Description
Book SynopsisA Leadership Network Publication With this much-needed handbook, the authors brilliantly combine their experience guiding dozens of churches through the change process with both the study of Christian disciplines and the sophisticated understanding of such important business thinkers as John Kotter on leading change and Peter Senge on learning organizations. In this eminently readable book the authors have distilled their insights and practices into simple but powerful concepts for leading congregations, whether long established or recently formed, through profound change.
Leaders using this guide will also be interested in the companion Leading Congregational Change Workbook, which offers assessment questions, planning worksheets, activities, and case examples for each stage of the process.
Table of ContentsAbout This Workbook xi
Part 1 Vitality and Leadership Disciplines 1
1 Spiritual and Relational Vitality: The Driving Force of Transformational Change 3
2 Discipline One: Generating and Sustaining Creative Tension 8
3 Discipline Two: Harnessing the Power of Mental Models 12
4 Discipline Three: Enabling Team Learning 16
5 Discipline Four: Practicing Systems Thinking 21
Part 2 The Eight-Stage Change Process 27
6 Stage 1: Making Personal Preparation 29
7 Stage 2: Creating Urgency 34
8 Stage 3: Establishing the Vision Community 38
9 Stage 4: Discerning the Vision and Determining the Visionpath 44
10 Stage 5: Communicating the Vision 50
11 Stage 6: Empowering Change Leaders 55
12 Stage 7: Implementing the Vision 61
13 Stage 8: Reinforcing Momentum Through Alignment 67
Resource A Resource Organizations 74
Resource B An Annotated Bibliography of Useful Publications 78
Resource C Questionnaires, Inventories, and Other Data-Gathering Resources 81
Resource D Congregational Bodylife Model 95
Resource E Congregational Self-Assessment 98
References 103
The Authors 104
About Leadership Network 107
