Tips for Training New Workers<\/b><\/p>\n
1. Go through the job description line by line.<\/p>\n
2. Familiarize them with each piece of equipment.<\/p>\n
3. Show them how to find addresses, phone numbers, and directions.<\/p>\n
4. Provide a list of regular meetings and responsibilities.<\/p>\n
5. List key people: board members, outside contacts, reliable volunteers.<\/p>\n
6. Provide a church reference guide with mission and vision statements, goals, budgets, and organizational chart.<\/p>\n
7. Double check personnel matters. All legal forms should be completed.<\/p>\n
Sylvia Nash, Leadership Handbooks of Practical Theology, Vol. 3, \u201cLeadership & Administration\u201d (Baker Books, 1994). Quoted in YOUR CHURCH, Jan.\/Feb. 1997, p. 6<\/p>\n
Trouble Training His Dog<\/b><\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Lori Andersen, in Reader\u2019s Digest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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