Results-Based Leadership (RBL)

1. Results-Based Leadership (RBL) Pindai Sithole UCCZ Northern Conference Harare Church 25 January 2013

2. Specialists in: • Integrated Results Based Management (IRBM) • Results Based & Transformational Leadership (RBL & TL) • Research & Evaluation (RE) • Organizational Development (OD) • Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs)

3. About Self (1996 to date) management &leadership related • Trainer/facilitator of leadership and management (1996 – 2003: Mandel, ZIM, OTD, BNC) • Organisational Development Consultant (2003 to date) – SADC, East Africa, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and USA • MA Leadership & Management (2007) • Lecturer of Leadership, Management and Research(2007 to date) • Government consultant on public sector reforms using RBM (2010 to date)

4. About self in UCCZ • Eastlea Treasurer (Fin & Admin Manager) • Regional/Northern Conference CYF Advisor • NC Volunteers Vice Secretary • UCCZ NC Development Trust Board Chairperson

5. Leadership “Everyone experiences it, or the lack of it, in their daily lives. Those called to lead can find doing so a daunting task. Those expected to follow can experience frustration when their leader is unable to lead and their organization seem to be going nowhere. …Countless discouraged leaders would probably quit their jobs today, but they need their income. …Discouraged Christian leaders carry the added, …burden that they are failing not only their people but their Lord” (Blackaby 2001: 3; Spiritual Leadership).

6. Leadership attitude “ My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.” Charles Kettering

7. Food for thought…

9. Results-Based Leadership (RBL) Effective leaders learn (Hosea 4:6) • “Half-knowledge is worse than ignorance.” –Macaulay • “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles by it.” –Fuller • “Strange how much you've got to know before you know how little you know.” –Anonymous • “To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.” –Disraeli

10. Effective leaders have abundant reservoir of hope “ It is better to light a candle of hope than curse darkness” -Mulwa 2004 “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love, but the greatest of these is love” (1st Corinthians 13:13 NIV)

11. Effective leaders uphold/embrace collective thinking • It takes the whole village to raise a child • “Great minds think alike but only fools never differ” - Anonymous • When an elderly person dies, the community library disappears

12. So today’s agenda is… Results-Based Leadership (RBL) • Positive Thinking Mindset (PTM) • Collective Based Approach (CBA)

13. WHAT IS RBM? • RBM is a management approach to improve service delivery at all levels • It focuses on results and ensures a sustained effort to continuously improve effectiveness, efficiency, transparency, and accountability

14. What is a result? • A result is a describable or measurablechange that has occurred in people’s lives arising from a cause and effect relationship / process • Result statement is always phrased in the past tense to demonstrate expected change. For instance, reduced, increased, improved and enhanced

15. Impacts • Widespread improvement in society normally realized in the intermediate to long-term. • Effectsof outputs to the lives of people Outcomes • Products and services produced directly from the activities Outputs • Tasks personnel undertake to transform inputs to outputs towards improved life Activities Need/situation Inputs • Financial, human, material resources and social capital • A circumstance that requires a solution in now or in the future RESULTS BASED LOGICAL FRAMEWORK Results Implementation 15

16. The essence of Results-Based Leadership is to look beyond activities and outputs to focus on: actual results (i.e. Outcomes and Impacts)

17. Needs 1.Real 3. Perceived 2. Derived Needs…

18. Group exercise Working in groups, design the following using the results ladder framework • Northern Conference Centre • Evangelism • Self-sustenance

19. Some key organizational ingredients to achieve results

20. 1 (a) Vision Kouzes and Posner (2002; Leadership Challenge ) state the following: • Inspire a shared Vision- Next share your vision in words that can be understood by your followers • Enable others to act –Give them tools and methods to solve the problem. • Model the way – when the process gets tough get your hands dirty. A boss tells others what to do, a leader shows that it can be done. • Encourage the heart – Share the challenges and glory with your followers’ hearts.

21. NC Vision “A vibrant Conference of UCCZ in most suburbs and surrounding communities within the Northern Conference”

22. 1 (b) NC Mission “To spiritually strengthen existing congregations, whilst establishing new Worshiping Groups, Preaching Points and Churches by spreading the Good News to all communities in the Northern Conference.”

23. Values • Principles that guide our actions or behaviour/conduct in life • People should walk the talk of agreed values • Leaders should ensure that everyone understands the values • Leaders have the responsibility to enforce institutionalization of values among the team members/followers

24. 2. Peace “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you” (John 14:27 NIV) “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10 • The road to peace often passes through conflict • Peace is the most glorious fruits of the Holy Spirit • Peacemakers are blessed because this is God’s desire

25. Peace and Trust(adapted from P. Sithole 2007 & 2013)

26. Peace and Respect(adapted from P. Sithole 2007 & 2013)

27. Peace and Reciprocity(adapted from P. Sithole 2007 & 2013)

28. Positive Thinking Mindset

29. What is Positive Thinking? • Feeding your brain and mind with positive thoughts about your life and that of others – i.e. it is nutritious food for your soul • Do you know that on average, a person experiences about 50 000 to 60 000 thoughts every single day • Obviously positive thinking means that a great majority of these (50 000 to 60 000) should be positive thoughts

30. Benefits of positive thinking for RBL • A better rate of success in life (Against all Odds – on ENCA every Fri 8:45pm) • An increased life span • Lower rates of depression and distress • Greater resistance to the common cold • Better mental and physical well-being – also relating to academic excellence • Better coping skills/problem solving • Enhanced ability to form and maintain good relationships (social capital)

31. Collective Based Approach in leadership practice Small minds discuss people Average minds discuss some ideas Great minds discuss results or success! (Anonymous)

32. Wisdom on collective approach in leadership practice • Munhu munhu ngevamwe • I am because we are (J Mbiti) • It takes the whole village to raise a child • A forest is such because of the trees in their diversity • Chara chimwe hachitswanyi inda • If you think cooperation is not important, lift your upper lip and try to talk • Izandla ziyagezana • Iron sharpens iron

33. So, what is collective leadership? • It is leadership that embraces ideas from people; decisions are made and implement based on the majority input • Good collective leadership ensures that individuals are not featured but the group or team (analogy of a cake) • In the context of UCCZ, collective leadership is our congregationalism

34. What are the benefits of collective leadership • Promotes ownership for results • Instills a sense of belonging • Ignites ideas and solutions from people • Accelerates problem-solving • Please add more:

35. Biblical Examples of Collective • The institution of Jesus’ 12 Disciples • Moses and Aaron in the dessert • Paul, Timothy and Barnabas – missionary journeys • Moses and his capable personnel (Exodus 18: 17-26)

36. Examples of Collective Leadership in UCCZ • Executive Committee • Councils (Ruwadzano, Volunteers, CYF) • Sub-committees

37. Essential factors for sustaining Results-Based leadership • Uphold positive thinking and collective approach mindset • Focus on results and not on people • Conduct meetings regularly with the required quorum and minutes documented • Give everyone an opportunity to contributes ideas • Make decisions collectively using an agreed framework • Forgive and pray for each other to achieve results in one’s area of focus (James 5:16)

38. Building (W)holistic Leadership Capacity – 4Cs Physical CapacityBody & Health Intellectual Capacity - Knowledge & Wisdom Social Capacity Relations with people/groups Spiritual Capacity Relations with the supernatural

39. CONCLUSION

40. Positive Thinking mindset Successful RBL is largely Dependent on… Collective approach Peaceful environment Summary

41. In conclusion… • Leadership means solutions not problems – i.e. services or results (RBM) • “…the son of Man [Jesus] did not come to be served, he came to serve and give his life to redeem many people” (Mark 10: 45 GNB) • Continuous development is a way of life for RB leaders • It takes the whole village to raise a child • RBL (service) = God’s purpose in us!

42. Just a reminder to all leaders • Desire to leave behind an ultimate contribution or legacy (write you eulogy now) • Have strong sense of destiny • Have the end in mind (Vision/Dream) • RBL may actually mean challenging the status quo

43. Tatenda Siyabonga Obrigado Merci Beacoup Ndabonga Zikomo Kwambiri THANK YOU!