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Energizing Leadership Teams

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Welcome!!!

Imagine…if you could do ANYTHING in your ministry with NO LIMITS what would you do?

Dream…

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For NOTHING will be impossible

with God.

(Luke 1:37 ESV)

Do you live like you believe that

NOTHING is impossible with God?

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DISCUSS:Divide into groups and

discuss your dreams for ministry. This is not a time to analyze or critique – just DREAM.

SHARE:Share one dream from your

discussion group with the big group.

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Today we will explore one very important element of realizing

your dreams for ministry…

TEAMS

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What is your experience with teams you are working with or that you have worked with?

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Together Everyone Accomplishes More

“I am blessed by my team, we bring

out the best in each other!”

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“With team members like this, who needs

enemies?”

Tiring Emotional And Messy

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Energizing Leadership Teams partly because of its double meaning. As leaders we seek to bring energy to our teams and

we also need to be energized by the teams

we serve in order to continue in vibrant and

dynamic ministry for the “long haul.”

Why do we need teams?

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34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." John 13:33-35 (TNIV)

Are your teams a POSITIVE witness

for Christ?

Working on teams with other Christ followers enables us to live out Christ’s command to love one another

+Teams are biblical

 19 "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people." 20 At once they left their nets and followed him. Matt 4:19-20 (TNIV)1 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. Matt 10:1 (TNIV)

The disciples are an example of a team with diverse work styles. Jesus was the disciples’ teacher and he also, ate, prayed, traveled and transformed lives with them. This is an example of an amazing team!

Christ and the disciples

+Where there is a team, conflict will happen

Christ and the disciples3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure

nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

    4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5 "Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages. John 12:3-5 (TNIV)Even Christ’s amazing team had conflicts.

In this example the conflict is about money. We know that Christ’s team of

disciples had other conflicts too. Ultimately some of Christ’s team

members even betrayed him.

+Where there is a team, conflict will happen

Turn unhealthy conflict into healthy conflict:

• Clarify! Clarify! Clarify!• Go to the source.• Direct communications preferably

the same day, but within no more than 1 week.

• Bring in a third person who is neutral to the conflict (Matt. 18:15-20)

• Treat one another with love and forgiveness.

• PRAY together and give it to the Lord!

* Taken from “Training for Connecting Women” leadership training.

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The element of energizing teams

that we will focus on today is actively

seeking harmony by identifying and

affirming your team members different

work styles

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1. Understand and affirm your unique work style.

2. Encourage your team members to understand and affirm their unique work styles.

3. Openly and honestly discuss the work styles represented by your team members and proactively plan for ways to work in harmony and reduce conflict.

What can I do to energize my leadership team?

LEADERSHIP COMPASS

NorthAction

East

Vision

SouthEmpathy

West

Analysis

LEADERSHIP

Good leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. - Jack Welch

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. - James Dean

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. – Mahatma Ghandi

+GOALS

By the end of of our time together you should gain:

A deeper appreciation for your own and others’ work styles

An understanding of the need for a variety of work styles

A new vocabulary and way of thinking about working with teams

Time to reflect on your own work style and time to identify areas for personal growth

A healthy perspective that you can apply to energize teams you contribute to

NORTH - ACTION

Approaches to Work / Work Style:

Assertive, active, decisive

Likes to determine course of events and be in control of professional relationship

Quick to act, expresses sense of urgency for others to act now

Enjoys challenges presented by difficult situations and people

Comfortable being in front

Value words: “Do it now!”; “I’ll do it!”; “What’s the bottom line?”

Style taken to Excess:

Can easily overlook process and comprehensive strategic planning when driven by need to act and decide Can get defensive quickly, argue, try to “out expert” others Can lose patience; pushes for decisions before it’s time; avoids discussion Can be autocratic, want things their way, has difficulty being a team member Sees things in terms of black and white; little tolerance for ambiguity May go beyond limits, get impulsive and disregard practical issuesNot heedful of other’s feelings; may be perceived as coldHas trouble relinquishing control - finds it hard to delegate; “If you want something done right, do it yourself!”

NORTH - ACTION

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Tips for Working With a North:

Notes / Scenario at Work:

Approaches to Work / Work Style:

Understands how people need to receive information in order to act on it

Is value driven regarding aspects of professional life

Uses professional relationships to accomplish tasks; interaction is primary

Feeling-based; trusts own emotions and intuition; intuition regarded as “truth”

Is receptive to others’ ideas; team player; builds on ideas of others, noncompetitive

Value Words: “right” and “fair”

SOUTH – EMPATHY

+ SOUTH – EMPATHYStyle Taken to Excess:

Can lose focus on goals when believes relationship, needs of people are being compromised

Has trouble saying “no” to requests

Internalizes difficulty and assumes blame

Is prone to disappointment when relationship is seen as secondary to task

Has difficulty confronting, dealing with anger; may be manipulated by anger

Can over-compromise to avoid conflict

Can be immersed in the present; loses track of time; may not see long-range view

Can become mired in the process at the expense of accomplishing goals

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Tips for Working With a South:

Notes / Scenario at Work:

EAST - VISIONApproaches to Work / Work

Style:

Visionary; sees the big picture

Generative and creative thinker; is able to think outside the box

Very idea oriented; focuses on future thought

Makes decisions by standing in the future

Demonstrates insight into mission and purpose

Adept at solving problems

Likes to experiment, explore

Appreciates a lot of information

Value Words: “option, possibility, imagine”

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Can put too much emphasis on vision at the expense of action

Can lose focus on tasks

Demonstrates poor follow-through on projects; can develop a reputation for lack of dependability and attention to detail

Not time-bound, may lose track of time

Tends to be highly enthusiastic early on, then burn out over the long haul

Will not work on projects that do not have a comprehensive vision

Easily frustrated and overwhelmed when outcomes are not in line with the vision

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Tips for Working With an East:

Notes / Scenario at Work:

WEST - ANALYSISApproaches to Work / Work Style:

Is helpful to others by providing planning and resources; comes through for the team

Uses data analysis and logic to make decisions

Weighs all sides of an issue; is balanced

Introspective, self-analytical

Carefully & thoroughly examines people’s needs in situations

Maximizes existing resources – gets the most out of what has been done in the past

Value Word: “objective”

+ WEST - ANALYSISStyle Taken to Excess:

Can be bogged down by information analysis process at expense of moving forward

Can become stubborn and entrenched in position

Can be indecisive, collect unnecessary data, mired in details; “analysis paralysis”

May appear cold, withdrawn, with respect to others’ working style

Tendency towards watchfulness, observation

Can remain withdrawn, distant

Resists emotional pleas and change

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Tips for Working With a West:

Notes / Scenario at Work:

+ PROCESS THIS INFORMATION

What is great about operating in your dominant work style? List reflections in your notes.

What is challenging about operating in your dominant work style? List reflections in your notes.

+INSIGHT

Choose at least three specific things people who exhibit a different dominant direction can do to better work with you. List them in your notes.

When you take your dominant direction to extremes, what do you think people in other directions are saying about why you are difficult to work with? List ideas in your notes.

+DEBRIEF

What have you learned?

What surprised you?

How are you going to use this information?

How can you apply this to your ministry?

Is having no leadership team or having negative interactions with your leadership team one factor that is hindering you from realizing the dreams for ministry God has placed on your heart?

+ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION AND INFORMATION AND RESOURCESRESOURCES

“Turn unhealthy conflict into healthy conflict” slide is available as part of “Training for Connecting Women” Leadership Training. Contact a Ministry Coach near you to arrange the training. Contact the WM office (listed below) to find a coach near you.

These materials have been developed by the Department of Women Ministries of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Permission is granted for the reproduction and distribution of these materials for study use by a congregation. Reproduction or utilization of this material for other use or sale is prohibited.

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