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Team Resources

Team Development

Coach Approach Ministries – Coach Approach Ministries offers training and workshops to help church staff teams build trust, develop more effective communication patterns, and get better results. The “Working Better Together” workshop is a one-day coaching workshop for teams of four to twenty-four members.

GO Team – With 18 team-critical topics, GO Team offers complete team-training and teambuilding resources. GO Team supports all kinds of organizational teams—from brand new teams to those who have been together for a while.

Ministry Teams

Chapman, Gary, and Paul White, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People (Chicago: Northfield Publishing, 2011).

Cladis, George, Leading the Team-Based Church: How Pastors and Church Staffs Can Grow Together into a Powerful Fellowship of Leaders (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999).

Katzenbach, Jon R., and Douglas K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams: Creating High-Performance Organizations (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1993).

Lencioni, Patrick, Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable…About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business (San Francisco: Josey-Bass, 2004).

Lencioni, Patrick, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002).

Lencioni, Patrick, Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers and Facilitators (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005).

Osborne, Larry, Sticky Teams: Keeping Your Leadership Team and Staff on the Same Page (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2010).

Staff Planning

Cloud, Henry, Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses and Relationships that All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward (New York: Harper Business, 2010).

Connors, Roger, and Tom Smith, How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way (New York: Portfolio, 2009).

McIntosh, Gary L., Staff Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the 21st Century (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2000).

Wedel, Leonard, Church Staff Administration: Practical Approaches (Nashville: Baptist Sunday School Board, 1978).

Westing, Harold J., Church Staff Handbook: How to Build an Effective Ministry Team (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic & Professional: 2012).

Team Productivity

Cloud, Henry, and John Townsend, Boundaries: When to Say YES, When to Say NO, To Take Control of Your Life (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1992).

Leman, Kevin, and William Pentak, The Way of the Shepherd: 7 Ancient Secrets to Managing Productive People (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004).

Parchman, Joyce, Church Staff Evaluation: A Tool for Effective Performance (Ft. Worth, TX: National Association of Church Business Administration, 1999).

Pink, Daniel H., Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us (New York: Riverhead Books, 2009).

Rath, Tom, StrengthsFinder 2.0 (New York: Gallup Press, 2007).

Pink, Daniel H., Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us (New York: Riverhead Books, 2009).

Change Management

Anderson, Erika, Being Strategic: Plan for Success, Out-Think Your Competitors, Stay Ahead of Change (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2009).

Heath, Chip, and Dan Heath, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (New York: Broadway Books, 2010).

Herrington, Jim, Mike Bonem and James H. Furr, Leading Congregational Change: A Practical Guide for the Transformational Journey (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000).

Kotter, John P., Leading Change (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1996).

Patterson, Kerry, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler, Influencer: The Power to Change Anything (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008).

Southerland, Dan, Transitioning: Leading Your Church through Change (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2002).

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