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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Expectations of a Leader at Harvest

A good definition of disappointment, or rather what causes disappointment is "what occurs when expectations go unmet." When I first heard that my first thought was, then good communication is a key combatant to disappointment! Let's talk!

In order to help with communication between Harvest staff leaders and volunteer leaders a new environment called the Leadership Huddle was first held in September 2010. During that meeting approximately 100 leaders from Harvest gathered to discuss key items of note Harvest has dealt with, is dealing with, and expected to deal with. The goal is to equip and empower our leaders to be more effective in their own influence and leadership.

At the beginning of this meeting, several key ground rules were laid out that I called key expectations. These are expectations that all leaders should have with one another, but specifically what staff leadership expects of those serving as key influencers at Harvest Church:

  • We expect key leaders to buy in to the Mission and Vision of Harvest Church. There are a number of great churches in each area where Harvest has a campus. The expectation is that you as a leader align with the mission and vision God has given Harvest. We are a unique expression of the local church with philosophies and methodology that may change from time to time, but our theology will never change. 
  • We expect key leaders to be proactive as a leader and influencer. The goal of The Huddle is to equip you with knowledge and information. There is an expectation that you will be an advocate for Harvest Church and proactive in communicating clarity of what God has called us to do.
  • We expect key leaders to be contagious. Being in leadership does not mean that you are better than someone not in leadership. It simply means that you have chosen to get out of the stands, off the sideline and in the game. There are others who are not experiencing the joy and blessing of serving in this capacity and you, as a leader, are constantly on the lookout for someone else who needs to be blessed with responsibility. It's not about what we, Harvest Church wants from you, it's all about what we want for you. 
  • We expect key leaders to be submissive to pastoral leadership. Your pastoral staff are called to lead. This does not mean that they are perfect. Far from it. It does mean that at some point or another decisions will be made that some in leadership will not agree with. Ironically, this is where submission comes in. You see, it's not submission until you disagree with the decision. This also does not mean that you do not have a voice. A key point of The Huddle is to encourage better communication. It is our hope that ideas can be discussed before decisions need to be made for input from you. However, at the end of the day the authority to make and ensure execution of key decisions rests with the Harvest staff, pastoral leadership, and Church Council.
  • We expect key leaders to above all protect the unity of the church. Poor communication leads to assumption and discussion, which can easily lead in to gossip and sin. A good word picture of this is to imagine that as a leader you have two buckets. One is filled with water while the other is filled with gasoline. As a leader you must be spiritually and emotionally mature enough to know when to use which bucket in certain situations. There are times where you will need to throw a bucket of water on gossip, combating misinformation with truth gleaned from better communication. There are also times when you need to douse a situation with gas to fan the flame of something God is doing in your midst. In either situation, protecting the unity of the local church (any Christ-honoring church for that matter) should be your ultimate motivation.
  • We expect key leaders to be sensitive with confidential information. Our hope is that over time we are able to discuss situations that the church will be faced with or are in the midst of facing to engage the council and wisdom of many and in some cases call you as leadership to prayer. At times some of this information could have a level of sensitivity and planned timing of public release that communicating prematurely could result in a negative outcome. Leaders are expected to be able to maintain confidentiality. 
God has richly blessed Harvest Church with leadership that you represent. Let us work together, as a family and body of Christ, to live life together as if Jesus were living through us!
Posted by crull@www.harvestweb.net at 3:46 PM
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Comments

10/12/2010 at 01:26 PM by

Thank you so much for posting the expectations. It is great to have these written for referral and information. Great job everyone at the first huddle!


10/16/2010 at 09:58 AM by

thanks for the clarification.


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