Clear Views for Pastors, Educators and Community Development Leaders

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DCEO Leadership for Pastors Conference 5 June 2014

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John R. Dallas, Jr. Chief Alignment Officer

Hillview Partners Network

Alignment Strategists

Consultants | Coaches | Speakers Copyright © 2005-2014 Hillview Partners Network LLC | [email protected]

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“The Law of Connection” —John Maxwell, Bestselling Author and Coach

Speakers, teachers, entrepreneurs and other leaders are wise to use best-effort words to connect with individuals in personal ways — before engaging in other discussion. By genuinely forging personal connection, higher levels of engagement are achieved.

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Let’s give it a try . . .

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Was young . . . Now young enough . . .

Pittsburgh, New York, Alexandria, Virginia, and now Chicago (Where next?) StrengthsFinder 2.0: Activator, Futuristic, Input, Strategic, Achiever Meyers-Briggs: E. N. T. J. (Extraversion, iNtuition, Thinking, Judgment) Founded and co-founded pioneering companies at ages 19, 24, 36, 47 and 55 Speaker, Panelist and Mentor for TFA, Founder Institute, Chambers etc.

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Since 2005 leading Hillview, a network of independent subject matter experts in fields for strategic alignment

Since 1974 President of five prior technology-based B2B and B2C nationwide service companies:

Chicago Title Credit Services, Inc., Chicago Consumer and commercial credit data services

CreditComm Services LLC, Fairfax, Virginia (D.C. area) Consumer credit data services and marketing

Market Access Resources Corp., New York Consumer credit data services and marketing

Group Concepts Capital Corp., New York Consumer credit data services and marketing

ETX Corporation, New York Electronic publishing and editorial services

Volunteer leadership in small business economic development, education, arts, and faith communities

Duquesne University and Columbia University, majored in journalism and mass communications

Founder and Chief Alignment Officer (CAO) Hillview Partners Network LLC Ordained for Life in Presbyterian Church USA Elder and Deacon

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In the business of reversing risk associated with misalignment. Consultants Coaches Speakers

Perspective toward True-North Strategic Alignment™ for People, Money, Technology and Other Mission-Critical Resources

Person-Plan Alignment Seller-Buyer Alignment Work-Home Alignment


Crowning Achievement for Leaders of Faith Communities

Lexicological equivalents appear 500+ times in Old Testament and 200+ times in New Testament.


Getting Right with God and His World is Aligned Being Right with God and His World is Aligned Staying Right with God and His World is Aligned Righteousness = Aligned with God (i.e., right with) Self-Righteousness = Aligned with Yourself (or more unaligned with God than with oneself)

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—The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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1. Lead people

2. Manage things

3. Align people and things

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Today we’re talking about much more than any exercise in linguistics. We are revealing and applying pivotal leadership logic. Align these thoughts with your mind and heart.


In almost all situations, CHOOSE to . . .


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Should We Return CHRIST to Christian?

Christian is a softer sounding word for religion.

CHRIST . i . an is a respectful term for His name.

CHRISTian teachings must remain central to all Christian religions.

A Christian follows a religion’s ways to reach God.

A CHRISTian ALSO follows Christ’s teachings.

A Christian is also a CHRISTian when she or he is aligned with (i.e., “right with”) God’s will.

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Call to Action for

All Leaders

A single word’s

value to others

and you is

influenced by

your depth of

definition,

breadth of

description, and

scope of view for

the word’s

desired impact. “Grown-up words”

for adult-minded

leaders of all ages.

Acronym Acumen Alignment Appreciation Ascendancy Aspiration Assertiveness Authenticity Civility Clarity Collaboration Commitment Confluence Courage Crucible Delineate Dignity Diligence Diversity Edification Emergence Empathy Engagement Esteem Imperative Influence

Innovation Inquisitiveness Intentionality Mentor Mission Momentum Passion Patience Peace Perspective Persuasiveness Pride Randomness Reach Rejuvenation Resistance Respect Response Restoration Result Success Team Trial Trust Vision Wisdom

Weekend Readings

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Choosing to Focus from Higher Ground


Offering Views instead of Opinions


“Lifting your mind’s eye into the hills takes you out of the ‘close-up’ and deep into the ‘wider shot’ you simply could not see from keeping your head below. You’ll see where you’ve been, where you are, and where you can be through clear-sighted leadership. You’ll know which direction will take you and others the distance. Scale each hill expecting to eventually see the next hill you will climb. From perspective of higher ground, you will grow stronger, become more engaged, and increase your overall performance. from hill-to-hill keeps your thoughts focused.” —JRDjr

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Framing Life’s Wider-Lens Shot


The View from “a Hill” that Inspired Naming Hillview Just-Right Hill-Height | A Vantage Point to Your Advantage

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First Urban View What’s your view of this scene?


Hills Influence Our Perspective

The hill far away with the old rugged cross . . .

The hills are alive with the sound of music . . .

Jack and Jill climbed up a hill to fetch a . . .

Hill Street Blues

King of the Hill

Behind every hill there’s a . . . (Beep-Beep!)

Hills and valleys . . .

Capitol Hill

Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, ______________ Hill . . .


Pittsburgh views pointed toward this world view . . .

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What’s your view of this scene?

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Northern Virginia, Across Potomac from Washington, D.C.

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View in Orange, California Eight Pivotal Months

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Pittsburgh and Chicago share many views . . .

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Viewing curvature of Earth from 57,000 feet; the rim of outer space (travelling at Mach 2).

Lasting impact and value of unexpected views…



Continuing to set the stage for YOU . . .

26 Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts What’s your view of this scene?


What’s your view of . . .

“In-and-Out” Engagement with Thinking, Listening, Reading etc.

We are

“In”

We are

“Out” 30


Strategically Aligned?

Prospective Buyers

Schools,

Colleges &

Universities

The Media

Buyer

Regulatory

Authorities

Federal YOU

Work-Life

Economic Reality Boards

Committees

Strategic

Alliances Politics

WHO?

Past, Current and

Future Employees Social Media

Competition

Networking

Public

Quality Control &

Best Practices

Family

Life!

Credit

Q&R

Ad Agencies

IT/MIS

V

E

N

D

O

R

S

Associations &

Foundations

Teams

Diversity

IRS

Law

Global Needs

& Realities

E-Commerce

PR Seller

HR

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Cultural Norms

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Listen More Hearingly

Listen with a Third Ear

Listen to Your Inner Voice

Listen for God’s Whispers

Listen for Each Choice You Make 32


O O+ or O- to note moments you were Out Listening (+ or -)*

1 Numeral “1” for counting first-time-heard items

P Pivots as you turn toward new views — Aha! moments

Q Questions you will commit to pursue more information

T Takeaways you will commit to do/use/apply etc. Today

B Bringbacks you will commit to bringing back to others A.S.A.P.

I Insight about YOURSELF and your engagement in-the-moment

* O+ when “out” thinking about applying something just heard

O- when “out” thinking about an unrelated matter (e.g., hunger, etc.)

Enjoy marking in the margins of your handwritten or keyboarded notes . . .



The task of leadership is

to create an alignment of

strengths, making our

weaknesses irrelevant. ― Peter Drucker

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Person-Plan

Alignment

Seller-Buyer

Alignment

Work-Home

Alignment

Learning Value Reward Significance Earning Satisfaction

Master Keys to Unlock Doors to Success for Leaders


Church-World

Alignment

Pastor-Member

Alignment

Humankind-God

Alignment

Learning Value Reward Forgiveness Yearning Salvation

Master Keys to Unlock Doors to Success for Believers


Aligned (Creates

Alignment)

Misaligned (Destroys

Alignment)

1 2 3 5 6 4

Unaligned

(Passive State) Passive-Aggressive?

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“Dr. No!”

“St.Yes!” “Windy” (i.e., goes where the wind blows)

Your Aligned Enterprise

You? “Upside-down...”

“Lying down on the job…”

EXERCISE: Imagine where four specific people might fit on this scale:

1. Yourself 2. Your immediate supervisor 3. A peer 4. Someone who reports to you



A word to remind us to think deeper about the ways we are thinking about our thoughts and so forth and so on . . .


IBM’s Famous Word No. 1:

Key Word for Scholarship of Followership


Wired to persist or wired to resist? Do you push-back more than you pull-forward? Wired to accept or wired to reject? Do you find more strength in rejecting than accepting? Wired to reflect or wired to jump to conclusions? Do you need strong opinions instead of want views? Wired to work hard or wired to pretend to be working? Do you lie to yourself about your daily productivity? Wired to be a victor or wired to remain a victim? Do you find upside-down safety in remaining a victim?

How are You Wired? Is it Time to Pray for Re-wiring? Questions for Individuals , Communities and Churches . . .


Y.E.S. = Your Engagement Supports

Breakthrough to new views with the word . . .

Questions and Responses


Not all responses can be answers, so let’s aim for best-effort responses.

Remove Q&A from agendas for meetings and replace with Q&R. Explain always!

Alignment with God


Sir Winston Churchill’s Three Key Words for All Leaders:

Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication (A.C.T.S.)

By World-Renowned Portrait Artist John Howard Sanden Now on Display in Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City


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