Team Building at Olive
October 5th, 2007It has been a busy week as I traveled to Destin with the Olive pastoral team for our staff retreat. This annual getaway is a time to focus, pray, plan, dream and build friendship. This year’s trip was successful. Our team trip included Eric Miracle for the first time. He is our new Minister of High School Students. I remind you to pray for and encourage him.
Patrick Lencioni wrote the book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Listed below are the items he details in the book. Pray over these items for your staff leadership.
1. Absence of Trust
2. Fear of Conflict
3. Lack of Commitment
4. Avoidance of Accountability
5. Inattention to Detail
Like any other team our staff at Olive must work on these issues. Staff retreat is one way we do some of that. The church is gracious to allow us to get away. It is an investment worth making. I want to thank Bill Estes and Larry Dick among others for covering some of the essential work at Olive while we were away. They are much appreciated.
This Sunday we conclude out three week mission focus. We will be making our giving commitments during the service. Join me as I preach on the prerequisite for global missions.
Pastor Ted Traylor
Although our pastoral team works hard while we are away, one of the highlights of our retreat is a golf outing with some friendly competition. This year’s winning foursome was Dan Beard, Jeremy Lloyd, Vic Galloway, and me. We had a great time!
October 8th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
(This year’s winning foursome was Dan Beard, Jeremy Lloyd, Vic Galloway, and me)
I don’t know about your fellows at Olive, but in my 45 years of working and occassionally playing golf with the BOSS, I always found it prudent to hit a couple in the water to make sure the BOSS won ! ! ! Reckon we could get Dan, Jeremy and Vic under oath and ask them if they really played up to their potential ????