The right mix
When building a team a leader needs to have a range of people who are able to bring unique features to that team’s welfare and performance which, together, represent a balanced and equipped team. For a team that is focused on creating an event, such as the Newfrontiers Together on a Mission Conference [...]
Continue reading about Teams that work - pt 5. Who is suitable?
Together > Equipped > Achieve > Mission
Working backwards through the TEAM mnemonic - Together > Equipped > Achieve > Mission - we have dealt with Mission and Achieve. We now need to examine how to determine the makeup and dynamics of the team to allow us to be best equipped to achieve our mission.
Diversity of [...]
Continue reading about Teams that work - pt 4. Building a team
Let’s score some goals!
A team must know why it exists and where it is going. When a football team takes to the pitch there is no doubt in any of the players’ minds why they are together and what their intention is - to get the ball into the goal more times than the opposition!
In [...]
Continue reading about Teams that work - pt 3. Are we accomplishing our goals?
As we continue to consider some of the features of working as a team we must start by knowing what we are aiming to achieve. The word ‘Mission’ sounds very biblical but it is also widely used in the secular world, often quite loosely.
‘Mission statement’ is another term widely used in the corporate world. ‘Vision’ [...]
Continue reading about Teams that work - pt 2. What is it for?
Recently I was in India and was asked to speak on the subject of Teams in ministry. I have never done this before and am aware that much has been written about teams by others. I was not sure that I could add anything. Nevertheless, as we prepare to close the Newfrontiers office in Hove [...]
Continue reading about Teams that work - pt 1. Team in the Bible?
