JIM HERRINGTON is executive director of Mission Houston, an interdenominational, multicultural pastoral effort to transform the city of Houston. MIKE BONEM is president and cofounder of Kingdom Transformation Partners, a church consulting and training firm based in Houston. JAMES H. FURR is senior church consultant with Union Baptist Association and adjunct professor of sociology at Houston Baptist University.

• About This Workbook xi Part 1 Vitality and Leadership Disciplines 11 Spiritual and Relational Vitality: The Driving Force of Transformational Change 32 Discipline One: Generating and Sustaining Creative Tension 83 Discipline Two: Harnessing the Power of Mental Models 124 Discipline Three: Enabling Team Learning 165 Discipline Four: Practicing Systems Thinking 21Part 2 The Eight-Stage Change Process 276 Stage 1: Making Personal Preparation 297 Stage 2: Creating Urgency 348 Stage 3: Establishing the Vision Community 389 Stage 4: Discerning the Vision and Determining the Visionpath 4410 Stage 5: Communicating the Vision 5011 Stage 6: Empowering Change Leaders 5512 Stage 7: Implementing the Vision 6113 Stage 8: Reinforcing Momentum Through Alignment 67Resource A Resource Organizations 74Resource B An Annotated Bibliography of Useful Publications 78Resource C Questionnaires, Inventories, and Other Data-Gathering Resources 81Resource D Congregational Bodylife Model 95Resource E Congregational Self-Assessment 98References 103The Authors 104About Leadership Network 107

JIM HERRINGTON is executive director of Mission Houston, an interdenominational, multicultural pastoral effort to transform the city of Houston. MIKE BONEM is president and cofounder of Kingdom Transformation Partners, a church consulting and training firm based in Houston. JAMES H. FURR is senior church consultant with Union Baptist Association and adjunct professor of sociology at Houston Baptist University.

• About This Workbook xi Part 1 Vitality and Leadership Disciplines 11 Spiritual and Relational Vitality: The Driving Force of Transformational Change 32 Discipline One: Generating and Sustaining Creative Tension 83 Discipline Two: Harnessing the Power of Mental Models 124 Discipline Three: Enabling Team Learning 165 Discipline Four: Practicing Systems Thinking 21Part 2 The Eight-Stage Change Process 276 Stage 1: Making Personal Preparation 297 Stage 2: Creating Urgency 348 Stage 3: Establishing the Vision Community 389 Stage 4: Discerning the Vision and Determining the Visionpath 4410 Stage 5: Communicating the Vision 5011 Stage 6: Empowering Change Leaders 5512 Stage 7: Implementing the Vision 6113 Stage 8: Reinforcing Momentum Through Alignment 67Resource A Resource Organizations 74Resource B An Annotated Bibliography of Useful Publications 78Resource C Questionnaires, Inventories, and Other Data-Gathering Resources 81Resource D Congregational Bodylife Model 95Resource E Congregational Self-Assessment 98References 103The Authors 104About Leadership Network 107

JIM HERRINGTON is executive director of Mission Houston, an interdenominational, multicultural pastoral effort to transform the city of Houston. MIKE BONEM is president and cofounder of Kingdom Transformation Partners, a church consulting and training firm based in Houston. JAMES H. FURR is senior church consultant with Union Baptist Association and adjunct professor of sociology at Houston Baptist University.

• About This Workbook xi Part 1 Vitality and Leadership Disciplines 11 Spiritual and Relational Vitality: The Driving Force of Transformational Change 32 Discipline One: Generating and Sustaining Creative Tension 83 Discipline Two: Harnessing the Power of Mental Models 124 Discipline Three: Enabling Team Learning 165 Discipline Four: Practicing Systems Thinking 21Part 2 The Eight-Stage Change Process 276 Stage 1: Making Personal Preparation 297 Stage 2: Creating Urgency 348 Stage 3: Establishing the Vision Community 389 Stage 4: Discerning the Vision and Determining the Visionpath 4410 Stage 5: Communicating the Vision 5011 Stage 6: Empowering Change Leaders 5512 Stage 7: Implementing the Vision 6113 Stage 8: Reinforcing Momentum Through Alignment 67Resource A Resource Organizations 74Resource B An Annotated Bibliography of Useful Publications 78Resource C Questionnaires, Inventories, and Other Data-Gathering Resources 81Resource D Congregational Bodylife Model 95Resource E Congregational Self-Assessment 98References 103The Authors 104About Leadership Network 107