Leadership Strategies
Equip Course
Transform Your Parish Leadership:
Build Stronger Teams, Enhance Communication, and Lead with Confidence
Leadership is not simply about the call to work in a parish
- it’s about cultivating cohesive teams, managing conflicts, and building a healthy work environment.
Without these leadership skills, parishes can struggle to fulfill their mission of making disciples. The Leadership Strategies Equip Course is designed to address this gap by providing Catholic pastors and parish leaders with the tools to create a strong leadership culture, improve communications, align goals with the parish’s vision, and empower staff and volunteers to take ownership of their roles.
What You’ll Learn
Growing a healthy parish starts with leadership. From the senior pastor to volunteers, cohesive leadership teams drive the mission to make disciples. This course gives you practical, actionable steps to cultivate leaders who are aligned with your church’s vision and empowered to make meaningful contributions.
Key Takeaways:
- Build leadership teams at every level of the parish.
- Develop clear goals and track measurable success.
- Foster a work culture that thrives on delegation, communication, and empowerment.
- Align staff and volunteers to work cohesively toward the church’s mission.
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Your Starting Point:
Leadership Strategies
Equip Course
$297
Course Format:
Reflection & Implementation
Work-along workbook with action steps
Expert Teaching
10-12 minute workshop-style videos
What's Included
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8Â Lesson Videos
Led by David Makela, Rebuilt COO & Coach,
and Maria Pulitano, Lead Coach at Rebuilt
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Course Workbook
Templates, examples, and action plans that you can use immediately in your parish.
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On Demand Access
Learn at your own pace, with access to the course materials anytime, anywhere.
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 Expert Insights from Catholic Parishes
Gain insights from successful leadership strategies used in Church of the Nativity and Rebuilt's Partner Parishes across the country.
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ONLINE COURSE
Develop your leadership team and build a thriving parish community.
Session 1:
Building a Core Leadership Team
This session sets the stage by guiding you through the process of establishing a focused leadership team, creating a strategic annual plan, and identifying key metrics to measure progress in your parish.
Session 2:
Strategic Decision-Making
Explore how to align decisions with the church’s mission, vision, values, and strategic anchors. Empower your staff by enabling decentralized decision-making and using tools like the Management by Objectives (MBO).
Session 3:
Building Layers of Leadership
In this session, you’ll learn how to develop staff and volunteers, use organizational charts for clarity, and create a culture where leadership thrives at all levels of the parish​.
Session 4:
Communication and Structured Meetings
Effective communication is critical for any organization’s success. This session covers how to conduct various types of meetings, cascade information across teams, and celebrate successes to keep teams aligned and motivated​.
Session 5:
Leadership Styles and Delegation
Understand different leadership styles and how to delegate effectively. Learn how to foster a coaching culture within your parish and develop future leaders​.
Session 6:
Managing Conflict
Conflicts are inevitable in any organization. This session provides tools to handle internal conflicts, address pushback from the congregation, and align staff with the church’s mission​.
Session 7:
Tracking Success with Data
Leverage data to measure success in your parish. This session focuses on tracking quantitative and qualitative metrics, like attendance, giving, and engagement, to measure transformed lives​.
Session 8:
Implementing a Leadership Development Plan
This final session will help you implement the leadership principles you've learned throughout the course. You’ll set specific, measurable goals and create a plan to ensure continued leadership growth within your parish
Who is this for?
The Leadership Strategies Equip Course was specifically designed for:
Pastors
You bear the ultimate responsibility for leading the parish, but you don’t have to do it alone. This course will help you delegate effectively, build a strong senior leadership team, and create a leadership pipeline to support your parish’s mission.
Parish Staff
You are the driving force behind the parish's day-to-day activities, your ability to manage conflict, communicate effectively, and lead with vision is crucial. This course provides the tools you need to align with the pastor’s strategic goals and lead your teams more effectively.
Ministry Leaders
Senior volunteers play a key role in parish leadership, often bridging the gap between staff and ministry teams. This course will teach you how to lead volunteers with purpose, foster teamwork, and ensure that every ministry supports the parish’s overarching mission.
