Two guys that get it!: Recent Episodes
Timon Andrew Bengtson
A leadership podcast for pastors and their teams from two guys that get it! This is not the best leadership podcast that you will find. But we do understand what it is like to be an average pastor serving in your average Australian church. In this podcast Timon Bengtson, (the leadership development manager at Queensland Baptist) and Mark Westhuyzen, (director of church health at the Queensland Baptist) look at ways pastors and their teams can become better at leading themselves and their teams.
Are you a great team member? What do great team members have in common? In this episode Timon and Mark look at Patrick Lencioni's work "the ideal team player" and show how you can become one.
In this episode Mark and Timon pick up from where they left off from last week. They look at dysfunction 2 - fear of conflict and how this then leads to a lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability and then ultimately to inattention to results.
Your team not really working? Your team maybe suffering from the five dysfunctions of a team. In this episode Timon and Mark look at Patrick Lencioni's hallmark work on teams, "The Five Dysfunctions of a team." In particular, they will look at the first dysfunction, "absence of trust" and how you can overcome it in your team.
Why did a group of four year old out perform lawyers and university graduates in a challenge? In this episode Mark and Timon look at the one thing that you must do as a leader to help your team collaborate together.
Culture is key when it comes to your ministry. You may have the best strategy, but your values always trump your strategy. In this episode Mark and Timon look at how you can cultivate a healthy culture on your team and give you the practical steps that you can apply.
At first when we start out leading a team everything is amazing. Their is excitement at all the possibilities before you. However, after awhile the team can get stuck and as leader you can start to doubt yourself, or start to doubt whether you have the right members on the team. Don't worry, this is all part of the life cycle of a team. Today on the show Mark and Timon, unpack Tuckman's lifecycle of a team and show you how to change your posture of leadership, so your team can move through to become healthy.
You have been appointed the leader of a ministry, what now?
How do you start a team from scratch?
In this episode Timon and Mark will be giving you some practical wisdom in how you can start the process of building a ministry team. We will look at team roles, recruiting team members and shaping the vision and mission of your team.
The ability to lead a healthy team is an absolute must for the Christian leader. In this podcast Timon and Mark define what is a team, look at the characteristics of a team before giving some practical applications on how you can improve the health of your team. If you are serving in a church, then this episode will help you go to the next level in leading your team.
Coming soon the mastering leadership podcast. A podcast on leadership from "two guys that get it." This season we will be talking all about forming healthy teams in your church. What does a healthy team look like? How you can start a team from scratch? How to set culture in your team? We will talk biblical and practically about leadership in a local church from the perspective of your average Queensland Baptist Pastor.