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Know the Path

c. Transitional Interim Pastor. New Pastor. Leading a church from Anxiety to Anticipation. Anticipation. Implementation. Pastor Leaves. Know the Path. Know the Path. Know the Path. Planning. Know the Plan. Assessment.

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Know the Path

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  2. Transitional Interim Pastor New Pastor Leading a church from Anxiety to Anticipation Anticipation Implementation Pastor Leaves Know the Path Know the Path Know the Path Planning Know the Plan Assessment Renewal Interim Decision Know Your Church Know Your Community Anxiety Know God

  3. Know the Path • Development of Transition Action Plan • Agenda Harmony • Preparing the Church for Change • Building Effective Teams • Communication and Celebration • The Pastor’s Notebook • Nuts and Bolts

  4. TRANSFORMATIONAL TEAMS Where does God want us to go and how do we organize to get there?

  5. Learning Aims Benefits of teams Characteristics of Productive Teams How to Cultivate Productive Teams Stages of Team Development

  6. Great Teams Cool Runnings Jamaican runner and 3 unlikely “friends” make a bobsled team in the winter Olympics. Apollo 13 “Guys, we need you to make this out of these in 12 hours. What’s your experience?

  7. Why Team? Benefits of teams Learn Faster Inadequate Skills Complex, Unfamiliar Circumstances Strengths Multiplied Rapid Change Accountability Increased Individual Inadequacy Weaknesses Compensated God-Sized Goals New Learning Created WOE to the one who walks alone . . . A cord of three strands is not quickly broken (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)

  8. Characteristics of Productive Teams Continuous Learning Spiritual Vitality Roles / Skills Shared Leadership Purposeful Communication Trust-Based Relationships Shared Vision Personal Awareness

  9. Characteristics of Team Shared Vision • Purpose • Vision • Values • Language • Specific Goals • Methodology

  10. How to Cultivate Shared Vision • Pray Together • Develop scriptural basis • Spend time talking • Write it down • Get examples • Define terms • Ask for understanding • Repeat Steps

  11. Personal Awareness Personality & Preferences Skills - Talents - Gifts Willingness to be Known Characteristics of Team O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. Psalm 139:1 (NLT)

  12. Characteristics of Team Personal Awareness Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--and how well I know it. Psalm 139:14 (NLT) Big Picture / Details Transparency Zone People / Task Introvert / Extravert Practical / Theoretical Act / Evaluate Cliff Hanger / Calculated Risk Expertise / Passion Facts / Intuition Conflict Management Style Personal Health Thinking / Feeling

  13. Personality Surveys Gifts Instruments Leadership Surveys Learning Style Surveys Skills assessment Input from team members How to Cultivate Personal Awareness LEADER MODELS O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. Psalm 139:1 (NLT)

  14. How to Cultivate Communication Purposeful Communication • Embrace Conflict • Choose Dialogue vs. Discussion • Confront Defensive Routines Let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger. James 1:19 (NLT)

  15. Commitment to growth and success of others Honest confrontation and feedback Personal Authenticity Characteristics of Team 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

  16. Spend time Be vulnerable Be real Be reliable Ask - don’t assume Give grace Spend more time How to Cultivate Trust . . . 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

  17. Characteristics of Team Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus Servant Leadership Philippians 2:3-8 Shared Leadership • Rotating Leadership • Mutual Accountability • Peer Status “The VISION becomes the LEADER.”

  18. How to Cultivate Shared Leadership Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus Servant Leadership Philippians 2:3-8 • Vary leadership styles • Develop adequate skills • Ask for input • Be accountable • Empower with integrity • Share only with those who share the vision

  19. Gifts / Skills / Talents Spirit-given Learned Abilities Natural Aptitudes Characteristics of Team Balanced Team Roles / Skills / Gifts Mercy /Teaching / Service Public Speaking Music

  20. Idea Innovator Shaper Implementer Coordinator Res. Investigator Team Maker Monitor Evaluator Completer Finisher Characteristics of Team Balanced Team Roles* / Skills / Gifts Idea Popcorn Popper Identifies Viable Ideas Makes Stuff Happen Brings Resources Together Generates Resources Aware of People Dynamics Potential Weaknesses Final Details *Roles identified by Belbin, Team Roles at Work (Butterworth Heinemann)

  21. Characteristics of Team How to Cultivate Learning Continuous Learning • The 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 Reduce Pace of Change Change Overload 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 Check Your Relationships Personal Alienation Accept New Challenges Success Hawkins, The Learning Congregation, Chapter 5

  22. Characteristics of Team How to Cultivate Spiritual Vitality Spiritual Vitality • Prayer • Seeking God’s Revelation • Biblical Foundations • Healthy 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)

  23. 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 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 “Teams” Continuum Zero Change Highly Productive Teams Destructive Group Task Group Team “Transformational Team” Stages of Team Development

  24. 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 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 Areas of Needed Improvement in Own Teams Zero Change Highly Productive Teams Destructive Group Task Group Team “Transformational Team” 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Evaluate a key team at your church. Brainstorm with other group members about how to move your team along the continuum.

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