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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.



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



Transformation - both verb and noun

– Leaders actively receptive to personal formation

– Leaders who understand formation provides the organization an enhanced strategic advantage



Why Now?

We Need a New Cadre of Culture-bearers

Leadership Formation is Essential


Transforming Leadership Meeting the Challenge

The realities:

– Fewer religious sisters– Depersonalized patient care– Changing societal values– Reduced government funding–Market forces– Etc.


We are motivated by a sense of urgency springing from a deeper concern

Rooted in our Work’s Founding Event




Leadership formation is the sine qua non to organizational integrity & survival of Catholic health care


Assumptions/Key Elements for Effective Leadership Formation

– Participants– Process & Content– Expected Outcomes




Participant Assumptions

– Experienced Professionals

– Modified Formation Model

– Diversity Among Participants

– Variety in Learning modalities

– Distinct Cultures of Participating Organizations



Process & Content Assumptions

– Leadership Development -- Leadership Formation: Not the Same; Yet Partners

– Relevance – Links Content to Lived Experience & Seeks Working Knowledge and Skills




–Working Knowledge Flows into Leadership Situations in Different Ways: Application Theory Interiority Transcendence




– The Fruits of Leadership Formation Direct Applicability Deeper Rationale Critical Focus Self-Understanding Inspiration


VOCATION




– Creative

– Communal

– Cumulative



Expected Outcomes

– Verified thru Critical Measurement and Analysis

– Demonstrated in Emerging Leadership Profile

– Sustainable Value Creation



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.



The Hopi Elders Speak:

“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for… The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather Yourselves….”


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