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How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . .…

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    Chapters 73-75: Understanding the Benefit of Loyalty and the Firing Process

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 31:09


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 73-75, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about loyalty as the hidden benefit and the firing process.

    Chapters 71-72: The Person You Want to Hire and the Person Who Tells You What You Want to Hear

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019 21:00


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 71 and 72, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about the difference between the person you want to hire and the person who tells you what you want to hear.

    Chapters 68-70: The Prior Work Experience Trap

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 21:26


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 68-70, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about the prior work experience trap.

    Chapters 66-67: The Art and Science of Hiring

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 23:34


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 66 and 67, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about the art and science of hiring.

    Chapters 61-65: Hiring, A-Players through F-Players

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 21:08


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 61 through 65, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about the hiring principle and the differences among A-players through F-Players.

    Chapters 59-60: On Rejection and Failure and How People Make for Superior PMO

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019 24:44


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 59 and 60, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about Rejection and Failure and How People Make for Superior PMO.

    Chapter 58: The PMO Communications Challenge, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 21:54


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In this two-part presentation of chapter 58, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda concludes his discussion of the PMO Communications Challenge.

    Chapter 58: The PMO Communications Challenge, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 21:03


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In this two-part presentation of chapter 58, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda begins explaining the PMO Communications Challenge.

    Chapters 55-57: The Art of Strategic Planning

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2019 33:23


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 55 through 57, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about the art of strategic planning.

    Chapter 54: Tactical Discrimination and Delegation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2019 27:08


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapter 54, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about tactical discrimination and delegation.

    Chapters 52-53: Bottom Line on Execution and the Purpose of Planning Tools

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2019 22:19


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 52 and 53, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about the bottom line on execution and the purpose of planning tools.

    Chapters 50-51: The Art of Achieving Superior Execution

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2019 33:22


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 50 and 51, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda speaks on the art of achieving superior execution.

    Chapters 47-49: Execution on the Road Less Traveled

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2019 21:26


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 47-49, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda speaks about execution on the road less traveled.

    Chapters 45-46: Organizing, Prioritizing and Planning

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2019 32:48


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 45 and 46, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about organizing, prioritizing and planning.

    Chapters 43-44: PMO Strategic Plan Science and Understanding through the Culture Lens

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2019 28:28


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 43 and 44, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about PMO Strategic Plan Science and Observing, Questioning and Listening through the culture lens.

    Chapters 41-42: Sharing and Planning

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2019 21:35


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 41 and 42, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about sharing and planning.

    Chapters 37-40: Leaving the Culture DNA Alone and Dealing with Turnover

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2019 19:17


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 37-40, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about leaving the culture DNA alone, facing the job performance mirror, communicating the culture, and dealing with turnover.

    Chapters 35-36: On the Primacy of Hat Switching and the Optics of PMO

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2019 19:06


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 35 and 36, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda talks about the primacy of hat switching and the optics of PMO.

    Chapters 32-34: The Hats on our Rack and the Consequences of Our Wearing the Wrong Ones

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2019 18:37


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 32-34, Catholic businessman Mike Brinda calls us to check on the hats we keep on our rack and explains the consequences of our wearing the wrong hat.

    Chapters 30-31: Statement of PMO Culture and Experience of Broken Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 25:31


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 30-31, Prof. Brinda provides a statement of PMO Culture and an experience of Broken Culture.

    Chapters 28-29: Updating the PMO Organizational Chart with Full Disclosure and Advanced Warning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 31:13


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 28-29, Prof. Brinda talks about updating the PMO Organizational Chart with Full Disclosure and Advanced Warning.

    Chapters 25-27: Exposing the Grand Illusion to Break the Chain of the Broken Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 21:45


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters 25-27, Prof. Brinda talks about exposing the Grand Illusion to break the Chain of the Broken Culture.

    Chapters 22-24: Killing and Replacing the Old Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 20:40


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters twenty-two through twenty-four, Michael Brinda talks about fundamentals on culture, change in broken culture, and on the culture killing and replacement hurricane.

    Chapters 20-21: Culture and its Relationship to Performance

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 22:59


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters twenty and twenty-one, Michael Brinda talks about culture and the relationship of performance to culture.

    Chapter 19: The Buck Stops in PMO

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 22:01


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapter nineteen, Michael Brinda talks about how the buck stops in PMO.

    Chapters 16-18: Indicators of PMO Management through Removing Suppression and Revealing Want

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 25:25


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters sixteen through eighteen, Michael Brinda talks about indicators of PMO Engagement, the removal of suppression, and the revelation of want.

    Chapters 14 and 15: The Creation of Want in the Target Audience

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 21:44


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters fourteen and fifteen, Michael Brinda talks about the creation of want and defining the target audience.

    Chapters 12 and 13: Repairing What's Broken by Maximizing PMO

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 23:33


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters twelve and thirteen, Michael Brinda talks about the identification and repair of what Is broken and the volume of actual PMO usage In relation to potential usage.

    Chapter 11: We Need a New PMO Results Measuring Yardstick

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019 16:43


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapter eleven, Michael Brinda explains that we need a new PMO results measuring yardstick.

    Chapter 10: PMO and the Parish Mission Statement: A Co-Dependent Relationship, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 23:07


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In the second part of chapter ten, Michael Brinda talks about PMO and the Parish Mission Statement as a Co-Dependent Relationship.

    Chapter 10: PMO and the Parish Mission Statement: A Co-Dependent Relationship, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2019 20:22


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In part one of chapter ten, Michael Brinda talks about how PMO and the Parish Mission Statement have a co-dependent relationship.

    Chapter 9: Critical Distinctions Between Administration and Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2019 20:03


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapter nine, Michael Brinda explains critical distinctions between administration and leadership.

    Chapters 6-8: PMO Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 22:06


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters six through eight, Michael Brinda talks about those we serve through PMO, the essence of PMO service to parishioners, and mediocrity in PMO service.

    Chapters 3-5: The Superior Results of Church Business Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 24:16


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapters three through five, Michael Brinda talks about PMO as a Superior Results Paradigm, about applying Business Principles in a PMO Environment, and that the Church is not a Business but . . . .

    Chapter 2: The Tyranny of How Over Why

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 19:32


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapter two, Michael Brinda explains the tyranny of the how over the why.

    Chapter 1: Delegation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2019 19:23


    How often have we heard the sayings, “It’s harder than it looks” and “If it were easy everyone would be doing it”? These sayings were never more appropriate than when they are applied to the field of parish management and operations. Every how and why detail in parish management and operations . . . is in fact a lot harder than it looks. In chapter one, Michael Brinda introduces his book by talking about delegation.

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