What is Verve Lead, and how does it fit together? – Help

Verve Lead helps Christian leaders look after their own health while they lead others. It brings together a short daily check-in, a deeper assessment and the people who walk alongside you.

Everything starts from your Dashboard, the first page you see after you sign in.

Your dashboard, with the sidebar on the left.

What will I find in Verve Lead?

Tool	What it is for
Daily check-in	One question a day: how buoyant are you? You answer from 1 (Empty) to 6 (Full). Over time, your answers show how you are really travelling.
Health of a Christian Leader Assessment	A deeper look across 3 areas – psychological well-being, spiritual vitality and transformative leadership. Once you have completed one, you can also ask people who know you to give feedback.
Christian Leader Mentor Assessment	For mentors, looking at 13 mentor competencies. It opens once you have completed a Health of a Christian Leader Assessment.
Suggested reading	Articles chosen for your latest assessment results. You can also choose to get one by email each week.

Your organisation may have switched some of these tools off. If you cannot find one, ask your organisation’s administrator.

Who is Verve Lead for?

Each person uses Verve Lead a little differently. Start with the part that fits you.

If you are…	You will mostly	Start here
A leader looking after your own health	Check in, take the assessment and talk through your results with a mentor.	For leaders
A mentor or mentor of mentors	Walk alongside your mentees and prepare for each conversation.	For mentors and supervisors
An organisation administrator	Invite your people, assign mentors and run before-and-after programmes.	For organisations
A group leader or pastoral carer	See how your group is travelling, or who may need a call.	How groups work · The watchlist
Someone asked to give feedback	Answer questions about a leader or mentor. You do not need an account.	Giving feedback

Many people wear more than one hat. A mentor is also a leader with their own check-in and assessment, for example.

How do mentors fit in?

A mentor is someone who walks alongside you and asks good questions. Your organisation may propose a mentor, or a mentor may invite you.

Either way, a mentor only sees your information once you accept their request. You can say no, and you can end the relationship later from your Profile. Responding to a mentor request explains each step.

What does my organisation see?

If you belong to a church, school, network or denomination, its administrators can invite people and see how the organisation is travelling as a whole.

Who else can see this?

Your mentor sees your check-ins, including any note, and your assessment results once you accept them. That includes what you shared before they became your mentor. If you check in at 1 or 2, we also email your mentor the level and your note.
A mentor of mentors who supervises your mentor can see the same.
People trusted with care – your mentor, a mentor of mentors who supervises your mentor, confidants and anyone your organisation has given duty of care – see a watchlist. It can flag a low check-in, a long gap since your last one or an area of your latest result that needs attention. It never shows your notes or answers. Verve Lead’s own platform administrators can see this watchlist too.
Your organisation’s administrators see combined figures. Combined assessment results only appear for groups of 3 or more people. Check-in figures, such as the average level, have no minimum, so in a very small organisation they can reflect only a few people. Administrators do not see your notes or your individual results.

Privacy in Verve Lead goes into more detail.

Where do I use Verve Lead?

On the web, sign in at app.vervelead.com from any computer, tablet or phone browser. Everything is available on the web, including the organisation pages.

On iPhone and iPad, the Verve Lead app is in testing. It has your check-in, your assessments and, for mentors, a Mentoring section. Running an organisation stays on the web. The iPhone and iPad app explains how to get it.

The iPhone app's Home screen, with a greeting, a Buoyancy card showing the latest check-in and a Check in now button, an Assessments card showing a completed Healthy Christian Leader assessment, and the tabs Home, Buoyancy, Assessments and Settings along the bottom. — Home on iPhone.

The iPad app's Home screen, with the sections Home, Buoyancy, Assessments and Settings in a sidebar on the left, and the Buoyancy and Assessments cards on the right. — On iPad, the sections sit in a sidebar.

Where do I start?

Sign in. If you were invited, use the button in your invitation email the first time.
Do your first daily check-in.
Take the Health of a Christian Leader Assessment when you have time to answer honestly. It saves as you go.
If a mentor has asked to connect with you, respond to their request.

Where can I get help?

In the web app, the question mark at the top of each page opens short help articles chosen for that page. In the iPhone and iPad app, go to Settings, then Help and support.

If you are still stuck, contact us and we will help you find your way.

Every screenshot here is from our demo environment – an invented organisation, invented people.