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You Disappointed Me

By Susan Beaumont & Associates / September 23, 2014 / 0 Comments

A volunteer agrees to complete a task but fails to deliver, or delivers a less than satisfactory outcome. A leader violates an established behavioral standard. What do you do? How do you redeem the situation? Disappointment is inevitable when people are involved in ministry; but disappointment doesn’t have to be the final word. Delivering an […]

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How to Develop Wise Leaders

By Susan Beaumont & Associates / September 13, 2014 / 0 Comments

Consider the last slate of candidates nominated for leadership in your congregation. What attributes were sought when recruiting this group? Perhaps you looked for potential leaders who were: invested, good decision-makers, strategic, prayerful, respected, effective communicators, with strong personal boundaries. How did the actual list of nominees compare to your desired list of attributes? Did […]

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If-Then Plans

By Susan Beaumont & Associates / April 25, 2014 / 0 Comments

The problem with most planning is that people simply don’t do what they have declared they want to do. There is a goal setting technique that claims a 300% increase in the likelihood of goal attainment. It is called the if-then plan. Heidi Grant Halvorson, the associate director of Columbia Business School’s Motivation Science Center, […]

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Myth Busters-Supervision

By Susan Beaumont & Associates / April 15, 2014 / 0 Comments

Our unstated and unexamined assumptions about supervision prevent us from being more effective in the role of supervisor. Myth #1: If I could just get the right people on my team, I wouldn’t have to spend so much time supervising them. The Truth: If you lead a congregation with more than 400 people in average […]

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