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Know the Path
Know the Path
Pastor Leaves
Leading a church from
Anxiety to
Anticipation
Interim Decision
Know Your Church
Know Your Community
Know the Plan
Know God
Know the Path
New Pastor
Assessment Renewal
Planning
Anxiety
Anticipation
Transitional Interim Pastor
Implementation
Know the Path1. Development of Transition Action Plan
2. Agenda Harmony
3. Preparing the Church for Change
4. Building Effective Teams
5. Communication and Celebration
6. The Pastor’s Notebook
7. Nuts and Bolts
TRANSFORMATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONAL TEAMSTEAMS
Where does God want us to go and how do we organize to get there?
Learning Aims
Benefits of teams
Stages of Team Development
Characteristics of Productive Teams
How to Cultivate Productive Teams
Great Teams
Apollo 13“Guys,
we need you to make thisout of these in 12 hours.
Cool RunningsJamaican runner and3 unlikely “friends” make a bobsled team
in the winterOlympics.
What’s yourexperience?
Rapid Change
God-Sized Goals
Why Team?
WOE to the one who walks alone . . . A cord of three strands is not quickly broken (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)
Benefits of teams
Complex, UnfamiliarCircumstances
Inadequate Skills
IndividualInadequacy
Learn Faster
WeaknessesCompensated
AccountabilityIncreased
NewLearningCreated
StrengthsMultiplied
Spirit
ual V
italit
y
Personal Awareness
Shared Leadership
Roles / Skills
Trust-Based Relationships
Shared Vision
Purposeful Communication
Continuous Learning
Characteristics of
Productive Teams
Pray TogetherDevelop scriptural basisSpend time talkingWrite it downGet examplesDefine termsAsk for understandingRepeat Steps
How to Cultivate Shared Vision
Characteristics of Team
O Lord, you have examined my heart and
know everything about me.
Psalm 139:1 (NLT)
Personal Awareness
Personality & Preferences
Skills - Talents - GiftsWillingness to be
Known
Characteristics of Team
Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--and how well I know it.
Psalm 139:14 (NLT)
Personal Awareness
O Lord, you have examined my heart and
know everything about me.
Psalm 139:1 (NLT)
Personality SurveysGifts InstrumentsLeadership SurveysLearning Style SurveysSkills assessmentInput from team
members
LEADERMODELS
How to Cultivate Personal Awareness
Purposeful Communication
Embrace ConflictChoose Dialogue vs.
DiscussionConfront Defensive Routines
How to Cultivate Communication
Let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger. James 1:19 (NLT)
Characteristics of Team
Commitment to growth and success of others
Honest confrontation and feedback
Personal Authenticity
Trust-based Relationships. . . let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interests but also for the interests of others. Philippians 2:3-4
Spend timeBe vulnerableBe realBe reliableAsk - don’t assumeGive graceSpend more time
. . . let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interests but also for the interests of others. Philippians 2:3-4
How to Cultivate Trust
Characteristics of TeamHave this attitude in yourselves
which was also in Christ Jesus
Servant LeadershipPhilippians 2:3-8
“The VISION becomes
the LEADER.”
Shared Leadership
Rotating LeadershipMutual AccountabilityPeer Status
Have this attitude in yourselves
which was also in Christ Jesus
Servant LeadershipPhilippians 2:3-8
Vary leadership stylesDevelop adequate skillsAsk for inputBe accountableEmpower with integrityShare only with those
who share the vision
How to Cultivate Shared Leadership
Music
Public Speaking
Mercy /Teaching / Service
Characteristics of Team
Gifts / Skills / Talents
Spirit-givenLearned AbilitiesNatural Aptitudes
Balanced Team Roles / Skills / Gifts
Final Details Potential Weaknesses
Aware of People Dynamics
Generates Resources
Brings Resources Together
Makes Stuff HappenIdentifies Viable Ideas
Idea Popcorn Popper
Characteristics of Team
Idea InnovatorShaper ImplementerCoordinatorRes. InvestigatorTeam MakerMonitor EvaluatorCompleter Finisher
Balanced Team Roles* / Skills / Gifts
*Roles identified by Belbin, Team Roles at Work (Butterworth Heinemann)
Continuous LearningThe practice of consistently
evaluating experiences, extracting constructive learning, and integrating that new learning into your team process so that it modifies your actions and expands your capacity to achieve the vision God has called you to.
Characteristics of Team
Assess Your Culture
•Penalties for failure?
•Criticized for creativity?
•Strong “Busy” Ethic?
•Low “Risk” Tolerance?
Culture
Mental Models
How to Cultivate Learning
Reduce Pace of Change
Change OverloadCheck Your Relationships
Personal Alienation
Accept New Challenges
Success
Hawkins, The Learning Congregation, Chapter 5
I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection! But I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. Philippians 3:12
Characteristics of Team
Spiritual VitalityPrayerSeeking God’s RevelationBiblical FoundationsHealthy Personal Relationships
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 (NLT)
How to Cultivate Spiritual Vitality
“Teams” Continuum
Individual Visions / Discord Personally Unaware, Guarded Leadership by Default/Position Low Trust, Low Relationship Enlisted by Need / Guilt /
Greed / Position Discussion, Debate,
Persuading, Avoidance Resistant to Learning No Spiritual Vitality
Zero Change Highly Productive TeamsDestructive Group Task Group Team “Transformational Team”
Fully shared Vision / Unity Personally Aware, Open Shared Leadership High trust, High Relationship Enlisted by Gifts / Skills /
Passion Dialogue, Questions,
Openness, Understanding Continuous Learning High Spiritual Vitality
Stages of Team Development
Individual Visions / Discord
Personally Unaware, Guarded
Leadership by Default/Position
Low Trust, Low Relationship
Enlisted by Need / Guilt /
Greed / Position
Discussion, Debate,
Persuading, Avoidance
Resistant to Learning
No Spiritual Vitality
Zero Change Highly Productive Teams
Destructive Group Task Group Team “Transformational Team”
Fully shared Vision / Unity
Personally Aware, Open
Shared Leadership
High trust, High Relationship
Enlisted by Gifts / Skills /
Passion
Dialogue, Questions,
Openness, Understanding
Pursues Continuous Learning
High Spiritual Vitality
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Areas of Needed Improvement in Own Teams
Evaluate a key team at your church. Brainstorm with other group members about how to move your team along the continuum.