Based on the materials and resources provided for an individual in the course, construct a philosophy of team leadership that would be relevant to a team player on a particular team. The goal is to think through and answer all the questions on that document in a way that would be appropriate for your team.

1) What is the Purpose of the Team? The desired outcome?

What is the foundational mission of the team?

How will this team do its part to fulfill that mission?

What is this team's unique vision and purpose? Research? Service? Fundraising?

What does the desired outcome look like when accomplished?

2) What is the Nature/Role of the Team?

How large/small is a team needed?

Long-term or short-term?

Will it be a team of individuals or a team of sub-teams?

Will team members work collaboratively or independently on their assigned tasks?

Hierarchal? Democratic? Consensus-driven?

Task-driven? Relational? Competitive? Collaborative? Proactive? Reactive?

3) What is the Nature/Role of the Team Leader?

What style of leadership will be needed? Or expected?

How much oversight will the leader provide?

What qualifications, skills, or traits will be needed?

What training will be needed?

What character expectations are required?

What spiritual expectations exist?

How is the leader expected to motivate?

Will the leader be the primary decision-maker?

What kind of relationship does the leader have with the team members?

4) What is the Nature/Role of the Team Member?

What jobs need to be accomplished?

What qualifications, skills or traits will be needed?

What training will be needed?

What character expectations are required?

What spiritual expectations exist?

How much creativity and contribution will be allowed and/or encouraged?

How much freedom will team members be given?

Will team members need to be considered?

Will team members be active/passive in making team decisions and determining team direction?

5) What methods will be used?

How will collaboration be facilitated?

How will communication be handled?

What standards will be used to determine the appropriateness of a method?

Who takes the lead in decision-making?

To what extent are the methods fixed and/or adaptable?

How will good performance be rewarded?

How will poor performance be handled?

How will conflict be resolved?

6) How will priorities be determined?

Will people or tasks have priority?

Who will determine what tasks have priority?

Who will set the deadlines?

What could be milestones in the team's journey towards accomplishing the team's goal?

How will strategic planning be done? Who will participate?

How will finances be handled?

7) What will define "Success" for the Team?

How will quality control be handled?

What describes a "win" for the team?

How will evaluation of performance occur?

What will be warning signs that the team has strayed from its purpose?

How will successes along the way be celebrated?

8) What are the Team Rules for working together?

What kinds of relationships do team members have with one another?

How is conflict to be handled?

What kinds of communication are allowed/not allowed?

Will there be a team covenant? If so, what will it include?

What is one quality paragraph about a pagecovering each overarching question? For each overriding question, how does an individual best answer all the sub-questions that apply to a particular situation? How will a resulting paper be approximately seven to nine pages in length?

Footnotes and a Works Cited page are required to answer the academic questions on how to cite the sources. Using the Turabian for Theology format.

Key References

Philosophy of Team Ministry. https://d2l.oru.edu/content/ORUOC/202412/LCHM351_W01/Handouts/PP%204%20Philosophy%20of%20Team%20Ministry.pdf

Team Leadership Theories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKUPDUDOBVo

Leadership Theories and Styles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXA34EC8MdU

Leadership Styles: Which type of leader are you? Transactional vs Transformational Leadership. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddt_IGMMOrI

Transformation Leadership Summar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60O2OH7mHys&list=PL8iJtmN_DqqdUTtT1GOsG8rXovLbOzF7l

Trait theories vs. Behavioral Theories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asEAWNliwo0

Five Basic Leadership Styles. https://d2l.oru.edu/content/ORUOC/202412/LCHM351_W01/Handouts/PP%204%205%20Basic%20Leadership%20Syles.pdf

Leadership Styles. When to use. https://d2l.oru.edu/content/ORUOC/202412/LCHM351_W01/Handouts/PP%204%20Leadership%20Styles%20When%20to%20Use.pdf

Historical Leadership theories. https://d2l.oru.edu/content/ORUOC/202412/LCHM351_W01/Handouts/PP%204%20Historical%20Leadership%20Theories.pdf

Servant Leadership (secular). https://d2l.oru.edu/content/ORUOC/202412/LCHM351_W01/Handouts/PP%204%20Servant%20Leadership%20(Secular)(notes).pdf

Servant Leadership Biblical. https://d2l.oru.edu/content/ORUOC/202412/LCHM351_W01/Handouts/PP%204%20Servant%20Leadership%20(Biblical).pdf