Building a High-Performing Team…Getting Started Right

Week 11 of the NIV Leadership Bible focuses on Team Building.  Leadership author John Maxwell likes to say, “Nothing of significance was ever achieved by an individual acting alone.”  So, one mark of a great leader is having great followers.

Great followers are often specialists.  My boys and I like to watch the movie, The Avengers.  As the movie shows, specialists often differ in personality and views.  And the movie does a great job illustrating how teams are not effective until the team members learn to combine their individual strengths to produce an outcome that no single member alone could have produced (even if the team members are super-heroes!).

High-performing teams are tough to build.  Let’s turn to the Bible for a couple of examples of how to do it right.

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Who Keeps You Accountable?

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Week 10 of the NIV Leadership Bible focuses on Accountability.  Effective leaders hold themselves to the same standards that they use for their team members.  Maintaining such accountability involves seeking 360-degree honesty.  Skilled leaders consistently receive feedback from those who work above them, beside them, and for them.

Wise leaders establish structures and relationships that unleash their potential.  Do you practice 360-degree honesty?  Do you have someone to whom you are accountable for your private and professional life?

Let’s take a look at 3 Biblical examples of accountability.  Click here to read more.