Required Readings
There are two lists below. The first is for Diocesan Programs, the second for the National Program. The readings are the same for both programs but the sequence is different.
The most direct sources for the readings
-Episcopal bookstore
-MBTI booklets
-FIRO B booklets
-On web site
Shared Leadership Survey Feedback Pastoral Leadership Today
Required reading Diocesan Programs
In the Diocesan Programs these materials are assigned for particular sessions. See Weekends and Assignments
1. Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence, Goleman, Boyatzis, McKee, HBS Press, 2002.
2. In Your Holy Spirit: Traditional Spiritual Practices in Today’s Christian Life, Michelle Heyne, Ascension Press, 2011
3. Fill All Things: The Dynamics of Spirituality in the Parish Church, Robert A. Gallagher 2008, Ascension Press (read all with focus on understanding the four core frameworks and material on Pages 15 – 16, 50 – 51, 107 – 121, 142 – 156, 205 - 206
4. In Your Holy Spirit: Shaping the Parish Through Spiritual Practice, Robert A. Gallagher 2011, Ascension Press
6. Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times, Alban, 2006, Peter L. Steinke
7. Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict, Esther de Wall, Liturgical Press. (Read chapters 2-5)
8. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (2nd ed), Fisher, Ury, Patton
9. Pastoral Theology: A Reorientation, Martin Thornton, SPCK, 1961 The Episcopal Bookstore in Seattle has a source that is reprinting the document. [Was also issued by Cowley as The Heart of the Parish: Theology of the Remnant, 1989.] Chapters 2 through 8 and 18 through 22.
10. The Corporate Culture: Survival Guide, Edgar Schein, Jossey – Bass, San Francisco, 1999. Preface, Chapters 1 – 4 and 9.
11. Interventions: Methods and Processes for Building Healthier Parishes, Michelle Heyne & Robert Gallagher, Ascension Press, 2012
Vol 1 Contents: Theology of the Parish Church, Intervention Considerations, First Interventions, Congregational Options
Vol 2 Contents: Shaping the Parish through Spiritual Practice, the Parish as a System, Stages of Development Models, Covert Processes, Congregational Development and the Diocese
NOTE: Vol 1 will not be available until 2012. A PDF will be made available to participants with a draft of the sections needed for work on the developmental initiatives (interventions/projects).
12. Booklets from Consulting Psychologist Press (CPP).
- Introduction to Type and Emotional Intelligence, Roger R. Pearman, CPP
- In the Grip: Understanding Type, Stress and the Inferior Function, Naomi L. Quenk, CPP
- Introduction to Type and Conflict, Killen & Murphy , CPP
- Introduction to the FIRO-B Instrument, Waterman and Rogers, CPP
National Program Required Readings
A. Prior to the first session
In both Cycles
1. Fill All Things: The Spiritual Dynamics of the Parish Church, Robert A. Gallagher 2008, Ascension Press (read all with focus on understanding the four core frameworks and material on Pages 15 – 16, 50 – 51, 107 – 121, 142 – 156, 205 - 206
2. Introduction to Type and Emotional Intelligence, Roger R. Pearman, CPP
3. Introduction to the FIRO-B Instrument, Waterman and Rogers, CPP
And - Strategy based in pastoral theology is the grounding for the program. It will serve you well if you are able to do the readings in Thornton’s Pastoral Theology and Gallagher’s In Your Holy Spirit before beginning. A related paper is Martin Smith’s Pastoral Leadership Today in the Resources section of this web site. We aren’t requiring these readings in advance but do want you to know it would propably add to your learning.
For Cycle One (June 2011, 13, 15)
4. Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence, Goleman, Boyatzis, McKee, HBS Press, 2002 and
5. In Your Holy Spirit: Traditional Spiritual Practices in Today’s Christian Life , Michelle Heyne, Ascension Press, 2011
For Cycle Two (June 2012, 14, 16)
6. Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times, Alban, 2006, Peter L. Steinke and
7. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (2nd ed), Fisher, Ury, Patton 5. Shared Leadership - available at http://www.shapingtheparish.com/free-documents
B. Read between workshop weeks
8. In Your Holy Spirit: Shaping the Parish Through Spiritual Practice, Robert A. Gallagher 2011, Ascension Press
10. Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict, Esther de Wall, Liturgical Press. (Read chapters 2-5)
11. Other booklets from Consulting Psychologist Press (CPP).
- In the Grip: Understanding Type, Stress and the Inferior Function, Naomi L. Quenk, CPP
- Introduction to Type and Conflict, Killen & Murphy , CPP
- Participating in Teams (using FIRO B), CPP
12. The Corporate Culture: Survival Guide, Edgar Schein, Jossey – Bass, San Francisco, 1999
Relate to Primal Leadership insight – to develop an emotionally intelligent organization members need to both recognize their own discontent and discover the source of that discontent. That means understanding the organizational culture or in the case of teams the norms. See Primal Leadership p 172 – 173.
13. Interventions: Methods and Processes for Building Healthier Parishes, Michelle Heyne & Robert Gallagher, Ascension Press, 2012
Vol 1 Contents: Theology of the Parish Church, Intervention Considerations, First Interventions, Congregational Options
Vol 2 Contents: Shaping the Parish through Spiritual Practice, the Parish as a System, Stages of Development Models, Covert Processes, Congregational Development and the Diocese
NOTE: Vol 1 will not be available until 2012. A PDF will be made available to participants with a draft of the sections needed for work on the developmental initiatives (interventions/projects).
14. Pastoral Theology: A Reorientation, Martin Thornton, SPCK, 1961 The Episcopal Bookstore in Seattle has a source that is reprinting the document. Was also issued by Cowley as The Heart of the Parish: Theology of the Remnant, 1989.