The Healthy Church Staff Podcast
We're all about helping create a healthy, positive, and spiritually positive environment for church staff members and leadership teams.
The Healthy Church Staff Podcast
Latest Episodes
"We're Understaffed" Is Not a Strategy
The podcast discusses the issue of chronic understaffing in churches, where positions remain unfilled, leading to existing staff covering additional roles. This results in fatigue and burnout, normalizing understaffing as a strategy rather than...
The Volunteer Who Thinks They Supervise You
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the dynamics of staff and volunteer relationships in a church setting, emphasizing the importance of clear reporting lines. He highlights the issue where long-term volunte...
You Left Ops Out of the Vision Meeting
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the common mistake leaders make by not involving key operational staff in the early stages of planning new church initiatives. He emphasizes the importance of including th...
They Report to Two Bosses
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades discusses the complications that arise when employees report to multiple supervisors, emphasizing the need for clear lines of communication and decision-making to avoid confusi...
The Interim Who Never Got a Real Yes
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades discusses the prolonged use of interim titles in churches and the negative impact it can have on both staff and church operations. Todd emphasizes that the interim status shoul...