The new team leaders: Bill Bush, Bethany Holland, Melina
Orengo, April Duncan, and myself. (Brad Baldwin and Matthew Rock will continue
in leadership).
So what is the role of the Team Leader, anyway…?
World Race Team Leader
Job Description
Team Leaders will serve as members of a World Race team in
function and role. Their
responsibilities and expectations will set them apart based on the following
guidelines. Team Leaders will be under
the direct supervision, leadership and authority of the Squad Leader and will
receive direction, feedback, training and counsel from this leader.
Communication
Team Leaders will be the primary liaison between World Race
leadership and the team. This will
include keeping World Race leadership informed on the status of the team
physically, emotionally, spiritually and in ministry. This will include advocating for their team
to AIM leadership should the team or individuals be in need. On the other hand, this will also include
keeping the team aware of information filtered down through World Race
leadership including ministry expectations, prayer needs and any other
pertinent information.
Ministry Manager
Team Leaders will receive all information about ministry
opportunities and expectations from leadership, AIM contacts and local
contacts. The Team Leader role will
include
1) the presentation of ministry opportunities and
expectations, the collaboration and decision-making role for where the team
will serve (or where freedom is permitted)
2) the vision casting for ministries and the inspiration of
how the ministry will impact the local community and the mission of AIM and
3) help in processing the ministry opportunities after the
fact with team members.
Focus
Team Leaders will be the primary initiator and advocate for
spiritual focus. They will advocate for
individuals’ time spent alone with God as well as team focus in prayer.
Empower
Team Leaders will empower those on the team engaged in:
finance, food purchasing, intercession, etc. with the time, resources and feedback
they need to be successful in their ministry areas. Team Leaders should also advocate for the
discovery, use and growth of individual’s giftings, passions and ministry
experimentation.
Team
Team Leaders will function on a day to day basis as an advocate
for team unity, mediator in conflict, collaborator and decision maker. Their role will not necessarily be to fix
every problem but to seek out resolution and growth whether that be found
internally or externally from the team itself.
A team leader is NOT:
·
The team’s personal therapist. The team leaders should not feel obligated to
solve every problem, but should strive to make sure help is sought out and
given when the team is in need.
·
The team’s parent. World Racers are adults and should be expected
to act as such. Initiative is an
expectation for all racers. The team
leader is not a dictator or taskmaster.
