Episode 596: Changing Direct Reports

In Episode 596 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss the nuance and the skill of changing your direct reports.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

  • How to tell someone their direct report is changing
  • Why it is helpful to prepare for the change for several months before making it official

 Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):

  • “In a multisite setting, there are going to be multiple times where you are going to be supervising an individual who used to be supervised by someone else.” – @danielsangi
  • “Changing your direct reports is something that is going to happen, but this is different than onboarding a new employee.” – @danielsangi
  • “You are going to get to the point where the lead pastor cannot supervise everyone on staff anymore.” – @danielsangi
  • “Help them understand how this is better, first of all, for the church and, second of all, for them.” – @toddadkins
  • “Set things up so that it is easy, obvious, and strategic for everybody that we make this move.” – @toddadkins

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Published May 24, 2021

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