This is about the spirituality of leadership.

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“Courage to Lead”
Session 1

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This Session
Connecting with me
Connecting with you
Connecting with the
‘Courage to Lead’ theme
Re-Connecting with Last Years
presentation on Spirituality

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Connecting with me.
 Fr Mick Court – Salesian.

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 Qualifications ...
 My sharing:
– "..Only theology forged in the
crucible of experience is really any
good." (Heyward)
– A bird does not sing because it has
an answer. It sings because it has
a song. (Chinese Proverb)

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Connecting with you.
You come with Different Styles
and Notions of Leadership …
Two Snap Shots of how I
understand some of your truths
–

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“I’m aware that some of you take
your leadership role a bit more
seriously than others …”

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“Believe me, fellow workers, everyone from
the Pharaoh on down is an equally valued
member of the team.”
And operate out of different
models of Leadership …

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From snapshots into a motion
picture!

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Connecting to Others
In groups of 3.
1) 2 or 3 things about yourself
Eg Family .. Interests … etc.
2) A leader who has influenced
you (in history or personally).
3) 2 or 3 things about that leader
that have impacted on you.
Introductions

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Active Listening Process
 5 mins each person - it is their space.
 No sharing of your experience in this time
 Be Attentive, listening and honouring the
other.
 If there is silence – then continue to listen
and honour the person and hold them in a
prayer.

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Powerful Image to guide and
encourage us as we Explore Our Lives
and Hold Others in their Exploration.

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Connecting With
‘Courage to Lead.’
What I will not be doing …
Where the focus of
‘Courage to Lead’ will be ….

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 What? (Where?)
 How? (Style?)
 Why?
Who?
Key Leadership
Questions

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For Example …
I will not be looking
directly at Models of
Leadership – How and
What questions, as such
… although these are
helpful and valid in their
own place …

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ENERGIZE
ENVISION
ENABLE
EMPOWER
4e’s of
Leadership

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This is not about
Leadership Training

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Nor Will I Be Exploring Great
Leaders

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What I will be focusing on …
‘You’ the person who leads

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“Courage to Lead”
 This Conference is focused
on helping you lead. By
helping you name, and
access ‘wells’ of Courage.

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Some of the Wells to be Explored
 Your Spirituality
 Your Vocational Identity
 Your Integrity.
 Your True Self
 Your image of community and your
relationship to that community.

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“But we have no bucket!”
 So as well as helping us to name the
wells of Courage to Lead –
I also hope to share with you some
buckets to access the riches within
your wells 

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Where does Courage to Lead
comes from?
 The Truth within you …
 And the ‘Truth’ beyond ….
 “THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE!”
 Living from an authentic, connected
and undivided life.

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Challenge:
 "No matter how good a
conference/experience is, if you do not
– consolidate,
– revise, review, use, or
– teach the information you have gleaned
 then within 21 days of learning it you
will only remember 5-10% of it!!!!

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My Bias 
 "All knowledge is for action,
 and all action is for loving."

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Comments / Questions

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Activity to Connect with Your
Experience of Leadership
 Exercise:
Rate your experience of
leadership 1-10.
Positive = 10
Negative = 1
 (You choose the criteria to
make this rating … obviously
from quite a few perspectives.)

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Reflection
As Principals - Sources of
 Hope?
 Sorrow?
 Growth?

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Connecting With Last Years
Sharing - Spirituality
Reminder of Major Points.
One Development.
Application to our theme.

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Difficulties with the
topic of Spirituality
Elusiveness of Spirituality
– it is like a wet cake of soap!

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Working Definition
Spirituality is an Answer.
 “Our responses to the
desires within us .. Desires
experienced as both
aching pain and
delicious hope.”

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Student’s Definition
“So it is
what we
do to fill
the gaps!”

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Development:
 Authentic Spirituality is not
a single action but involves
movements that spiral us
deeper and deeper into the
mystery of life.

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SPIRITUALITY
- 4 Cyclic MOVEMENTS
Acting Attending
Interpreting Inquiring

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The Spiritual Moment
The Religious Moment
Attending
Inquiring
Interpreting
(Social Interpretation)
Acting
The Personal
Sphere
The Social
Sphere
Ranson, David. Across the Great Divide Bridging Spirituality and Religion Today. (St. Pauls
Publications, 2002)
Cycle of Spirituality

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Other Disciplines
Expressing the 4 Movements
Ranson &
Lonergan
Gutierrez
Liberation
Theology
YCW -
Cardijn
Groom
&
Melbourne
Guidelines
William
Johnston
Attending Encounter
See Experience
Shared Awareness
Inquiry Experience
Judge
(personally)
Reflection
Deepened Intellect
Interpret-
ation
Reflection
Judge
(communally)
Faith
Expressed
Reasonable
Acting Prolong-
ation
Act Insights re-
enforced
Responsible
“Loving”

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SPIRITUALITY as a 4
STEP DANCE.
Awareness Actions
Questions? Wisdom of
Thinking … traditions

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Connection to this Conference.
 Courage to Lead comes from
connecting to the truth within you
and the truth beyond!
 Healthy spirituality connects you with the
deeper truth of yourself, God and Life.
 I suggest the 4 movements will help by
being signposts for a healthy spirituality!

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“Courage to Lead”
 May this song remind us as
educators of the specific
purpose for this journey.
….. The Children
of the World