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What, Me Lead?
Leadership in the 21st Century
What, Me Lead? Leadership in the 21st Century
Rev. Renée Ruchotzke
Regional Leadership Development Consultant
Central East Regional Group
Agenda
• Introductions, Hopes & Concerns
• Myths of Leadership
• Managing vs. Leading
• Leadership as a Process
• The Shadow Side of Leadership
• Leadership Competencies
Introductions, Hopes
& Concerns
MYTHS OF LEADERSHIP
Adapted from Warren Bennis,
Learning to Lead
MYTHS OF LEADERSHIP
• Leadership Is a Rare Skill.
MYTHS OF LEADERSHIP
• Leaders are Born, Not Developed
MYTHS OF LEADERSHIP
• Leaders are Charismatic
MYTHS OF LEADERSHIP
• Leadership Exists Only At The Top Of An Organization
MYTHS OF LEADERSHIP
• Leaders Control, Direct, Prod, and Manipulate Others.
Managing vs. Leading
• Good Management is the same as Leadership
Managing LeadingManaging Leading
• Oil the Machine• Keep on Track
• Foster learning & growth
• Create viable future
Managing vs. Leading
Managing LeadingManaging Leading
• Accepts Context• Seeks Technical
Fixes
• Masters Context• Creative, Adaptive
Responses
Managing vs. Leading
Managing LeadingManaging Leading
• Copy from past• Accept Status Quo
• Adapt & Create• Question the way
things are done
Managing vs. Leading
Managing LeadingManaging Leading
• Efficient • Effective
Managing vs. Leading
Managing LeadingManaging Leading
• Structure & Control• Policies & Procedures
• Direction from Values• Trust & Empower others
to innovate & initiate
Managing vs. Leading
Managing LeadingManaging Leading
• Master Routines• Eye on Bottom Line
• Provide Vision• See the big picture
Managing vs. Leading
Managing LeadingManaging Leading
• Does things right • Does the right thing
Managing vs. Leading
Leadership requires courage and skill.
Managing vs. Leading
Using a sheet of paper, think of examples of those who are in leadership positions in your congregation then list them under one of the columns:
Leaders Managers
Leadership as a Process
Adapted from Edwin H. Friedman, A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the
Quick Fix
Leadership as a Process
Integrity
of the
Leader
Passive
Aggressive
AnxiousRecalcitrant
Motivated Visionary
ImaginativeEnergetic
Leadership as a Process
Integrity
of the
Leader
Consultants Offer “Solutions”
Promise of the Quick Fix
Value-Based Decisions
Adaptive Leadership
Individuation
Learning Community
Leadership as a Process
Integrity
of the
Leader
Data Collection
Tricks and Techniques
Stakeholders Ownership
Resistance to Change
Emotional Processes
Leadership as a Process
Integrity
of the
Leader
Toxic ForcesDestructive Patterns
Clarity of Values & Purpose
Clear Boundaries
Clear Limits
Consensus
Three Legs of Good Leadership (Bennis)
Ambition
Integrity
Competence
Three Legs of Good Leadership (Bennis)
Ambition Competence
Self-serving
(ignores good of the whole)
Personal power > ethics
Three Legs of Good Leadership (Bennis)
Ambition
Integrity
Unable to deliver
Take follows to “a righteous dead end”
Three Legs of Good Leadership (Bennis)
Integrity
Competence
Leader avoids challenging the
status quo
Three Legs of Good Leadership (Bennis)
Ambition
Integrity
Competence
Using a sheet of paper, think of famous examples of toxic leaders and those with integrity:
Toxic Leaders Leaders with Integrity
Exercise
The Shadow Side of Leadership
Adapted from Parker Palmer
The Shadow Side of Leadership
• Deep insecurity about his/her own identity and worth.
The Shadow Side of Leadership
• The perception that the universe is essentially hostile to human interests.
The Shadow Side of Leadership
• "Functional super-heroism." The belief that ultimate responsibility for everything rests with me.
The Shadow Side of Leadership
• Fear of the natural chaos of life.
The Shadow Side of Leadership
• The denial of death.
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
1. Mastering the Context
2. Knowing Yourself
3. Creating a Vision
4. Communicating with Meaning
5. Maintaining Trust through Integrity
6. Realizing Intention through Action
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
Mastering the Context - External forces
1. Demographic changes
2. Modern Technologies
3. Social/Economic/Political
4. Public mistrust
5. Change in relationship expectations
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
Mastering the Context – Internal Responses
1. Our own values and beliefs2. Our immediate social
networks3. Our congregation’s culture4. Understanding that the
congregation needs my leadership and I need their contribution
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.
-Albert Einstein
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
Knowing Yourself
1. Be clear in your own values
2. See failures as learning experiences
3. Reflect on Crucible Experiences
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
Creating a Vision
1. Passionately committing to it
2. Expanding it to the World
3. Vision for your Congregation
4. Vision for your Life
5. Living your Vision
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
Communicating with Meaning
• Name some great communicators
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
Communicating with Meaning
1. Bring others with you (Story)
2. Speaker, Message, Medium, Listener, Feedback
3. Media is the Medium
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
Communicating with Meaning
4. Aligning with othersa) Unify (what we share)
b) Empathize (to know and be known)
c) Partner (mutuality)
d) Inspire with Metaphor
e) Encourage Transparency & Candor
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
Communicating with Meaning
5. Resolve Conflicts
6. Communicate Your Vision
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
Maintaining Trust through Integrity
1. Optimism increases Trust
2. Trust increases Organizational Effectiveness
Six Leadership Competencies (Bennis)
Realizing Intention through Action
1. Make Good Judgments
2. Translate Commitments into Goals(Policy Governance “Ends Statements”)
3. Translate Commitments into Actions
4. Think Strategically
5. Understanding of Power
Kinds of Power
• Coercive Power
• Power by Identification
• Power from Expertise
• Power of the Group
• Power by Access
• Power from Persuasion
• Power from Inspiration
• Power through Empowerment
Final Thoughts
Additional Resouces
Books:
The Equipper’s Guide to Every-Member Ministry by R. Paul Stevens
The Purpose-Driven Church by Rick Warren
Spirited Leadership: Empowering People to Do What Matters by Thomas Bandy
Learning to Lead, 4th Edition by Warren Bennis
The Almost Church Revitalized by Michael Durall
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Ronald Heifitz et. al.
A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix by Edwin H. Friedman
Serving with Grace: Lay Leadership as a Spiritual Practice by Rev. Erik Walter Wikstrom
Additional Resouces
Webinars:
Lay Leadership as a Spiritual Practice with Rev. Erik Walter Wikstrom
What, Me Lead? with Rev. Renee Ruchotzke
From Nominating Committees to Leadership Development Teams with Rev. Renee Ruchotzke
Online UU Resources
Leadership Development in the Large Congregation by the Rev. Stefan Jonasson
In-House Lay Leadership Program For Unitarian Universalist Congregations By Jeanne Crane (A Six-Session Program)
Leadership Starts with Ownership Interconnections article by Don Skinner on Leadership Development committees
Harvest the Power: Developing Lay Leadership Tapestry of Faith Curriculum
Non-UUA Resources
Working with Emerging Leaders from the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University (non-profit management and good practices)
The Alban Institute They offer books and webinars for church leaders.