BUILDING TEAMS & HIRING POLICIES
Building Effective Leadership Teams is a top priority for every winning ministry. Learn how to build effective teams through maximizing the uniqueness of each team player, mutually focused on a common goal. Understand a governance model that will create a climate for both leadership and ministry to excel within respected boundaries. Finally, learn practical steps for experiencing effective leadership team meetings. Teaching notes accompany each PowerPoint slide presentaiton. Participant template sheets and related articles are included to maximize teaching/learning effectiveness.
RESOURCES:
Eldership:
- Biblical Qualifications for Elders – Provides Biblical guidelines for use in considering those who may be eligible to be nominated as an elder in your church.
- Elders Roles and Responsibilities – Provides guidelines for an elder to function effectively at the board level.
- Roles and Responsibilities for Elders – A PowerPoint presentation covering eldership.
- Expectations of Elders – A look at the reasonable demands related to serving as an elder.
- Commissioning of Elders – an outline suitable for use in a public worship service where a new elder is commissioned.
Effective Board/Team Function:
- Conducting Better Board Meetings – Guidelines.
- Consent Agenda – Part of improving board function.
- Effective Board Meetings and Planning – a PowerPoint presentation designed to improve the serve of your board.
- What You Bring to Your Team – a PowerPoint presentation designed to improve the serve of your board.
- Team Covenant – A resource that assists team members covenant with each other in building a strong and committed team.
- Characteristics of a Healthy Team – A PowerPoint presentation that shares the unique contribution each member can bring to the team.
- Team Health Assessment – A 15 minute team exercise that measures the level of team health and effectiveness.
- Holding a Successful Annual General Meeting – Guidelines.
- Elders/Team Evaluation Form – A template to annually evaluating the effectiveness of board function.
- Staff/Team Evaluation Form – A template to annually evaluating the effectiveness of a church staff team.
- Alliance Governance Model – Principles that parallel a football team are used to describe board function related to governance. PowerPoint slides accompany presentation.
Personnel Matters:
- Hiring Practice Information – Sample Employment Documents.
- Call to Excellence – To be signed by new official workers/employees related to their commitment to observe and respect Biblical/denominational lifestyle requirements.
- Pastoral Evaluation Form – A tool for use by elders in evaluating their Pastor (use in conjunction with elder/team evaluation form).
- Exit Interview Protocol – A description of the rationale behind holding an “exit interview” for a staff member leaving your church.
- Exit Interview Template – The basics on how to conduct an “exit interview” with sample questions.
- Sabbatical Policy
- Employee Status Change Form
