  11. No Self-Awareness<\/strong> – You think your ministry is more important than anyone else’s.<\/li>\n
  12. Pride<\/strong> – You are not humble. \u00a0You think you are always right and everyone else’s approach to ministry is wrong.<\/li>\n
  13. Cruel Behavior<\/strong> – You have unjustly fired qualified personnel hurting them and their families.<\/li>\n
  14. God Complex<\/strong> – Jesus loves the staff and leadership and you have a wonderful plan for their life.<\/li>\n
  15. Just In Case You Missed It – Disloyalty<\/strong> – Let me repeat this one because it\u00a0deserves a second mention. \u00a0You are not loyal to the senior pastor. \u00a0You talk about him to others. \u00a0Nothing will get you fired faster.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Wise leaders learn from the mistakes of others.<\/strong> \u00a0Please learn from this list. \u00a0The lessons learned may allow you to keep your job and preserve your ministry.<\/p>\n

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