6 Considerations When Adding Women to Your Team
Becky Ykema joins Dave Miller to discuss questions that leaders should be asking when adding women to their team for the first time. How do you navigate expectations for everyone?
This is the second of a two-part series. Part one is an interview with leadership from Stonebridge Christian Church in Omaha who have helped transition their church with women on the teaching team and now as elders.
2:25 a bit about her backstory, Dreams of Amy Grant, Emergent Churches, and the Mother Ship
SIX CONSIDERATIONS
11:10 Number one: Ask all the questions.
Questions that don’t get asked
12:20 Number two: Language Matters.
For example how many times do you say “guys.”
14:40 Number three: Find ways to not limit her leadership
The Billy Graham rule. Find ways to equalize this.
19:13 Number four: Be clear about what she can or cannot do in your organization
Can she have authority over a man? Be clear.
Being a pioneer (and a resident should never be a pioneer).
23:03 Number five: Be aware the minority of the group (female) is going to feel more pressure to get it right
The inappropriate way Dave Miller did NOT do this with Becky through this process.
White male privilege.
Supervisors must be aware of this.
31:10 Number six: Don’t go it alone.
Get a coach, another leader, a guide.
32:15 What do you say to the rookie/resident looking for the role in a local church
How to Find Becky
Becky’s Podcast Darling: Confessions of a Mega Church Singer
Kadi Cole’s book that Becky references