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One Key to Boosting Your Team’s Performance

by Mark Griffin Want to boost job performance? Use a temperament assessment. Workplace conflicts fade and productivity improves when you use Type Indicator tools! Knowing the psychological makeup of your employees is like adding a rocket booster to your organization. Here’s why: Nothing is more common or more detrimental in an organization than clashes in personality and problem-solving styles. Most … Continue
People Management & Care

Is God in Your Plans?

By Mike Bonem Just mention “long-range planning” around a group of church leaders, and you are sure to get a variety of reactions – deep sighs, shaking heads, uncomfortable chuckles … and maybe a few eyes that light up. Planning is one of the most notable areas where churches can experience gridlock in the intersection of secular and spiritual leadership. … Continue
Executive Leadership

5 Responses to the Challenges of Redevelopment

 By Matthew Thomas Detroit’s recent bankruptcy filing placed the issues many declining municipalities face directly in the public eye. Detroit’s experience is a large-scale and extreme example of what many cities, towns, and other municipalities face as their population and revenues begin to decline: The need to increase revenues and/or reduce city services to maintain fiscal health The breakdown of institutions … Continue
Executive Leadership

3 Tips to Help You Hire the Right Person

By Mark Griffin Find the right person for the right job! It sounds simple, but it won’t come easily without planning and a process. Getting the wrong people not only kills performance but can also damage your reputation. And, of course, you don’t have the money to do it wrong. Training misfit or unqualified new employees always costs more in … Continue
People Management & Care

The Aligned Board

By Larry Johnston The notion of alignment has shaped my thinking about nonprofit organizations for many years.  While somewhat intuitive at one level, intuition alone isn’t enough to bring the management of nonprofits into alignment.  You need clear, practical tools and no small amount of wisdom, sheer fortitude, chutzpah and dogged persistence. What continues to astonish me is the extent … Continue
Board Governance

Christian Generosity Step #1: Trust God

by Gary G. Hoag, Ph.D. As the financial world seems to be collapsing all around us, you’ve probably been tempted to get stressed out and worry about your personal or ministry finances. I know I have! I feel this pressure from our culture, and it feels like the weight of the world on my shoulders. I also get it from … Continue
Financial Management

God's Perspective on Labor

In celebration of Labor Day, we turn to God’s word and meditate on the scriptures that reveal God’s perspective on labor. We reflect on what the Word says about God’s character, about us, and the difference it makes when we apply His truth to our lives. Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this … Continue
People Management & Care

God’s Perspective on Labor

In celebration of Labor Day, we turn to God’s word and meditate on the scriptures that reveal God’s perspective on labor. We reflect on what the Word says about God’s character, about us, and the difference it makes when we apply His truth to our lives. Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this … Continue
People Management & Care

CLA Online Academy: September 2013

CLA Online Academy Fall 2013 Term Christian Leadership Alliance (CLA) is dedicated to equipping the leaders of Christ-centered nonprofits with the best practices in organizational effectiveness in eight core areas. One of the ways CLA accomplishes this mission is through the CLA Online Academy. This innovative experience is powered by Azusa Pacific Online University, created via the contributions of Christian … Continue
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Can We Be Honest?

By Rebecca Hays Sometimes asking a question out loud allows us the opportunity to genuinely reflect upon the answer. We’ve heard, God is our Provider.  We may even say it to others, but do we live and work like we truly believe it? How often do we pray in a board meeting and immediately turn our focus to the budget, … Continue
Resource Development