Focus 3 Leadership DevelopmentEmerging Phase Leaders

Training

Logistics and Curriculum Overview

Where Are We Going?…• Purpose…

– To discuss curriculum and logistical considerations relevant to the emerging phase of the Focus 3 Leadership Development Alberta

• Objectives…– To consider leadership developmental issues for

the emerging phase.– To provide an overview of the emerging phase

curriculum.– To discuss logistics related to local church

implementation.

Agenda

• Introductions & expectations

• Considerations for developing EM leaders

• Learning from those who have finished well

• General processes for EM curriculum

• EM phase curricular overview

• Logistical considerations

A Christian leader…

…is a person with a God-given capacity and responsibility

who is influencing a specific group of people toward God’s purposes

for the group.

J. Robert Clinton

Christian leadership development…

…invites us to pay attention

to that which God desires to do uniquely in and through persons in the service of leadership…

Eph 2:10.

A Leadership Center…A Leadership Center…Seeks to foster a life-long approach to the identification and development of Christian leaders, through networking local churches with leadership educational resources, in order to empower men and women committed to God’s redemptive purposes through the service of leadership…Hebrews 13:7-8.

Focus 3 Leadership Development

…was established by the Alberta Association, in order to

provide intentional and purposive leadership development for the churches

of the Alberta Association.

• Shepherds or Strangers…– John 10:1-5

• Particularization of Persons…– Will slow down the RPM

• Unleashing of Movements…– Ephesians 2:10

• Experience a paradigm shift…– Move from leading to developing leaders

• Utilizing a relational methodology…– Invitation to mentor and be mentored.

• Clearing or appreciating the land…– What we need is already here.

• Igniting a fuse…– Things may change in unexpected places.

Learning From Those Who Finished Well…

7 Lessons…

• They maintained a learning posture throughout life.

• They valued spiritual authority as a primary power base of leadership.

• They recognized leadership selection and development as priority functions

• They developed a dynamic and focused way of exercising their leadership.

• They grew in awareness of a personal sense of destiny.

• They perceived ministry in terms of a life-time perspective.

• They prioritized mentoring relationships for themselves and others.

6 Barriers…

• Financial impropriety…

• Inordinate pride…

• Abuse of power…

• Sexual issues…

• Family issues…

• Plateaued development…

General Processes for Emerging Phase Curriculum…

Instructional Sessions…

• Focuses on character formation

• Dual purposes of teaching and processing

• Cognitive, affective and behavioral domains

• Prep time of up two hours

• Allows for contextual adaptation

• Leader version, student wrkbk, power-point

• Weekly, formal, eight to ten weeks

Mentoring Relationships…

• Allows space for processing and integration

• Focuses on themes of particular stage

• Coordinated by Mentor coordinator

• Bottom-up recruitment of mentors

• Initial and in-service mentoring training

• Frequency of every other week

• Stay tuned for T3

Ministry Experiences…

• Dual purposes of motivation and education

• Cementing through community learning

• Synchronized with themes of stage

• Participate in God’s mission, motivation…

• Value clarification, discovery of calling…

• Development of skills, clarify direction…

• Two together…two apart…

Team Building Events…

• Integration of uniqueness and community

• Discovery of team effectiveness

• Discovery of Body parts

• Provide epic markers

• Expose strengths and weaknesses

• Cannot do it alone…I need another

• Two together…two apart

Working Together & Apart…

• Affirm and recognize a work of God

• Fosters synergy among Alberta churches

• A means to swap stories

• Development of people resources

• Seize unique “aha” moments

• Via experience & team building events

• Via Kick-Off & Graduation

Emerging Phase Curricular Overview…

Focus 3 Emerging Phase FrameworkFocus 3 Emerging Phase Framework

‘Party Time”

High Adventure

Graduation*

June 28th

Team Work

Project

Spiritual

Formation

Retreat*

Team Building

Leadership

Assessment

Workshop*

Spiritual

Mentoring

Seminar*

Leadership

Tour

Mission

PlungeExperiences

Contemporary

Model

Mentoring

Spiritual

Mentoring

Spiritual

Mentoring

Disciple

MentoringMentoring

Stage 4

Functional

Foundations

of

Leadership

May – June

Stage 3

Relational

Foundations

of

Leadership

Feb – April

Stage 2

Personal

Foundations

of

Leadership

Dec – Feb

Stage 1

Biblical

Foundations

of

Leadership

Sept – Nov

Instruction

Stage 1: Biblical Foundations of Leadership

• Mid Sept – Mid Nov …(up to 10 weeks)

• Instructional Sessions…

• Mentoring…disciple mentoring

• Experience…mission plunge

• Team Building…spiritual formation retreat*

• Resources…– Leadership Bible, Journal, Workbook

Stage 2: Personal Foundations of Leadership

• Late Nov – Feb …(10 weeks)• Instructional Sessions…• Mentoring…spiritual mentoring• Experience…leadership tour• Team Building…’Party Time’• Resources…

– Starting Well, Journal, Workbook– The Making of a Leader

Stage 3: Relational Foundations of Leadership…

• Feb – April …(10 weeks)• Instructional Sessions…• Mentoring…spiritual mentoring• Experience…spiritual mentoring seminar*• Team Building…team work project• Resources…

– Connecting, Journal, Workbook– Spiritual Mentoring

Stage 4: Functional Foundations of Leadership…

• May – June…(8 weeks)

• Instructional Sessions…

• Mentoring…contemporary model

• Experience…leadership assessment wksp*

• Team Building…High Adventure Camp*

• Resources…– Leadership Challenge, Journal, Workbook

Logistical Considerations…

Logistical Considerations…

• Clarification of Roles…

• Emerging Phase Time-Line…

• Creating Ownership…

• Anticipating Change…

• Recruit a Local Church Team…(14-16)

• Recruit Emerging Leaders…(17-21)

• Type, Size, and Time…

More Logistical Considerations…

• Training Considerations…

• Material Considerations…

• Promotion and Communication…

• Funding Considerations…

• Instructional Session Format…

• Kick-Off and Graduation…

• Feedback and Evaluation…