MODULE 305 BUILDING YOUR TEAM GOD’S WAY Contact Person Dr. Mario Denton Crown Financial Ministries Marketplace Programme Director for Africa Africa Director for FCCI (The Fellowship for Companies for Christ International) CEO STRONG MESSAGE BUSINESS CONSULTANT Let's keep the good marketplace vibes alive. Let's network. Tel (w) + 27(0) 82 88 29903. E-mail address: [email protected]Website: www.crown.org.za and click on marketplace E-mail address: [email protected]website: www.strongmessage.co.za Skype: mario.denton
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MODULE 305BUILDING YOUR TEAM
GOD’S WAYContact Person
Dr. Mario Denton
Crown Financial Ministries Marketplace Programme Director for Africa
Africa Director for FCCI (The Fellowship for Companies for Christ International)
CEO STRONG MESSAGE BUSINESS CONSULTANT
Let's keep the good marketplace vibes alive. Let's network. Tel (w) + 27(0) 82 88 29903. E-mail address: [email protected] Website: www.crown.org.za and click on
Table of Contents1. Foundation2. Telephone interview determination 3. Ability determination4. Attitude determination 5. Communication determination6. Teamwork determination7. Management and Non-management determination
Building your team God’s way
I. Introduction
A. Ever make a bad hire?
B. What is the basis for making good hiring choices?
C. Insist on Godly, Christian behaviors at work
II. What does the Bible say about making good hiring choices?
“Like the archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or any passer by” (Proverbs 26:10 NIV)
“Putting Confidence in an unreliable person is like chewing with a toothache…” (Proverbs 25:19 NLT)
III. Each Employee brings unique gifts to the workplace
“There are varieties of gifts, but the same spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:4 NAS)
A. Not enough to hire a good person. Must hire a good person who
is a good fit
B. Never hire a great person who is a poor fit for the job
C. Never hire a great person for the wrong job
IV. Employers must evaluate gift mix and job fit
“For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function” (Romans 12:4 NASB)
V. Employers must carefully examine each potential employee
“The naïve believes everything but the prudent man considers his steps (Proverbs 14:15 NAS)
VI. Employers must evaluate each potential employee on Objective standards
“Do not judge according to appearance but judge with righteous judgment” (John 7:24 NASB)
VII. Review candidates by resume
1. Effective reviewing of resumes gives you a quick look at many
candidates
2. Sorting out those with possibilities It’s like horse shoes close
scores points
3. Create resume review sheet for each job- see sample
Draw line down the middle
List in order most important qualifications on left side & copy
Match up experience in the right column
Most matches will be obvious, saving time in the process
Batch resumes if you have a pile
4. Review resume and determine if experience is primarily
VIII. Pre-Screen Telephone Interviewing
A. Determine candidate essentials- goal is to determine if face to
face interview worthwhile for you and the candidate. Saves time
and energy. (see sample pre-screen questions)
1. Verify Past Employment in detail and insure all gaps are filled in
2.Verify Past Experience Confirm functions and responsibilities as
well as job titles
3. Verify critical aspects of current job. What were the key aspects
of past jobs
4. Verify past work success. Define what work the candidate
believed was successful
5. Verify understanding of basic responsibilities for job being
offered, to Insure the candidate understands the opening
6. Verify salary when departed and new salary to determine what
kind of Raises the person is changing jobs to receive.
7. Verify understanding of critical aspects of job being offered, to
insure Candidate understands the open position
8. Verify current salary and how much is wanted to avoid wasting
time if you are out of the park.
9. Verify past successes in quantifiable terms.
10.Verify reasons for leaving past job, and past jobs.
12. Verify necessity of creativity on current job.
11.Verify what looking for in next opportunity, to understand what
the candidate expects.
B. Decide if candidate fits:
1. No- applicant cannot do job
2. Maybe- explain fit and will consider and get back
3. Qualified, if so then:
Schedule interview
Insist appointment be kept
Insure confidently
Application to be completed completely and honestly
References will be checked
C. Get back to everyone if not considered
IX. Face to Face interviewing
A. Set the stage to sell your business so you don’t loose good
prospects
1. Professional reception
2. Create warm, personal atmosphere
3. Privacy, no interruptions
4. Have all information about candidate and company
B. Key rules when interviewing candidates
1. Listen 80% of the time “Does the ear test the words”
2. Be clear, straightforward
3. Stick within your themes
4. Keep person on track, don’t allow wandering
5. Insist on an answer, I’ll wait for you to formulate
6. Follow up with how, why or ask for examples
C. Six key areas to probe
1. Ability
2. Communication
3. Attitude and Manageability
4. Teamwork
5. Non-management profile fit
6. Management profile fit
X. Ability
“Chose wise and discerning and experienced men…” (Deuteronomy 1:13 NASB)
XI. Attitude- Key to manageability
“She obeys no one, she accepts no instruction…” (Zephaniah 3:2 NIV)
XII. Communication
“Through presumption comes nothing but strife” (Proverbs 13:10 NASB)
XIII. Teamwork
“Bear One another’s burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2 NASB)
XIV. Non - Management profile fit
“For each one shall bear his own load” (Galatians 6:5 NASB)
XV. Management Profile fit
“The overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self willed, not quick tempered, not addicted to wine, not fond of sordid gain, but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self controlled” (Titus 1:7-8 NASB)
XVI. Interview Wrap Up
A. If interested in the candidate ask if they want this job.
B. Establishes interest- response may be luke-warm
C. What would you like most about the job? Least?
D. Should you be offered the position, how long will you
need to make a decision?
XVII. Checking References
“The naïve believes everything but the prudent man considers his steps”
(Proverbs 14:15)
A. Goals of checking references
Determine if person was truthful
Obtain another perspective of the candidate
Determine if Fit is Good
B. Insist on work related references, not just personal
C. If possible get references “360” degrees
A boss
A peer
An employee
D. Most workers have one or more past failures- Key is to understand
those failures and what the person learned.
E. Make a list of questions to ask references- and copy
Ask the same questions of each reference
Verify key claims
F. Questions to ask references:
How was conflict handled?
Do they follow through?
How do they handle constructive criticism?
Are they able to overcome roadblocks?
Ask what is the person’s greatest strength and greatest weakness?
Nr Name Date of completion305 A Character and Competence
Progress Report
James 1:22-25 “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it-- he will be blessed in what he does.” (NIV)
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Material adapted by Dr. Mario DentonMario is the International Field Continental Programme Director – Market-place
for Crown Africa, the Africa Director for FCCI (The Fellowship for Companies for
Christ International) and the CEO of Strong Message Business Consultancy. He
is an international teacher and industrial psychologist and uses his strong
academic and corporate background and his uniquely effective coaching to help
people tap into their inner being; to utilise their strengths and expand their skills
to make a difference in the workplace. He and his wife, Mariene, are based in
Cape Town, South Africa, and are blessed with three grown sons.
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