ignatian style leadership student 2012 final

7/21/2019 Ignatian Style Leadership Student 2012 Final

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Ignatian Leadership


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In your opinion

What are some of the qualitiesa leader of the

futureneeds to have in order to be successful?


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The Leader of the Future

In the book The Leader of the Future, a group of

well renowned leaders and executives expressed

what they considered to be the main ualities a

future leader ought to have! the one which was

practically mentioned by all was that of sharing a

common goal, """""""""""", """"""""""""or

direction#


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$ %hared &ision

It remains a fundamental role of any leader to

guide members towards a """"""""""""

""""""""""""and to help them achieve the

corresponding goals#

It is normal to expect that vision and direction

come from the top of the organi'ation# (ut that

vision has to percolate down the pyramid to

reach """"""""""""employees#


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$ )ission %tatement

This *visionary+ leadership implies providing a

specific """"""""""""which is communicated

clearly to members as a source of

""""""""""""and motivation to commit

themselves to action# It is also interesting to

note how the concept of a """"""""""""

""""""""""""has become a motto for today-ssecular organi'ations#.


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Business Leadership Models call for Adaptability

/ntil the 0123-s, the various leadership or

management models attempted to answer the

uestion *which is the best leadership style?+

Then in the late sixties, both researchers and

practitioners began to reali'e that there is no

such thing as a best leadership style applicable to

every situation and to all circumstances#


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$ 4ontinuous 4riterion

In his biography of %t Ignatius, 5esuit William

)eissner 0116. indicates how Ignatius was

truly a master of visionary leadership#

In reading the 4onstitutions, Ignatius- guidelines

that govern 5esuit life, one is struck by Ignatius-

constant reference to mission as a """"""""""""

criterion#


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Ignatian Leadership Model calls for Adapability

In reading the 4onstitutions, Ignatius- guidelines

for 5esuits, one is impressed by the repetitive

insistence of Ignatius to add at the end of a

declaration the phrase *according to the sub7ects,

places, conditions and times#+ 4learly, Ignatius

agreed with today-s concept that leadership calls

for """""""""""" #


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Ignatian %piritual )odel

Ignatian spirituality offers a """"""""""""

model for leaders on how to become agents ofchange in today- world and an effective way of

proceeding to achieve that goal! additionally,

Ignatius- methodology, which has inspired somany followers, does not waver from

"""""""""""" concern for each individual#


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4reativity is needed for the future

The rapidly accelerating rate of change taking

place is creating new types of organi'ations

never imagined before# $nd changing

organi'ations reuire changed leadership# This in

turn reuires """""""""""" leaders, capable

of inventing new and original ways of seeing

reality, creating new energy and bringing lifeinto the organi'ation#


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4reativity is needed for the future

8ffective leaders have the vision reuired to see

things differently from others# In order to be

creative, the future leader may have to become

"""""""""""" and not 7ust reactive, an agent of

change, not only incremental but especially

transformational change# This demands a new anddifferent way of dealing with issues and problems

which go against the traditional, stereotype ways#


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*The 5esuit team doesn-t tell us much we don-t already know about what leaders do# 9or do they teach

us anything about what leaders achieve# (ut they have a lot to say about """""""""""" """"""""""""

"""""""""""", and how leaders live, and how they become leaders in the first place#+

What is the focus of Ignatian Leadership?


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Ignatian Leadership is about heroism

)ost people wonder about their capacity to act

heroically should a momentous opportunity suddenlypresent itself# %t# Ignatius- %piritual 8xercisesforced

recruits to consider instead their capacity for

""""""""""""on a""""""""""""basis# 5esuit

heroism is not 7ust a response to a crisis but a

consciously chosen approach to life! it is 7udged not

by the scale of the opportunity but by the quality of

the response to the opportunity at hand#
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Magis

In 5esuit spirituality, magismeans doing the

more, the greater, for :od#

When you work, give it your all# When you plan,

plan boldly# $nd when you dream, dream big#

When you strive, you strive to do great things for

:od# Thus the unofficial 5esuit motto; $d)a7orem


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)agis eroism begins with each person

considering, internali'ing, and shaping his or her

mission# Whether one works within a large

organi'ation or alone, no mission is motivating

until it is personal# $nd it is sustainable only

when one makes the search for """""""""""" areflexive, daily habit#


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)agis


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)agis eroes lift themselves up and make themselves

greater by pursuing something greater than their own

self=interest# ur classic heroic role models often do

so through extraordinary bravery at uniuely criticalmoments# (ut heroism is not limited to these rare and

privileged opportunities# They are also heroes who

demonstrate the courage, nobility, and greatness of

heart to pursue a personal sense of magis, to keep

themselves pointed toward goals that enhance them as

people#


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$n Ignatian vision of leadership uses historical language from the early history of the 5esuits# 5eronimo 9ada, a member of the

nascent %ociety of 5esus in the 02th 4entury, was entrusted by %aint Ignatius of Loyola with the task of communicating and

engendering Ignatian ideals to 5esuits throughout the world#

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8verywhere 9adal went, he consistently employed the catch phrase nuestro

modo de proceder or *our way of proceeding+ in referring to the

"""""""""""" style of leadership and ministry# )oreover, he used the

following triad to capture @ fundamental principles of the Ignatian charism;

spiritu, corde, practice or *in the %pirit, from the heart,

practically#+

%piritu, 4orde, Aractice


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,In the !pirit-B that which brings about consolation# $cting out of """""""""""" presence,

goodness, 7ustice, unity, reconciliation, 7oy, or similar movements toward :od#

Spiritu


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*From the heart+ B *>eart speaks to heart#+ $ way of speaking, acting and relating to others from the bottom of one-s heart# 8ngaging

people at *the heart+ means attracting people at the deeper level of motivations, """""""""""" , and desires# It involves getting to the

*heart of the matter,+ relating to people at levels that give deeper meaning and purpose#

%orde


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*Aractically+ B synonymous with *pastoral#+ It entails what is more helpful in caring for

and guiding people """""""""""", toward """""""""""" in all areas of their lives#

(ractice


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ow can the characteristics of Ignatian Leadership guide us today?


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0# 8veryone is leading """""""""""" the time B sometimes in dramatic and obvious ways, more often in subtle, hard=to=measure ways# It is in the everyday, ordinary activities and choices that I am becoming a leader# It is the way I smile,

dress, am spontaneous, self=revealing, kind, and supportive that I influence others, for better or for worse#

&veryone Leads


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6# $ leader-s greatest power is his or her personal """""""""""", communicated by the """""""""""" of his or her daily life# &ision

springs from within, from hard self=reflection that yields deep=rooted personal beliefs and attitudes; What do I care about? What do Iwant? What is my purpose in the world?

(ower comes from (ersonal 0ision


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@# Leadership is not a 7ob to be left at work! it does not consist of putting on a set of values or conduct when one is *on duty+ and

putting on a different set when one is *off duty+ B like a lab coat or construction hat# It is a way of """""""""""" and """"""""""""

that springs from deep within! rather, it is an inner compass from which to discern one-s action# >eroic leadership is a daily personal

pursuit#

Leadership is my life1 a way of living


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C# (ecoming a leader is an on=going process of """"""""""""# 8nvironments change, people change, priorities shift# These changes call forcontinual ad7ustment and recommitment# %trong leaders welcome the opportunity to learn about oneself and the world and look forward to new

discoveries and interests# $ leader is essentially a """""""""""", not one who has *arrived+ at some ideali'ed state of perfection#

Becoming a leader is an ongoing process


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What are 2

*uiding

(rinciples to)orming an

Integrated Way

of Living1 a

,Way of

(roceeding?-


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34 !elf5awareness

Leaders thrive by understanding who they are and what they value, by becoming aware of unhealthy blind spots or weaknesses that can derail them, and by cultivating the

habit of continuous """"""""""""and learning# Leadership begins with self=leadership#


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Who am I and w

am I becoming?

!elf Awareness

2 Ingenuity


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Saint Ignatius of Loyola described the idealJesuit as living with one foot raised

always ready to respond to emergingopportunities. A leader must be vigilantabout and set aside ingrained habitscultural biases and the we!ve always done

it this way attitude. Leaders stand by corebeliefs and values that are nonnegotiable.In short leaders become indiferent "free from""""""""""""to places possessionsand ways of doing things" in order to movechange or"""""""""""" to engageopportunities.

2. Ingenuity

Ingenuity


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$o I have faith and othernonnegotiable values and

principles anchoring me % guidingme to cultivate indiference,

which will allow me to Find God in""""""""""""Thingswhile adapting

in various circumstances&

Ingenuity


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64 Love

Leaders face the world with a confident, healthysense of themselves as endowed with talent, dignity,

and the potential to lead# They find these attributes

in others and passionately commit to honoring andunlocking the potential they find in themselves and

in others# They """"""""""""environments bound

and energi'ed by loyalty, affection, and mutual

""""""""""""B places marked by *greater love

than fear#+


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$m I developing love=driven leadership, which includes

the vision to see each person-s """"""""""""and """""""""""",

the creativity, passion, and commitment to unlock potential and the loyalty that energi'es and unites teams?

Love


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Leaders """"""""""""an inspiring future and strive to shape it rather than passively watching the future happen around them# They extract gold from

"""""""""""" at hand rather than waiting for golden opportunity to be handed to them#

24 eroism


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In pursuing the Ignatian ideal of the""""""""""""", do I cultivate dreams like

a visionary, imagine like a child, think

outside the box and surrender to :od while

encouraging others to do the same?

eroism

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