Making Teams Work 2017
Making Teams Work a webinar for Missio Nexus David Sedlacek August 24, 2017
Outline: • Challenges facing our teams • How to help our teams: 1. Deploy real teams 2. Get the right people on our teams 3. Build healthy teams • Profile of a Healthy Team • Six Questions for Healthy Teams • Team Coaching
My Background: • Church planting ministry - team leader & member • 16 years in Japan • 2 years in Prague, Czech Republic (current) • Helping other teams to succeed • MA & PhD at Fielding Graduate University • 2012 Survey of TEAM’s teams • Coach & consultant for cross-cultural ministry teams
David Sedlacek, PhD [email protected] www.lifelearner.org/teams www.leaderserve.org
Making Teams Work in Missions
| US Phone: 757.243.4179 | Skype: DKSedlacek | tools & resources for multi-cultural teams | blog for cross-cultural mission leaders
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Challenges facing our teams
The 3 biggest challenges for teams: • ___________________________ • ___________________________ • ___________________________ ICDIBA syndrome: I C__ D_ I_ B_____ A____
Design Principles for Team Formation: 1. Keep it small. The larger the team, the more difficult it is to function effectively. Generally, 3-5 people is enough for a team. Some tasks requires teams of 6, 7 or 8 people. Use sub-teams formed around specific tasks. 2. Diversify. Choose people who are different from one another–different skills, different gifts, different levels of experience, different ages, different genders, different cultures. Teams don’t fail because the members are too different from each other–they usually fail because they are too large, too homogenous, or because they don’t practice principle #3: 3. Find the right kind of people. People who can do the work your team needs to do. People who work well in teams. Making Teams Work in Missions
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How to Help our Teams 1. Deploy Real Teams Real Teams vs. Fake Teams
25%
43%
31%
43% real teams 31% embedded in institutions 25% neither
The cost of fake teams:
2 lowered expectations
1 lost synergy
3 frustration, conflict
4 wasted resources
what is a team?
a team is a group of people with a common goal that compels them to work together group - people - common - together goal - compels - work
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2. Get the right people on the team Q: What characterizes a good team player? • _____________________ • _____________________ • _____________________ • _____________________ • _____________________ • _____________________
1. Effective team members are more committed to the team, than to performing a specific task. 2. Effective team members are more committed to the vision and purpose of the team, than to performing ministry in a certain way. 3. Effective team members are remarkable for their humility and willingness to learn, serve & follow others.
Effective Team Member courage, commitment to team purpose
humility, teachability
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3. Build a Healthy Team Profile of a Healthy Team: A healthy team is rooted and united in Christ and is characterized by growing trust, open and robust communication, commitment to one another and to the team as a whole, and a purpose that compels its members to work together. One in Christ - A healthy team is firmly rooted and united in Christ. Team members love one another deeply, as members of one Body. They express their dependence upon Christ and celebrate His work through prayer, worship and listening to God’s Word. A team’s unity is demonstrated by: Trust - Team members have confidence in the good intentions of their teammates and actively seek ways to build trust. Relationships are characterized by respect and care for one another. Mutual Vulnerability - Team members take the risk of letting themselves be known by their teammates. Communication - Team members listen and speak in order to understand one another. Communication stays open between all members of the team and is not dominated by one or two people. Healthy Conflict - The team is able to debate, challenge, and engage in healthy discussion in order to arrive at best solutions and create an open, participatory environment. Relational conflict is dealt with biblically in a culture of truth-telling and grace-giving. Sin is confessed and forgiven. Commitment - Team members are committed to Christ, to one another, to the team as a whole, and to working as a team. When decisions are made by the team, team members are committed to fully support those decisions. Mutual Accountability - Team members take responsibility to do what they have agreed to do and expect their teammates to do the same. Roles are clearly defined so that each member understands their responsibilities and contribution to the team. Purpose - The team knows what it is to do because it has a clearly defined purpose aligned with the Ministry Initiative vision. This purpose can be readily articulated by team members, describing its reason for existence and overall direction. Operational goals that derive from this purpose make it clear what the team needs to do together. These goals are clear, challenging and consequential. Clear: each member understands what is to be done. Challenging: one person working alone cannot accomplish the goal. Consequential: accomplishing the goal brings the team significantly closer to achieving the team’s overall purpose.
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6 Questions for a Healthy Team Aim for genuine consensus on these critical issues Team members:
Team:
__________ __________ __________ __________
________________
__________ __________ __________ __________
Why are we a team? Mission
the vision that brings us together 1. 2. What will we do?
Goals
Clear Challenging Consequential
3. 4. 5. 6.
How do each of us contribute? work-related - the task -
Roles
team-related - the process -
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6 Questions for a Healthy Team page 2 How will we communicate? Logistics • • Communication
meeting location, frequency, etc. technology (social media text, phone, email, Trello)
Ground Rules/Norms
How will we make decisions? Decision- • leader making • designated persons • consensus • vote
How will we handle conflict? conflict of ideas
Conflict
conflict of persons
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Outline: • Challenges facing our teams • How to help our teams: 1. Deploy real teams 2. Get the right people on our teams 3. Build healthy teams • Profile of a Healthy Team • Six Questions for Healthy Teams • Team Coaching
My Background: • Church planting ministry - team leader & member • 16 years in Japan • 2 years in Prague, Czech Republic (current) • Helping other teams to succeed • MA & PhD at Fielding Graduate University • 2012 Survey of TEAM’s teams • Coach & consultant for cross-cultural ministry teams
David Sedlacek, PhD [email protected] www.lifelearner.org/teams www.leaderserve.org
Making Teams Work in Missions
| US Phone: 757.243.4179 | Skype: DKSedlacek | tools & resources for multi-cultural teams | blog for cross-cultural mission leaders
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David Sedlacek 2017
Challenges facing our teams
The 3 biggest challenges for teams: • ___________________________ • ___________________________ • ___________________________ ICDIBA syndrome: I C__ D_ I_ B_____ A____
Design Principles for Team Formation: 1. Keep it small. The larger the team, the more difficult it is to function effectively. Generally, 3-5 people is enough for a team. Some tasks requires teams of 6, 7 or 8 people. Use sub-teams formed around specific tasks. 2. Diversify. Choose people who are different from one another–different skills, different gifts, different levels of experience, different ages, different genders, different cultures. Teams don’t fail because the members are too different from each other–they usually fail because they are too large, too homogenous, or because they don’t practice principle #3: 3. Find the right kind of people. People who can do the work your team needs to do. People who work well in teams. Making Teams Work in Missions
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How to Help our Teams 1. Deploy Real Teams Real Teams vs. Fake Teams
25%
43%
31%
43% real teams 31% embedded in institutions 25% neither
The cost of fake teams:
2 lowered expectations
1 lost synergy
3 frustration, conflict
4 wasted resources
what is a team?
a team is a group of people with a common goal that compels them to work together group - people - common - together goal - compels - work
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2. Get the right people on the team Q: What characterizes a good team player? • _____________________ • _____________________ • _____________________ • _____________________ • _____________________ • _____________________
1. Effective team members are more committed to the team, than to performing a specific task. 2. Effective team members are more committed to the vision and purpose of the team, than to performing ministry in a certain way. 3. Effective team members are remarkable for their humility and willingness to learn, serve & follow others.
Effective Team Member courage, commitment to team purpose
humility, teachability
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3. Build a Healthy Team Profile of a Healthy Team: A healthy team is rooted and united in Christ and is characterized by growing trust, open and robust communication, commitment to one another and to the team as a whole, and a purpose that compels its members to work together. One in Christ - A healthy team is firmly rooted and united in Christ. Team members love one another deeply, as members of one Body. They express their dependence upon Christ and celebrate His work through prayer, worship and listening to God’s Word. A team’s unity is demonstrated by: Trust - Team members have confidence in the good intentions of their teammates and actively seek ways to build trust. Relationships are characterized by respect and care for one another. Mutual Vulnerability - Team members take the risk of letting themselves be known by their teammates. Communication - Team members listen and speak in order to understand one another. Communication stays open between all members of the team and is not dominated by one or two people. Healthy Conflict - The team is able to debate, challenge, and engage in healthy discussion in order to arrive at best solutions and create an open, participatory environment. Relational conflict is dealt with biblically in a culture of truth-telling and grace-giving. Sin is confessed and forgiven. Commitment - Team members are committed to Christ, to one another, to the team as a whole, and to working as a team. When decisions are made by the team, team members are committed to fully support those decisions. Mutual Accountability - Team members take responsibility to do what they have agreed to do and expect their teammates to do the same. Roles are clearly defined so that each member understands their responsibilities and contribution to the team. Purpose - The team knows what it is to do because it has a clearly defined purpose aligned with the Ministry Initiative vision. This purpose can be readily articulated by team members, describing its reason for existence and overall direction. Operational goals that derive from this purpose make it clear what the team needs to do together. These goals are clear, challenging and consequential. Clear: each member understands what is to be done. Challenging: one person working alone cannot accomplish the goal. Consequential: accomplishing the goal brings the team significantly closer to achieving the team’s overall purpose.
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6 Questions for a Healthy Team Aim for genuine consensus on these critical issues Team members:
Team:
__________ __________ __________ __________
________________
__________ __________ __________ __________
Why are we a team? Mission
the vision that brings us together 1. 2. What will we do?
Goals
Clear Challenging Consequential
3. 4. 5. 6.
How do each of us contribute? work-related - the task -
Roles
team-related - the process -
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6 Questions for a Healthy Team page 2 How will we communicate? Logistics • • Communication
meeting location, frequency, etc. technology (social media text, phone, email, Trello)
Ground Rules/Norms
How will we make decisions? Decision- • leader making • designated persons • consensus • vote
How will we handle conflict? conflict of ideas
Conflict
conflict of persons
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