There are many factors that go into effective team work. In the business world, everyone seems to talk about their team – the importance of counting on interdependence above individual effort and work. The summer season is a season of teams – sports, mission teams, and countless others meet together to accomplish something. So, what … Read more
Every weekend at our church, we serve a variety of coffees, fruits, juice and doughnuts. The donuts come from one place and are picked up by a church member every Sunday morning. But since people seem to like the donut holes from another place a little better, someone else goes to get those. As they go to … Read more
There are several ways to help a team move higher in work together. Depending on the task, the type of team and the members, there are variables, but here are some I was thinking about this morning in relation to ministry teams. Integrity – There has to be a consistency to the ministry team. There has to … Read more
The best way to build team community is to serve together. Working together with the purpose of helping someone else is powerfully connecting. During our summer team training week, the 2012 Harvest Team took two hours out of the day to help at the local food pantry. We sorted, stocked and filled food boxes for the clients … Read more
Who packs your parachute? Who are the people in your life who help you take risk and dives? Who are the ones who help you become successful? You’ve probably heard the story before, but it’s worth thinking of again – who packs your parachute? Here’s the full story. But today, I was thinking about those … Read more
I recently saw a diagram that explained it well. Both a team and a clique are focused on a goal, but the goals are different. A clique has an inward focus and a team has an outward one. The irony is that a team, being united together in an outward goal, has a much … Read more