Develop.Me Trainings
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Performance Evaluation: The On-Going Conversation
Knowing how your team is growing and developing is important. That's why we believe Performance Evaluations should be on-going conversations instead of scary, once-in-a-while meetings. Develop.Me is a tool we use that provides a framework for these conversations. Use it with your church staff for...
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Feedback is a Gift
Giving and receiving feedback can be scary, but feedback is necessary to help your team grow. Hear Pastor Jerry Hurley share how feedback is a gift....
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Sample Develop.Me Review Email
This is a sample email we used to kick off the 2016 Life.Church review season. Feel free to use it as a model for your Develop.Me review season communications with your staff. Read more about tips for conducting a review here . Hi team! We are winding down 2016 and now is a great time to...
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Prepping for Annual Reviews with Develop.Me
It’s that time of year when many HR leaders are preparing to begin their annual review season. But before we invite our staff and team leaders into Develop.Me to write reviews, we have a little prep work to ensure their user experience, and your administration, is set up for success. 1. Audit...
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Laying a Foundation for Develop.Me
We created Develop.Me to support our culture of development and performance—we wanted performance reviews to be enjoyable, efficient, and productive experiences that support our development culture. When we decided to share Develop.Me for free, we recognized that every church is different and ha...
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Develop.Me: Self-Review Phase of the Review Process
What we've learned: The three phases of the Develop.Me annual review process work together to give the team leader and team member the opportunity to be heard. No matter what annual review process you're using, create opportunities for everyone to talk and be heard and grow....
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Four Tips for Following Through on Goals
At Life.Church, we’re not just big on goals. We’re big on accomplishing goals. That’s why we emphasize goal setting in Develop.Me , our web-based tool we use to guide our staff development conversations. Like everything we create, we give it away for free to other churches. Because we lov...
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The Develop.Me Rating Scale
At Life.Church, we place a heavy emphasis on cultivating positive personal relationships, especially between Team Leaders and Team Members. We use Develop.Me to help promote growth and collaboration. Team Leaders use a Sliding Scale and Rating System when evaluating each staff member. This r...
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How to Roll Out Develop.Me
Now that we’ve covered laying the groundwork for implementing Develop.Me , think next about how to set up and administer it to your staff. Since each organization is different, here are a few questions to ask yourself in order to tailor the experience to meet your needs and optimize its effecti...
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Goal-Setting and Develop.Me
When we think of goals, we usually think about where we'll end. We envision ourselves crossing the finishing line at the marathon, walking across the stage at graduation, or reaping the benefits of a completed project. But the real work of reaching a goal starts at the beginning—when you create...
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