Team Leadership/Followership Training
Do you often feel like your group is functioning like a hypochondriac rather than a 1 Corinthians 12 body? Does your team have a lot of potential you can’t seem to tap? Are there topics you don’t discuss for fear they will cause conflict?
You are not alone.
Researchers think 80-90% of teams lack the skills necessary to perform well. And Christianity's dirtly little secret is, our organizations, teams, ministries have the same problem! Fortunately, training and practice can overcome those weaknesses.
We can help.
Use DM Co-Directors Gary Colvin’s and David Freeman’s combined 45 years of team leadership and followership research and hands-on training to heal your team. Whether you want help diagnosing and designing solutions for your particular challenges, or you just want information for your own use, we will customize your training at your location or as a retreat at DM to equip you to deal with your specific areas of need.
A Sampling of Seminars
Communication: A Root Challenge (2 to 3 hours)
- What is the life-blood that enables a group of people to function as one body?
- What are the basic principles of communication?
Interpersonal Conflict Resolution: The Foundation of Group Function (2- to 3-hour)
- Are you Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing?
- Most groups, including churches, never get beyond storming.
- Learn how to grow into performing.
- A Bag of Tips and Tricks--Working through disagreement to solution
- Do I really have to apologize/forgive?
- Most people fight, flight or freeze. Learn how to effectively responde to fear.
- We recommend that you take the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument as part of this seminar
We also offer personalized Conflict Resolution Mediation or Coaching
Lead, Follow or Collaborate. You can't get out of the way.(2 hours)
- You have a different role at work, church, home, etc.
- Do you know how to switch from being boss to volunteer committee member?
- Do you know how to switch from being employee to parent?
- Do you know how to switch from being child to team captain?
- Each role requires different skills.
- Learn to choose the right role for the right group at the right time.
Principles for Productive Meetings (2 hours)
- Learn techniques to ensure the group dialogs about each person's concerns.
- Shooting the rabbits: Keeping everyone focused on the topic.
- Making decisions once and following through (stop re-hashing the same decisions at different meetings).
- Structuring meetings to be vital events rather than useless, time-wasters.
Personalities: I am Unique, and You are an Alien (2- to 3-hour overview or each topic can be 1- to 2-hour seminars)
These seminars are available for secular groups at Dialog and Resolve.
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