HMCS Vancouver Pre-Deployment Brief - May 2024 (Web Version).pptx
Team leadership in christian ministry week eight
1. Causes of ineffective decision making
Lack of clear objections
Insecurity of position/authority
Lack of information
Fear of change
Decision making and critical thinking
Critical thinking = the ability to and challenge
assumptions, to imagine and explore
alternatives, based on the understanding that
absolute truth does undergird our lives
2. Group decision making- the new paradigm
Five factors of good decision
Quality
Time
Commitment
Attractiveness
Learning
Group Consensus
Group Unity
3. Decision making and the problem solving
process
Orientation to the situation
Identification of the key facts
Identification of major problem(s)
Proposal of possible causes
Listing of probable causes
Testing, selecting and applying the best decision
Evaluation of Decision
4. Roles of Group Leadership
Group = a collection of individuals whose
existence as a collection is rewarding to the
individual
Leader of group must consider the variables of
each person in the group
Components of group leadership
Belonging
Role taking
Expecations
5. Understanding Group Behavior
Background
Participation pattern
Open communication
Standards
Sociemetric pattern
Procedures
Goals
Unleashing group dynamic
Clarify Group Objectives
Consider the Groups Hedonic Tone
Construct Patterns for Group Interaction
6. Crystallize the groups achievement
Fair system of evaluation
Groups should be healthy not sick
Expectations of group members
Attendance
Affirmation
Confidentiality
Learning
Responsibility
Avoid defensiveness
7. Roadblocks to effective group work
Forgetting the individual
Expecting to much from group dynamics
Wasting time during group sessions
Inability to address conflict
Stages of group growth
Centric Group
Radic group
8. Various functions of boards
Determine policy
Implement policy
Advise policy
Assume legal responsibility for policy
Board and committee membership
Self perpetuation
Popular election
Ex officio status
9. The chairperson’s role in board/committee work
Planning
Presiding
Appointment
Representing
Counseling
Reporting
The responsibility of board and committee members
Ability to see only one side of an issue
An emotional fixation on an issue/side
The tendency to vote with chairperson
Nonparticipation in board/committee discussion
A tendency to monopolize the conversation
Begrudging expenditure of time
10. Leadership assumption about conflict
Conflict Accelerates ad Change Accelerates
Conflict in not inherently destructive or
constructive
Conflict is best handled by diplomacy and
negotiation
Conflict resolution can be taught
Leadership strategies for handling conflict
Confrontation
Compromise
Working through
Teaching
12. The board is normally the head of the an
organization
Board has a chairperson responsible to plan
and facilitate meetings
Effective Boardmanship
Appoint and evaluate CEO
Insure fiscal solvency
Clarify and guard mission of organization
Approve strategic plan
Informative