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Ignatian Leadership in Today’s World. Ignatian Leadership Summit. Seattle University – May 8, 2013. Purpose. Congratulate the 2011-13 cohort of the Contemplative Leaders in Action Program Welcome new friends of CLA Explore the developing concept of Ignatian Leadership
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Ignatian Leadership in Today’s World Ignatian Leadership Summit Seattle University – May 8, 2013
Purpose • Congratulate the 2011-13 cohort of the Contemplative Leaders in Action Program • Welcome new friends of CLA • Explore the developing concept of Ignatian Leadership • Discuss why the world needs Ignatian Leaders
Partner Interview • Name • Profession • Why you attended the Ignatian Leadership Summit • What you hope to learn or experience tonight
Reflection on Experience • CLA Cohort - From your experience in Contemplative Leaders in Action, what are you are most grateful for? What brought you joy and hope? • Guests – What excites or inspires you about the CLA Program now that you have heard what the first group experienced over the last two years? • Patrick Tippy, 2011-13 CLIA Member
Heroic Leadership Principles • “We’re all leaders and we’re leading all the time, well or poorly.” • “Leadership springs from within. It’s about who I am as much as what I do.” • “Leadership is not an act. It is my life, a way of living.” • “I never complete the task of becoming a leader. It is an on-going process.” Lowney, Chris. Heroic Leadership. Loyola Press. 2005
4 Pillars of Jesuit Leadership • Self-Awareness • Ingenuity • Love • Heroism
Ignatian Leadership at Saint Joseph’s University Ignatian leadership is a transformational process whereby an individual or group assists another individual or group in discerning God’s will in a specific context, and facilitates its implementation, always seeking the magis. An Ignatian leader, regardless of religious affiliation, understands and appreciates the rich gifts of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola and strives to: • Be a Contemplative in Action - discerning[1] God’s will, always seeking the ‘magis’[2] • Facilitate a shared, hopeful vision through the process of Ignatian communal discernment[3] • Grow in self-knowledge and ‘Ignatian indifference’[4] through a daily ‘Examen’[5] • Exemplify ‘humbled excellence’ • Have an honest love for those he/she leads and serves • Realize and engage with the challenges of the world and actively works to address them
Imagine a world where the principles of Ignatian Leadership were used – How might that world be different?
Continuing the Journey • CLA Cohort– How will you continue the process you started in CLA? Where are you called to lead? • Guests – As you reflect on this evening and all you heard, shared and discussed, what next steps might you take to deepen your journey as an Ignatian Leader? • Holly Huff, 2011-13 CLIA Member