Church culture is defined by how your team experiences leadership every day, not just through perks or events, and toxic leadership environments can slowly push away great staff members despite their calling.

• Constant urgency where everything feels like an emergency
• Avoiding necessary hard conversations
• Celebrating success while ignoring burnout
• Critique consistently outweighing encouragement
• Staff never feeling caught up with their workload

• Staff silently question if they can speak up without punishment
• They wonder if anyone cares about their wellbeing
• They question if their ideas matter or if they're just "doers"
• They worry about growth opportunities versus endless grinding

• Normalize check-ins that go beyond project status updates
• Celebrate both results and people equally
• Own mistakes and model humility at all levels
• Build margin—not everything needs to be urgent
• Build trust through clarity, consistency, and care
• Remember that healthy cultures aren't about perfection but intentionality

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