BYRNE, Dr Ken & Rev Peter Corney
Hire Right, First Time is published by Arrow Leadership Australia and is available from Amazon in your country.
ISBN 978-1-922890-92-4
PAPERBACK
Hire Right, First Time
A Practical Guide for Staffing Christian Organisations
One of the most important functions of any leader is hiring the right staff. Yet most leaders have had little or no formal training in how to make these decisions.
This is the first book to provide practical solutions to this dilemma specifically prepared for all types of Christian organisations.
This book outlines, in a thorough yet easy-to-read format, a complete guide to selecting the right person for any role in various Christian organisations.
Topics include the unique selection challenges faced by Christian organisations; the importance of carefully crafting a Position Description; Conducting Revealing Interviews; the Power of Careful Listening; How to use Intuition; listening to promptings of The Spirit; Conducting Insightful Reference Checking and Making the Final Decision.
This is complemented by chapters on when and how to terminate staff and easy-to-apply solutions to keeping your best people. The challenge of protecting oneself against hiring sexual perpetrators is also discussed.
The book comes with a free 120 page User Guide containing additional educational material and all of the forms necessary to use this comprehensive system.
About the Authors
Peter Corney
Rev Peter Corney is an Australian Anglican minister. For the last sixty years he has been actively involved as a preacher, lecturer, and writer.
He has served as a leadership consultant to Churches, schools and a variety of other Christian organisations and not for profits.
For 24 years he was the senior minister at one of the largest Anglican churches in Australia, St Hilary’s in Melbourne.
During these years he has recruited, hired and supervised a large number of staff. He has also been a consultant to churches and other Christian organisations on key staff appointments.
In 1995 Peter helped to initiate the Australian Arrow Leadership Program and became its first Director. Arrow was modelled on the North American program begun by the Canadian evangelist Leighton Ford. It is now one of the leading leadership enhancement programs in Australia for young Christian leaders.
Ken Byrne
Dr Byrne has been a Corporate Psychologist for over forty years.
He has consulted to some of the leading organisations in America and Australia, including: The 3M Company, General Mills, the ANZ Bank, Optus, Coles Myer, Tattersalls, the Walt Disney Corporation, Telstra, Minter Ellison, The Government of Tasmania, Phillips Fox Lawyers and many others.
He has personally evaluated over 3000 job and promotional candidates. These have ranged from board positions, CEO’s, a wide range of senior and middle management roles, technical specialists, sales,and sale management roles and entry level staff.
He developed a specialised system for screening public safety officers that has been used by most Australian police and other similar agencies.
Dr Byrne has also trained well over 2000 public and private sector professionals in the technique of selecting staff.
Dr Byrne holds Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, earned in 1977.
Testimonies
“This book should be required reading for anyone involved in the hiring process in a Christian organisation.
It is as simple, and as important, as that.”
Dr Robert J. Wicks
Professor Emeritus, Pastoral Counselling,
Loyola University Maryland (USA)
“Every organisation, pastor. and leader who wants to hire well will benefit from reading and digesting the contents of this book.”
Rev Dr Bill BrownPastor Emeritus, Syndal Baptist Church and Pastoral Coach, Baptist
Union of Victoria
“This book will help any Christian organisation which is serious about hiring the right people to advance its mission. I strongly recommend you try it out for your next hire.”
Steve KerrExecutive Director, Christian Management Association Standards Council
