jan has reached a plateau and they have discontinued therapy for now. If her mental capacity improves they will start again but that is more wish than fact.
She comprehends alot but cant communicate beyond simple things. Its frustrating for her. Shes eating and drinking normal food now and feeds herself. I would not wish a stroke on anyone.
Again. Thanks for all the prayers.
Archive for October, 2011
Update on jan
On Firing Staff
The more I work with lead pastors the more I realize how hard it is for them to fire a staff person who isn’t either performing, or a team player, or is just downright disruptive. Too many pastors put up with so much crap from one or two on their staff that they shoot themselves in the foot. Take a look at what it does:
- It says to competent staff that you really don’t care if the staff demonstrates competency.
- It says to the staff that you either don’t realize how disruptive or harmful the person is or you don’t have the guts to do something about it.
- It says to the staff that you aren’t a leader or you would pull the trigger.
- And guess what, competent staff won’t stay around very long when the lead pastor allows someone to remain on the staff that is either incompetent or disruptive. Sad to say incompetent staff will stay no matter what the lead pastor does.
Listen to what Dave Ramsey says in his book, EntreLeadership, about the leader who can’t pull the trigger and fire someone who everyone knows needs to be fired.
“My friend, John Maxwell, says that ‘Sanctified incompetency demoralizes.’ If you as a leader allow people to half way do their jobs and don’t demand excellence as a prerequisite to keeping their job, you will create a culture of mediocrity If you allow people to misbehave, underachieve, have a bad attitude, gossip, and generally avoid excellence, please don’t expect to attract and retain great talent.”
Lead pastors, post this quote on your frig. Read it every morning before going to the office. Paste it on your desk and read it every time you know you need to fire someone. And be a Nike person- just do it. NOW!!!