Phase 4: The Big Picture Before We Begin

Phase 4 is all about achieving organizational effectiveness through serving leadership. However, one must first consider the importance of developing themselves, then those around them, and finally teams, before expecting success at the organizational level.

Leadership development does not simply happen at an event. Nor does it happen in a moment. Leadership development is a journey. Leaders develop over time as they learn, apply, adjust, and fail forward. Leadership mentors and coaches are often a vital part of the journey who provide training and encouragement along with their example.

Like Jesus, leadership coaches and mentors recruit and select potential candidates for leadership development. This is where the journey begins.

The Serving Leadership Journey consists of several stages of development:

1. Beginning —a serving leader’s influence expands as they develop.
2. Growing —no matter what stage leaders are at, they are always developing.
3. Maturing —maturity is not based on how much people know, but rather on what people are doing with what they already know.
4. Reproducing —everyone should be passing on what they are learning from the very beginning of their journey.

Coaches and mentors provide several training phases to developing leaders along the way:

Phase 1: Beginning the Journey / Leading Self —the leadership journey begins with the personal development of character and competence.

Phase 2: Developing Trusting Relationships / Leading Another —as leaders develop personally, they become people worth following, connecting with others in trusting relationships.

Phase 3: Building Effective Teams / Leading a Team —as leaders develop trusting relationships, they unite those with like purpose into a community of trusting relationships.

Phase 4: Achieving Organizational Effectiveness / Leading an Organization —leaders with expanding influence build organizations around a common purpose to impact the world with positive change.

[Next week we will begin diving into the Phase 4 material. If you are interested in bringing this 4-Phase program to your area or country contact the Reverb Network here.]