Because I was invited to help develop a leadership development process for young 20-something leaders in our state, I was thinking through how we
might approach the process of coaching, mentoring, and equipping younger
leaders.
When I have taught leaders here at Cuyahoga Valley Church, I have used reading and listening application guides for their homework.
I ask the young leaders to read some pages
in a book and to listen to podcasts or view content online. I want to make sure that they have actually read the materials and listened in advance.
So, I ask them to write
down their top 2-3 take-aways from the reading and their top 2-3 take-aways from their listening.
Then, I ask them to share the information on their top 2s or 3s with someone
BEFORE they come to the huddle. That way, they will have had to process it in
advance and will have had to master it a little in advance (because you can’t
share what you don’t know).
Those reading and listening application guides are then used for discussion purposes.
Finally, I ask them to hand
them in and I “grade” them by writing on them, looking for things to use to
encourage and challenge them. I hand them back the following week.
Below is a sample:
Reading and listening application guide for CVC’s leadership development class
1. Something I learned from this past week’s
class notes was…
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. I shared what I learned from this week’s
class notes with… _____________________
3. Here are 2-3 things/quotes that I learned
from this week’s reading…
a.
b.
c.
4. I shared what I learned from this week’s
reading with … _______________________
5. Here are 2-3 things/quotes that I learned
from this week’s podcast or video
a.
b.
c.
6. I shared what I learned from this week’s listening
with … _________________________
7. Here’s how Jesus is changing my life and/or
speaking to me…
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Your name____________________
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