Services
Note
Services available from Richard Fox are marked with an *
C: Appointment as a Minister (a challenging transition)
Introduction: Moving to the next team working position. Now the person in charge. The team leader. An opportunity to reconnect with one's own personal vision.
C1: Being the New Leader (2 days) *
- Discerning, perceiving, communicating
- Finding your feet
- Understanding the parish as a family system
- The importance of discussing the purpose of the local ministry and the benefits of a shared mission, vision and values
- Clarifying roles
- Leading and enabling others including volunteers
- Getting support e.g. coaching and mentoring
- Bringing more than one parish together
- Leading change and transformation
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Handling difficult situations and complexity
- Representing the local church beyond the parish and relating well to the wider church and with other faith leaders
C2: Team Leading (2 days) - For team leaders *
The programme is built around participants' learning objectives. It includes exercises in team leading. Topics likely to be included are:
- Types of teams and groups
- What a team leader needs to be and do
- The functions of a team leader
- Team charter (mission, vision etc)
- Team roles
- Stages of team development
- Situational leadership
- Team mapping
- Practical problem solving on e.g. managing expectations
C3: Communicating Effectively (2 days) - Intact ministry teams *
- Effective communication at its best
- Current reality and the things I/we need to improve
- Intention, behaviour and impact
- Win-win-win thinking
- Creating synergy
- Contextual listening
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Communicating to a range of audiences
- Consulting and influencing
- Chairing meetings effectively
- Managing good communication channels
- Developing, managing and using an effective network of contacts.
C4: Coaching and Mentoring (2 days) - For incumbents, ministers in charge, other team leaders and external coaches *
- Definition and benefits of coaching
- Why a coaching system is being introduced
- The coaching model we will use
- Appreciating the context and roles of the person being coached
- Types of questions
- Giving feedback
- Contextual listening
- Practice sessions
- Personal coaching styles
- How people see the world - Facts and interpretations
- Other models e.g. situational leadership, the learning cycle
- Use of cards, objects, movement
- Ethical guidelines; coaching v counselling
- Administrative matters and on-going training and support.
C5: Valuing Diversity (2 days) - For all individuals and intact teams *
- Defining diversity and what it means in local ministry
- Exploring differences of attention, learning preferences and work focus, in yourself and others
- Identifying the consequences and implications of this diversity in teams and for your team
- Exploring diversity of basic drivers, assumptions and blind spots
- Identifying a vision of valuing diversity and your own level of skill
- Working to improve relationships within the team
- Identifying cultural differences which can influence effective team working
- Identifying ways of working to make more effective use of the diversity within the team.