LDC2 - The Peoplemap Leadership Teambuilding Course

Vital Skills for Ministry
Interpersonal relationships, influenced by our communication skills, are the means by which much of our ministry is accomplished. Clergy & Church Staff who want to grow more effective in mission advancement can do so by increasing their communication skills. The Peoplemap Communication System is designed to strengthen communication skills and interpersonal relationships, resulting in greater mission advancement.

This course is especially designed to develop the Hard and Soft People Skills for effective ministry. These eight interpersonal leadership skills are necessary for long-term effective pastoral leadership.

Day One – Understanding Ourselves And Others
This course begins with an introduction to the Peoplemap Communication System. The Peoplemap is a powerful, yet fun and practical learning program. Each participant completes the same seven item questionnaire. This inventory, with 95% accuracy in identifying your personality type, is designed to show each person’s way of relating to others, solving problems, leading and getting work accomplished. Each person’s questionnaire is immediately self-scored to determine their personality type:

Leader, People, Free Spirit, Task
Then participants will ...

• Receive your Peoplemap Inventory and workbook style feedback information
• Gain greater understanding of self and your communication tendencies
• Learn the strengths and weaknesses of your personality type
• Gain Insights for communicating with others who are not your personality type
• Consider how to strengthen your teams
• Apply this learning to conflict prevention and management
• Focus on increased mission advancement

The remainder of this course builds on the experiences of Day One.

Classes One – Six
The Hard and Soft People Skills are extremely useful when it comes to congregational leadership. Some come more naturally to each of us, based on our personalities, while others must be learned. Our approach is to train participants to first maximize those skills which come naturally. Then one can strengthen and learn the lesser developed skills. The Hard and Soft People Skills used in Congregational Leadership are:

• Praise and Recognition
• Giving and Receiving Constructive Feedback
• Active Listening
• Assertiveness
• Collaborative Problem-Solving
• Making Difficult Decisions
• Practicing Healthy Accountability
• Mentoring

In Classes One – Six Participants Will...

• Take the Peoplemap Leadership Style Inventory
• Receive the 180 page Manual for this course
• Identify and learn one’s Leadership Style Preferences, and how these influence one’s ministry
• Develop and Strengthen the 8 Hard and Soft People Skills that directly influence one’s leadership effectiveness
• Engage in hands on activities which strengthen these leadership competencies
• Hear examples and stories of ministers and church staff who use and do not use these leadership competencies well
• Identify a strategy for making the most of one’s personality strengths, performing at an optimal level in pastoral leadership

Two Locations

Greenville, South Carolina
Disciples United Methodist Church
First Day – Full Day Workshop
*September 9, 9AM-4PM
Six Classes – 9AM-12:00PM
*Sept 23, Oct 7 and 21, Nov 4 and 18, Dec 2
Tuition - $420, includes all inventories and manual

Columbia, South Carolina
St Andrews Baptist Church
First Day – Full Day Workshop
*September 7, 9AM-4PM
Six Classes – 9AM-12:00PM
*Sept 21, Oct 5 and 19
Nov 2, 16, and 30
Tuition - $395, includes all inventories and manual

Course Facilitator
Mark Tidsworth enjoys training clergy and church staff to use their strengths in Christian service whatever their ministry context. Mark is the President of Pinnacle, and has much experience training ministers and church staff of various denominations. Mark is also:

• Ordained minister with ongoing pastoral experience
• Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor
• Certified Leadership Coach (ACC)
• Certified Peoplemap Trainer
• Trained Church Consultant

To Register Or To Learn More
We are glad to discuss your learning needs. You can call us at 803-673-3634 or email at info@pinnaclelead.com. To register, download the registration form below and send it to us, along with your deposit. Space is limited.

Register By
August 31, 2010

The Peoplemap Communication System
Understanding Yourself And Communicating Effectively With Others

When And Where?
September 30, 9AM-3:30PM
First United Methodist Church, Isle of Palms (near Charleston), South Carolina

For Whom?
Clergy, Church Staff People, Staff Teams, and Lay Ministry Teams from any Christian denomination

Peoplemap Trainers
Anita Flowers, Pinnacle Associate, Charleston, SC
Mark Tidsworth, Pinnacle President, Columbia, SC

Fee
$70, including inventory and lunch

To Register
Download the brochure below, complete, and mail to us with your registration fee

Resiliency In Ministry
Understanding Yourself And Communicating Effectively With Others

“I feel guilty when I stop to take care of myself!”

How many times have you heard yourself or another ministerial colleague say this! Taking care of self is not only “not selfish”, but is a necessary thing to do. When we do not include ourselves in the care we give every day, we get burned out and become unavailable to the needs of our congregants, not to mention our families. This workshop will help you gain clarity on this issue for yourself, gain insight and support of other colleagues in ministry on this topic and give you opportunity to put together an action plan for personal self care.

This personal and professional development workshop for clergy & church staff is designed to equip ministers to engage in sustained, healthy ministry. Participants will gain new insights into a healthy ministerial lifestyle, into one’s own personal dynamics contributing to health, and will engage in dialogue about how to build a healthy lifestyle.

Participants will:

• Do a self-assessment for personal burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress and gain an understanding of each of these terms.
  
• Take the PeopleMap Personality Assessment to determine your personal type and learn how this impacts needs for personal care and vulnerability towards burnout and/or compassion fatigue.
  
• Begin creating a Personal Action Plan for self care with the opportunity to share and receive insights for what works from other colleagues in ministry.
  

When And Where?
October 26, 2010, 9AM-4PM
Living Springs Lutheran Church, Columbia, South Carolina

For Whom?
Clergy, Church Staff from any Christian denomination

Martha Beahm
Workshop Faciliator

Fee
$65, including inventory and lunch

Register By
October 19

To Register
Download the brochure below, complete, and mail to us with your registration fee.

Size Transition Workshop
Effectively Leading Your Congregation Through Size Transitions
A Learning Experience for Clergy, Church Staff, and Lay Leaders

Description: Clarity and Direction. These are what clergy, church staff and lay leaders gain when they learn the Size Transition Concepts. Light bulbs flash on, making sense of their real life experience. The particular focus of this workshop is on Leadership in Size Transitions: Clergy, Church Staff, and Lay Leadership Roles, Shifts in Leadership Style, and Stretching Congregational Cells. This workshop is foe ministers, church staff, and lay leaders of any Christian denomination.

Participants will ...

• Learn the congregational size categories, along with their dynamics and transition zone movements
• Assess their congregation's size and functional patterns
• Discover effective leadership practices for each size
• Consider the role of the pastor, church staff, and lay leadership teams related to shifting sizes
• Learn the Nine Factors to address for moving to the next size
• Identify what can sabotage movement between sizes
• Learn practices for normalizing the change, and living into the next size
• Identify next steps for leading effectively through size transitions

Date & Location: October 28, 2010, 9AM-3:45PM, Mt Sylvan United Methodist Church, Durham, North Carolina

Workshop Facilitators: Mark Tidsworth, Pinnacle President and Leadership Coach and Doug Cushing, Pinnacle Associate and Congregational Consultant

Fee: $65 including lunch

Registration Deadline: October 21

The Leadership Coaching Project
A Coaching Experience for Clergy & Church Staff

Leadership Assessment Retreat Plus 6 Months of Leadership Coaching
How do clergy and church staff strengthen their leadership ability? Going away to conferences is inspirational and restful. On the other hand, few of those experiences result in transformation. The Leadership Coaching Project is designed to facilitate growth and change over a six-month period. The goal of this project is to help clergy and church staff raise their leadership effectiveness around specific pastoral leadership competencies.

The Leadership Coaching Project’s Flow

Leadership Assessment Retreat
Participants will gather for a retreat focused on identifying one’s leadership strengths and weaknesses. Before the retreat, each participant takes the Emotional Intelligence Inventory online, receiving one’s results at the retreat. The Peoplemap Personality Inventory is another inventory used in this retreat. The retreat facilitator will interpret these assessment tools, providing training on understanding their meaning and discussion about applicability to ministry leadership.

Learning Plan Development
Participants will learn how to construct a Learning Plan focused on leadership development. This plan will incorporate the learning harvested from the inventories during this retreat. Specific goals for leadership development and application in one’s ministry setting are outcomes of Learning Plan construction.

Leadership Coaching
During the retreat, participants will meet their coach and begin the coaching process. The following six months participants meet with their coach 2 times each month for Leadership Coaching. Most Leadership Coaching is done by telephone, eliminating geographical constraints. Leadership Coaches work with their clients toward reaching the client’s goals. Participants will find the personalized Learning Plan and Leadership Coaching to be exceptional tools for forwarding their ministry effectiveness.

When In Ministry Is The Right Time To Participate In The Leadership Coaching Project?

• When beginning a new ministry placement; needing to start well
• When facing a major ministry objective requiring peak performance
• When experiencing conflict in one’s ministry setting
• When one is in a rut; needing to grow and expand again
• When evaluating one’s sense of calling to vocational ministry or to a particular ministry context
• When things are going fine, allowing for personal and professional development
• When entering vocational ministry, facing a steep learning curve
• When life is out of balance, needing a proactive approach to sustainable ministry

Who May Participate In The Leadership Coaching Project
Solo Pastors, Senior Pastors, Associate Pastors, Interim Pastors, Unemployed Pastors, Church Staff With Responsibilities In Any Area, Chaplains, Denominational Ministers, Other Ministers In Specialized Settings. The Leadership Coaching Project is open to clergy and church staff of any Christian denomination.

Logistics
Tuition - $840
Retreat Room & Board – $100
Retreat Dates: Begin November 11 at 2:30, End November 12 at 3:30
Retreat Location - Lutheridge Conference Center, Asheville, North Carolina
Leadership Coaching: November 2010 – April 2011

Pinnacle Coaches
Mark Tidsworth
Doug Cushing
Ircel Harrison
Anita Flowers

To Register Or To Learn More
We are glad to discuss your learning needs. You can call us at 803-673-3634 or email at info@pinnaclelead.com. To register, download the registration form below and send it to us, along with your deposit of $100. Space is limited.

Register by October 18, 2010