Well done on completing this course. Here is a summary of the key ideas from the course. We encourage you to discuss what you have learnt with your team.
Three parts of Leadership:
1. The leader establishes the direction or vision.
2. The leader aligns the people in that direction.
3. The leader motivates and inspires them to move in that direction and keep moving in order to fulfil the vision.
- Compelling
- Realistic
- From God
- Genuinely serves people
1. Current responsibilities
Cultivating current responsibilities, extending and defending the core existing ministries
2. Emerging ideas
Tending and nurturing emerging ideas, strategies, and processes.
3. Seeds for tomorrow
Planting seeds for tomorrow. Healthy organisations encourage creativity and innovation for the long term.
The top leader must ensure that the right people focus on the right horizons.
- Taking care of present responsibilities (the first horizon) requires effective managers.
- Developing emerging strategies (the second horizon) requires builders – the typical “entrepreneurs” or leader-managers who can realistically connect long-range vision with the necessary daily realities of the organisation.
- The identification and creation of viable future opportunities (the third horizon) requires lateral thinkers and visionaries.
- What is your vision for the organisation you serve? This question is not asking for your “vision statement”! Please sincerely define your hopes for the future.
- Now please reflect on the source of your vision. Is it really from God? How do you know? Who else has confirmed that this vision is genuinely from God?
- Even if you are sure your vision is genuinely from God, are there any elements of your own human ambition mixed in with it? What are those elements?
- Now please reflect on the purpose of your vision. Is it really in the best interests of the people? How do you know? Who else has confirmed that this vision genuinely serves the people?
- Even if you are sure your vision is genuinely in the best interests of the people, are there any elements of your own self-serving mixed in with it? What are those elements?
- The people understand the vision – so they know where to go.
- The people own the vision – so they want to go.
- The people trust the leader – so they’re willing to follow the leader.
One way to bring alignment is through effective communication. This is done through:
- Clarity – so the people understand the vision.
- Passion – so the people own the vision.
- Credibility – so the people trust the leader.
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- Demonstrate the vision through your actions
- Empower them by putting them to work
- Teach them practically with your words
- How effective have you been in helping the people you are leading come into alignment?
- How clearly do they understand the vision?
- To what extent do they personally own the vision?
- How much do they trust you? Are they genuinely willing to follow you?
1. Identify the right people
Your job is to get the early adopters on board, you need to know who they are and need to work closely with them.
2. Start with small wins
An effective small win has two characteristics:
3. Affirm and encourage people
4. Be honest
5. Recognise that alignment is continual
- Who are the early adopters in your team?
- What relatively easy and visible wins can you put in place to create movement?
- How can you improve affirmation and encouragement in the team as they achieve the small wins?
- What has been hard in adopting the change? How can you be honest and transparent and share this with your team?
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