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Multiple Uses for the Grip/Birkman Blueprint ...Or,
my Five Great Questions on NEED
I live in Central Asia, but
in many parts of the world Grip-Birkman has seen an organic
progression of development. By I really appreciate the flexibility of GBB, because I use GBB in a variety of settings and groupings. Being in an overseas context, meeting times and venues have to flex with what works, sometimes with no projector or flip chart paper available. Whether a large or small group, a tiny room, few props, or limited timeframe, I arrange the time so that each individual can interact and engage with the tool and with one another in group settings. My most significant training is with a team that has an integral purpose for being together. Integral teams have the most to gain from the full breadth of GBB resources and follow-up tools. But there are also very effective ways to engage individuals, couples, and people who don’t team together. I just have to tailor GBB to that person or group. Tailoring becomes much more natural with experience. My purpose is to help each person develop, through the lenses of their unique gifting, personality and behaviors, a picture of their life and ministry that says: “This is what God has made me for in this season.” While there are many pieces to helping individuals, couples and teams discover their “sweet spot” in life and ministry, there is one consistent and practical tool I use to help them verbalize it. I call it the five questions of NEED, and introduce it when we discuss Need (the Circle) in the Birkman LifeStyle Grid:
Answering these questions verbally helps the participant/s (individual, their spouse, teammates and/or associates) understand several crucial elements about what they most need to operate in their sweet spot. The format can be formal or informal. Sometimes I write them on the whiteboard. Sometimes I prompt the individual with each question. Regardless of the approach, very helpful things are usually shared that others in the group did not know... or would not have guessed... about that person’s needs. I tie this time of sharing to the biblical instruction we are given to encourage, exhort, speak truth and love one another. But there is also a connection to powerful spiritual gifting, as each individual looks more deeply at the way He uniquely works in and through that gift combination. It encourages a mindset that whatever role or function a person/couple/team serve, and the purpose for which they exist, both the person/couple/team and its fruit are deeply affected by how the persons involved choose to relate to one another. Of course, the five questions of Need can be useful in any context, not just overseas. I hope you find it helpful to you.
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