Leadership Skills

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Leadership Skills

• Aim to enable participants to identify and
  reflect on their current skills and encourage
  them to actively seek support for themselves in
  their work with children.
• Learning outcomes
• to evaluate current skills, gifts, strengths and
  weaknesses and identify possibilities for
  personal development.
• to recognize the need to be valued, equipped and
  supported in their role.
• to develop the skills and habit of reflecting on
  their work with children.

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Leadership Skills Starter

• Being a leader is like because
• Being a leader is not like because

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Leadership Skills Starter

• I admired one leader I remember because
• I disliked one leader I remember because

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Team Debrief

• Who took the lead?
• What other roles were identifiable?
• Was everyone made to feel part of the activity?
• How was the contribution of each person valued?
• List the positive and negative aspects of working
  as a member of a team

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Whats in a team?

• Exercise A
• Ten things you could do to build a team.

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Whats in a team?

• Exercise B
• If a team is to be effective
• Team members must be clear about the aim of the
  group.
• Team members must have clear roles.
• There must be effective leadership.
• Team members must feel that their input is
  valued.
• Team members should trust each other.

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Whats in a team?

• Exercise C
• What needs to happen in a team? Arrange the
  phrases according to their importance in a
  childrens ministry team. Add two or three if you
  think something is missing.

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Biblical thoughts

• Read Psalm 1391-6
• Write down the things about you
• that God can use in Children's ministry, both the
  obvious skills, talents and experiences and the
  less obvious that God is transforming and using.

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Biblical thoughts

• Read Isaiah 421-4
• What helps you to know you are chosen and loved
  by God?
• What helps you to present Gods love well without
  shouting or raising your voice ?
• Is bringing justice for children part of your
  ministry?

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What makes a good leader? Here are four key
qualities

• Leaders have vision.
• Leaders attract followers.
• Leaders can communicate their vision.
• Leaders enable the group to achieve a common goal.

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Write a job advert

• What would you include in a job advert for a
  Childrens Leader to join your team?