Ten years ago when I took the pastorate of my current church I was 29 and had a lot to learn.  One of the areas that I had no experience with was staff.  At the time the church only had two full time positions and I had one of them as the youth pastor. Now I was the pastor and had to find me a youth pastor.  I thought I’ll just find someone and they will take off like I did.  I mean no one showed me I just figured it out and did a pretty good job.  The ministry grew and we had a great time.  What I didn’t realize at the time and have now come to learn after several years of experience is that not everyone can just figure it out on their own.  I have the type of personality that probably flourishes in that environment but I think it actually sets a lot of people up for failure.  Staff need clear expectations of what you are hiring them for.  If you do not provide that for them you only end up creating frustration for you and the person you hire.  Job descriptioins are important but so is staff development.  When we bring on inexperienced staff we are responsible for developing them.  We cannot expect them to pour anything out if we are not pouring anything in!