Shepherding Your Team: Leadership Insights & Tips
Explore essential leadership insights on shepherding your team effectively, interview tips, overcoming hindrances, and the importance of prayer time. Gain wisdom from biblical references and practical advice to enhance your team leadership skills.
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IMPACT PHASE Session 9
SHEPHERDING YOUR TEAM Interview Tips Hindrances Prayer time
THE WORSHIP PASTOR IS Church lover, corporate mystic, doxological philosopher, disciple maker, prayer leader, theological dietician, war general, watchful prophet, missionary, artist chaplain, caregiver, mortician, emotional shepherd, liturgical architect, curator & tour guide. (From chapter titles in The Worship Pastor by Zac Hicks)
JEREMIAH 23 "I will also raise up shepherds over them and they will tend them; and they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be missing," declares the LORD (v. 4 NIV).
ACTS 20 "Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. (v. 28 NIV).
ACTS 20 I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock" (v. 29 NIV).
THE WAYOFTHE SHEPHERD 1. Know the condition of your flock. Follow the status of your people as well as the status of the work. Get to know your flock, one sheep at a time. Engage your people on a regular basis. Keep your eyes and ears open, question, and follow through.
THE WAYOFTHE SHEPHERD 2. Discover the shape of your sheep. Your choice of sheep can make flock management easier or harder. Start with healthy sheep, or you'll inherit someone else's problems. Know the SHAPE of your sheep to make sure they're in the right fold.
THE WAYOFTHE SHEPHERD 3. Help your sheep identify with you. Build trust with your followers by modeling authenticity, integrity, and compassion. Set high standards of performance. Relentlessly communicate your values and mission. Define the cause and where your people fit in.
THE WAYOFTHE SHEPHERD 4. Make your pasture a safe place. Keep your people well informed. Infuse every position with importance. Cull chronic instigators from the flock. Regularly rotate the sheep to fresh pastures. Reassure the sheep by staying visible. Don't give problems time to fester.
THE WAYOFTHE SHEPHERD 5. The staff of direction Know where you're going, get out in front, and keep your flock on the move. When directing, use persuasion rather than coercion. Give your people freedom of movement, but make sure they know where the fence line is. When your people get in trouble, go get them out.
THE WAYOFTHE SHEPHERD 6. The rod of correction Protect: Stand in the gap and fight for your sheep. Correct: Approach discipline as a teaching opportunity. Inspect: Regularly inquire about your people's progress.
THE WAYOFTHE SHEPHERD 7. The heart of the shepherd Great leadership is a lifestyle, not a technique. Every day you have to decide who's going to pay for your leadership you or your people. Most of all, have a heart for your sheep. (From The Way of the Shepherd by Kevin Leman)
HINDRANCESTO SHEPHERDING Temptation #1: Choosing status over results Would it bother you greatly if your ministry & team exceeded its objectives but you remained somewhat anonymous?
HINDRANCESTO SHEPHERDING Temptation #2: Choosing popularity over accountability Do you often find yourself reluctant to give negative feedback to your key leaders? Do you water down negative feedback to make it more palatable?
HINDRANCESTO SHEPHERDING Temptation #3: Choosing certainty over clarity Do you enjoy debating details with your key leaders during meetings?
HINDRANCESTO SHEPHERDING Temptation #4: Choosing harmony over productive conflict Do you prefer your meetings to be pleasant and enjoyable?
HINDRANCESTO SHEPHERDING Temptation #5: Choosing invulnerability over trust Do you fear that your leaders want your job? (From The Five Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni)
HINDRANCESTO SHEPHERDING Temptation #6: Choosing the immediate over the eternal. Do you tend to focus more on what's around you than on what's above you?
COLOSSIANS 3 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth (v. 1-2 ESV).
COLOSSIANS 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. (v. 3-4 ESV).
COLOSSIANS 3 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming (v. 5-6 ESV).
HEBREWS 11 It was by faith that Moses, when he grew up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh s daughter. He chose to share the oppression of God s people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin. He thought it was better to suffer for the sake of Christ than to own the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his great reward (v. 24-26 NLT).
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