Equipping 101

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Equipping 101

• Dr. John C. Maxwell

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Why Do I Need to Equip Others?

• One is too small a number to achieve greatness.

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The Power of Teams

• Teams involve more people, thus affording more
  resources, ideas, and energy than individuals
• Teams maximize a leaders potential and minimize
  her weaknesses
• Teams provide multiple perspectives on how to
  meet a need or reach a goal

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The Power of Teams

• Teams share the credit for victories and the
  blame for losses
• Teams keep leaders accountable
• Teams can simply do more than an individual

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Why do we stand alone?

• Ego
• Insecurity
• Naivete
• Temperament

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How Can I Adopt a Team Mind-Set?

• Investing in a team almost guarantees a high
  return for the effort, because a team can do so
  much more than individuals.

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How to invest in your team

• Make the decision to build a team
• Gather the best team possible
• Pay the price to develop the team
• Do things together as a team
• Empower team members

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How to empower your team

• Give credit for success to the team
• Watch to see your investment pay off
• Stop investing in players who dont grow
• Create new opportunities for growth
• Provide the best possible chance to succeed

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I can live for two months on one good
compliment.
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Whom Should I Equip?

• Those closest to the leader will determine the
  success level of that leader.

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Leaders Producing Leaders

• Those closest to the leader will determine the
  success level of that leader
• An organizations growth potential is directly
  related to its personnel potential
• Potential leaders help carry the load

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Leaders Producing Leaders

• Leaders attract potential leaders
• Equipped leaders expand enhance the future of
  the organization
• The more people you lead, the more leaders you
  need

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What Does a Potential Leader Look Like?

• Great leaders seek out and find potential
  leaders, then transform them into good leaders.

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Leadership Qualities to Seek

• Character
• Influence
• Positive attitude
• Excellent people skills
• Evident gifts

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Leadership Qualities to Seek

• Proven track record
• Confidence
• Self-discipline
• Effective communication skills
• Discontent with the status quo

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Qualities of a Disciplined Leader

• Identified specific long- short-term goals
• Plan for achieving those goals
• Desire motivates them to continue working to
  accomplish those goals

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Leaders Communication Skills

• Genuine concern for person hes talking to
• Ability to focus on the responder
• Ability to communicate with all kinds of people
• Eye contact a warm smile

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What Does it Take to Equip a Leader?

• Equipping, like nurturing, is an ongoing process.

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Your Role as an Equipper

• The Equipper is a model
• The Equipper is a mentor
• The Equipper is an empowerer

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All good mentoring relationships begin with
personal relationships.
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The Equipping Process

• Develop a personal relationship with the people
  you equip
• Share your dream
• Ask for commitment
• Set goals for growth
• Communicate the fundamentals

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The Equipping Process

• Perform the process of training people
• Give responsibility, authority, accountability
• Give people the tools they need
• Monitor systematically
• Conduct periodic equipping meetings

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5 Ms for Training People

• Model
• Mentor
• Monitor
• Motivate
• Multiply

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Levels of Authority

• Position
• Competence
• Personality
• Integrity
• Spirituality

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How When to Monitor

• The importance of the task
• The newness of the work
• The newness of the worker
• The responsibility of the worker

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The Best Equipping Meetings

• Good news
• Vision
• Content
• Administration
• Empowerment

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How Can a Leader Inspire Others to Excel?

• Adding value is really the essence of equipping
  others.

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Characteristics of Enlarging Leaders

• They value their team members
• They value what their team members value
• They add value to their team members
• They make themselves more valuable

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Becoming an Enlarger

• Believe in others before they believe in you
• Serve others before they serve you
• Add value to others before they add value to you

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How Can I Help Others Fulfill Their Potential?

• Having the right people in the right places is
  essential to individual and team success.

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Correctly Placing People

• Wrong Person/Wrong Place Regression
• Wrong Person/Right Place Frustration
• Right Person/Wrong Place Confusion
• Right Person/Right Place Progression
• Right People/Right Places Multiplication

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Putting People in Their Place

• Know the team
• Know the situation
• Know the player

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Finding Your Niche

• Be secure
• Get to know yourself
• Trust your leader
• See the big picture
• Rely on your experience