Lead on Purpose | Lead with Impact
The essence of leadership is developing the capacity to be a person of influence who facilitates transformation in people, teams and organizations. The goal of this cohort is to help church leaders articulate what leadership is, how it's exercised, and how you too can be a transforming presence in your home, at work, and in your community.
During this cohort, we'll address ways to:
During this course, you will share your "North Star" and the guiding principles and practices that shape how you influence others. Then, you'll design a one-year Leading Well Road Map, share it with cohort members to gain helpful feedback further refining your intentions. Please join us on this journey of reinvention.
Please download the app. As a Cohort group, you'll receive regular updates in addition to a reminder email before each session.
Jim LaDoux & Pastor Tom Smith
During this cohort, we'll address ways to:
- Lead yourself, lead up, lead laterally, and lead your teams
- Clarify your leadership style which is a reflection of your leadership principles, practices, approaches, and habits.
- Find ways to live well as you lead well in ways that create a harmonious work-life balance.
During this course, you will share your "North Star" and the guiding principles and practices that shape how you influence others. Then, you'll design a one-year Leading Well Road Map, share it with cohort members to gain helpful feedback further refining your intentions. Please join us on this journey of reinvention.
Please download the app. As a Cohort group, you'll receive regular updates in addition to a reminder email before each session.
Jim LaDoux & Pastor Tom Smith
SESSION 1 | Leadership Principles
1 | Share Introductions & Outcomes
- Introduce self; share why leading well matters to you.
- Share where you'd like to exercise influence.
- Consider ways you can learn & resource each other.
- Differentiate between leading VS managing.
- You'll design & share a Leading Well road map/plan.
Attitude
- Be positive.
- Be present.
- Be playful and proactive
- Be open to new ways of leading well
- Be on time
- B ready to contribute,
- Volunteer to "go first."
- Be willing to stretch yourself and trust the process.
- What's shared in our space, stays in our space.
- We're not here to "fix" each other's problems.
- We seek to draw upon everyone's wisdom.
2 | List the PEOPLE you wish to lead
- How will you lead yourself?
- How will you lead your friends & family?
- How will you lead your staff?
- How will you lead your board/elected leaders?
- Where do you intentionally show up as a leader?
3 | Highlight the 10 Principles
- List which ones might be part of your principles.
- List principles you feel may be missing from the list.
- List which principles are most important for you to pay attention to, right now.
- List how these principles would/could show up in your settings of influence?
- List assumptions you hold that may limit your ability to exercise your influence.
PRINCIPLE 1 - Leadership is about influence
- Do you see yourself as a change agent?
- Do you see yourself as a culture creator?
- How does your "showing up" change things?
- Where will you exercise your influence?
- With whom will you exercise your influence?
PRINCIPLE 2 - Leadership is a choice
- When are there times when your abdicate your leadership?
- How does your presence contribute to a different result?
- What makes it hard to consistently show up?
- What self-limitations do you impose on yourself?
- What can you learn from leaders that consistently show up?
PRINCIPLE 3 - Leadership is built on trust
- Do people trust your motivations/intentions?
- Do people feel that you have their back?
- Do people feel that you speak the truth?
- Do people trust that you'll deliver on results?
- Do people know you well enough to trust you?
PRINCIPLE 4 - Leadership is a team sport
- Are you a good follower?
- Do your teams play fair?
- Do your teams know what the "wins" are?
- Do your teams know HOW to win?
- Do team members know their individual contributions?
PRINCIPLE 5 - Leaders are future-oriented
- Do you know where you wish to take people?
- Do you know how you want your culture to change?
- Do you consistently anticipate and adapt?
- Do you know what you wish to celebrate 1 year from now?
- Are you willing to lead people into uncharted territory?
PRINCIPLE 6 - Leaders are listeners & learners
- Do you take adequate time to listen?
- Do you take adequate time to observe?
- Do you see people are a source of wisdom?
- Do you listen without seeking to respond?
- Do you have a plan for listening well?
- Do you lead differently now than you did 2 years ago?
- What are you reading or watching that's stretching your leadership understandings and capacities?
- Who are the people that serve as mentors for you?
- Do you have a plan for ongoing leadership development?
- What feedback loops have you created to help you be a better leader?
PRINCIPLE 7 - Leaders are decision-makers
- How will doing less enable you to do what matters?
- What do you need to say NO to be able to say yes to what really matters?
- How do you help your leaders keep the main thing the main thing?
- What's needed for your team to make better decisions?
- Saying NO leads to managing people's unmet expectations.
- If you don't say NO to things, how will you have the time and energy to reinvent ministries?
PRINCIPLE 8 - Values drive commitment
- Which values inform your decisions?
- Which values do you embed in your organization?
- Do you know what your leaders' value?
- Do you know what your organization values?
- Have you considered creating operational values?
PRINCIPLE 9 - Leaders raise up new leaders
- Are you adding leaders so that you can multiply your impact?
- Are you developing the leaders you currently have?
- What would happen if every leader you work with had a PLD plan?
- When is following an effective way to lead?
- With whom to you need to share power and delegate authority?
PRINCIPLE 10 - Leadership is an affair of the heart
- What do you love about the role you play as a leader?
- What do you want for the people you lead?
- What does investing in your leaders look like?
- As a leader, how do you unleash another person's potential?
- What's different about leading VS managing?
4 | Introduce "Design Your Leading Well Road Map"
- What will be the the focus of your plan?
- What will be your strategies for fulfiling a plan?
- What will be your initial next steps?
- What will support your intentions? Hold you accountable?
- What resources do you need for the journey?
5 | Reflection questions & next steps
- What were your takeaways from Session 1?
- What do you need to do before Session 2?
- Where or with whom do you improve your leadership?
- What principles might you add to the "10" we discussed?
- List 3 people you feel model effective leadership. What do they consistently say and do that makes them an effective leader?
- 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?
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