Team Building
Lesson 3: Practice
Lesson Objectives:
- How to remove someone from a team when it is needed
- Be a good teammate
- Practice preparing how to multiply a team
Being a Good TEammate
In these lessons, we have focused on leading teams. But you are most likely also on teams. Let's discover what kind of teammate you are. Some of the best team leaders can be really difficult as teammates. It's our desire to have the self-awareness to be not only a good team leader but also a good teammate. In Patrick Lencioni’s book, The Ideal Team Player, he describes the ideal team player as being humble, hungry, and smart. In the linked PDF below you can complete a self-assessment about being a good teammate in the categories of humble, hungry, and smart.
Pause and Reflect
- Complete the self-assessment. What did you find surprising about your results?
- What makes you a good teammate?
- What behaviors would you like to improve, to be a better teammate?
Case Study Work - Best for working on in small groups on divisional calls
Case Study #1
The team has a toxic person and needs to be removed
You've moved to a new city to start Young Life and you're just at the first stage of team building. You form a team of all those who are interested in ministry. Over time, you notice a person in the team who wants to do things his or her own way. This person is late for meetings, and when he or she arrives, he or she does not respect the opinions of others and considers only his or her own ideas to be correct. It is difficult to assign any responsibility to this person, and even if you do, you still need to control them. This has a negative impact on the team because this person questions your authority and gives the impression that they are more of a hindrance than a help.
How would you deal with such a person? Share your thoughts on different scenarios.
Case Study #2
Building comradery on a distance team
You have recently started a new role as a regional director and taken over an existing team of several area directors. You and your team all live far away from each other - at least more than a 3-hour drive. The area directors all know each other but have not spent much time together. You have a regular two-hour Zoom call with all of them every week but don’t feel there is much engagement on the calls.
What do you want to do to build camaraderie and better team engagement?
Case Study #3
Multiplying Teams
You are an area director of a thriving area. You oversee several ministry teams who are for the most part growing and know good ministry. You have been praying for hte city next to yours and have begun to meet several people in the city who have been praying for younger generations. You feel your time is getting spread thin between where you live now and another city. You feel it might be time for some of your teams to multiply.
What do you do?
Case Study #4
Leading Multiple Teams
You are a regional director of a pretty large region. You supervise several area directors and spend a lot of your time going to their areas. One of your area directors recently had to leave their area quickly due to sickness and did not have a good candidate to take their place so you stepped in as an interim area director. You also are leading a team of people who are raising money for your region throughout the region. Since taking over the interim area director role, your time has become very limited and you actually feel you are not giving your best to any of the teams you lead.
What do you do?
