ChangeChange

No Really

http://www.hollynear.com/mp3s/I_Am_Willing.mp3I am Willing - Holly Near

There is loss.There is loss.

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ChangeChange

"Change is inevitable; misery is optional." - Ed

Friedman

There is fearThere is fear

“Here there be dragons.”

Leadership

Is to be in the role of Agent of Change.

How do we do this?

What must we understand?

GilGil  RendleRendle’’ss ““The he Roller oller Coaster of Changeoaster of Change””

•The roller coaster of change is a model that identifies a natural sequence of feelings and relationships that are a part of change...

•It is impossible to talk ideas with people on the feeling side of the roller coaster.

•If change is to happen we must be able to tolerate the pain in others.

FEELING

THINKINGSabotage

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TRUSTTRUST

CREATIVE CONFLICTCREATIVE CONFLICT

COMMITMENTCOMMITMENT

ACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY

ENDSENDS

LINKAGE

LINKAGE

Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick Lencioni

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Understand the issue

• Do we have a polarity?

• Do we have a technical issue?

• Do we have an adaptive issue?

• Is this a homeostatic issue?

• Is this a size issue?

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OutreachInreach

Polarity

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Adaptive vs Technical

• Technical issue has a quick answer• Thing

• Adaptive is complicated we don’t seem to have the whole picture

• Relational

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Leading Change

• Understand the deepest reasons for the existence of the congregation.

• Understand yourself who and what you serve remember you are a servant leader.

• Understand the principle that the change is based upon.

• Stay in relationship ask – “What happens if we do this?” – “What happens if we don’t do this?”

• Act with humility.

Leading Change• Take a principled stand for the good of the whole.

• Identify the individuals or group(s) that will be the most affected or have the most to lose.

• Involve them in the process early.

• Stand with the people as they struggle with their emotions.

• Do not stop the process because of discomfort.

Leading Change• Expect, invite and empower additions to the

vision.

• Expect sabotage and don’t let it take over.

• Celebrate success.

• Name Learnings.

• Thank people.

Leading Change• Thank them again

• Moving forward•Assess – what did we learn?

–What went well?–What didn’t–How does this change our plans–Who else needs to know what we have learned?

•What is the next principled change that is needed for the good of the whole (the common good)?

Leadership

Leadership is the spiritual process of discerning

what one believes (clarity), acting on that belief

in the public arena (decisiveness), and standing

behind that action (responsibility) despite the

varied responses of people (courage).

- Rev. Frank Thomas

I am open and I am willingTo be hopeless would seem so strangeIt dishonors those who go before usSo lift me up to the light of change

There is hurting in my familyThere is sorrow in my townThere is panic in the nationThere is wailing the whole world round

May the children see more clearlyMay the elders be more wiseMay the winds of change caress usEven though it burns our eyes

Give me a mighty oak to hold my confusionGive me a desert to hold my fearsGive me a sunset to hold my wonderGive me an ocean to hold my tears

If we were really serious about growth we would keep a larger percentage of the children that

pass through our congregations.

Rev. Bill Sinkford

Success

• How did being a Unitarian Universalist change your life?

• What is the life saving message of Unitarian Universalism?

• What would happen if we were generous with and about Unitarian Universalism?

• What does the world need us to be?

Really good sound bites

• A faith beyond belief - Morales• A faith that loves beyond belief -

Thandeka• The people of the promise and the

struggle• The people of the many paths• People becoming and becoming and

becoming yet again

Uncharted Territory

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No human being can discover new oceans unless they are

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