Clear Views for Pastors, Educators and Community Development Leaders

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DCEO Leadership for Pastors Conference 5 June 2014
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John R. Dallas, Jr.
Chief Alignment Officer
Hillview Partners Network
Alignment Strategists
Consultants | Coaches | Speakers
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“The Law of Connection”
—John Maxwell, Bestselling Author and Coach
Speakers, teachers, entrepreneurs and other leaders are
wise to use best-effort words to connect with individuals
in personal ways — before engaging in other discussion.
By genuinely forging personal
connection, higher levels of
engagement are achieved.
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Let’s give it a try . . .
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Was young . . . Now young enough . . .
Pittsburgh, New York, Alexandria, Virginia, and now Chicago (Where next?)
StrengthsFinder 2.0: Activator, Futuristic, Input, Strategic, Achiever
Meyers-Briggs: E. N. T. J. (Extraversion, iNtuition, Thinking, Judgment)
Founded and co-founded pioneering companies at ages 19, 24, 36, 47 and 55
Speaker, Panelist and Mentor for TFA, Founder Institute, Chambers etc.
Copyright © 2005-2014 Hillview Partners Network LLC4

 Since 2005 leading Hillview, a network of independent subject matter experts in fields for strategic alignment
 Since 1974 President of five prior technology-based B2B and B2C nationwide service companies:
Chicago Title Credit Services, Inc., Chicago
Consumer and commercial credit data services
CreditComm Services LLC, Fairfax, Virginia (D.C. area)
Consumer credit data services and marketing
Market Access Resources Corp., New York
Group Concepts Capital Corp., New York
ETX Corporation, New York
Electronic publishing and editorial services
 Volunteer leadership in small business economic development, education, arts, and faith communities
 Duquesne University and Columbia University, majored in journalism and mass communications
Founder and Chief Alignment Officer (CAO)
Hillview Partners Network LLC
Ordained for Life in Presbyterian Church USA
Elder and Deacon
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Alignment Strategists
In the business of
reversing risk associated
with misalignment.
 Consultants
 Coaches
 Speakers
Perspective toward
True-North Strategic
Alignment™ for People,
Money, Technology and
Other Mission-Critical
Resources
Person-Plan Alignment
Seller-Buyer Alignment
Work-Home Alignment

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Crowning Achievement for
Leaders of Faith Communities
Lexicological equivalents appear 500+ times in
Old Testament and 200+ times in New Testament.

Getting Right with God and His World is Aligned
Being Right with God and His World is Aligned
Staying Right with God and His World is Aligned
Righteousness = Aligned with God (i.e., right with)
Self-Righteousness = Aligned with Yourself (or
more unaligned with God than with oneself)
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—The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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1. Lead people
2. Manage things
3. Align people and things
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Today we’re talking about much more than any exercise in
linguistics. We are revealing and applying pivotal leadership
logic. Align these thoughts with your mind and heart.

In almost all situations, CHOOSE to . . .

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Should We Return CHRIST to Christian?
Christian is a softer sounding word for religion.
CHRIST . i . an is a respectful term for His name.
CHRISTian teachings must remain
central to all Christian religions.
A Christian follows a religion’s ways to reach God.
A CHRISTian ALSO follows Christ’s teachings.
A Christian is also a CHRISTian when she or he is
aligned with (i.e., “right with”) God’s will.
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Call to Action for
All Leaders
A single word’s
value to others
and you is
influenced by
your depth of
definition,
breadth of
description, and
scope of view for
the word’s
desired impact.
“Grown-up words”
for adult-minded
leaders of all ages.
Acronym
Acumen
Alignment
Appreciation
Ascendancy
Aspiration
Assertiveness
Authenticity
Civility
Clarity
Collaboration
Commitment
Confluence
Courage
Crucible
Delineate
Dignity
Diligence
Diversity
Edification
Emergence
Empathy
Engagement
Esteem
Imperative
Influence
Innovation
Inquisitiveness
Intentionality
Mentor
Mission
Momentum
Passion
Patience
Peace
Perspective
Persuasiveness
Pride
Randomness
Reach
Rejuvenation
Resistance
Respect
Response
Restoration
Result
Success
Team
Trial
Trust
Vision
Wisdom
Weekend Readings
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Choosing to Focus from Higher Ground
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Offering Views instead of Opinions

“Lifting your mind’s eye into the hills takes you out of the ‘close-
up’ and deep into the ‘wider shot’ you simply could not see from
keeping your head below.
You’ll see where you’ve been, where you are, and where you can
be through clear-sighted leadership. You’ll know which direction
will take you and others the distance.
Scale each hill expecting to eventually see the next hill you will
climb. From perspective of higher ground, you will grow stronger,
become more engaged, and increase your overall performance.
from hill-to-hill keeps your thoughts focused.” —JRDjr
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Framing Life’s Wider-Lens Shot

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The View from “a Hill” that Inspired Naming Hillview
Just-Right Hill-Height | A Vantage Point to Your Advantage
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First Urban View What’s your view of this scene?

Hills Influence Our Perspective
 The hill far away with the old rugged cross . . .
 The hills are alive with the sound of music . . .
 Jack and Jill climbed up a hill to fetch a . . .
 Hill Street Blues
 King of the Hill
 Behind every hill there’s a . . . (Beep-Beep!)
 Hills and valleys . . .
 Capitol Hill
 Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, ______________ Hill . . .

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Pittsburgh views pointed
toward this world view . . .
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What’s your view of this scene?

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Northern Virginia,
Across Potomac from
Washington, D.C.
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View in Orange, California
Eight Pivotal Months
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Pittsburgh and Chicago share many views . . .
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Viewing curvature of Earth from 57,000 feet;
the rim of outer space (travelling at Mach 2).
Lasting impact and value of unexpected views…

Continuing to set the stage for YOU . . .
26Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts What’s your view of this scene?

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What’s your view of . . .

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“In-and-Out” Engagement with
Thinking, Listening, Reading etc.
We are
“In”
We are
“Out”30

Strategically Aligned?
Prospective Buyers
Schools,
Colleges &
Universities
The Media
Buyer
Regulatory
Authorities
Federal YOU
Work-Life
Economic Reality
Boards
Committees
Strategic
AlliancesPolitics
WHO?
Past, Current and
Future Employees
Social Media
Competition
Networking
Public
Quality Control &
Best Practices
Family
Life!
Credit
Q&R
Ad Agencies
IT/MIS
V
E
N
D
O
R
S
Associations &
Foundations
Teams
Diversity
IRS
Law
Global Needs
& Realities
E-Commerce
PR
Seller
HR
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Cultural Norms

 Listen More Hearingly
 Listen with a Third Ear
 Listen to Your Inner Voice
 Listen for God’s Whispers
 Listen for Each Choice You Make
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O O+ or O- to note moments you were Out Listening (+ or -)*
1 Numeral “1” for counting first-time-heard items
P Pivots as you turn toward new views — Aha! moments
Q Questions you will commit to pursue more information
T Takeaways you will commit to do/use/apply etc. Today
B Bringbacks you will commit to bringing back to others A.S.A.P.
I Insight about YOURSELF and your engagement in-the-moment
* O+ when “out” thinking about applying something just heard
O- when “out” thinking about an unrelated matter (e.g., hunger, etc.)
Enjoy marking in the margins of your handwritten or keyboarded notes . . .
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The task of leadership is
to create an alignment of
strengths, making our
weaknesses irrelevant.
― Peter Drucker
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Person-Plan
Alignment
Seller-Buyer
Alignment
Work-Home
Alignment
Learning Value Reward SignificanceEarning Satisfaction
Master Keys to Unlock Doors to Success for Leaders

Church-World
Alignment
Pastor-Member
Alignment
Humankind-God
Alignment
Learning Value Reward ForgivenessYearning Salvation
Master Keys to Unlock Doors to Success for Believers

Aligned
(Creates
Alignment)
Misaligned
(Destroys
Alignment)
1 2 3 5 64
Unaligned
(Passive State)
Passive-Aggressive?
0
“Dr. No!” “St.Yes!”“Windy”
(i.e., goes where the wind blows)
Your Aligned Enterprise

You?
“Upside-down...”
“Lying down on the job…”
EXERCISE: Imagine where four
specific people might fit on this
scale:
1. Yourself
2. Your immediate supervisor
3. A peer
4. Someone who reports to you

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A word to remind us to think deeper about the ways we are
thinking about our thoughts and so forth and so on . . .

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IBM’s Famous Word No. 1:
Key Word for Scholarship of Followership

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 Wired to persist or wired to resist?
Do you push-back more than you pull-forward?
 Wired to accept or wired to reject?
Do you find more strength in rejecting than accepting?
 Wired to reflect or wired to jump to conclusions?
Do you need strong opinions instead of want views?
 Wired to work hard or wired to pretend to be working?
Do you lie to yourself about your daily productivity?
 Wired to be a victor or wired to remain a victim?
Do you find upside-down safety in remaining a victim?
How are You Wired? Is it Time to Pray for Re-wiring?
Questions for Individuals , Communities and Churches . . .

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Y.E.S. = Your Engagement Supports
Breakthrough to new views with the word . . .

Questions and Responses
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Not all
responses can
be answers,
so let’s aim for
best-effort
responses.
Remove Q&A
from agendas
for meetings
and replace
with Q&R.
Explain always!

Alignment with God
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Sir Winston Churchill’s
Three Key Words for
All Leaders:

Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication (A.C.T.S.)
By World-Renowned Portrait Artist John Howard Sanden
Now on Display in Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City

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