TEAM WORKTEAM WORK

Training Of Officers University Seventh Day Adventist Church Lemmy Manje

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Is there proper alignment?Is there proper alignment?

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What is a Team?What is a Team?

Team consists of people with different talents, abilities and expertise (skills)

People are a valuable resource of any organization.

A manager or leader must create a work environment in order to tap the unlimited creative potential of people

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Role of A Team Role of A Team LeaderLeader90% of what we call “management”

consists of making it difficult for people to get things done.

Peter Drucker, Business Analyst

To ‘lead’ is often different from to ‘manage’. The same arguments for terminologies such as ‘Boss’ and ‘Leader’

Leaders have an important role in building teams…

Team members equally have an important role in facilitating team spirit

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The Value of a Team The Value of a Team A team helps people accomplish more than they

could working individually. ◦ Two people effectively working together as a team can

accomplish much more than two individuals working alone. This principle is clearly expressed in Ecclesiastes 4:9-13. As this passage suggests, both the quantity and the quality of work improve when one becomes a part of an effective team

◦ Jesus knew and applied this principle consistently He formed a team of 12 men and trained them to carry on His work

after His return to heaven Mark 6:7-13 describes Jesus dividing His 12-man team into six 2-man

teams and sending them out to preach the Gospel, heal the sick and cast out demons. Why? Because He understood the principle of team dynamics as recorded in Ecclesiastes 4:9

A team allows people to use their gifts, skills and talents more effectively◦ Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, and one’s

weaknesses tend to reduce the effectiveness of his strengths◦ Jesus modeled the church on this team approach to Christian

service. Eph. 4:11-12. This passage points out that individuals have different gifts and strengths. These are to be used to assist one another as the team works at accomplishing the goal – in this case building up the church and bringing it to spiritual maturity

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Ingredients of TeamsIngredients of Teams

Gifts (Talents)

Skills

Ideas

Strengths

Weaknesses

Resources

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Success Factors of TeamsSuccess Factors of Teams

InnovationCreativity

Team Spirit

Brainstorming

Time Investment

Strategic Planning

Good Leadership

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Needs that bring members to Needs that bring members to TeamsTeams

The need to use one’s skills and gifts to assist the team’s efforts

The need to be accepted by the other team members

The need to pursue team goals compatible with personal goals

The need to represent people and groups outside the team

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Features of a Church DepartmentFeatures of a Church Department

a budgetactivities that are essentially

unique and non-repetitiveuse of resources, which may be

from different departments & need co-ordinating

a single point of responsibility (i.e. the Leader)

team roles & relationships that are subject to change depending on the agreed strategies and activities

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The Key to Building Productive The Key to Building Productive TeamsTeams

The team goal or mission is the key to developing and maintaining a productive team

The leader plays an important role in ensuring that every team member embraces the team goal or mission

The leader should ensure all the members participate in developing strategies and activities to achieve the goal or mission

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Positions are simply different roles!Work Hard with Team Spirit

The Bottom Line…The Bottom Line…

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