SERVANT LEADERSHIP

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORKS

The emerging, competent, releasing, and transforming standards build on each other, helping to visualise what our next development steps might be

Leading worship   

creatively, that inspires and engages people, communicating Scripture relevantly, forming opportunities for people to meet with God and experience transformation in community

Emerging:

I have some experience of planning and leading worship, exploring creative options.

Competent:

I lead creative expressions of worship in an engaging manner, encouraging participation and response, flexible to the movement of the Spirit.

Releasing:

I model inclusive worship meeting leadership, ensuring authenticity over performance giving constructive feedback. I facilitate the growth of others in leading worship in diverse settings.

Transforming:

I drive a vision of broadening inclusivity in worship, engender an increasing spiritual temperature, and encourage a prophetic voice in responding to God.

Belonging, equality, diversity and inclusion

Ccreating healthy, safe environments, psychologically informed, serving others without discrimination, modelling justice and reconciliation

Emerging:

I see and welcome people and offer hospitality. I seek to notice my biases and blind spots that prevent me noticing injustices.

Competent:

I actively create a sense of belonging, ensuring people are accepted, valued, with meaningful opportunities to participate, speak up and feel safe. I address any non-inclusive practices. I provide pastoral care, which enables healing and growth.

Releasing:

I build resilient, adaptable communities which leverage diversity as a strength to increase inclusion and new possibilities. I support others in maintaining safe, healthy environments and to address toxic situations.

Transforming:

I champion a culture that is accessible, consultative, celebrating and honouring difference, addressing systemic bias and promoting full participation. I ensure environments are psychologically informed, for people to safely report concerns.

Collaborating, networking, and deepening relationships

Creating partnerships and synergy, sharing knowledge and good practice, and increasing missional impact, including through ecumenical and community leaders

Emerging:

I contribute to collaborative, cross-functional groups and see the value of working in this way. I participate in community activities, recognising the importance of being visible and accessible.

Competent:

I demonstrate effective interpersonal skills, develop internal and external networks, learning together to improve mission effectiveness. I build relationships community wide, with Salvation Army partnerships, ecumenical and interfaith groups. I seek feedback and demonstrate accountability for our service.

Releasing:

I build cooperation, overcome barriers to communication and change, create a culture of creative cross fertilisation. I open doors to connect others, foster stakeholder engagement, doing ‘with’, not ‘for’. I engage in broadening dialogues, offering theological perspectives.

Transforming:

I initiate collaborative and strategic partnerships that lead to community transformation. I advocate matrix working across organisational boundaries, disciplines, and cultures.

Mediation and conflict resolution

Wwith competence and confidence, graciously handling difficult conversations and situations

Emerging:

I listen and seek common ground in conflicts.

Competent:

I can identify situations that may lead to conflict and mitigate against this. I draw on tools, including spiritual resources, such as mediation, conciliation, negotiation, advocacy, diplomacy, to address challenging situations and relationships.

Releasing:

I support others to resolve conflict and act on escalated issues.

Transforming:

I am courageous in giving attention to areas that undermine unity, to create a greater shared understanding and to bring about reconciliation. I shape protocols for managing conflicts in support of resolution and restoration.