Understanding your Gift Focus in the Leadership Team

Question 1 - What questions you would ask your team?

Where are you going?  What’s your vision? What are you planning?

What are you doing?  What needs deciding? How is the ministry structured?

How are you?  What are you learning? What needs do you have?

What is God saying to you? What aspect of growth are you working on?

Are you fulfilled, expressing your gifts, feel you belong, functioning well with the team?

Question 2 - What results are you looking for your team?

Clear strategy & plan in place; Financial order; Good organisation; Decisions made clearly;

Good fellowship; Needs of the team being met; Unity; Healthy relationships; Harmony among members

Change in peoples lives; Gods presence being a reality; Holiness in the life of the team; The Holy Spirit moving freely;

Everyone functioning in their gifts, a sense of synergy, accomplishing more as a team than is possible as individuals

Goals met, New activity or project to pray about; Something established

Question 3 - Where you could be found?

Somewhere planning team activities, organising people, meeting with team members

On the run;  Just back from somewhere ; Just off somewhere;

In the office;  On the phone; In a business meeting; You leave a message to let others know where to contact you.

Among people; Praying; Training; Talking with someone, coffee in hand;

Question 4 - As a leader you would want to develop...

The right vision or direction to move in

The right plan, strategy or structure to implement

The right relationships

The right heart for God

Question 5 - As a school leader you desire...

A well bonded group who are able to work together in unity;

That each day God will turn up and have an impact in the lives of the individuals and the school as a whole;

For each person of the team to be involved, active, using their gifts & being fulfilled

Action of any kind. To challenge individuals; To create a faith environment;

Question 6 - As a base leader you desire...

A community living in obedience to God and responding to the current word of the Lord;

Clear direction and vision for the future. Lots of action.

A well oiled machine with schools running and staff knowing their roles

Question 7 - As a teacher your motivation would be to...

Exhort. Share vision or challenge the status quo. Bring a ministry challenge to go.

Focus on principles. What will help us get the job done well. Pray into the steps of implementation.

Build morale, character growth and encourage the staff & leaders

Question 8 - Your mentoring approach

“Watch me, be with me, be inspired and pick up what you can.”

To help others do their job effectively. Be there to support others in the ministry. Coach others.

Come alongside others as individuals. Help others grow in character and ministry.

Discern issues in the life of the leader, their team members or their ministry.