Definition of Christian Leadership: DTS values Christlike leadership that equips others and emphasizes humility with sacrificial service.
SMART Goals:
Personal Goal:
Specific: Between September 1, 2024 to May 1, 2025, I will meet with my Executive Coach once a month.
Measurable: Calendar App; Asking my Coach to hold me accountable
Achievable: Scheduling recurring monthly meetings
Relevant: Continued coaching is key for me to be a strong, pro-active organizational leader
Time-based: Between September 1, 2024 and May 1, 2025
Ministry Goal:
Specific: By May 1, 2025, I will raise up 3 new live event fundraising speakers (3 internal + 1 external)
Measurable: Arranging external speaker coach support
Achievable: Assigning 2 internal speakers to Paul Baloche tour and 1 external speaker to Pat Barrett tour
Relevant: Feeds into new monthly donor acquisition strategy
Time-based: By May 1, 2025
Artifacts:
Personal Goal: One pager debriefing highlights of seeing an executive coach monthly.
Ministry Goal: Video of one empowered teammate doing a live event fundraising appeal - https://internationaljusticem-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/vjoseph_ijm_org/EfWNZb8I0w9JkNyB4x1kLvYBU-Hax-Y1hLRcvbRVNZJflw?e=agcfgp
Reflective Statements:
For my competence in Christian leadership, I am submitting the video of my colleague, Erin Delamont doing a live fundraising appeal for International Justice Mission Canada on the Pat Barrett Beautiful Life tour in Canada, which demonstrates my competency in delegating and scaling a program under my leadership so that the work does not entirely depend on me. I am also submitting highlights of my monthly sessions with my executive coach, which demonstrates my willingness to learn from those wiser than me and grow as a leader.
As I developed and demonstrated Christian leadership, I learned that delegating requires great patience and humility. Patience because it takes time to see results and humility because it is important for leaders to step aside and allow things to sometimes fail instead of hastily jumping back in and never delegating. I also learned many things from my executive coach that I share below.
As a result of the experiences documented by these artifacts, I will continue to develop in Christian Leadership by continuing to delegate and scale so that the work never depends on me but can live on long after my time is done. I will also continue to learn from experts around me in humility so that I never fool myself into thinking that I am the smartest person in the room all the time.
Highlights from my sessions with Executive Coach, Steve Osmond:
Teams move as quick as the speed of trust. High trust = high speed; low trust = low speed.
As a leader, I must push myself to think 5-10 years ahead while people on my team only think of the week, quarter and year.
Healthy conflict is vital to driving to the best possible outcome; otherwise, we end up settling for the minimum tolerable outcome that ultimately serves no one.
For me to be fully present with my work, I must cultivate ways to be fully present with loved ones and hobbies outside of work. This way, when I’m on the field, I’m 1000% there.
Some of the greatest athletes have a “performance persona” they can just turn on and off when they’re on the field. This helps them with longevity in their sports.
Anytime I’m in a trauma response headspace, take some time to collect my thoughts and pause for 5-10 seconds before responding.
