Leadership Leads
YOU AS THE LEADER
- Maintain your relationship with God – devotional life, quiet days, reading and prayer.
- Understand your leadership style and value it.
- Do things you are good at- find and develop others to do those things you find harder.
- Develop a support network – mentors, friends, parent support group, administrators, prayer team.
- Limit the number of programs and ministries you are involved in.
YOU AS THE LEADER TO LEADERS
- Know your vision, mission, values, strategy and goals
- Communicate these to the Church and your leaders -continually evaluate these with your teams - reports to Church Board or Council. Newsletter items, reports to other staff members, meeting notes or email.
- Develop a structure of carers for your teams (80/20 principle)
- Encourage your volunteers – hold celebrations, write notes to them, phone-text email. Give them chocolate and lots of it!
FINDING, RECRUITING AND DEVELOPING LEADERS
When recruiting leaders -
- Pray for the right leaders.
- Some people have the gift of recruiting. Find them and use them well.
- Know the task you are asking them to do.
- Spend time getting to know your congregation well
- Work out whether you are a phone, letter, email or face to face recruiter.
- As you ask them to be involved remember you are doing them a favor not the other way around.
- Describe the task in way that appeals to them and is also truthful regarding time commitment, skills needed etc..
- Are the right people in the task already or is it hindering you finding volunteers?
- What is the environment like you are asking your leaders to work in?
- Have job descriptions
- Encourage leaders to fill out an application form and code of conduct form
- Provide training and support for your leaders
- Liase with other staff members so that you all have a balance of leaders.
- Put people in the right ministries
- Include your leaders in the decision making process.
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