{"id":957,"date":"2019-05-15T22:50:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T22:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/governancesolutions.wordpress.com\/?p=957"},"modified":"2022-05-13T00:06:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:06:00","slug":"tls-53-leadership-and-convergence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunesishq.com\/notes\/tls-53-leadership-and-convergence\/","title":{"rendered":"TLS 53: Leadership and Convergence 01"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0 0 .0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'COCOMAT UltraLight'; color: #0070c0;\">LEADERSHIP &amp; THE ROAD TO CONVERGENCE<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">Last<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">week, we discussed transformation as it pertains to leadership. From our discussion we realized that when we say transformation leadership, we are referring to a change process which is not linear but a change in form, state, fashion, shape, appearance or figure. This type of leadership does not simply meet a caterpillar and influence that caterpillar to be a smarter, better, faster, bigger or influential caterpillar. No, rather the influence of such leadership brings about a change in state, form etc.\u2014a transformation from caterpillar to butterfly, a maggot to a beetle, a mere living soul to a life giving spirit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">But how do leaders get to this stage where their leadership yields tangible results in a transformational way?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0 0 .0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'COCOMAT UltraLight'; color: #0070c0;\">THE MAKING OF A LEADER<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">In preceding weeks, we have discussed much of this when we discussed the principles requisite for fulfilling vision. What we have not discussed however is an essential component described as emergence and convergence by leadership expert Robert Clinton in his seminal book, \u201cThe Making of a Leader, Second Edition: Recognizing the Lessons and Stages of Leadership Development\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">For six years he had been researching and teaching the answers to specific\u00a0 questions on leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary&#8217;s School of World Mission in Pasadena, California. The questions which have culminated in the aforementioned books are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">What does it take to become the leader God wants you to be? <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">What are the processes, the cost, and the result?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">The unique thing about the approach used by this academic is the focus on \u201cbiblical insights into the patterns and processes God uses to develop a leader \u2026 Those who study patterns and processes, and use insights from them in life and ministry, will be better prepared leaders. My students and I have studied hundreds of lives from three categories of leaders: historic, biblical, and contemporary. As we&#8217;ve compared findings from these studies, we&#8217;ve gained insights that are transferable to other leaders&#8217; lives, including our own\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">From the above, Dr. Clinton has come up with a system to help \u201cidentify, label, define, and suggest ways to use these insights in the process of selection and training of leaders\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0 0 .0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'COCOMAT UltraLight'; color: #0070c0;\">WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">\u201cLeadership is a dynamic process in which a man or woman with God-given capacity influences a specific group of God&#8217;s people toward His purposes for the group.&#8217; This is contrary to the popular notion that a leader must have a formal position, a formal title, or formal training. Many who are called to lead in church or parachurch organizations may not have formal titles such as pastor or director. They may be Sunday school teachers, small group leaders, or lay people functioning in any number of other leadership capacities. To be considered a leader, one does not require a professional position nor need to be a \u201cfull-time Christian worker\u201d\u201d\u2014Robert Clinton \u201c<em>The Making of a Leader, Second Edition: Recognizing the Lessons and Stages of Leadership Development\u201d<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">Initially Dr. \u00a0Clinton\u2019s research focused on professional Christian leaders, \u201cthat is, leaders who are paid to lead-full-time pastors, evangelists, missionaries, and nationals who direct mission organizations, lead denominations, establish Bible schools, and teach in seminaries\u201d but later extended it to leaders without a formal position, a formal title, or formal training. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">The patterns and processes he unearthed for development for professional leaders were applicable to nonprofessional leaders.<\/span><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Montserrat;\">[1]<\/span><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">Now, what is leadership development? According to Robert Clinton, \u201cDevelopment includes all of life&#8217;s processes, not just formal training. Leaders are shaped by deliberate training and by experience\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0 0 .0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'COCOMAT UltraLight'; color: #0070c0;\">LEADERSHIP TRAINING VERSUS LEADERSHIP EMERGENCE<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">The work of Dr. Clinton also encapsulates Leadership emergence as well as Leadership training. They are not the same thing. The latter is a subset of the former. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">\u201cLeadership training refers to a narrow part of the overall process, focusing primarily on learning skills. Leadership emergence includes this but much more. Hence \u201cLeadership emergence, is a much broader term than leadership training\u201d\u2014Robert Clinton. \u201c<em>The Making of a Leader, Second Edition: Recognizing the Lessons and Stages of Leadership Development<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; margin: 0 0 .0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'COCOMAT UltraLight'; color: #0070c0;\">SUMMARY<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">The entire work of Dr. Robert (Bobby)\u00a0 J. Clinton is crystalized into the following diagram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/governancesolutions.wordpress.com\/2019\/05\/15\/tls-53-leadership-and-convergence\/picture1-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-961\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-961\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.sunesishq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/picture1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunesishq.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/picture1-2.png 937w, https:\/\/sunesishq.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/picture1-2-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/sunesishq.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/picture1-2-768x125.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">All the phases culminate in Convergence. Convergence takes place in a leader\u2019s life when giftedness, role, and influence come into alignment with experience, personality, formation, opportunity, and destiny.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\"><sup><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Montserrat;\">[2]<\/span><\/sup><\/a> \u201c[C]onvergence in a leader\u2019s life occurs when key factors meet (converge) at a point in time to produce a synergistic effect that moves the leader\u2019s level of ministry effectiveness to a new and more fruitful level. It typically occurs when a leader\u2019s giftedness (natural abilities, acquired skills, and spiritual gifts) matches a role that is assigned or created which allows for maximum capacity of effectiveness and fruitfulness. The central task for moving an individual toward convergence is providing the kinds of reflective experiences that will move them toward sharper focus and maximum effectiveness \u2013 toward releasing what is good to embrace what is best\u201d.<\/span><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Montserrat;\">[3]<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">In subsequent weeks, we will deconstruct the above and study the patterns and processes that make leaders. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div id=\"ftn1\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0 0 .0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><span style=\"vertical-align: super;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Montserrat Light';\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Montserrat Light';\">[1]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Montserrat Light';\"> As per Robert Clinton, \u201cThese nonprofessional leaders work as volunteers in local churches or small organizations. They usually have not received any formal training in Christian leadership\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0 0 .0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\"><span style=\"vertical-align: super;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">[2]<\/span><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: 'Montserrat Light';\">Clinton, Dr. J. Robert. Leadership Emergence Theory. (Altadena, California: Barnabas Resources, 1989), 381.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn3\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 .0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\"><span style=\"vertical-align: super;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">[3]<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-family: 'Montserrat Light';\">Flynn, James T. Theological Reflection as a Catalyst for Leadership Convergence Through the D.Min. Dissertation, The Journal of Christian Ministry 2011 vol: No 3 (2011): Multiculturalism and Doctor of Ministry Education<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEADERSHIP &amp; THE ROAD TO CONVERGENCE Last week, we discussed transformation as it pertains to leadership. 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