The LEADS Workshop
One day to reset how a team works.
An intact team spends one day working through character and the five LEADS steps. Each session pairs a story from Scripture with a teaching point and an exercise. The team leaves with a signed plan for the next 90 days.
On site or online. Pricing is set by conversation. Scholarships are available.
Who the Day Is For
Built for a whole team, in the same room, working on the team’s own habits.
The workshop is for a leader and the people who report to that leader: a department, a staff team, an elder board, or a ministry team. Everyone attends together, because the habits that need to change belong to the whole team.
Before the day, each person takes the LEADS Self-Check, so the conversation begins with the team’s own results and not with theory.
Two versions are offered. For a church staff or elder team, the Listen session adds a care plan for members in crisis. For a workplace team, the day keeps the stories and leaves the pastoral care material out.
The Day
Seven sessions. One written commitment.
Times shift to fit the team. The order does not.
9:00
Foundation: character first
Story and teaching
David was chosen for his heart, not his height (1 Sam. 16:7). Inside must match outside. A team is entrusted to a leader, not owned.
Exercise
Each person writes a one-paragraph leadership vision.
9:45
Listen and communicate
Story and teaching
Job’s friends did their best work during seven days of silence (Job 2:13). The four checks before giving advice, and three questions before a meeting.
Exercise
In pairs, respond to a struggling team member using the four checks.
10:45
Earn trust
Story and teaching
Ruth’s pledge to Naomi, Boaz at the gate, and Nathan before David. Loyalty is shown in action. Leaders own failure first.
Exercise
Each table drafts a four-point integrity agreement.
12:00
Lunch: the shared table
Story and teaching
Much of the teaching in the Gospels happens over a meal. Trust grows through repeated presence.
Exercise
A guided table conversation, with no phones.
1:00
Allow autonomy
Story and teaching
Jesus sends out the seventy-two with a purpose and few rules (Luke 10). Commitment outlasts compliance. Give the purpose and release the outcome.
Exercise
Rewrite one team rule as a purpose the team can own.
1:45
Delegate authority
Story and teaching
Jethro tells Moses the work is too heavy to carry alone (Exod. 18). Hand over authority, not only tasks. One owner for each measure.
Exercise
Build the decision handoff list and a four-measure scorecard.
2:45
Share leadership
Story and teaching
Moses commissions Joshua. Paul trains Timothy (2 Tim. 2:2). Observe, Equip, Empower, Commission. The four-generation test.
Exercise
Name one person to develop and the stage that person is in.
3:30
Commitment
Story and teaching
In Nehemiah 9, the people tell an honest history and then sign a written agreement. Honest review and recommitment belong together.
Exercise
The team writes and signs a one-page plan for the next 90 days.
What the Team Leaves With
Five things on paper before anyone goes home.
A leadership vision from every person
One paragraph each, written in the first session and read aloud in the last.
Communication norms and an integrity agreement
How the team will listen, speak, and tell the truth, in four points the team wrote.
A decision handoff list
Each decision the leader is handing over, with the name of the new owner.
A four-measure scorecard
Four numbers the team will watch, with one owner for each.
A signed 90-day plan
One page. Every person signs. The plan is reviewed at 30, 60, and 90 days.
Questions
Before you book.
What happens before the day?
Each person takes the LEADS Self-Check. A team that wants a fuller picture can begin with the LEADS Team Assessment, and the workshop then uses those results.
Can the day run online?
Yes. The day runs on site or online. The sessions and the exercises are the same.
Is this for churches or for companies?
Both. The stories come from Scripture in either version. The church version adds a care plan to the Listen session.
What does the workshop cost?
Pricing is set by conversation, based on team size and location. Scholarships are available.
What comes after the day?
The team owns a 90-day plan. A team that wants coaching and a second measurement can continue into the LEADS Team Program.
Bring the day to your team.
Start with a conversation about your team and your dates.