Leading Change and Transition: Seminar 2 (Live in Sydney)

Transform Southern Sydney has been hosting a series of seminars for leaders on change and transition leadership. My associate Luke and I were able to be live (for a change from zoom) in Sydney for the second of the series. We met at the newly fitted ministry centre in Hurstville for an afternoon of training. Key topics covered in this second seminar included managing resistance to change through: Understanding church systems and their natural tendency to stability, Applying Katzenbach’s Critical Few Theory and using Kegan and Lahey’s Immunity to the Change process.

All notes and resources are now in our team dropbox.

Mentoring Leadership – Workshop 5

After four training sessions on Zoom last year, it was great to be face to face with members of the Transform Southern Sydney mentoring group today. The training is continuing into year two with an emphasis on mentoring leaders for their growth and development. The first year explored the skills and dynamics of mentoring.

Notes from the workshop have been added to our dropbox.

Parish Recovery Team Training Sydney

It is good to be back in Sydney for Parish Recovery Team training for the Anglicans. The whole area of trauma-informed work with churches is highly topical. We looked at the principles of trauma-informed consulting and facilitation and reflected on our processes in the light of these guidelines. Notes are in our team dropbox.

Ministry Renewal Retreats Victoria

I enjoyed being back at St James Old Cathedral today after a walk through Flagstaff Gardens. Training was for existing and new facilitators for Ministry Renewal Retreats in Victoria. Our normal cycles of renewal retreats run over three years and then groups either multiply or reform. This has been challenging during COVID with many groups missing annual retreats and catch up days. Looks like we can get back to a more normal rhythm this year. It is great to welcome some new facilitators.

Today we coved Theological Reflection (Thanks Len Firth) and looked at Core Values, Ministry to retreat group members and the principles of Sabbath-keeping.

Notes in our team dropbox have been updated.