Your staff members are a gift from God. You know this, and you want to be a good steward of God’s gift.
Question: How can you excise staff stewardship?
Answer: By encouraging reflective practice. This means staff members reflect on current practice in order to improve practice, in order to more effectively use the gifts God has given them.
Ways to encourage reflective practice include:
- Providing time for staff to journal on what they do and why.
- Providing time for staff to ask each other a set of questions designed to encourage reflection, for example: What people/projects are you spending your time/energy on? What’s been satisfying/frustrating? What do you think you’ll do?
- Providing a coach, who will ask staff members questions like: What’s your goal? What’s happening? What can you do? What will you do?
Note: These activities require you to provide your staff with time. Invest time in reflection—there’s a good payoff.
3 questions:
- What are some other ways to encourage reflective practice?
- What will you do to encourage reflective practice?
- How will you use reflective practice to show your staff you care and want to be a good steward?
Pursue excellence. Encourage reflective practice. Today.
