The Leadership Skills & Practices Professional Development Course is designed to prepare catechetical leaders for the activity of parish leadership. Our goals are to...

1. Approach leadership as a voluntary and interactive activity (not a position) that intends adaptive change.
2. Reflect on Scripture, with its call to servant leadership.
3. Identify the adaptive challenges facing the Catholic Church today (ways in which the church needs to adapt)
4. Explore possible pastoral solutions to these adaptive challenges.
5. Practice the dialogical skills (such as asking questions, listening and facilitating meetings) that are needed to lead adaptive change.

About Our Instructor

Dr. Dan Ebener is a Professor in the Department of Management at St. Ambrose University. He teaches courses on leadership theory, strategic planning, conflict resolution, dialogical skills, leading change, and servant leadership. Dr. Ebener's research interests include leading adaptive change in the Catholic Church, the impact of helping in a collectivist culture, the parables of Jesus applied to leadership, and revitalization of the Catholic Church.Dr. Ebener has authored five leadership books, conducted strategic planning for more than 300 organizations, and served on over 50 nonprofit boards. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Ebener was the Director of Catholic Charities from 1986-2006, Social Ministry in the Church from 1976-2006, and Director of Interfaith Activities, Fellowship of Reconciliation from 1979-1983.

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