REINVENT YOUR FUTURE

Reinvent your ministries . . . everyday!

Leading well is about influence. It's about choosing to make an impact everyday, everywhere.  It's also a team sport that involves making wise decisions so that you know what to say "yes" and what you say "no" or "not yet" to. This training will help you lead your church with clarity, intentionality, and creativity. Listed below you'll find key points, questions, and action steps for each of the 4 sessions.

1 | KEY POINTS | ACTION STEPS | QUESTIONS - (KQAs)

  • K: Elected leaders are stewards of their church's mission, vision, and values.
  • K: Help all leaders clearly communicate what matters most.
  • K: Leader must listen well, review results & be willing to pilot new ideas.
  • K: Leaders are "deciders" who discern what to say yes or no to.
  • Q: When's the last time board members evaluated their impact?
  • Q: What do leaders need to do their best work?
  • A: Design clear, compelling annual goals & quarterly quests.
  • A: Invite people into leadership roles year-round.
  • A: List essential characteristics & competencies for elected leaders.
  • A: Provide leaders with more detailed job descriptions.
  • A: Create plan for inviting, onboarding & developing leaders.

2 | KEY POINTS | ACTION STEPS | QUESTIONS - (KQAs)

  • K: Equip all leaders be promote your mission, vision, and values.
  • K: Create "white space" in communications.
  • K: Create communications for visitors and your target audiences.
  • K: Add more videos, images, and bullet points; use fewer words.
  • A: Complete the Clarify Your Brand and Key Messages form.
  • A: Surf your church's entire website. List what you like & what you'd change.
  • A: Create an Annual Leadership Calendar; give to all leaders.
  • A: Create Leadership Roster that includes names, roles, emails & phone #s.
  • A: Recruit people to take pictures/videos at your upcoming events.
  • A: Have a place to archive content to repurpose later.
  • Q: Do your communications focus on  you or the people you serve?
  • Q: Do you have a plan for capturing stories & photos of your activities?
  • Q: What do you want people to feel, value & do with your information?

3 | KEY POINTS | ACTION STEPS | QUESTIONS - (KQAs)

4 | KEY POINTS | ACTION STEPS | QUESTIONS - (KQAs)

  • K: Meetings should be designed based on the desired outcomes.
  • K; Inspection leads to improvement. Do you evaluate your meetings?
  • K: Leaders should leave meetings with assignments to complete.
  • Q: Do your agendas reflect your missional priorities?
  • Q: Do your meetings include time to discern?  Build community?
  • Q: What do you want participants to do BEFORE & AFTER meetings?
  • A: Review the Build Better Meeting Agendas form.
  • A: Spend less time reporting & more time learning & dreaming.
  • A: Assign team members to evaluate upcoming meetings.
  • A: Create a list of projects that leaders can sign up to help with.
  • A: Track people's current projects using an Assignment Log.
  • K: Strategic plans need to be simple, flexible & include deliverables.
  • K: Help your staff/leaders build their goal setting muscles.
  • K: Decide where to "park" good ideas for future consideration.
  • K: Share with members - big picture, quarterly goals & next steps.
  • K: Share with everyone WHAT, SO WHAT (why) & NOW WHAT.
  • Q: What serves as your "compass" for choosing activities?
  • Q: What are your ministry priorities? How will you their impact?
  • Q: What do you need to learn from members? Your community?
  • A: create  1-page Annual Plan; focus on Quarterly Quests.
  • A: Align your structure with your missional priorities.
  • A: Assign a person to track the progress of your ministry goals.

TRAINING QUOTES

LEADERSHIP RETREAT | SAMPLE HANDOUTS

SAMPLE  PLANS (QUARTERLY QUESTS)

1 |  LEAD WELL - Revamp Nominating Process

FAITHFUL NEXT STEPS
  1. Clarify the roles/responsibilities of the Nominating Committee.
  2. Provide more detailed job descriptions for Board members.
  3. Create a Candidate Selection Matrix to help select good candidates.
  4. Create letter/email templates for inviting/onboarding leaders.
  5. Upgrade your onboarding process for new leaders.

2 | GROW VIBRANT FAITH - Design Faith Formation Plans

FAITHFUL NEXT STEPS
  1. Form short-term task force:.
  2. Participate in Grow Vibrant Faith Training
  3. Clarify our vision for lifelong faith
  4. Identify which facet of lifelong faith to focus on.
  5. Complete phase one action steps.

3 | RENEW YOUR CHURCH - Assess Church Culture

4 | IMPROVE CHURCH COMMUNICATIONS - Update Brand

FAITHFUL NEXT STEPS
  1. Set aside time at next 3 Board meetings to rethink culture.
  2. Create assessment tools &assignments for Board members.
  3. Review assessment data; select which culture indicators to address.
  4. Outline 5 action steps related to Indicator that has been selected.
  5. Provide updates to Board related to action steps.
FAITHFUL NEXT STEPS
  1. Host meeting with Communication Team members.
  2. Assign a project coordinator.
  3. Create initial draft - seek feedback from staff and board.
  4. Create second draft - seek feedback from staff, board & members.
  5. Identify action steps to rebrand and reinforce messages.

5 | DEEPEN CONNECTIONS - Conduct Hospitality Audit

6 | GROW YOUR GIVING - Capture Impact Stories

FAITHFUL NEXT STEPS
  1. Form hospitality task force; onboard team, review assessments.
  2. Complete assessments, share data & solicit feedback.
  3. Share Hospitality Report & with staff, Board & coordinators.
  4. Select 3 recommendations to implement in 90 days.
  5. Schedule 2nd round of Hospitality audits.
FAITHFUL NEXT STEPS
  1. Form an Impact Storytelling team; onboard leaders.
  2. Make list of individuals to capture stories from.
  3. Make list of activities where stories will be captured.
  4. Recruit storytelling videographer/photographer.
  5. Create storytelling scripts for sharing impact stories.

7 | SIMPLIFY STRUCTURE & SYSTEMS - Update Church Structure

8 | STAFF & SUPERVISE WELL - Create Annual Review Process

FAITHFUL NEXT STEPS
  1. Outline current church structure & related job descriptions.
  2. Describe how decisions are made & implemented.
  3. Provide all leaders with an updated Leadership Roster.
  4. Share with Board restructuring recommendations.
  5. Create action plan based on Board input.
FAITHFUL NEXT STEPS
  1. Schedule 5 meetings with Annual Review task force.
  2. Outline process for conducting annual reviews.
  3. List criteria that will be used to evaluate paid staff.
  4. Create tools/templates for conducting interviews.
  5. Submit plans to Board for approval.

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