A Christ-centered Community seeking to live and lead well everyday
Rethink & Reinvent your Leadership
Rethink Principles
Worship | Rest | Recreation
Model the way
Establish adequate margins for renewal.
Reclaim your interests and hobbies.
Do less and delegate more.
Establish adequate margins for renewal.
Reclaim your interests and hobbies.
Do less and delegate more.
Rethink Practices
Befriending | Encouraging | Crowd sourcing
Model the way
Inspire a shared vision
Enable others to act.
Encourage the heart
Engage in crucial conversations
Inspire a shared vision
Enable others to act.
Encourage the heart
Engage in crucial conversations
Rethink Approaches
Rethink Assumptions | Reimagine Possibilities
Talk less, listen more.
Learn the art of noticing.
Learn to experiment and learn from results.
Build feedback loops into all activities.
Learn the art of noticing.
Learn to experiment and learn from results.
Build feedback loops into all activities.
SEPTEMBER 26 TRAINING EVENT SLIDES
Training Ideas & Applications
SESSION 1
SESSION 2
SESSION 3
Define your leadership truths & style
- Leadership is about influence. Think legacy.
- Leadership is a choice. What will you transform?
- Leadership is built on trust; must be modeled.
- Leadership is a team sport; you can't do it alone.
- Leadership is an affair of the heart.
- The best leaders develop more new leaders.
- The best leaders are askers & learners.
- Are willing to be authentic? Courageous?
- Think WHAT, SO WHAT, and NOW WHAT.
List the leadership you master to lead well
- EMBODY (model) the way for others.
- ENVISION a shared, preferred future.
- ENLIST humble, hungry, & self-aware leaders.
- ENABLE others to act through good systems.
- ENGAGE people in crucial conversations.
- EQUIP leaders to act, inspect & innovate.
- EMPOWER leaders to own their growth.
- ENCOURAGE & dream with your leaders.
Questions about drafting Your Leadership Formation Plan
- 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?
- When and where will you review/update your plan?
- What's your learning goal? What skill will you develop?
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Recommended Leadership Books
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- 10 Leadership Virtues for Disruptive Times
- 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
- A Failure of Nerve
- A Leadership Journey through Hope, Despair, and Forgiveness
- Another Way: Living and Leading Change on Purpose
- The Aspiring Leader’s Guide to the Future
- The Attributes
- Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets
- Canoeing the Mountains
- The Catalyst Leader
- The Daily Drucker
- Dare to Lead
- Death By Meeting
- Deep Work
- A Failure of Nerve
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
- Flex
- The Flourishing Pastor: Recovering the Lost Art of Shepherd Leadership
- Flux
- Great Teams
- HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter
- High Impact Teams
- High-Impact Tools for Teams
- How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going
- The Ideal Team Player
- The Leader's Journey
- The Leadership Triangle
- Leading Change
- Leading With Grit, Grace, and Gratitude
- Leading With Questions
- Let's Stop Meeting Like This
- Listen Well, Lead Better
- Managing Leadership Anxiety
- Meetings by Default or Design
- On Becoming a Leader
- Opportunity Leadership: Stop Planning and Start Getting Results
- The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
- Helping People Change
- Humble Inquiry
- Innovations in Leadership Coaching
- The Language of Life and Business Coaching
- Leadership Coaching: The Disciplines, Skills, and Heart of a Christian Coach
- Leadership Team Coaching
- Leadership Team Coaching in Practice: Case Studies in Developing High-Performing Teams
- The Life Coaching Handbook: Everything You Need to Be an Effective Life Coach
- Masterful Coaching
- Ministry 3.0: How Today's Church Leaders are Using Coaching to Transform Ministry
- On Becoming a Leadership Coach: A Holistic Approach to Leadership Excellence
- The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change
- The Practitioner's Handbook of Team Coaching
- Professional Coaching Competencies: The Complete Guide
- Professional Coaching: Principles and Practice
- Quantum Coaching Questions
- The Team Coaching Toolkit
- The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry
- Thriving in the Fire: Coaching the Conflicts of Change
- Transformissional Coaching
- Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations
LEADING WELL LEARNING RETREAT
November 14-17, 2023
Onsite retreats are held at Spirit in the Desert Conference Center, located in Carefree, Arizona. Click here to learn more or register.
Sample TRIP Road Map (Jim's 2023 Plans)
TREASURE Plans - Meaningful, memorable moments or milestones
REINVENT Plans | New norms and routines to create
IMPACT Plans - Where I want to make a difference
PIVOT Plans - How I'll redeploy my time, energy & attention
- 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, and schedule 2-hour deep dives every week.
- 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 (Jim's emerging 2024 plans)
FRIENDS & FAMILY Plans
FAITH Plans
FITNESS Plans
FINANCE Plans
FUTURE Plans
FUN 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.