“Building Great Teams” Intensive Series Session # 3

The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally? Agenda 8:45 Arrival, breakfast and fellowship 9:00 Koinonia Connection 10:00 “Building Great Teams” Session #3 12:00 Lunch 12:30 GPS 2:15 Wrap up / Debrief the day / Admin 2:30 Adjournment

Information + Feelings November 7, 2017 Koinonia Connection X Information + Feelings Information only X PAST Here is something about my past that would help you know me better DEFINING A difficult life experience which helped me MOMENT grow as a person was.. VALUES Here’s what I stand for… Ask your group members to think of a fun event or positive experience they remember from a time they were on a team of any sort earlier in life. Ask everyone to share that memory with the group. Share any prayer requests from group members and pray together/for each other.

Follow up from Session #2 Share with each other examples of your 5 Key Ministry Area job descriptions Give an update on how you are doing regarding having the right leaders for these areas What practical ideas did you glean from the Dan Reiland “Building a Leadership Culture” PRC recording? The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

Making a TEAM out of your Key Ministry Leader Group… The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally? Building Great Teams: Making a TEAM out of your Key Ministry Leader Group…

While recruiting the right people for your key ministry areas is critical, making those individuals into a team takes intentionality on your part over time. (Consider how long a basketball coach at Ohio State would last if s/he recruited great individual players but never helped them learn to work together as a team!!?? ) Why is it important to develop your key ministry leaders into a team? The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

Some suggestions: They (and you) need each others’ support Understanding each others’ ministry area contribution to the mission is critical Priority distribution of church resources will be more easily understood and supported The team members will help each other with challenges (prayer, suggestions, recruiting, etc.) and it won’t all depend on you as the leader Add some observations of your own… The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

Getting Started>>> (The following is a very practical suggestion for your first meeting with the Key Ministry Area Leaders. This format can/should be used annually before the beginning of the ministry year or anytime you are on-boarding a new team member.) The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

Schedule an initial meeting of the team (for the most part, meetings should be no longer than 90 minutes… this first one might be a little longer) Consider starting this initial meeting with a meal together Spend time getting to know each other (ask each person to give some background information about themselves …the next slide is an example from our very first Masters Group session…this can be done during the meal) The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

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Give your perspective on the church’s vision and how essential each of these ministry areas are to the accomplishment of the vision. Ask each person to go through their job description so the other team members understand what they’re responsible for…allow for questions. Explain that you really want this group to be a team…use observations made earlier in this session to explain why… and ask them to add their own observations about team value. The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

(continued on next slide) Spend some time in prayer together after allowing time for each person to share requests related to their leadership in the coming year of ministry. Agree together on an appropriate meeting schedule for the team (see suggestions later in this session). Give the following assignments to prepare for next meeting: Write up an assessment of your ministry area as it currently is…include strengths and improvements needed Begin a list of key goals for your ministry area for the year ahead (continued on next slide) The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

Ongoing Maintenance>>> It is imperative to remember that Great Teams are constantly making course corrections. (Battle plans always make sense until the first shot is fired. Airplanes make hundreds of course corrections while in flight in order to arrive at the correct destination. Half time adjustments in sports are key factors in winning or losing.) The best leaders understand this reality and are always helping their team adjust to current realities in order to reach their agreed upon objective. The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

Ongoing Maintenance of Great Teams includes the following: Meetings - These should be consistent but at reasonable intervals. Always have an agenda with timeframes listed and send it out before the meeting. Always start and stop on time (maximum 90 minutes). Be clear about what items are for discussion and which need decisions. When appropriate, meet by conference call or video web call to minimize travel time waste. Meet occasionally with individual team members …on their ‘turf’ if possible…to get to know them better and make sure they are balancing family, ministry and work well. (continued on next slide) The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

(continued on next page) Goals - Many teams become stagnant and complacent because there is no clarity about targets they should be stretching toward. After each team member assesses the current situation of their ministry area, they should write three to five SMART goals (see next slide) for their area and review them with you. Then each team member should share their goals with the rest of the team. Progress reports should be given to the team at least on a quarterly basis and you should review goal progress individually with team members more often than that. (continued on next page) The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

(continued on next page) SMART Goals Specific: The goal should identify a specific action or event that will take place. Measurable: The goal and its benefits should be quantifiable. Achievable: The goal should be attainable given available resources. Realistic: The goal should require you to stretch some, but allow the likelihood of success. Timely: The goal should state the time period in which it will be accomplished. (continued on next page) The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

(continued on next page) Communication - this team is leading the core ministries of the church and they deserve to be kept in the loop on what’s happening that will affect them and their ministries. Before ‘all-church’ communications happen, let these people know as much as possible. Use an email distribution list, group text or other means to keep them up to date. Ask them to pray for your sermon prep if you’re hitting writer’s block or for a personal need. They’ll soon be doing the same with each other. (continued on next page) The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

(continued on next page) Celebration - Find creative ways to celebrate ‘wins’ along the way on your leadership journey together. Send the team an email telling them about something positive that happened in one of the ministry areas and give credit to the leader of that area. If the church hits a milestone goal, let the team know about it and thank them for their part in making it possible. If a team member accomplishes a ministry goal, celebrate with the whole team. Find creative ways to celebrate life events (birthdays, weddings, births, etc.) of team members. Make serving on the team fun and celebrative. (continued on next page) The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

Camaraderie - While this can be a little bit elusive for a team like this one in which each member is primarily involved in his or her own ministry area, it’s definitely worth investing in. Consider taking your team to a ministry training conference together. Consider serving together as a team in a context outside the church. Consider taking your team to another church that you admire and set up meetings with your team’s counterparts there for networking and learning. Be creative, but realize that these kinds of experiences will build camaraderie faster than the week to week ministry process in the church. The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

Succession planning>>> After your Key Ministry Area Leadership Team is established and working well together, you should begin to challenge them to look for people in their respective ministry areas who have leadership potential. Help them to realize that the church will always need great new leaders and part of our role is to mentor, coach and disciple people with leadership potential. Encourage them to start stretching someone in their ministry area into greater levels of leadership responsibility. Pray regularly with your team that God will continue to supply great leadership for your church and use the current team to train them. The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

★ Thank you for participating in this “Building Great Teams” Masters Group Intensive Series! ♚ May God richly bless you and your church as you engage in this process in the months ahead. The ‘Foolish Rich Man’ in Luke 12 allowed his wealth and possessions to dominate his perspective on what is important. In moments when your focus drifts away from what is most important, what can tend to fill that space for you personally?

Growing Past Stress GPS Walk your group through the GPS process using the following slides. GPS