Leadership Blog 6

            Within our floor council, I believe that the greatest strength is our vision for our duty. As leaders, we have a great understanding of our roles and what our purpose is on our resident floor. As Discipleship leaders, we understand that our job is to encourage and allow spiritual growth to flourish with the freshman class that is on our floor. We want to be a part of the building up of the future of North Central, and more importantly of the next group of men of God. Because of our unique situation in living on a floor that is exclusive to freshmen, we take greater responsibility for how we conduct ourselves as leaders and collectively have a deeper understanding of our purpose as a team because we had been selected by a higher power to fill such a role. Our unstated core values include spending quality time on the floor with our residents, intentionally uplifting and encouraging everyone on our floor, and have honest and open communication among our teammates. Each of us, have specific skills and ways of interacting, however, we know it is imperative to work together in order to succeed at our job. Our understanding of our overall purpose as a floor council and our vision for what we want to be is what keeps us accountable to each other. We know we cannot accomplish our vision for the floor without one another and we each know that God has put us together for a great purpose.

            If our team was in a crises state it would be because there is an underlying issue with one or several of the members. Because our floor council only consists of three people, it would be relatively easy to spot a problem and deal with it accordingly. Practically speaking, our first plan of action would be to have a group discussion, a heart to heart conversation. Since we know one another fairly well, we would approach the issue with love and respect, yet still holding one another accountable. If there is a problem with one of us not performing our duties or ignoring someone else on the team, our goal would be to discuss the issue maturely, reminding everyone of what our vision and purpose is. As stated before, we know that we were place on this team for a reason and our stewardship of such a role is of utmost importance to God. Therefore, our response to crises, strategically, would be to calmly and respectfully remind one another of our purpose, keeping each other accountable, and repairing any bridges that may have been damaged within the team or helping a teammate through a rough time due to outside circumstances. It is also important that we prayerfully go about this process, with sensitivity to the spirit, showing grace and mercy, yet being truthful and correcting. If we would do this, I believe we could overcome any crises because we are confident that God wants us here for this specific time.