“I want my worship leader to succeed!”
This is Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey and and Founder of www.WorshipLeaderInsights.com, and I can’t name a single pastor that I’ve met anywhere that would disagree with that statement.
After all, as goes your worship team, so goes your worship service.
Having personally coached over 125 worship leaders, I can tell you for sure: the pastor plays a vital role in the success of the worship leader.
If you want your worship leader to succeed (and I know you do), there are some things that you can do as the Pastor to help him or her do just that.
That’s what we’re going to spend the next 3 blog posts talking about. Here’s the first one:
#1 – Clear Expectations
Many worship leaders fall short because they simply do not know exactly what is expected of them. They keep busy, but they may not know:
- What is the deadline for the worship order to be done?
- Does my pastor want the service to go this way or that way?
- Is it my responsibility to ________________?
It’s frustrating for you both!
When I hire someone on my team I give that new hire a list of 30+ expectations with weekly deadlines and action steps.
I want them to know exactly what I am hiring them to DO.
Here are three quick tips for writing and communicating your expectations:
1) Be specific. The clearer you are on the front end, the less likely there will be disagreements or missteps on the back end. Don’t say, “The worship order needs to be written.” Say, “I expect YOU to write the worship order.”
2) Make it measurable. Don’t just say, “I expect you to write the worship order.” Say, “I expect you to bring the worship orders for the next two weeks to our Monday meeting.”
Those are very different statements. It’s hard to measure the first, but on Monday at that meeting you and your worship leader know if the task has been accomplished.
3) Give a deadline. Anything that you can put a deadline on… do it! Deadlines help your worship leader understand how to prioritize their work.
“I expect you to bring the worship orders for the next two weeks to our Monday meeting, to finalize this Sunday’s worship order by Wednesday at 5pm and to have copies printed and ready for the entire team before Thursday midnight.”
Now I know exactly what to do!
Have you given your worship leader a set of written expectations for the job? Make a list of 20 expectations that you have for your worship leader.
Remember, if it’s foggy in your mind, it’s a blizzard in your worship leader’s mind.
Get clear on expectations.
PS: I have a talk just like this for Worship Leaders as well. It’s much more in-depth on how they can help you succeed and it’s only available to those in my Tele-Coaching Network.
Not only that, but in the network I will spend one full year training your worship leader on how to double their personal effectiveness, give you what you need to succeed, plan worship services weeks, months, even a year in advance, double your worship team in a single day, and much more.
My next network begins on October 15 and is already 65% full. Apply at http://www.worshipleaderinsights.com/coaching.
PPS: Each month, I send out a Free Newsletter for Worship Leaders. It’s a monthly email publication that focuses on leadership, worship planning, effective worship team development and much more!
To sign up your worship leader today, visit:
http://www.worshipleaderinsights.com/newsletter
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