Training

Tips for Training New Workers

1. Go through the job description line by line.

2. Familiarize them with each piece of equipment.

3. Show them how to find addresses, phone numbers, and directions.

4. Provide a list of regular meetings and responsibilities.

5. List key people: board members, outside contacts, reliable volunteers.

6. Provide a church reference guide with mission and vision statements, goals, budgets, and organizational chart.

7. Double check personnel matters. All legal forms should be completed.

Sylvia Nash, Leadership Handbooks of Practical Theology, Vol. 3, “Leadership & Administration” (Baker Books, 1994). Quoted in YOUR CHURCH, Jan./Feb. 1997, p. 6

Trouble Training His Dog

As a professional animal trainer, I was disturbed when my own dog developed a bad habit. Every time I hung my wash out on the clothesline, she would yank it down. Drastic action was called for. I put a white kitchen towel on the line and waited. Each time she pulled it off, I scolded her. After two weeks the towel was untouched. Then I hung out a large wash and left to do some errands. When I came home, my clean clothes were scattered all over the yard. On the line was the white kitchen towel.

Lori Andersen, in Reader’s Digest