Meeting the Challenge Transforming Leadership

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Ministry Leadership Center  Mission: grounded in the Catholic identity and tradition of its sponsors, forms leaders to sustain and deepen the ministry of healing  Vision: to form a community of leaders who articulate and integrate a Catholic understanding of the ministry of healing

Ministry Leadership Center: Values Collaboration To foster active cooperation between and among our sponsoring systems, as well as other partners. Theological Depth To ground our work in gospel values and the Church’s core teachings. Relevance To creatively link our work to the lived experience of the participants and to achieve our goals in a spirit of simplicity.

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Transforming Leadership  Transformation - A noun or a verb? – Leaders in pursuit of deeper personal and professional understanding Or – Leaders as a transformative presence in the organization and culture at large

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Transforming Leadership  Transformation - both verb and noun – Leaders actively receptive to personal formation – Leaders who understand formation provides the organization an enhanced strategic advantage

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Transforming Leadership  Why Now?  We Need a New Cadre of Culture-bearers  Leadership Formation is Essential

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge  The realities: – Fewer religious sisters – Depersonalized patient care – Changing societal values – Reduced government funding – Market forces – Etc.

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER  We are motivated by a sense of urgency springing from a deeper concern  Rooted in our Work’s Founding Event Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge  Leadership formation is the sine qua non to organizational integrity & survival of Catholic health care

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER  Assumptions/Key Elements for Effective Leadership Formation – Participants – Process & Content – Expected Outcomes Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge  Participant Assumptions – Experienced Professionals – Modified Formation Model – Diversity Among Participants – Variety in Learning modalities – Distinct Cultures of Participating Organizations

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge  Process & Content Assumptions – Leadership Development -- Leadership Formation: Not the Same; Yet Partners – Relevance – Links Content to Lived Experience & Seeks Working Knowledge and Skills

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Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge  Process & Content Assumptions – Working Knowledge Flows into Leadership Situations in Different Ways:  Application  Theory  Interiority  Transcendence

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge  Process & Content Assumptions – The Fruits of Leadership Formation  Direct Applicability  Deeper Rationale  Critical Focus  Self-Understanding  Inspiration

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER  Process & Content Assumptions – The Catholic tradition is progressive  We look to the past not as “a mere remembrance of the past,” but a call “to develop for the future an original new and constructive mode of thinking” John Paul II Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER VOCATION

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge  Process & Content Assumptions – Creative – Communal – Cumulative

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge  Expected Outcomes – Verified thru Critical Measurement and Analysis – Demonstrated in Emerging Leadership Profile – Sustainable Value Creation

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge  The Identity of Leaders in Catholic Health Care “As leaders in Catholic Health Care, we understand ourselves as called to this work in the context of a ministerial tradition that ultimately takes its inspiration and direction from the healing mission of Jesus. As part of this tradition, we are committed personally and professionally to the spiritually grounded values that guide our efforts to respond to human suffering.”  The Work of Leaders in Catholic Health Care “ As leaders in Catholic Health Care, we work to integrate core values into organizational structures, policies, and behaviors; to link discernment to strategic decision making, innovation, and team composition; to incorporate the Catholic Social Tradition into organizational life and mission; to develop and insure accountability for ethical policies, practices, and behaviors in our clinical settings; to develop and insure accountability for ethical policies, practices, and behaviors in our organizational relationships; to bring the benefits of healthcare to the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society; to respect and attend to the whole person of patients, physicians, associates, and volunteers; and to work collaboratively with Church authorities and agencies.”

Catholic health care’s founding sisters believed the divine spirit animated life and called out to those who could hear to cooperate in bringing about a better world. They heard the call and had been taught to hear it again and again through a systematic formation process. Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge

MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CENTER The Hopi Elders Speak: “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for… The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather Yourselves….” Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge