{"product_id":"leading-congregational-change-workbook-isbn-9780787948856","title":"Leading Congregational Change Workbook","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Leadership Network Publication\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith this much-needed handbook, the authors brilliantly combine their experience guiding dozens of churches through the change process with both the study of Christian disciplines and the sophisticated understanding of such important business thinkers as John Kotter on leading change and Peter Senge on learning organizations. In this eminently readable book the authors have distilled their insights and practices into simple but powerful concepts for leading congregations, whether long established or recently formed, through profound change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaders using this guide will also be interested in the companion \u003ci\u003eLeading Congregational Change Workbook\u003c\/i\u003e, which offers assessment questions, planning worksheets, activities, and case examples for each stage of the process.\u003c\/p\u003e About This Workbook xi \u003cp\u003ePart 1 Vitality and Leadership Disciplines 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Spiritual and Relational Vitality: The Driving Force of Transformational Change 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Discipline One: Generating and Sustaining Creative Tension 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Discipline Two: Harnessing the Power of Mental Models 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Discipline Three: Enabling Team Learning 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Discipline Four: Practicing Systems Thinking 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 2 The Eight-Stage Change Process 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Stage 1: Making Personal Preparation 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Stage 2: Creating Urgency 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Stage 3: Establishing the Vision Community 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Stage 4: Discerning the Vision and Determining the Visionpath 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Stage 5: Communicating the Vision 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Stage 6: Empowering Change Leaders 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Stage 7: Implementing the Vision 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Stage 8: Reinforcing Momentum Through Alignment 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource A Resource Organizations 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource B An Annotated Bibliography of Useful Publications 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource C Questionnaires, Inventories, and Other Data-Gathering Resources 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource D Congregational Bodylife Model 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource E Congregational Self-Assessment 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout Leadership Network 107\u003c\/p\u003e JIM HERRINGTON is executive director of Mission Houston, an interdenominational, multicultural pastoral effort to transform the city of Houston. MIKE BONEM is president and cofounder of Kingdom Transformation Partners, a church consulting and training firm based in Houston. JAMES H. FURR is senior church consultant with Union Baptist Association and adjunct professor of sociology at Houston Baptist University.","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989517484261,"sku":"NP9780787948856","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787948856.jpg?v=1761784426","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/leading-congregational-change-workbook-isbn-9780787948856","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}