Fulfilling God’s Dream Within Us

Leading Change

Change Curve (Jeanie Daniel Duck; Carl W. Stern))

Change Pyramid (Burtonshaw-Gunn 2008)

Change Culture

Change Behaviour

Change Structure

Change Roles

Change TasksProcess design

Job design

Organization design

Visible

Invisible Level of Discomfort

Lessons in Leadership: Nehemiah Case Study

• A man saw a need, rose up, captured a vision, laid a plan, and mobilized others to join him to the cause;

• He was one of the captive and brought to Susa from Jerusalem;

• Nehemiah served as cup bearer of king Artaxerxes;

• But still a number of Israelites still in Jerusalem under oppression (Nehemiah 5:1-7).

Lessons in Leadership: Nehemiah Case Study

• We cannot separate GOOD LEADERSHIP from CLEAR VISION (6:15 complete the WALL in 52 days, and 9-13 TRANSFORMATION);

• Clarity: Communicating and “Spirit” of the VISION in management;

• Lasting leaders feel the burden of A NEED before they receive THE VISION to meet it (1:1-4);

• Prayers internalizes the BURDEN, deepening our OWNERSHIP of a NEED (God -> me);

• Leaders act from a deep sense of RESPONSIBILITY (The greatest law and great commandment);

• Leaders are fulfilled by EMPOWERING OTHERS than by DOING THE WORK THEMSELVES (3:v1-32).

God’s Vision

Vision Alignment

Compassion envisioned Future:As a RESULT of our ministry (CSP, CDSP, LDP, CIV) to

CHILDREN IN POVERTY, Compassion will be trusted by the church worldwide as the leading authority for holistic child development and will be the global benchmark for excellence in child sponsorship

Personal

Children from poor

community

Local Churches

Sponsor/ Donors Families

Government

Faith based NGOs

Local communities

Prayers and Vision: Nehemiah 1:4

1. Prayers internalizes the BURDEN, deepening our OWNERSHIP of a NEED (God -> me);

2. Prayers insists that we QUIET our HEARTS and WAIT, slowing us down to RECEIVE from God;

3. Prayers INFUSES the VISION, ENABLING us to see what God wants to do;

4. Prayers initiates the VISION’s fulfillment, acting as a CATALYST for us to act.