1. Cornerstone Church Network Master’s Group Session 6
April 29, 2018
Cornerstone Church Network Master’s Group Session 6
As usual, you should have this slide showing on the screen as group members arrive. Use the arrival time as greeting and catch-up time with group members.
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2. Agenda 9:00 Koinonia Connection 9:30 Hand of the Lord
8:45 Arrival, breakfast and fellowship
9:00 Koinonia Connection
9:30 Hand of the Lord
10:00 Building Great Teams and Keeping Them Healthy
11:30 Lunch
12:00 GPS
1:45 Wrap up / Debrief the day / Admin stuff
2:00 Adjournment
You can quickly talk through the day’s agenda with the group. The focus of the content for the day will be a discussion of Vision including its definition, discovery process and implementation. This should be a very healthy discussion so plan on getting the group engaged in the conversation.
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3. Kiononia Connection Where did you grow up? How many siblings?
What unique challenges did you face growing up?
What are your favorite hobbies?
What was your first job?
What was your worst job?
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4. Hand of the Lord Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network
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Hand of the Lord
For today’s Hand of the Lord, let’s look at the story of Nehemiah. Read Nehemiah 1:1 through 2:9. (This is a long passage so you might want to split it up and have each group member read a portion.) Ask the group members to make observations about Nehemiah’s passion, process and wisdom as well as God’s part in setting the stage for the completion of this amazing, visionary project (completed in 52 days from start to finish!).
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5. Building Great Teams and Keeping them Healthy
April 29, 2018
Building Great Teams and Keeping them Healthy
Let the group know that the following content comes from George Barna’s book by that title. We’re using it as a conversation starter on the topic so they should feel free to express different view points along the way. Our objective is to spend some time wrestling with the whole issue of vision and get as much clarity on the topic as possible. We do want them to come out of the day with a strong sense of the importance of leading with clear vision.
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6. No one can do all things well (Eph. 4)
April 29, 2018
Why Teams?
No one can do all things well
(Eph. 4)
Coordination allows us to move forward together rather than pull in different directions
Maximizing strengths makes us stronger than we otherwise would be
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7. The Five Dysfunctions Of a Team
April 29, 2018
The Five Dysfunctions
Of a Team
Patrick Lencioni
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
By Patrick Lencioni
The first dysfunction is an absence of trust among team members. Essentially, this stems from their unwillingness to be vulnerable within the group. Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation for trust.
This failure to build trust is damaging because it sets the tone for the second dysfunction: fear of conflict. Teams that lack trust are incapable of engaging in unfiltered and passionate debate of ideas. Instead, they resort to veiled discussions and guarded comments.
A lack of healthy conflict is a problem because it ensures the third dysfunction of a team: lack of commitment. Without having aired their opinions in the course of passionate and open debate, team members rarely, if ever, buy in and commit to decisions, though they may feign agreement during meetings.
Because of this lack of real commitment and buy-in, team members develop an avoidance of accountability, the fourth dysfunction. Without committing to a clear plan of action, even the most focused and driven people often hesitate to call their peers on actions and behaviors that seem counterproductive to the good of the team.
Failure to hold one another accountable creates an environment where the fifth dysfunction can thrive. Inattention to results occurs when team members put their individual needs (such as ego, career development, or recognition) or even the needs of their divisions above the collective goals of the team.
Another way to understand this model is to take the opposite approach—a positive one—and imagine how members of truly cohesive teams behave:
They trust one another.
They engage in unfiltered conflict around ideas.
They commit to decisions and plans of action.
They hold one another accountable for delivering against those plans.
They focus on the achievement of collective results.
Overcoming Dysfunction #1: Absence of Trust
In the context of building a team, trust is defined as: The confidence among team members that their peer’s intentions are good, and that there is no reason to be protective or careful around the group. In essence, this requires team members to make themselves vulnerable to one another, and be confident that their respective vulnerabilities will not be used against them. The vulnerabilities this refers to include weaknesses, skill deficiencies, interpersonal shortcomings, mistakes, and requests for help.
Processes that help develop this kind of trust and vulnerability:
Personal Histories Exercise
Team Effectiveness Exercise (Most important contribution/Most important to improve)
Personality and Behavioral Preference Profiles (MBTI, Brain Styles, DISC)
360-Degree Feedback
Experiential Team Exercises
The Role of the Leader
Lead the way in demonstrating vulnerability
Create an environment that does not punish vulnerability
Leader vulnerability must be genuine not manipulative
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9. Craft the Role Description(s)
Building a Great Team
Understand your own strengths /gifts /passions /abilities (Dan Reiland’s Zones)
Define the critical roles needed to accomplish the vision and prioritize
Craft the Role Description(s)
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10. Building a Great Team (cont’d)
Clarify what skill sets /values /experience /’DNA fit’ /Team balance are needed
PRAY
Search using appropriate means and communication
Recruit
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12. Orientation History, DNA, Values Mission / Vision / Strategy
How this ministry fits into the bigger picture
Structure
Administrative Details
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13. Training Internal (Shadowing, Coaching, Formal)
External (Seminars, Web based, Visits)
Crystal Clear Expectations
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14. Keeping Teams Healthy Spiritual Health Focus
Clarity of Styles/Personality
Consistent Meaningful Communication
Clear, Collaborative, Measurable Goal Setting
Evaluation and Recalibration
Time to Enjoy Each Other
Encourage, Encourage, Encourage
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15. Growing Past Stress Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network
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Growing Past Stress
See the “Growing Past Stress Instructions” document for a step by step description of how this process works.
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