John Plastow

Background

About John Plastow

With two decades of executive ministry experience and a lifetime in the church, I will assist your team to find solutions to their challenges. I will help empower collaborative teams, develop strategic plans, initiate compassionate change, lead transformation and reinvention, and implement a complete church turnaround, calming the chaos. Consultant/project specialist for more than sixty different churches and faith- based, community organizations in eleven states while serving as a member of the pastoral staff for several churches long-term. The following have been my active roles: o Transformation of church practices, strategies and culture, leading change initiatives o Implementation of collaborative leadership teams o Analysis of key organizational metrics relating to strategic planning, staffing, leadership development, congregation needs assessment, and forecasting o Recruitment, training and empowerment of thousands of volunteers o Oversight of event, departmental and church-wide budgets upwards of $3M o Primary leadership for church relocation, design/construction, and five consecutive capital campaigns raising $14M o Oversight and execution of community outreach strategies including website, social media, radio/television programming, and marketing o Project management of large public events in multiple venues and attendance in excess of Specialties: CORE COMPETENCIES Servant and Transformational Leadership, Administration, Motivation, Empathy, Strategic Planning, Teaching, Public Speaking, Writing, Team Building, Interpersonal Relations, Problem Solving, Project Management, Marketing, Critical Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Time Management, Long-range Planning, Sense of Humor