Senior Leadership Teams

INTRODUCTION:

Chaplaincy is practiced within organizations, and those organizations are often not oriented toward spiritual mission.  How can a spiritually-oriented senior chaplain work in harmony with other senior leaders in the organization as they set policies and budgets and engage in operations to further their vision and mission?  How can a chaplain help set a positive, inspirational tone for the organization that increases its organizational effectiveness and gives its people greater satisfaction?  While our main book this week is oriented toward church leadership, it has many excellent principles to apply to a chaplain's setting.

LEARNING GOALS:

By the end of this lesson module, you should be ready to identify, understand, engage, and apply the following concepts:

· Unity of the leadership team

· Navigating conflict in the leadership team

· Clarification of departmental roles and tasks

· Maintaining and enforcing performance standards

1. Staff alignment and performance

· Budgeting for effective chaplain operations

· Dealing with opposition, setbacks, and failure

· Building future leaders

Discussion ASSIGNMENT - Week 5 - Senior Leader Teams

In a 500-word post, discuss your choice of the Learning Goals and consider one or more of the following questions:  As you participate in senior staff meetings, policy-making, and operations, how do you want to be seen?  How can you influence the staff by your presence and words?  How can you influence decision-making processes?  How can you successfully propose and provide programs?  How may you help your organizational leadership understand the culture and people of the organization in order to help them be more effective leaders?  How can you build unity and effectiveness in your own ministry team