CM TeleSummit – Leading a Core Volunteer Team – David Wakerley and Nathan McLean

Posted by Wayne on Jun 22, 2010 in Leadership | Comments Off on CM TeleSummit – Leading a Core Volunteer Team – David Wakerley and Nathan McLean

Here is my next installment of notes from the CMTelesummit.

• Includes Nathan Mclean
• Volunteers
  • Everything they do is based on volunteer base
  • Services not necessarily run by paid staff
  • Role of Children’s Pastor is to equip people within the church
  • Not there to do it alone but empower people to run the ministry
• You as leader need to focus on what only you can do
  • Certain things only you can do
  • Other things you shouldn’t be doing

• Getting people involved in your team to carry out the work of the ministry
• Get your volunteers to own the ministry with you then they can do it
• Everyone goes through seasons of ministry
• Need to identify the need
  • Not called to do it alone
  • Have to be passionate about it
  • If you don’t see it as vital, you can’t inspire others to do it
• Talking about key team of three Jesus spoke to
• Identifying people
  • Jot down five people who help you the most
  • Five key leaders that enable you to do what you do
  • That will form the basis of your key team
  • Have to spend time to build leaders
  • When you know people, you tend to focus on their faults
  • Look at people objectively
  • Don’t think way they are now it the way they will always be
  • Not just talking about people who are available
    • Also need capacity
  • May have someone with high capacity with little availability
    • Still part of key team
    • Capacity to impart to other people
  • Think beyond just availability
• What does a key team look like?
  • Current leaders
  • Potential future leaders
  • Wise heads – people with more experience
• How do you lead a key team?
  • Key Team meetings
    • Regular meetings
    • Avoids long meetings
    • Meetings shouldn’t compete with greater vision of the church
    • Need to exhibit same devotion and loyalty to pastor as you would like them to show to you
  • One-on-one meetings
    • Regularly catch up one-on-one
      • Set up a time for a phone call
      • Plan and prepare for meeting
    • Care for them – find out if they are OK
      • You don’t just want them for what they can do
      • Value them for them
      • Focus on health not growth because healthy things grow
    • Giving them time to talk to you
  • Communicate Well
    • Clarity in instruction
    • Don’t need to say a lot of things in leadership, just need to say a few things often.
    • All about repeating the few things that you need to talk about
    • Hillsong uses Weekend Booklets for leaders
      • Information, feedback and everything a leader will need for that weekend service
      • Gives ownership and responsibility
      • Leader’s meeting announcements
      • Topics for the weekend
      • Upcoming events to inform team
      • Announcements for kids
      • Team leader checklist
    • Team leaders run short meeting before services
    • Afterwards, get together for a short debrief
      • Gives ownership to volunteers
    • Give feedback to people
      • Tell people ahead of time that you are going to give them feedback
      • Give positive feedback as well
• How to lead a Key Team meeting?
  • Find a time that can be consistent
    • Works for you
    • Works for majority of team
  • Always make it worth their time
    • Don’t be late
    • Don’t just have a social hangout all the time
      • Can be OK every few months
    • Always come out with an outcome
      • Action points
  • Ensure everyone is connected
    • You are pastoring them just as much as kids
    • Work your way around the team
    • Make sure connection is quality
  • Have an agenda
    • Helps keep focus
    • They can see you took the time prepare
      • Will value it more because you showed value and time
  • Notice who is and isn’t there
    • Text people
  • Timeline
    • One hour
    • Don’t go over time
      • May still hang out with people one-on-one
    • First 10 minutes all about Connection
    • Next 5 minutes – what is Coming up in your ministry?
    • Next 15 minutes  – Coach (leadership session)
      • Sometimes use what senior pastor has been talking about
      • Coach towards what you want to see happen not what’s going wrong
    • Next 5 minutes on Cast Vision
      • What you’re comfortable sharing may vary with different groups
    • Next 20 minutes Create – brainstorming ideas
      • How do we make this happen
    • Last 5 minutes – Conclusion and Prayer
      • Conclude on time