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Publication Date
6-2020
Abstract
This project develops an adaptive mentoring program for leader formation at Church of the Resurrection in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Utilizing literature on mentoring models and the adaptive leadership framework, the project proposes a model that utilizes the mentoring relationship as the holding environment for learning adaptive leadership and specifically adaptive capacity. The mentoring model partnered twenty-six emerging leaders with twenty-six existing leaders to cultivate within leaders the skill sets, characteristics, and practices for adaptive leadership in organizations.
Part one of the project outlines the community and ministry context from which the project arises. First, I focus on the history and demographics of the Kansas City region in the heartland of the United States. Then, I turn to the unique expression of the local church. Part two utilizes adaptive leadership literature in partnership with literature on mentoring relationships to propose a model for leader formation that builds adaptive capacity. Part three develops an overview of the strategy, implementation, and evaluation of the project. The findings highlight the difficulty of implementing the adaptive leadership framework, not only within the mentoring model but also within an organization that has a history of past success and technical competence. The results are limited and unable to prove that mentoring relationships produce adaptive capacity within leaders. The outcomes from this project provide guidance for changes to be made for future iterations of the project. The mentorship project was piloted at Church of the Resurrection and intended to develop a cohort of leaders with adaptive capacity.
Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
First Advisor
Bolsinger, Tod
Document Type
Project
Language
English
Keywords
Church of the Resurrection, Kansas, Mentoring, Adaptive Leadership, Adaptive capacity, Christian leadership, Leadership
Disciplines
Leadership Studies | Practical Theology
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Date Uploaded
6-19-2020
Collection Number
DMin125
File Name
DMin125-0435
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Clough, Joshua M., "Mentoring Toward an Adaptive Capacity in Leaders: An Adaptive Leadership Model at Church of the Resurrection" (2020). Doctor of Ministry Projects. 431.
https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/dmin/431
Embargo Period
6-19-2020
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