Stephen A. Macchia, Becoming A Healthy Team: Five Traits of Vital Leadership. Baker Books, 2005.
Referenced in: Ministry Staff and Leadership Teams
LifeandLeadership.com Summary
Stephen Macchia has written a number of highly acclaimed and widely used books on church leadership. This is one of his most recent, building on titles such as Becoming a Healthy Church and Becoming a Healthy Disciple. His volumes reflect exposure to a vast number of churches as a trainer and consultant. In this volume, Macchia develops five traits of TEAMS – Trust, Empowerment, Assimilation, Management, and Service. Reviewers frequently mention biblical integration and Macchia’s characteristic emphasis on spiritual formation as a strength of this text.
From the Publisher
Teams are difficult to create. They are tough to motivate and even more challenging to lead. They can inspire greatness but also can be filled with pettiness. They can come together quickly but can splinter apart even faster. “It’s time for someone to write about the truth of team building,” says author Stephen A. Macchia. In Becoming a Healthy Team, Macchia discusses the characteristics that produce intimacy, authenticity, and effectiveness in a team and lead to the team’s vitality. TEAMS spells out Trust, Empowerment, Assimilation, Management, and Service – the five traits of a healthy team. With biblical guidance throughout and questions for reflection at the end of each chapter, Macchia has created a valuable team-building resource perfect for pastors, ministry leaders, and anyone involved in a leadership role.
Steve Macchia has helped thousands of churches develop healthy ministries. Now he offers tried and tested principles and practices to help your leadership team do the same. He’ll show you how to Trust, Empower, Assimilate, Manage, and Serve. That spells TEAMS and ultimately success. Without effective teams, ministries lose the ability to both serve the body of Christ and reach seekers. Filled with scriptural guideposts, Becoming a Healthy Team provides practical answers and pointed questions to keep your team on track and moving ahead.
About the Author
Stephen A. Macchia is founding president of Leadership Transformations, Inc., a ministry serving the spiritual formation needs of leaders and teams in churches and ministries nationwide. He is also the director of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary’s Pierce Center for Disciple-Building. Previously, he has served as president of Vision New England, the largest regional church renewal association in the country. The author of Becoming a Healthy Church, Becoming a Healthy Church Workbook, and Becoming a Healthy Disciple, he is on the executive committee of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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