Soul of the Shepherd for Teams
The Refresh Initiative Process
Our Guided Process Will:
Assess
Evaluate the current health of your team and the quality of your relationships.
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Adjust
Learn how to support one another in ways that sustain a healthy culture.
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Align
Transform into a spiritual community fluent in discernment for decision-making.
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Assess
We begin by evaluating the current health of your team and the quality of your relationships. Team dynamics can be complex, often influenced by power and personality dynamics that amplify some voices while muting others. Our shared experiences can also impact our relationships, both positively and negatively, as we navigate expectations of one another. It’s common for team members to struggle to honor one another while managing their various roles and responsibilities, especially after facing challenges together.
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Where Have We Been and Who Have We Become?
We facilitate open and honest storytelling, allowing you to share personal narratives and retell the collective story you are currently living.
Goal: To uncover the valuable insights (“gold”) from your experiences while also addressing any pain that may hinder your contributions.
Outcome: You will develop an accurate understanding of your past, which will help clarify your current situation—both personally and collectively. This process will also establish a habit of listening to one another with grace and empathy.
Who Are We to One Another?
We assist you in recognizing the ways you see each other through the lens of your true selves in Christ, highlighting the unique value each person brings to the group.
Goal: To affirm the inherent worth of each individual and their unique contributions, encouraging authenticity within the team.
Outcome: You will notice an increase in honor and respect for each team member as they are seen, heard, and valued in the light of Christ.
What Is the Culture of Our Team?
We guide your team through an honest and respectful conversation, providing a grace-filled space for candid discussions about the dynamics of your group.
Goal: To establish a foundation of trust and create an atmosphere of agape love, fostering hope and courage as you envision your future together.
Outcome: You will gain an accurate understanding of how each member experiences your group’s culture. This insight is essential for identifying areas that need attention as you work toward nurturing a life-giving culture.
Adjust
We assist you in adapting how you interact with and support one another to foster a healthy team culture. Occasionally, teams recognize the need for minor adjustments to improve dynamics. By clarifying your shared values, establishing practices and rhythms, and committing to honor one another, your team can cultivate a thriving culture over time.
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What Shared Values Align Us as Committed Leaders?
We help you identify and celebrate your shared values in order to clarify how you will honor your relationships.
Goal: To create alignment around the foundational ways you will support one another while accomplishing your work and making decisions.
Outcome: A clarified values statement that shapes the culture you aspire to create and strengthens the integrity of your interpersonal relationships.
What Practices and Rhythms Will We Implement?
We assist you in defining spiritual practices that sustain rhythms for becoming a spiritual community.
Goal: To introduce or refresh impactful practices in your meetings and shared experiences for the immediate future and throughout the year.
Outcome: A renewed sense of hope for meaningful relationships among team members, sustaining momentum in your group’s sense of togetherness.
How Will We Commemorate Our Commitments to One Another?
We help you create a significant moment that frames your commitments with a written rule of life and an event celebrating your relationships and collaborative efforts toward your shared mission.
Goal: To create a clarified rule of life that is celebrated with a meaningful experience that can be repeated annually, renewing your commitments and onboarding new members into your group.
Outcome: A heightened sense of safety that nurtures deeper trust among group members, enhancing everyone’s desire to work together effectively.
Align
We help you transform into a spiritual community that excels in discernment, enhancing your decision-making practices. By refreshing essential prayer practices and learning to activate them collectively, your team will become fluent in discernment as part of your decision-making process.
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Is There a Trustworthy Process for Seeking God’s Will Together?
Yes, there is. We provide the roadmap and guide your team through the landscape of prayerful discernment. This alignment can bring peace to your decision-making process, uphold honor and honesty, and is rooted in Paul’s exhortation to the Ephesians:
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.– Ephesians 4:2-3
What If Our Team Could Make Decisions Together with These Qualities?
Imagine making decisions characterized by:
– Complete humility and gentleness
– Patience and bearing with one another in love
– Unity in the Spirit and a bond of peace
By embracing these qualities, your team can foster a collaborative and spiritually aligned decision-making environment.