In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the pitfalls of desperate hiring and emphasizes the importance of sticking to non-negotiable criteria when hiring. He provides advice on recognizing red and yellow flags i...

In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses when churches should avoid hiring new staff members. He emphasizes that more staff isn't always better and provides five critical questions to contemplate before deciding ...

In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the underlying issue of church staff underperformance and turnover, emphasizing that the root cause often lies not in the people but in the church culture. Rhoades explain...

In this episode, Todd Rhoades discusses the implications of delaying the rehiring process in churches. He highlights the hidden costs and burnout associated with not promptly filling vacant staff roles. Todd provides guidance on recognizing when i...

This podcast episode emphasizes the vital role of middle managers, including volunteers, in church leadership. Host Todd Rhoades highlights how these individuals serve as a crucial link between senior pastors' visions and practical implementation,...

In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the risks of delaying the hiring process in the church environment. While thoughtful consideration during hiring is important, excessive delays can result in losing top ca...

In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses how senior church leaders might unknowingly become bottlenecks in their ministry. He emphasizes the importance of recognizing and addressing leadership behaviors that can ...

In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the difficult topic of terminating a church staff member, emphasizing the importance of clarity and timing in such decisions. He highlights the need for thorough discernme...

In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades outlines a practical four-step playbook for managing conflict within church staff teams. The episode emphasizes that conflict is inevitable in passionate teams, but it can be c...

In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades discusses why churches should consider hiring staff based on potential rather than perfection. The episode covers key points about shifting the hiring mindset, identifying pote...

In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the importance of tracking specific hiring metrics to improve church hiring processes. He emphasizes the need for churches to pay attention to key metrics such as time to ...

In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades discusses the subtle signs of disengagement among church staff members and how to address them before it's too late. He emphasizes the phenomenon of 'quiet quitting' where staf...

Have you ever made a staffing change that was supposed to solve everything, only to discover weeks later that nothing improved? That sinking feeling might be a sign you've addressed a symptom rather than the root cause.When terminations...

Trust erodes silently in church staff teams through small, consistent breaches like withholding information, avoiding hard conversations, and inconsistent leadership. When trust breaks down, staff members disengage, play defense, and create a c...

Church culture is defined by how your team experiences leadership every day, not just through perks or events, and toxic leadership environments can slowly push away great staff members despite their calling.• Constant urgency where eve...

When great candidates disappear from your church's hiring process, it's rarely about salary or location. Top-tier ministry candidates evaluate your church's communication, vision clarity, and culture before deciding whether to continue pursuing...

Todd Rhodes concludes the Silent Alarm series with a crucial message about the danger of trying to rebuild church staff pipelines alone. The most resilient churches recognize that rebuilding ministry is too important and complex to be carried s...

The interim period between church staff members isn't just dead space to endure—it's a strategic inflection point that shapes your church's future. Todd Rhodes explains how this critical time either heals what's broken or hides it deeper, with ...

The church of 1997 isn't coming back, and that's actually good news for ministry leaders willing to adapt their staffing approach. Many churches are still hiring for positions that made sense decades ago, using outdated strategies, and wonderin...

We're exploring why promising ministry leaders are quietly leaving church jobs without returning to ministry elsewhere, examining this growing trend that's draining the church leadership pipeline. This "invisible exodus" includes gifted mid-car...

Your staffing problem isn't really about hiring—it's about discipleship. Most churches have shifted from raising up leaders internally to importing candidates, creating a leadership development vacuum that threatens the future of ministry.<...

Even healthy churches with solid theology and stable leadership are struggling to fill open staff positions due to fundamental shifts in the ministry landscape. The talent pool of potential church staff has shrunk dramatically, creating intense...

We tackle a harmful church hiring myth: the fantasy of finding the "unicorn" or perfect candidate with impossible qualifications at a modest salary. While churches wait for this mythical person, positions remain open, current staff get overload...

Ministry staff are carrying unprecedented emotional weight from difficult experiences, and hiring churches must learn to address the pain behind every resume to build healthy teams.• The last five to six years have been incredibly diffi...