You don't just need a team; you need a killer team.

A staff doesn't make a team, but it can become one. In this work, Shawn Lovejoy will teach you how to build, in the words of Merriam-Webster, a "strikingly impressive and effective" team without killing yourself or your team in the process.

In this practical application guide, you'll discover how to:

• Foster Togetherness.
• Identify, Recruit, and Retain Top Talent.
• Have Meetings That Matter.
• Bolster Accountability.
• Build a Deeper Bench.
• Inspire Your Team.
• Deal with Underperformers.
• Release team members the right way.
• And so much more!

You will not get very far without a killer team. This book will help you build that team while maintaining your sanity and credibility in the process.

Almost every organization has a vision. Few ever accomplish it. Even after short-term success in it, fewer stay true to it over time. Be Mean: Relentlessly Protecting the Vision is about regaining or sustaining the trajectory of the vision over time. It’s about staying true to the vision. Lovejoy explains that this requires understanding the importance of vision, developing a vision we’re willing to die for, and keeping the vision from being compromised or even hijacked.

Though many books have been written on the subject of developing mission or vision statements, there have been few written on how to sustain or protect the vision over time. Shawn has dealt with hundreds of leaders in ministry and has seen countless struggle with keeping everyone on board with the mission and how to align the rest of the organization with the vision. Shawn Lovejoy walks the church leader through the experiences that have taught him to Be Mean, and shows us a strategy of Relentlessly Protecting the Vision.