December 3, 2024

Eight Practical Ways to Motivate Your Team

When people feel valued, they are motivated to give it their all and perform at their best. Every person is motivated differently. For some, it’s time, flexibility, or promotion; for others, it’s money, autonomy, or achievement. Motivation is the driving force that encourages people to ...

August 26, 2024

The Benefits of Feedback

Giving and receiving feedback is an excellent way to build a strong team, improve performance, and create a healthy dialog. It gives others a sense of value and engagement and allows staff and volunteers to take ownership of their contributions. To gain the benefits of feedback, you must ...

May 21, 2024

Prevention Strategies to Avoid Burnout

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and research indicates that 44% of US workers feel burned out. According to data from SHRM, workers who are burned out are three times more likely to actively search for another job and significantly less likely to exceed baseline ...

August 2, 2023

Five Tips to Manage Bi-Vocational Stress

The term bi-vocational refers to an individual who holds down two jobs simultaneously, with both or one being a source of income. One job may be serving as a children’s ministry director or youth pastor, and the other could be working a 9-5 office job ...

March 29, 2022

11 Ways to Combat Stress

You might not realize it, but stress may be affecting your quality of life and performance at work. It’s never a good practice to ignore feelings of constant tension. Indicators of Stress Stress can affect several different areas and systems of the body. Understanding the symptoms of ...

February 22, 2022

Managing Negative Attitudes

Successful collaboration is vital for creating positive or negative attitudes within a team or organization. Collaboration is the “act of working with another person or group of people to produce the desired result or positive outcome.” Creating a culture of collaboration takes time and commitment ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares Guest Post: Building Self Confidence as a Leader from Dale Hudson

November 16, 2021

Guest Post: Building Leadership Self Confidence from Dale Hudson

A benefit of being a leader with self-confidence is that you will earn the trust and respect of others. People are more willing to put their confidence in someone they know can lead them in the right direction and identify opportunities that others don’t see. We’re ...

July 21, 2021

The Power of Feedback

Feedback is an excellent way to build a strong and resilient team, bring people together, and create a healthy flow of communication. It provides a sense of engagement and interactivity, allowing staff and volunteers to take ownership of their contributions. Good feedback is vital for ...

June 17, 2015

New to Kidmin? Make Child Safety a Priority

As up and coming children’s ministry leaders finish seminary and head out for jobs or internships, missions, and mentoring opportunities, there’s often a lot of commentary on the top nuggets of wisdom that should be gleaned. Dale Hudson, one of KidCheck’s favorite Kidmin thought leaders recently ...