REINVENT YOUR FUTURE

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Rethink & Reinvent your Leadership

Rethink Principles

Worship | Rest | Recreation

Rethink Practices

Befriending | Encouraging | Crowd sourcing

Rethink Approaches

Rethink Assumptions | Reimagine Possibilities

SESSION 1 | Develop an Agile Mindset

LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT INFLUENCE
  • How would you describe leadership?
  • How will you exercise it?
  • Who will you lead?
  • What will be your legacy?
LEADERSHIP IS A CHOICE
  • Describe the legacy you wish to leave.
  • List the choices you'll encounter today.
  • When did you abdicate your leadership?
  • When did you share your power/leadership?
  • When did you lead by following?
LEADERSHIP IS BUILD ON TRUST
  • Where is trust lacking in your organization?
  • What are you doing to foster greater trust?
LEADERSHIP IS A TEAM SPORT
  • Who's part of your team?
  • What do they need from you?
LEADERSHIP IS AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART
  • On a scale of 1-10, how passionate are you about your leadership role?
LEADERSHIP IS TO BE MULTIPLIED
  • Do you have a list of your top 10 leaders to develop?
LEADERS ARE LEARNERS
  • How do you create a growth mindset for you and your leaders?
LEADERS ANTICIPATE & ADAPT
  • What do you do to be more anticipatory?
  • What skills are you developing to be more adaptable?

SESSION 2 | Develop an Agile Mindset

EMBODY THE WAY FOR OTHERS
  • What behaviors would you like others to model?
  • What does modeling look like for you?
ENVISION (INSPIRE) A SHARED VISION
  • Paint a picture of a preferred future.
  • What do you want leaders to feel? Value? Do?
ENLIST NEW LEADERS
  • What is your selection criteria (hungry/humble/self-aware)?
  • What kind of apprenticeship practices do you employ?
  • Do your servant-leaders have job descriptions?
  • Do your leaders know their wins?

ENABLE OTHERS TO ACT
  • Good systems make a difference.
  • What do your leaders need to thrive?
  • What do you need from your leaders?
  • What slows down decision-making and implementation?
  • Are their barriers that you need to remove for others?
  • When and how do you check-in with your leaders?
EMBRACE CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS
  • Deal with issues when they're small; as they occur.
  • Agree to disagree, agreeably.
EQUIP LEADERS TO REVIEW RESULTS
  • How and when are results reviewed?
  • How often are programs and processes reimagined?
  • How will you slow down or create space for intentional review and reinvention?
EMPOWER LEADERS TO GROW
  • Do you help leaders identify where to focus their efforts?
  • Do you help leaders create an annual PLD plan?
ENCOURAGE THE HEART
  • Who encourages you?  What do they say and do?
  • How and when do you encourage your leaders?
  • What are the small things you do that have great impact?

SESSION 3 | Design a Road Map for Leading Well

WHERE WILL YOU KEEP THE PLAN?
  • Is it in a journal?
  • Is it in your phone?
  • Is it on computer?
STRETCH SELF WITHOUT BREAKING
  • Focus on 105%?
  • Focus on exponential changes?
DO LESS, GO DEEPER
  • When and how will you create margins?
  • Are you over scheduled? 
  • Are you over programmed?
  • When and where do you do your deep work?
BUILD ON WHAT'S WORKING
  • What's working for you now?
  • How do you make sure that you keep doing these things?
  • How do you build on them?
REINVENT RATHER THAN REPEAT
  • What parts of your life and leadership is on autopilot?
  • Have you tried zero-based budgeting? Programming?
LIST YOUR DIALOGUE PARTNERS
  • What can support your next steps?
  • What knowledge or skills do you need?
  • Whom might coach you through new experiments and ways of being and leading?

REVIEW & UPDATE YOUR PLANS
  • What your history with setting & reviewing goals?
  • What will you no longer tolerate?
  • What's working for you?  What's not working?
  • What do you need to say NO to right now?
  • What's missing in your life? Your leadership?
  • When and where will you review/update your plan?
  • What's your learning goal? What skill will you develop?

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TRIP Road Map (Jim's 2023 Plans)

TREASURE Plans  -  Meaningful, memorable moments or milestones
  • JAN: Go to Ireland, Wales, and England with son, Brett).
  • MAR: Rest and relax with Gina in Phoenix/Tucson.
  • NOV: Reduce weight to 178#.

REINVENT Plans  | New  norms and routines to create
  • FEB: Awake at 5am; go to bed at 10am, schedule 2-hour deep dives.
  • SEP: Reinvent how I manage documents & files.
  • SEP: Reinvent how I process emails and other information.
  • DEC: Reinvent how I collaborate with  VFM staff and ministry teams.
  • DEC: Reinvent how repurpose training/coaching content.
  • DEC: Create "plug and play" training content..

IMPACT Plans  - Where I  want  to  make  a  difference
  • MAY: Update our home as a place of hospitality
  • DEC: Create support systems for coaching staff and students.
  • SEP: Restructure Leading Well program to be more flexible and engage more people.
  • DEC: Populate Surface to Soul Youtube channel for ACC & PCC Coaching School.

PIVOT Plans  -  How  I'll redeploy my  time, energy & attention
  • TIME: Create Sabbath moments for each daily time block.
  • TIME: Turn over management of LW Facebook to Janny.
  • TIME: Have Ethan Miller edit Youtube videos.
  • TIME: Have Darrin create Canva templates for Leading Well and coaching).
  • ENERGY: Go to bed by 10:00pm most evenings (???)
  • ENERGY: Average 7000 steps/day..
  • FINANCES: Add $6000 to IRA accounts (DONE).
  • FINANCES:  increase payroll-deduction savings by $150/month.
  • ATTENTION: Review my goals daily; keep a gratitude journal.

Sample 7Fs Road Map

FRIENDS & FAMILY Plans
  • JAN: Go to Israel with son, Kenton.
  • JAN: Schedule quarterly "Sabbath" and "Deep Dives" retreats.
  • JAN: Purchase annual subscription for Guthrie Theatre.
  • MAR: Go to London with wife Gina, to see son, Brett.
  • NOV: Attend Leading Well Retreat.

FAITH Plans
  • Listen to the Message Bible via Audible.
  • Experiment using Centering Prayer app for daily devotions.
  • Continue to meet with a spiritual director..

FITNESS Plans
  • JAN: Develop a consistent home-based workout routing.
  • JAN: Check blood pressure weekly.
  • MAR: Reduce weight to 175#.

FINANCE Plans
  • FEB: Meet with attorneys/financial planner about updating trust.

FUTURE Plans
  • JAN: Launch Home-Centered Faith podcast.
  • JAN: Launch Surface to Soul podcas.
  • FEB: Hire/onboard new video editor. 
  • JAN: Use Surface to Soul app for Leading Well and Coaching School.

FUN Plans
  • Schedule spring break trip with Gina - London?

2023 LIVING & LEADING WELL HABITS

  • Plan everyday the night before.
  • Arise at 5am and go to bed by 10am.
  • Eat from 3-7pm; and usually have only one meal a day.
  • Review daily/weekly & annual goals everyday. 
  • Invite friends for dinner once a month.
  • Manage work flow, ideas, and decision using Reminders
  • Manage information using Notes and email folders. 
  • Llist memorable moments & milestones in a bullet journal

2024 LIVING & LEADING WELL HABITS

  • Use text and 15-minute phone calls to stay more connected.
  • Complete projects using 15 minute sprints and 60 minute deep dives.
  • Experiment with fasting for 36 hours twice a month.
  • Bike, kayak, or ski at least once a week.
  • Donate or sell  what I haven't used, or will use in the next 90 days.
  • Listen to books or podcasts while walking/rebounding.
  • Post training/coaching content via blogs and Youtube videos/shorts.
  • Update my reading list; read one or more books a week.

RECENT LEARNINGS (AHAS!)

  • Listening to daily news drains my energy.
  • Focus on the journey, not just the destination.
  • Small things, consistently repeated, lead to big changes.
  • Clutter distracts. I need to declutter to be creative and focus.
  • I don't organize what should be discarded - keep what's used and delights.
  • Treat family and friends like clients  - add them to my schedule.

FUTURE EXPERIMENTS

  • Manage information flow using 2 phones or devices; experiment with split screens.
  • Type less, dictate more. Use AI for ideas and inspiration..
  • Experiment with shorter coaching sessions and having fewer meetings.
  • Use emails and text messages to bless people and affirm their callings.
  • Update my digital prayer wall.
  • Ask everyone I meet a question that deepens the relationship.