Sold out to the church, not the role
When hiring staff in a church plant, I am learning more and more the importance of hiring people who have bought into the vision of the church, not the vision of some title. Over the last week I made the decision to change some roles at our church. In an effort to streamline our staff and what they do, we moved some people around. It was easy to see that the two guys who got moved around were sold out to the church and not their specific job.
That to me is important. Jim Collins in Good to Great talks about getting the right people on the bus and worrying about where they sit later. Church Planters, take this advice and tattoo it on your arm and read it over and over when you hire people.