How To Build Up Your Team
While serving as an interim worship leader for a year, one of the Ad Lib Coaches sent his team something like this EVERY WEEK. It points out something good each person on the team did. He sends it out through Planning Center Online’s text option.
“Thank you for serving this week! Listening back to the stream, everything sounded really good. Samantha, great job on I Know A Name (I love it when you octave up on the bridge). What really impressed me was your quick thinking when your bandmate’s mic went down. You assessed the situation accurately and moved decisively, like a ninja. Well done. Fred, you put in extra, extra time this week, and it showed. James felt your playing on Sunday was stellar. It’s been fun to watch you grow as a musician, and I am grateful for your dedication to the band. Josiah, I enjoyed your playing this week. Also, I enjoy how comfortable you are at our church. Seeing you chillin’ on the stage before the service begins shows how at home you feel in that space, which matters to the people who strive to make it a welcoming church home. Ian, I thought you also crushed/killed/nailed (whatever the kids say nowadays) Firm Foundation. Also, it’s one thing to see a problem and react to help. It’s quite another thing to experience a problem and immediately accept help when it’s offered.
I love how you trusted Samantha’s instinct, grabbed her mic, and kept singing (it was so smooth that a few staff didn’t even see the transition). So often we talk about serving others, but it takes courage to trust others as they try to serve you. Great teamwork! Benjamin, you played great this week, as always. Thanks for the effort you put into mastering challenging songs. I also appreciate that you were willing to take a chance and update the firmware to solve the keyboard issue. I am grateful for people who own problems rather than taking the “not my circus, not my monkeys” approach. It builds trust and reinforces your commitment to the band that you’re willing to fix things not just for your own good but for the good of others. Thank you all for another great week. I am excited about our church’s future!”
If your first thought was, “I could never come up with something so specific like this every week,” I bet you can. It will be challenging at first, but once you grow the muscle of looking for things that are going well, training your eyes to look for bright spots, you’ll be a natural encourager.
See, most often all we give our teams is a “great job everybody, you sounded good!” Bleh. I mean, it’s a tiny bit better than nothing, but the shower of encouragement that a team receives when you take the time to be specific is so much more refreshing than the drop of a 👍🏼.
-Dave Helmuth
Author of the Five Faders and Founder of Ad Lib Music
How To Build Up Your Team (Nº 493)
Why do some leaders succeed at building lasting worship ministries while others fail? In the Five Faders, Dave Helmuth explores the process of development and breaks down the lies, myths, and traps keeping you from being the fruitful leader God desires. Using decades of evidence-based insights, Dave reveals how understanding what motivates you is the first step in becoming a Five Faders Leader.
With our framework for becoming the best Artist, Shepherd, Priest, Educator, and Producer, you'll learn to slide each Fader up or down as Love requires you in each moment of leadership. Through relatable stories, insight gained from years of coaching worship teams in every kind of setting, and step-by-step advice, readers learn how to become the healthy expression of their Fader, build a culture of honor on your team to bring out the best in everyone, and be the most effective leader in the ever-changing landscape of ministry. Whether you’re looking to relieve frustration, increase confidence, or outlast change, this book offers the tools to become a Five Faders Leader.
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