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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

Characteristics of TeamShared

VisionPurposeVisionValuesLanguageSpecific GoalsMethodology

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


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)


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


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


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.


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


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.

Questions

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