The 6-Month Rule for Surviving Any Church Staff Transition

<p>Getting promoted over your friends is one of the hardest transitions on church staff. On Friday they were your peers. On Monday they report to you. In the final episode of our Likable Leader series, Jonathan Malm and Jason Young talk through Chapter 11, Forged in the Fire, and what happens to your leadership when things get hard: conflict, disappointment, transitions, and chaos.</p><p>Anyone can be likable when the church is healthy and everyone agrees with you. The real test comes when a friend doesn't get the promotion you got, when a volunteer talks trash behind your back, or when everyone in your house is sick and you snap at your team. Jason shares the story of being promoted over his close friend Andrew and how they stayed friends for over a decade. Jonathan explains why leaders have to be willing to be the bad guy, and why half the chaos in ministry is self-inflicted.</p><p>In this episode we cover:<br />- Passive likability vs. active likability (and why most leaders borrow theirs from the organization)<br />- How to lead former peers without losing the friendship<br />- Why the relationship has to change when you get promoted, and that's okay<br />- Communication, humility, and respect: the three keys to the peer-to-leader transition<br />- Why your team has the right to respond badly, but you don't - The six-month rule for every transition<br />- Why change is really about loss<br />- Don't make your team pay for the chaos around you<br />- Using the Enneagram to spot how you behave when you're unhealthy<br />- Why emotions are signals, not leaders<br />- Self-inflicted chaos and being willing to be the bad guy<br />- The one question to ask your team: what does it feel like to be led by me?</p>