Leadership and Management Skills for Church Secretaries and Administrators. Learn Office Management and Boardroom Skills
What you’ll learn
- The course builds your leadership and management competencies for the delivery of administrative support to ministry..
- At the end of the course, you will be able to identify the steps in delivering and/or writing good news, neutral news and bad news.
- Use ergonomics and technology to achieve efficiency in the church office.
- Demonstrate and apply professional knowledge for high performance in your role as secretary to the board and its committees..
- Understand and use financial reports in documenting meetings..
Course Content
- MODULE 1 LEADERSHIP STYLES SKILLS AND BEHAVIOUR –> 1 lecture • 1min.
- UNIT 1 ACHIEVING GREATNESS IN YOUR ROLE AS A LEADER –> 4 lectures • 32min.
- UNIT 2 HOW TO APPLY TRAIT, BEHAVIOURAL AND SITUATIONAL THEORIES –> 4 lectures • 21min.
- UNIT 3 STRATEGIC, CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP FOR TRANSFORMATION OF YOUR CHURCH –> 4 lectures • 17min.
- UNIT 4 REMAIN A SERVANT SPIRITUAL ETHICAL AUTHENTIC LEADER TO AVOID SUBSTITUTION –> 4 lectures • 4min.
- UNIT 5 USE YOUR SKILLS AND QUALITIES. THEY ARE IMPORTANT –> 4 lectures • 5min.
- MODULE 2 LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES –> 1 lecture • 1min.
- UNIT 1: GROUP COMMUNICATION AND DELIVERY OF NEWS –> 5 lectures • 27min.
- UNIT 2 WRITING BUSINESS LETTERS –> 5 lectures • 15min.
- UNIT 3 UNIQUENESS IN WRITING MEMOs AND MOUs –> 4 lectures • 17min.
- UNIT 4 PRESENTATION SKILLS –> 4 lectures • 24min.
- UNIT 5 VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS AND MEETINGS –> 4 lectures • 15min.
- UNIT 6 CHAIRING AND COMMUNICATING AT MEETINGS –> 4 lectures • 5min.
- MODULE 3 OFFICE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION –> 1 lecture • 1min.
- UNIT 1 THE ORIGINS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE –> 4 lectures • 6min.
- UNIT 2 PLANNING YOUR OFFICE LAYOUT –> 4 lectures • 6min.
- UNIT 3 HUMAN RELATIONS IN THE OFFICE –> 4 lectures • 8min.
- UNIT 4 RECORD-KEEPING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT –> 3 lectures • 4min.
- UNIT 5 TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN OFFICE MANAGEMENT –> 3 lectures • 5min.
- UNIT 6 CREATING A POSITIVE WORK-LIFE BALANCE –> 2 lectures • 2min.
- MODULE 4 CHURCH BOARD OF ELDERS –> 1 lecture • 1min.
- UNIT 1 THE BOARD OF ELDERS/DIRECTORS –> 4 lectures • 32min.
- UNIT 2 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOARD –> 4 lectures • 30min.
- UNIT 3 POLLS, VOTING, BOARD AND MANAGEMENT MEETINGS, FINANCIAL REPORTING –> 4 lectures • 29min.
- UNIT 4 ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS IN THE BOARDROOM –> 4 lectures • 4min.
- UNIT 5 INTERPRETING LIQUIDITY, CASH BUDGETS AND GEARING FOR DECISION -MAKING –> 4 lectures • 6min.
- UNIT 6 STRATEGIC THINKING IN THE BOARDROOM –> 4 lectures • 6min.
Requirements
The Effective Church Secretary/Administrator
Objective
The course builds your leadership and management competencies for the delivery of administrative support to ministry.
Course Outcome
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
· Demonstrate and apply skills and competencies for transforming the administrative support services in your church.
· Use ergonomics and technology to achieve efficiency in the church office
· Understand and use financial reports in documenting meetings.
· Identify the steps in delivering and/or writing good news, neutral news, and bad news
· Demonstrate and apply professional knowledge for high performance in your role as secretary of the council of elders and its committees.
What You Will Study
We will cover the following courses/modules:
Module 1
1. Effective Leadership Styles, Skills, and Behaviour
2. Leadership Roles
3. Theories of Leadership: Traits, Behaviour, Situational
4. Strategic Leadership, Charismatic, Transactional, Transformational and Servant Leadership
5. Ethical, Spiritual, Authentic and Team Leadership
6. Leadership Substitutes and Neutralisers
Module 2
1. Leadership Communication Techniques
2. Group leadership communication
3. Virtual leadership communication
4. Delivering good, neutral and bad news
5. Writing business letters, memos and MOUs, reports and proposals
6. Presentation Skills
7. Techniques for planning, organising and delivering presentation with confidence
8. Virtual interviews and meetings
Module 3
- Origins of the Office
- Functions and Divisions of the Office
- Controlling Office Activities
- Duties and Responsibility of Key Office Personnel
- Planning Your Office Layout
- Achieving Efficiency in the Office
- Stepping up Efficiency through Ergonomics and Technology
- Ways to Improve Human Relations with Superiors, Colleagues and Subordinates
- Record-keeping and Information Management
- Technology Integration in Office Management
- Creating a Positive Work-Life Balance
Module 4
1. The Board of Elders and Leadership
2. Role, Composition and Membership of the Board
3. Effectiveness of the Board of Elders
4. Nomination Committee
5. Succession Planning
6. Effective Management of Members’ Meetings
7. Role of the Board Secretary
8. Proxy, Polls and Voting
9. Appointment and Evaluation of Proxies
10. Board and Management Meetings
11. Financial Reporting and Accountability
12. Objectives of Financial Reporting
13. The Audit Committee
14. Using and Interpreting Financial Reports for Decision
Making
15. Determining the Gearing of your Church
16. Financing Church Business Ventures
17. Strategic Thinking in the Boardroom
18. Developing Fundraising Strategies
19. Leading Change within the Church Community
Benefits
· E-Certificate of Participation
· Life-time Access
· Downloadable Video Lessons
· Downloadable Text Lessons
· Quizzes