I have been privileged over the last 22 years to work with some amazing people and on some amazing teams. For years I had interns, summer interns, volunteers and full-time staff that worked for me and with me. One of the things I have always used is a Staff Covenant that we all as staff agree to and keep with each other. This covenant can help your team thrive and stay together through trying times and success. People will notice if you care about each other and love each other like this and the environment it creates is contagious.
Feel free to use the covenant for your team or ministry.
1. We will believe the best about each other
-Speaking and believing highly of each other @ all times
2. We will shoot for excellence in all we do
-Doing the best with the resources we have is excellence
3. We will create, sustain and practice a positive environment
-This doesn’t happen by accident but takes intentionality
4. We will always be unified in public and disagree in private
-Unified in actions, words and gestures
5. We will pray for each other and encourage each other
-Encouragement can help keep a heart soft and prayer can move anything
6. We will always be the first here and the last to leave
-This displays commitment and follow through to those we serve
7. We will submit to each other’s leadership when appropriate
-This is how we honor each others gifts and callings
8. We will not cover up our failures or inflate our successes
-Just be authentic and truthful
9. We will play together and have fun together
-If we do not know how to play together we will struggle to work together
10. We will above all seek to be known as lovers of God and His people
-Love wins and covers a multitude of sins
11. We will value cooperation and collaboration
-No one on this team is an island
12. We will hold each other accountable to the preceding values
-None of this matters unless we hold each other to these
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