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. Take a look at some of the content of this book and ask yourself if you have mastery over these topics-because every one of them and many more are integral to establishing superior parish management and operations: Chapter 1 DelegationChapter 10 Parish Management and the Parish Mission Statement: A Codependent RelationshipChapter 14 The Creation of WantChapter 19 The Buck Stops in PMOChapter 21 The Relationship of Performance to CultureChapter 40 On TurnoverChapter 43 PMO Strategic Plan ScienceChapter 51 The Art of Achieving Superior ExecutionChapter 56 On The Art and Science of Strategic Plan CreationChapter 59 On Rejection and FailureChapter 62 The Primary Hiring Foundational PrincipleChapter 74 On Firing