Building A Kingdom Dream Team

Building a Kingdom Dream Team provides a clear criterion that will help leaders build a ministry team but also a clear criterion for the selection of specific team members.

Building A Kingdom Dream Team

Great leaders build community. Team is more than just working together. It is doing life deeply with one another as they serve together.

Building a Kingdom Dream Team involves the following:

1. Defining the Purpose of the Team

Building a Kingdom Dream Team is to define the purpose of the team.

Leaders must be specific about the nature and purpose of the team. Leaders must ask and answer the question: what do we want this particular team to accomplish?

Once you have defined the purpose of the team, then you will know what kind of people to look for.

2. Knowing the "Three Cs" of Team Selection

Character is number 1. A team player must be committed to spiritual disciplines. There must be evidence of honesty, teachability, humility, reliability, a healthy work ethic and a willingness to be entreated (willing to be asked to do something).

Competence is number 2. Competency is related to giftedness or ability. If you want a teacher, you look for someone who has the gift of teaching and so on.

Chemistry is number 3. Chemistry is about relational fit, firstly with the leader and secondly with other team members.

3. Raising Up Team Members Within

The point here is to raise up leaders within whenever you can. There may be times when you need to bring someone from without. However, when you raise up team members from within, you will generally know their character, competence and chemistry fit.

In other words, don't overlook your own people.

4. Appointing a Clearly Defined Leader

Teams achieve when each position is defined. Effective teams have clearly defined leaders.

Clearly defined leaders keep the team focused, put the right people with the right gifts in the right positions, maximize every team member's contribution, distribute the load evenly, facilitate communication and assess and raise the level of community within the team.

5. Nurturing Community Through Community Exercises

Most people assume team community just happens, after all, spending time working together should build meaningful, supportive relationships. However, that is not always the case.

As Maxwell said, "One of the most important roles a leader plays is to guide team members into a deeper experience of community. One effective way to do this is to use community-enhancing exercises.

6. Establishing Clear Goals in Order to Build Team Performance

Goals need to be established but also they need to be clear. As Maxwell said, "What gets measured gets done. Without clear goals, most teams flounder. They waste time, lose energy, get distracted and eventually become demoralized."

7. Rewarding Achievement in Order to Build Team Performance

Leaders often balk at rewarding team players for work well done. But it is important to recognized work well done. Maxwell noted: "Jesus was not vague about the concept of rewards. He often promised devoted followers great reward in this life and the next.

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