Leading Congregational Change Workbook

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