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10 years ago @ Ron Edmondson - 10 Symptoms of an Unaw... · 1 reply · +1 points

Hey Ron, I love this post brother! Quick question. Let me start with background info to help you. In our organization the org chart is the lead pastor on top and all of us staff under him, so even though I am the associate pastor, he does not give me authority to oversee the staff. Also he is gone a lot for sermon prep from his home. So I get to see the dysfunctions of staff and personal frustration, because staff vent to me as their pastor/friend but trusting me that I would not tell the lead guy. Also, the lead guy uses all of us staff "against" one another when he goes to each one of us and asks us how is everyone else in the team doing. Kind of like spying on us, using each other. So we all feel like "Am I going to betray my fellow staff and tell the lead guys about their frustration, or am I going to be faithful to my pastor?" I suggested to the lead guy to put me in charge of staff, and in doing so I would gladly report everything to him because that would be my job, but until he makes that official I feel that would be "snitching" on them. Do you agree with my line of thought? If not, I need to hear it. and 2. How much the anonymous survey would put staff against one another and break trust that is so valuable in a healthy team dynamic? Thanks brother I reeeeally love your posts and learn a ton from it. Thanks for investing in pastors like me.