Fast Forwarding Your Leadership
Fast Forwarding Your LeadershipProviding Leadership in the midst
Cultural Pluralism and a Widening Generation Gap
Dr. Steve R. ParrTwo Challenges Testing UsGrowing Cultural
Pluralism: An increasing diversity of opinions, attitudes, and
cultures that stand in contrast to the assimilation (melting pot)
of former generations.What is happening?How is this affecting your
work?Two Challenges Testing UsGrowing Generational Gap: A distinct
set of mental models that separate older adults from younger
adults.What is causing this?How is this affecting your work?Three
Resources that Address from all SidesSystems-Sensitive Leadership
by Michael C. Armour and Don Browning.Liquid Leadership by Brad
Szollose.Our Iceberg is Melting by John Kotter.What do you
recommend?From Liquid LeadershipQuality is not job one anymore;
amazing is. Produce amazing results to get people to fall in love
with your [church].Mark 2:12b- everyone present was amazed and
glorified God saying, we never saw anything like this.Touching All
SidesPUT PEOPLE FIRST.Be cautious not to allow administrative
gifts, introversion, task orientation, or disappointments to get in
the way of this priority.
Ideas?
Touching All Sides2. PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT IS SAFE TO
TELL THE TRUTH.Consider how this connects with the first point.
Good to Great? Brutal Honesty.
Cool down your defense mechanism.
Ideas?
Touching All Sides3. NURTURE A CREATIVE CULTURETeams are
critical to generate ideas and to automate buy-in.
Make ideas the ideas of a group/team.
Ideas?
Touching All Sides4. SEEK TO DIVERSIFY LEADERSHIP ON TEAMS.It is
more critical than ever to aim for ethnic and generational
involvement in leadership and on teams.
Alternative: If not through teams, then through surveys.
Ideas?
Touching All Sides5. LEAD BY EXAMPLE
YOU must set the tone. YOU must lead the way.
Followers rarely exceed the level of commitment of the
leader.
Ideas?
Touching All Sides6. TAKE RESPONSIBILITYDo not wait on someone
else to tackle this issue.
What is one change you can make immediately to begin addressing
this challenge?
Ideas?
Touching All Sides7. YOU MUST GROWThe man who does not read good
books has no advantage over the man who cannot read. -M.TwainWhat
are the two rails of Leadership?
You forfeit your right to lead at the point you fail to
grow.
Ideas?
Summing UpYour personal leadership must develop in order to
maintain and grow in your influence in a rapidly changing community
and church culture. You are the one who can make it happen!
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