Team Structure, Organization and Communication

Not everyone was available for staff devotions today when I took a few minutes to describe the composition of teams and the meeting schedule for the future.  I've included some screenshots from the powerpoint presentation along with a description of the process.

Basically, we're going to group the staff into three teams which I've called the "Gray Team," the "Blue Team" and the "Green Team."  The Gray Team is comprised of the guys with gray hair (with the exception of Aaron Keyes...but he's not far behind!) and are responsible for "direction leadership."  Led by Dr. Youssef, the Gray Team will cast the overall vision for the future of the church.







The Blue Team are the dreamers, "blue" because they've got their heads in the clouds.  Their function is to take the vision and imagine all the possible ways the vision could be accomplished.  This team will provide "possibility leadership."  They will identify 2-3 annual strategic priorities to make qualitative improvements to the ministry and establish benchmarks for measuring those improvements.








The Green Team ("green" taken from a traffic signal... GO!) provides implementation leadership.  This is the largest team and perhaps the most important, as they are the ones who work most closely with the people who actually do ministry...church members ("...equipping the saints for the work of the ministry.")  The Green Team is characterized by massive information sharing.  Anyone at that meeting should be able to ask any question at any time.

The Gray Team meets weekly on Wednesday at 2:00pm.  The Blue Team is going to meet after staff devotions on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month.  The Green Team is scheduled to meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month after devotions.






The following pictures use a football analogy to help explain the functions of the three teams.

Of course, the most important feature of this plan is communication.  Communication is the oil that will allow this machinery to function efficiently.  When there's a deficiency of oil in a machine, the parts wear on each other, wear out more quickly than they should, make odd noises and generate excessive heat...all things that lead to system failure.  We want to create a system that provides an efficient flow of information to all the moving parts...and we have LOTS of moving parts!

As always, I'm open to any suggest you may have on how to make us more effective in reaching people for God's kingdom and equipping the saints to live out their faith.