DEMD Seminar C Final PPT Handouts

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Learning

Seminar CWaytolead.org

Getting Connected

•One thing that made you smile / laugh today?

•What are your hopes for this Learning Seminar?

Session 1:

Learning Together

Question

Thinking

Judger Mindset Learner Mindset

Reactive & automatic Responsive & thoughtful

Critical Appreciative

More close-minded More open-minded

Having the answers Values not knowing

Own point of view only Takes multiple

perspectives

Blame oriented Responsibility oriented

Problem focused Solution focused

Defends assumptions Questions assumptions

Primary mood:

Protective/fearful

Primary mood: curious

Cohort Stories

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Session 2: Broadening Perspective

Start on the

balcony.

1 Values from scripture

2

Congregational

themes

3

Neighborhood

themes

5 Lead metrics4 Draft values


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Congregational

Themes

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2

Congregational

themes

3

Neighborhood

themes

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4 Draft values

Loyalty

Service

Commitment

Authority

Generosity

Innovation

Fun

1. May be a value and definitely not a value.

2. Divide the “May be a value” pile into a

yes pile and a no pile.

3. Prioritize the “Probably a value” pile.

Select the top three to five as values.


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Congregational

themes

3

Neighborhood

themes

4 Draft values


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Congregational

themes

3

Neighborhood

themes


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Let’s count what means the most.

LAG vs

LEAD METRICS

A lag measure is something that has

already happened by the time you get the

data. By this point there is nothing you

can do to change the outcome.

Lead measures are the indicators that

leaders strategically set with the

potential for changing the lag metric.

Do our current metrics express

our values?

What gives your

congregation meaning?

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For example, if the value is “family,” metrics might be:

• How many families from the neighborhood are engaged in a relational ministry?

• How much time do families spend together doing faith practices every month?

• How many families welcome visitors into their home each week?

• How long does it take for a new family to be invited into leadership?

Share your metrics.


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Congregational

themes

3

Neighborhood

themes


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Liminal Space

The word “liminal” comes from the Latin word limens, which means, "threshold."

“… It is when you have left the tried and true, but have not yet been able to replace it with anything else.”

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Examples of ordinary moments that provide Liminal Space:

• The birth of a child

• A divorce

• A chronic or terminal illness

• A move to a new place, a new job

• The summer before college

• Going on pilgrimage

• Congregations in transition

Name your own liminal moments

Adaptive leadership is an invitation into liminal space.

The Tune In Process has been an invitation into this liminal space.

How does this resonate with you?

Session 3:

Adaptive Leadership

Today:

1. Diagnosing the system

2. Mobilizing the system

3. Seeing how you,

yourself, are part of the

system

How do we move from here to there?

Start on the

balcony.

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First a little truth telling:

Your congregation is

producing its current

results because the

people in the system

want it that way.

Manage the heat

LEAD has seen three unhelpful ways leaders

manage the heat: (This is what NOT to do.)1. Leaders dig in their heels and keep the heat high,

regardless of the pain in the system. These

leaders will always have to leave because the

system is stronger than any handful of leaders.

2. Leaders who lack confidence to turn up the heat

yet have a growing frustration with the status

quo. This always results in scapegoating, blaming

others.

3. Leaders creating an US vs THEM posture,

blaming others for the way things are without

recognizing their part in the system.

The adaptive leadership process

Observe

Intervene

InterpretProcess of

diagnosing

The Illusion of the

Broken System

Remember there is a

working system.

There is no such thing as

a dysfunctional system

because the system is

perfectly designed to get

the results it is getting.

Observe

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Resistance to change

stems from a fear of

losing something

important. Identifying the

losses is not easy. These

are some losses that

might happen:

Observe

_ Identity

_ Competence

_ Comfort

_ Security

_ Reputation

_ Time

_ Money

_ Power

_ Control

_ Status

_ Resources

_ Independence

_ Righteousness _

Job _ Life

Observe

Observe Actor (real listening)

Vs

Observer (best hunch)

ObserveNisbett discovered that

there is a huge difference

between being an observer

by observing someone and

being an observer by

personally engaging with

someone.

Observe Our stereotypes and biases

will ALWAYS get in the way.

If we act out of relationship,

our capacity to observe

accurately increases

exponentially.

Go back to

the balcony.

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Observe

Intervene

InterpretProcess of

diagnosing

Name the

elephant!

Can you see

some of the

political

norms in your

congregation?

What are you

noticing?

Interpret

Best Practices

1. You invite others to the balcony to interpret with you.

2. Include voices of dissent to the balcony – avoid the echo

chamber!

3. Include diversity – add new DNA to become stronger.

4. Acknowledge loyalties and hidden alliances.

5. Name the loss or perceived loss or fear of loss.

6. Design and audition ideas.

Interpret The adaptive leadership process

Observe

Intervene

InterpretProcess of

diagnosing

Best Practices:• An experiment taken to improve

the situation

• Consider multiple options before

trying one

• Be ready to move into observe

(or learner)

InterveneRegulate the heat

Do you need to turn up the heat?

Listen to and engage voices of dissent

They are your “warning signs.”

Give the work back

One person (leader) doesn’t make the decision &

therefore also take the fall for a bad decision –

trust the people to do their jobs & make good

decisions.

Visit the balcony -over and over!

Intervene

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Problem:

a broad area

of concern

Issues:

a solution, or

more often,

a partial solution

to the problem

Intervene

Problem: Hungry

children

Issues:Are expansive,

contextual,

and exponential

Minimum

wage is

below cost

of living

Weekends

or Summer

mean no

free lunch

Under-

employed

parents &

caregivers

Lack of

available

fresh fruit

& veggies

Intervene

Shrink the Change

Shrink the Change:

Break it down so you don’t

spook the elephant

Intervene

Shrink the Change

Brainstorm experiments

that fit inside the frame we

made last night.

Intervene

Shrink the Change

Brainstorm experiments that

fit inside the value and metric

frame we made last night.

Intervene


Observe

Intervene

Interpret

Problem vs Issue

Name the

elephant

Go to the

balcony

Focus on

your

values

and

purpose

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Tune In Steps

8-10

Session 4:

How do you know you are facing an

adaptive challenge?

When technical solutions that have

worked in the past are no longer

working.

A definition of the Practice of

Adaptive Leadership is:

• figuring out what to conserve from past

practices

• figuring out what to discard from past

practices

• inventing new ways that build from the best

of the past


Observe

Intervene

InterpretProcess of

diagnosing

Form New Groups.

Count off 1, 2, 3, 4

Each group goes to a corner.

Each group gets a copy of a case study

so that there are 2 groups working on

each case study.

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Dry Bones Coffee House

Camp Hope and Beyond


Observe

Intervene

InterpretProcess of

diagnosing

Any reflections

that apply to your

congregation?

Lunch

BreakSession 5: Working Your Case Study

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At

your

church!


Observe

Intervene

InterpretProcess of

diagnosing

Write your own Case Study

1. Identify the Focus

2. Conduct Diagnosis

A. Facts (Rider) and Hunches (Elephant)

B. Opportunities/Challenges

C. Top 3 Challenges

3. A. Partners suggest experiment(s)

B. Congregation select experiment(s)








C. Top 3 Challenges






C. Top 3 Challenges


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C. Top 3 Challenges


B. Congregation select experiment(s)

Session 6: Grow Momentum

Problem:

a broad area

of concern

Issues:

a solution or,

more often,

a partial solution

to the problem

InterveneIssue Solving Track (from Traction by Geno Wickman)

1. Identify the real issue• Avoid working on symptoms

• May be information that needs

communication & agreement

• May need feedback, insight or greenlight

2. Discuss to reveal thinking• Opportunity to focus & problem-solve

• Tangent Alert!

Issue Solving Track (from Traction by Geno Wickman)

3. Solve (Pg. 141-143)

• Thou Shalt Not Rule by Consensus

• Thou Shalt Not be a Weenie

• Thou Shalt be Decisive

• Thou Shalt Not Rely on Secondhand

Information

• Thou Shalt Fight for the Greater Good

• Thou Shalt Not Try to Solve Them All

• Thou Shalt Live with it, End it or Change it

• Thou Shalt Choose Short-Term Pain

• Thou Shalt Enter the Danger

• Thou Shalt Take a Shot


Observe

Intervene

InterpretProcess of

diagnosing

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Self Analysis –Walk Yourself to the Balcony!

Observe

• Personal loyalties

• Sensitivities, needs

• Bandwidth

Interpret

• Understand your role

• Identify your scope of authority

• Know your purpose (Call)

Intervene

• Stay connected to your purpose (Call)

• Engage courageously

• Inspire people

Build your Leadership Library

The Practice of Adaptive Leadership

by Heifetz, Grashow, and Linsky

Switch

by Heath and Heath

Traction

by Wickman

Change your Questions, Change Your Life

By Adams

Conversational Intelligence

By Glaser

Making a Plan

By the next time we see you in

February, 2018…

1. Complete neighborhood listening

2. Consider 2-3 potential adaptive

experiments

3. Make a plan for an adaptive

experiment

4. Try at least one adaptive

experiment

From February to August 2018

The Wake Up Process

Identify clear core values

• Core Beliefs

• Core Convictions

• Core Practices

Invest in a clear purpose

Initiate alignment

Email address…. PLEASE!

What does LEAD do best?

What would you tell others about LEAD?

Feedback on overall experience, what would you recommend we continue doing? Stop doing? Start doing?

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What are three things you will take away from this seminar?

Would you recommend this to another congregation? Why or why not?

What can we do to make this a better experience for you?

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