Welcome to Your Leadership Grip Enhanced by The Birkman

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Welcome to Your Leadership Grip

• Enhanced by The Birkman Method

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Getting Started

• Who you are
• What brought you here
• Something special about you
• What you want to take away

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Some presuppositions

• Learning is fun!
• Questions / Comments are critical to real
  learning
• This is a team learning experience
• We will leave no one behind

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Housekeeping Things

• Schedule
• Food
• Restrooms
• Phones, Computer
• Parking
• Any Questions?

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Getting a Grip1

• The Big Picture

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Leadership 3-Step

• Who I am
• an organ (Heart)
• Who we are
• a system (Circulatory)
• Who all the wes are
• a body (Complementary Systems)

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Leaders as good stewards

• A. I Peter 410-11
• As each one has received a special gift, employ
  it in serving one another, as good stewards of
  the manifold grace of God
• B. Romans 123
• For through the grace given to one I say to
  everyone among you not to think more highly of
  himself than he ought to think but to think so
  as to have sound judgment as God has allotted to
  each

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Tools for making a sober estimate

• Your Leadership Grip Triangle
• Birkman Foursome

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Your Leadership Grip Triangle
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Birkman Foursome

• 1. Lifestyle Grid
• Goals
• Usual Style
• Underlying Needs

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2. Foundation Colors
Bottom Line Color

• Natural strengths you bring to the organization

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3. Areas of Interest

• Types of activities
• you prefer or enjoy

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4. Intellectual Styles

• How you think things through
• and complete them.

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A picture worth a 1,000 words
The Spiritual Gifts Triangle Three angles on how
you are powerful
The Lifestyle Grid Your Baseline Personality
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Important Differences

• Natural vs. Supernatural
• Personalityfrom Birth vs. Giftingfrom
  Conversion
• 3. Intrinsic skill set vs. Dynamic Power of God

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Share

• One thing you agree with
• One thing youre not sure about
• One thing you want to know more about

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Getting a Grip2

• Baseline Personality

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Birkman Lifestyle Grid

Red - Implementers
Green - Communicators
Yellow - Administrators
Blue - Planners
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Of key importance
3.) Direct
1.) Task oriented
2.) People
4.) Indirect
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Four categories, three grid points
The Asterisk indicates what you really want to
do you real interests

The Diamond indicates how you like to do it
indicates your socialized behavior
The Circle suggests the type of support you need
from other people and the Square shows how you
will act under stress
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Practicelook at your report and share with a
partner

• Very Important
• Remember, movement (distance) is more important
  than colors

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Foundation ColorsSM
The Birkman Method
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Foundation ColorsSM

• The Foundation Colors Report represents
• Fundamental Work Orientation
• Natural Approach To Problem Solving
• Means Of Engaging and Influencing
• Others
• Dominant Perceptual Filter

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Foundation ColorsSM

• Foundation Colors refer to your fundamental
  approach to any work situation. Each color
  represents functions needed by every
  organization
• Design/Strategy
• Sales/Marketing
• Operations/Technology
• Administration/Fiscal

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Foundation ColorsSM
Bottom Line Color
Longest bar exerts strongest influence on
approach to any situation The longer the bar, the
more likely we are to resonate with the
characteristics of the color
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Foundation ColorsSM
Supporting Color

• Adds greater breadth and depth to bottom line
  color
• Provides information on the secondary (back-up)
  approach
• When bars are similar in length, the second bar
  offers a more complete picture of overall approach

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Foundation ColorsSM
Top
Two Bars

• Shorter than the other two
• Represent characteristics less often seen in
  function
• Represent areas that may be potential blind
  spots

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Foundation ColorsSM
Blue Design/Strategy

• Focuses on Strategy and Innovation
• Generates Ideas and Concepts
• Values the Welfare of People
• Operates with Idealistic Outlook
• Engages in Research and Development
• Provides Vision
• Sensitive and Creative

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Foundation ColorsSM
Blue Design/Strategy
People with a long Blue Foundation Color will be
drawn to

• One-on-One Relationships
• Strategic Planning
• Sensing Others Feelings
• Stimulating Change

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Foundation ColorsSM
Blue Design/Strategy
People with a Long Blue Foundation Color May Need
Support With

• Time Management
• Implementation
• Holding Firm to Decisions
• Valuing Urgency

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Foundation ColorsSM

• Green Sales/Marketing

• Focuses on Sales and Marketing Efforts
• Influences and Motivates People
• Seeks Recognition
• Supports and Manages Change
• Actively Communicates with Others
• Acts Independently
• Outgoing and Enthusiastic

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Foundation ColorsSM

• Green Sales/Marketing

People with a long Green Foundation Color will be
drawn to

• Communicating Ideas Verbally
• Enthusiasm for New Projects
• Engaging Others
• Persuasion

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Foundation ColorsSM

• Green Sales/Marketing

People with a Long Green Foundation Color May
Need Support With

• Staying Objective
• Follow Through
• Following Directions and Procedures
• Attending to Details

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Foundation ColorsSM

• Red Operations/Technology

• Focuses on Operations and Production
• Values Tactical, Short-Term Goals
• Takes Action on Objectives
• Communicates Candidly
• Produces Tangible Products
• Makes Decisions Quickly
• Practical and Hands On

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Foundation ColorsSM

• Red Operations/Technology

People with a long Red Foundation Color will be
drawn to

• Tangible Projects
• Implementing the Plan
• Hands On Activity
• Making the Tough Calls

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Foundation ColorsSM

• Red Operations/Technology

People with a Long Red Foundation Color May Need
Support With

• Sensitivity to Emotions
• Handling Ambiguity
• Diplomacy and Tact
• Seeing the Big Picture

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Foundation ColorsSM

• Yellow Admin/Fiscal

• Focuses on Organizational Process/Systems
• Values Accuracy and Detail
• Analyzes Data Thoroughly
• Cooperative when Working with Others
• Uses Plan when Acting on Objectives
• Appreciates Stability in Environment
• Cautious and Consistent

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Foundation ColorsSM

• Yellow Admin/Fiscal

People with a long Yellow Foundation Color will
be drawn to

• Systems and Numbers
• Quality and Follow Through
• Focused Concentration
• Organization and Measurement

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Foundation ColorsSM

• Yellow Admin/Fiscal

People with a Long Yellow Foundation Color May
Need Support With

• Speaking Up
• Dealing with Change
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Staying Open to Ideas

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Foundation ColorsSM
Practice Have partner share one experience from
each color
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Getting a Grip3

• Spiritual Gifts - How you Lead
• Powerfully

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Stewardship of Gods Powerthrough me

• Leaders who are good
• stewards lead most powerfully
• through their spiritual gifts

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Issues of Stewardship

• Where you are powerful
• Who you need
• 65 - 35
• Fruit and Joy

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Stewardship Coaching

• (Equipping) Katartidzo
• Ephesians 412
• Equipping for their (God-designed) purposes

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Grace

• Grace is the empowering Presence of the Holy
  Spirit, enabling me to
• be who God created me to be and
• do what God has called me to do.

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Practice

• Put your top 3-4 gifts on your chart
• Share with a partner your top 3-4 gifts and why
  you believe they are

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3 Types of Spiritual Gifts

• (Equipping) Spiritual Gifts
• More (verbal) in function
• (Listen) to my words
• Lead from (upfront) or (alongside)
• Ministry? (Equip) and (Release)

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3 Types of Spiritual Gifts

• 2. (Supporting) Gifts
• More (action-oriented)
• (Watch) my actions
• Supporting, do (not lead) effectively

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3 Types of Spiritual Gifts

• Gifts growing out of
• (prayer) and (worship)
• Likely to be more (situational)

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Implications for

• Equipping
• Primary function (release)
• Supporting
• Primary function (support)
• Combination
• Primary function (release)
• There is an internal struggle on being willing
  to release

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Practice

• Share which of the three categories are you and
  show how your gift mix supports it

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Getting a Grip4

• Your Gifts in a Team Setting
• I Peter 410 Each one should use whatever gifts
  he or she has received to serve others, as good
  stewards of the multi-faceted grace of God

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How I look in a We setting
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• Each of us has a (combination) of gifts, when
  used together, make a (unique) creation of Gods
  power at work through us.

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Four Gift Combinations

• Let me help you

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Four Gift Combinations

• Let me help you
• Lets go

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Four Gift Combinations

• Let me help you
• Lets go
• Lets be careful

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Four Gift Combinations

• Let me help you
• Lets go
• Lets be careful
• Lets stay together

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2 Key Areas to Christian Body Life

• 1. Where are you
• (weak)? So
• 2. Who do you (need)?

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Three categories of Gifted People

• (Upfront) Equippers
• 2. (Alongside) Equippers
• (Supporting) Players
• Note Be aware that people can be combination
  of the first and second or either of the first
  two can be matched with the second

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Getting a Grip5

• Gifts in Leadership
• Language

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Primary Functions

• Team Builder Barnabas

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Primary Functions

• Team Builder Barnabas
• Equipping Releaser Paul

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Primary Functions

• Team Builder Barnabas
• Equipping Releaser Paul
• Vision Sharer Nehemiah

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Primary Functions

• Team Builder Barnabas
• Equipping Releaser Paul
• Vision Sharer Nehemiah
• Values Keeper Luke

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Primary Functions

• Team Builder Barnabas
• Equipping Releaser Paul
• Vision Sharer Nehemiah
• Values Keeper Luke
• Active Listener John

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How you function as an Equipping Releaser
Knowledge Focus Train
Relationship Focus Invest
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Practice

• Share areas of strengths and who you need

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Getting a Grip6

• Birkman Interests
• Intellectual Assessments

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Interests

• What you like to do

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Areas of InterestKey Words Colors

• Artistic (Blue) Aesthetics
• Clerical (Yellow) Details
• Literary (Blue) Write/Create
• Mechanical (Red) Hands-on
• Musical (Blue) - Music

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• Numerical (Yellow) Analytical
• Outdoor (Red/Blue) Hands-on Outdoor
• Persuasive (Green) Motivating
• Scientific (Blue/Red) Research
• Social Services (Blue/Green) People

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Intellectual Styles

• Public Contact vs. Detail
• Global vs. Linear
• Conceptual vs. Concrete

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Practice

• Share your three highest interests and your
  intellectual styles

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Getting a Grip7

• Birkman Mid-level Reports Adding Depth
• Needs at a glance
• Strengths and Needs
• Stress Pages
• Guide Pages

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Getting a Grip8

• The American Issue in Teambuilding
• VITAL VALUES

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EvaluationsOne

• Most important personal insight for me
• Most important practical application
• Thing I would change
• Thing I want to say to Hal Burke