b2b is a leadership training programme for all potential or emerging leaders.It is based on the internationally based LDC and is designed for those who have a desire to grow as a leader themselves, laying good foundations as well as being empowered to equip others.
What’s involved in the training?
B2b is a value based course that will also give you practical steps in development as a leader.B2b explores post-modern learning styles and offers an interactive teaching/mentoring environment to maximise learning as well as modelling new ways of doing things.Discussion groups, one to one mentoring, creative worship and workshop based intercession, exploring leadership styles, hanging out times and much more.It is an intensive course but will offer a leadership experience that will impart values as well as excellent content.
What is the curriculum?
Passion for Jesus
Designed to be a follow on form basic DTS teaching looking at the leader and their relationship with God.What doe it look like with all the daily pressures, distractions and spiritual attack?What are some of the key principals for maintaining a loving, intimate relationship with Jesus on a daily basis?
Character of a leader
One of the areas that leaders understand going into leadership and then seem to forget, especially as power and influence increase.What are the character attributes that God has ordained for Kingdom leadership?Look at some key examples from the bible and form history and develop a pattern of characteristics of Godly, servant hearted and yet empowering leadership.
THE DISC COURSE - UNDERSTANDING MY PERSONALITY STRENGTHS IN THE CONTEXT OF A TEAM
Understanding personality and giftings test designed to work within a team context.How we work and operate together and developing an understanding and appreciation of other approaches and perspectives of life.
Building a leadership team
Looking at ‘why team?’What is the biblical mandate for it?How does it work?What should it look like in terms of biblical balance?What are some of the ingredients that break down effective team unity and how do we not only develop them but cause them to grow and be fruitful?
Confrontation and conflict resolution (relationships)
Where ever you get two or more people in the same living/working space for longer than a few days there seems to be disagreement and conflict.This topic will look at how conflict occurs, personality differences and how differing worldview and perspective can cause wars and splits over seemingly small issues!How do you bring peace to conflict and how do leaders mediate in such situations not only deal with it but to turn around a situation for good.
Mentoring
A buzz word in the body of Christ and perhaps in danger of being too prescriptive and therefore too rigid.How did Jesus mentor his disciples?This is designed to draw on some of Gunter Krallmans‘with-ness’ principals from Mentoring for Mission.What are the different models of mentoring but more importantly what are some of the key principals in making it work and empowering radical Christ centred leaders in today’s post modern world?
Discipling in a Post-modern world
What is post-modernity and how do we as followers of Jesus be in the world but not of it?What are some of the discipleship issues in a post modern world and what are the key principals in discipling post moderns?It may be good to look at the future a little bit to discern where things are going and what change needs to be implemented to be able to not just survive as Christians or the church but to be in a position to be leading the culture?
How to make vision a reality (strategic planning)
Without vision the people die but we don’t seem to have a lack of vision, more over a lack of understanding in making them reality!What are the processes of vision development from conception to building to completing the end goal? What does strategic planning look like and how does it work with regards to SWAT analysis, overcoming barriers and clear steps with set goals in place?How does God fit into this process or more importantly how do we fit this process into Gods way of doing things!
Roles and goals
Looking at the different roles we have in life and not just leadership.How doe we define these roles and how would we want others to define them in a eulogy?How do we fulfil our life roles and how do we grow into them? (Includes writing a personal vision statement) Connected to this we need to be setting important life goals as well, how does this work and what doe it look like in practise.Drawing mainly from material from Stephen Covey in his book 1st Things 1st.In the midst of looking at how to fulfil our personal life vision statement it would be good to look at how to prioritise our commitments into Coveys 4 quadrants.
Self leadership
We all need to be taking responsibility for our own development and growth.Too often we assume this is someone else’s job and when it doesn’t happen we can become bitter.There is a need in all leaders to develop an inner compass and to know where you are going and why.Not just in vision for the ministry but in who you are, how you live etc.Inner convictions, integrity checks, personal disciplines, personal study and investment of the soul, fighting pride, staying focussed, keeping the faith and staying close to Jesus and tenacity in the face of adversity.
Exceptional leaders distinguish themselves because of superior self leadership.
Workshop Topics
Students are led and coached through a process of understanding and application.Sometimes this is teaching with examples, other times it is a journey of experience
(These have not been put in order yet and can be discussed on the leaders day)
Prophecy
Body, mind, will and Spirit – where is your true source?
Spiritual authority and warfare
Fear of man versus Fear of God
Proclamation
One left free for leading of spirit….
What could be the next move?
Stand alone course - from here you could go back to your local church, YWAM ministry or other organisation more equipped to "be the leader God wants you 2 be"
Training for DTS - small group leaders could use this course for developing their leadership before heading into DTS staff roles.
Launching into ministry with a YWAM team, local church or another organisation.
We would like to see a small team of students from every DTS pioneering a new wave of ministry among postmodern young people, working alongside local churches, with youth groups, among the unreached. Small group leaders could go into a DTS with a vision of recruiting a small team and be launched into ministry. Young potential DTS graduates from here and abroad, could come straight to b2b and have a quick start through this leadership training. This course could be a one off training for young leaders but our aspiration is that b2b will be the means of multiplying teams of on-fire young people into the nation who will evangelise, disciple and encourage mission in the churches of the nations.
