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THE MAY 9th CONGRUENT LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP IS BEING POSTPONED
Too many of the people we wanted to include in this event are unable to join us on May 9. We will be rescheduling this workshop after consulting with a sampling of you about a better time to do this. May is indeed a difficult time to take a full day given Mothers' Day and graduations.
PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE NEW DATE
P.S. Those who have registered will have their fee refunded unless they tell us to hold it for
the next workshop. Please let us know in an
email to info@leadergycenter.com. Thank you.
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Introducing the Congruent Leadership Workshop
"Leadership
is one of those responsibilities for which society is least equipped to prepare us.
Yet, here you are, a leader."
May 9, 2009 • 8 AM to 5 PM
Southwoods Christian Church, 16110 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66085
Congruence is rooted in the latin word congruere which means to run together.
Who should attend: ministers, pastors, rabbis, deacons, lay-ministers, those who play a leadership role in your church, synagogue or parish. You will be joined by leaders like you from around the Kansas City area.
Congruence is a term we rarely hear, but in truth, it represents a highly performing operating state to which we all aspire - as individuals and teams, as executives and organizations, whether appointed or called. Invest one day in the Congruent Leadership Workshop and you'll learn how to move towards that state of high performance. As a congruent leader, you will contribute to forging a congruent congregation better prepared to fulfill its mission.
- Learn how to assess the qualities and talents that shape leadership
- Learn about the power of correct thinking and self-responsibility
- Learn to understand the role emotion and instinct play in leadership.
- Learn how the metaphor of the pebble and the ripple can help you shape and enhance your performance as a leader.
- Learn how to run together - as an individual with all your faculties working in concert, and as a team with all your members running as one.
While these ideas appear abstract, this workshop makes their application entirely practical. In just eight hours, you'll learn how to employ them in your role as a minister, executive or leader immediately.
Faculty: Ramon G. Corrales, Ph.D., Michael Robinson, Jeffrey J. Meyer, Keith Paglusch, Howie Fleischer. See bios at www.leadergycenter.com
Cost: $100 advance registration, $125 at the door. Payable by check to Leadergy Center or by credit card. Lunch and beverages provided.
Registration and details: Click here to register or call 913-530-2672 (or 913-544-2412). You can also mail your registration check to: IMC/LC, P.O. Box 23623, Overland Park, KS 66283
Endorsements:
"Ramon has something very important to say and he knows how to say it. I strongly recommend you listen." Fred Pryor, Founder, Fred Pryor Seminars
"One will be energized with practical and theoretical strategies, a disciplined patience, an intentional openness, and a resilient hope."
Rev. William Murphy, former pastor, Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church, Overland Park, KS
"This is clearly the next generation paradigm for those who want to take their organizations to the next level of effectiveness."
Edwin Feist, Vice President/General Manager, Abbott Laboratories, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand
"This approach is the most comprehensive I have ever encountered in my years as a leader."
Marrgo Rosato, retired executive, Cap Gemini/Ernst & Young
December 2008/January 2009
As we enter the New Year, we anticipate a number of happenings, whether we do this consciously or implicitly. In leadership circles, we often do this through a ritual called Strategic Planning, which for most organizations encompasses a three to five year period with special focus on the next 12 months. A similar ritual for individuals in a number of cultures is to create New Year's resolutions, an exercise that can last a few minutes, several hours, or even days. Whether we do this explicitly or not, the planning occurs in our minds. Therefore, it bears some reflection because the quality of our thinking, feeling, and intending has a profound impact on the quality of our actions. Those actions trigger interactions and more actions and interactions until, months later, realities come into being with a variety of mixed reviews on our part.
There are many ways of visualizing desired outcomes, whether they are stated as simple resolutions or in terms of full-blown strategic planning sessions. However, I have found that common to the best of them are certain patterns that seem to promote congruent action on our part. Here are a few:
STATED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FORM: It is important to state your goals or resolutions in the "to be" instead of the "not to be" form. For instance:
- "I see my self establishing great rapport with colleagues, supervisors, supervisees, and family members." Vs. "I am not reactive toward my colleagues, supervisors, supervisees, and family members."
- "I am using my time more and more in ways that promote my core purpose." Vs. "I will not be wasting my time on things that take me away from my core purpose."
Comments: The unconscious mind cannot think in a vacuum. So, for example, if you say to a child, "Don't spill the milk," the child will picture milk being spilled and then have to tell himself not to do it. Meanwhile, the imagination is engaged in picturing the spilled milk. That visualization is the attractor and will more likely than not be the focus of our attention. The focus of our attention is the thing that is usually manifested in reality.
EXPRESS YOUR GOALS IN 4-QUADRANT TERMS: Whatever the goal is, articulate it as it would manifest in your Awareness, Behavior, Culture, and Structure. If your goal is to learn how to establish great rapport with the significant people in your work and home life, it will need to address the following areas (four quadrants of life):
- Awareness: Managing my thoughts, feelings, and intentions in ways that promote empathy and rapport building.
- Behavior: Visualize how you would act in a number of situations that, in the past, challenged your ability to maintain rapport.
- Culture: See how your rapport building skills contribute to the shared values, vision, and commitments of your organization or family.
- Structure: Visualize how your ability to connect with people can improve your communication, negotiation, and management skills.
Stay tuned for more of the patterns that promote the successful achievement of goals.
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