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Leading
Team Projects
Leading
Team Projects focuses on learning to lead projects and
reach goals with a team approach. It presents the basics
of vision, planning and goal setting, with tracking and
delegation. It also presents forming, developing and
mobilizing an effective team. It concludes with how to
finish a project well.
 Author:
Major Roderick Mills
Rod
Mills serves as a Chaplain for the US Army. He has over
20 years of experience in the military, ministry, and
business. He has also served on LTI's Board of Directors.
Rod has helped plant numerous churches in both in the
US and overseas. Rod holds an MA in Management and a
Master of Divinity degree. Rod and his wife, Elizabeth,
have five children: Andrew, Janae, Nicole, Gabriel, and
Daniel.
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Main
Objective
The
object of this module is to help ministry leaders develop
a team approach
to lead team projects and achieve ministry success by building
the three key elements of a team
project.
Project
Objective: |
Participants
will learn how to develop the projects purpose, vision,
and mission.
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| Project
Leader: |
Participants
will learn how to become an effective coach and role
model. |
| Project
Team: |
Participants
will learn how to select, place, and build a project
team. |
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Overview
This
module is unique in several ways. It is a training tool
to equip Christian leaders to train other Christians for
leading team projects. This material also challenges and
inspires leaders to personally reach their fullest potential
as team project leaders.
Leading Team Projects provides seven sessions on
how to better lead, identify and build project teams within
the ministry for ministry success.
Main
Diagram
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Session
Descriptions |
| Session |
Description |
Session
1:
Establishing
the Project
Objective |
We
will introduce the importance of purpose, vision, and mission
of the overall project, and how to build team cohesiveness
around them, including:
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three elements of a team project.
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three possible methods used to develop a project objective
and its elements.
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the importance of the leader’s intent.
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importance of keeping four key groups informed concerning
project objectives.
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seven obstacles to developing project objectives. |
Session
2:
Becoming an
Effective
Project Leader |
We
will discover basic principles and practices in becoming
an effective project leader, including:
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six Cs (traits) of an effective leader.
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fifteen coaching functions of a project leader.
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two main areas a leader is a proper role model.
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ten mistakes to avoid as a project leader. |
Session
3:
Becoming an
Effective
Project Manager |
We
will discover basic principles and practices in becoming
an effective project manager, including:
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fourteen distinctions between leading and managing.
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ten characteristics of an effective project manager.
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eight key functions of an effective project manager.
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uses of an event-planning checklist.
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six key items in a project expense budget. |
Session
4:
Building the
Project Team |
We
will discover the basic principles of recruiting, identifying,
and motivating people with a divine call to be part of a
project team, including:
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six attributes of an effective project team.
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six steps to Spirit-led team selection.
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five ways to properly place team members.
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six areas of team selection readiness.
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five aspects of team preparation. |
Session
5:
Setting and
Tracking
Project Goals |
We
will discover the basic principles and practices of goal
setting and tracking, including:
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three types of project goals.
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five characteristics of project goals.
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eight steps within the process of defining goals and related
tasks.
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eight items for monitoring and tracking project goals.
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five keys to achieving project goals. |
Session
6:
Supporting the
Team Project |
We
will examine how to support a team both spiritually and
financially, including:
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three ways to build prayer support for a team project.
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five principles for raising financial support for a team
project.
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four reasons to commission a project team. |
Session
7:
Finishing
the
Project Well |
We
will discover how to properly finish a project, including:
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four ways to evaluate a team project.
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two methods for presenting a project report.
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why it is necessary to celebrate the team project. |
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