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About the Arrow Leadership Program - Executive Stream

Program Structure
Program Distinctives
Program Overview: Practical and Relevant Training
Candidate Criteria
A Typical Day
Program Costs
Time Commitment, Dates, and Locations

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Program Structure

Why 15 Months? Why Three One-Week Long Residentials?

The Executive Leader Stream is a 15 month experience integrating the following elements:

Selective Enrollment

Arrow is skilled and prayerful in the selection of participants for each Arrow Leadership cohort. Individuals are screened for emotional and spiritual health, a willingness to learn, experience, evidence of exceptional leadership, trustworthiness, and a commitment to the entire 15 month process.

Personal and 360 degree Leadership Assessment Process:

During the three months prior to the first residential week, each leader participates in an intensive assessment process which includes a carefully selected combination of leadership and temperament inventories with 360 degree feedback (normally involving board/ boss whichever is most appropriate, spouse, peers and subordinates) and preparatory reading and written assignments.

On-Site Residential Experiences:

Three on-site residential seminar weeks (located throughout North America), anchored by world-class trainer/practitioners occur in 6 month intervals over a 12 month period. This format allows for deep learning, and integration of skills into the leader’s life.

Coaching and Mentoring:

Each leader is paired with a Leadership Partner who facilitates personal reflection on leadership challenges, the assessment process, the creation of a leadership plan, as well as spiritual, relational and character issues. Leadership Partners are present at all residential seminars and continue to meet monthly by phone with each leader until graduation.

Peer Leadership and Mentoring:

Each executive leader is linked with a leadership cluster of 4-5 other participants. These clusters provide opportunity for ongoing encouragement and input in a confidential, continuous and intentional environment of peer learning, encouragement, support and reflection.

Individualized Leadership Plan:

A highly intentional, customized personal leadership plan based on assessment and coaching insights is prepared by each leader focusing on specific leadership and organizational growth areas with action plans, growth steps and skill development carefully integrated.

Inclusion of Key Relationships:

Specific guests are invited to join the executive twice during the residential portion of the program. In the second residential seminar, there is a one day focus on effective governance and board leadership. The executive is encouraged to invite a key board member (often board chair), a key staff leader (their boss), or a key supporter (potentially the pastor for a marketplace leader) for a day of relationship building and strategic training. At the end of the third residential, there is a one day focus on key relationships of the executive leader. The executive is encouraged to invite their spouse or a key supporter (friend, mentor, etc.) to join them for a day of relationship building, and to celebrate graduation.

Deep Learning:

Ongoing research indicates that learning is best acquired over time and with opportunity for integration into regular practice. The final step in high caliber leadership development is the provision of ongoing and consistent support. Arrow Leadership’s model of assessment, challenge and support provides sufficient information, skill training, reflection and time. This ensures that each executive is able to contextualize his/her learning, implement new insights, and modify or practice positive habits, actions, attitudes and behavior.

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Program Distinctives

International Reputation and Global Perspective

Arrow enjoys its reputation as the world’s premier Christian executive development organization. We are dedicated to a proven approach that integrates spiritual formation, individualized focus and pragmatic leader development. Our alumni are recognized world-wide for their caliber and resiliency as outstanding Christian leaders.

Practical Approach

Arrow’s focus is on the practical development of the whole person. Alongside the expansion of critical skills in management and organizational leadership, Arrow also utilizes an action-oriented approach to spiritual development, self-awareness and character formation. Our exceptional trainer/practitioners are all grounded in an understanding of Jesus as the Leader of leaders. Arrow sharpens leaders by drawing them to tangible examples from the life and ministry of Christ.

Integrated and Individualized Learning Process

The 15 month Executive Leader Stream is based on a wholistic and personalized training process that includes significant personal assessment and 360 degree feedback, three intensive five day residential seminars in a cohort-based environment, the development of a customized personal leadership development plan, on-site coaching and peer mentoring.

World-Class Network of Peer Mentors

Arrow classes are comprised of carefully screened and prayerfully selected leaders from around North America. A typical class is comprised of executives from the non-profit sector, relief and development and para-church organizations, senior and executive pastors of thriving churches, marketplace leaders, business owners and senior administrators or educators from academic institutions. Your cohort will journey together over the 15 month experience during which you will become a part of a strategic peer cluster within the class. These clusters provide excellent opportunities to intentionally interact with, learn from and build friendships with high capacity colleagues in organizational leadership from across North America.

Development of Key Relationships

Leaders don’t lead in a vacuum. Often the greatest leadership challenges occur in personal relationships and in interactions with other senior leaders and board-members. The Executive Leader Stream provides two unique opportunities for board members/senior staff and spouses/key supporters to learn alongside the Arrow leader. These shared learning experiences enrich the key relationships of the leader and provide greater support and accountability for growth and learning. Strengthening the key relationships in a leader’s life is a proven approach to ensure health and sustainability in leadership.

World Class Facilities

Partnering with unique, world-class conference facilities, Arrow creates a memorable environment that maximizes learning, networking and reflection.

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Program Overview: Practical and Relevant Training

Strategic Planning and Implementation

• Develop a structured and disciplined framework for action.
• Create coherent strategic plans which integrate vision, values and tactical goals.
• Utilize strategic pathways in making implementable operational plans.
• Make vision and mission meaningful to staff and volunteers.
• Build and develop organizational capacity.
• Evaluate and benchmark organizational effectiveness.

Vision and Personal Leadership Plan

• Discern and clarify personal vision for life, leadership and vocation.
• Discern and clarify your organization’s vision for the future.
• Align personal and corporate vision and values.
• Inspire a shared vision and common purpose in your organization.

Authentic Leadership

• Recognize personal stress points and risk factors for burnout.
• Develop a set of personal practices and attitudes to ensure a resilient and healthy life.
• Develop healthy responses to opposition, criticism and failure.
• Maintain a lifestyle of transparency and effective accountability.
• Confidently and naturally share your faith.

Biblical Leadership

• Lead like the Leader of leaders – Jesus.
• Investigate biblical leadership principles.
• Juxtapose biblical teaching from worldly advice.
• Inspire others to be led by Jesus.
• Develop a Kingdom perspective in leadership development.

Integrated Living – The Leader’s Faith, Work and Lifestyle

• Be an ambassador of faith in any workplace.
• Integrate faith into leadership decision making.
• Create a healthy lifestyle of physical activity, diligent work and living faith.
• “Kingdom thinking” – leading like Jesus in your community and workplace.

Creating High-Performance Teams

• Understand the importance and dynamics of team and organizational culture.
• Assess the current state and discipline of your organization’s teams.
• Cultivate a culture of excellence and ongoing development.
• “Create a culture of mentoring and personal growth in your organization.
• Effectively and creatively coach and mentor individual team members.

Spiritual and Key Relationships

• Develop and guard personal intimacy with Christ.
• Develop a disciplined lifestyle of faith and action.
• Nurture and enrich your key relationships in the midst of leadership and life pressure.
• Develop a safe and positive support and accountability network.

Financial Management

• Utilize assessment tools for determining organizational financial health.
• Learn techniques for evaluating finance team structure and effectiveness.
• Create program and annual budgets that reflect strategic priorities.
• Understand the implications of fund accounting, restricted and unrestricted funds in non-profit organizations.
• Safeguard the financial integrity of your organization.

Marketing and Fundraising

• Understand the biblical framework for stewardship and Kingdom engagement.
• Strategically position your organization.
• Create an intentional branding and communication strategy.
• Build a comprehensive fundraising strategy.
• Understand the heartbeat of your donors and keys to donor relations.

Human Resources and Organizational Development

• Recruiting and developing effective staff and volunteers.
• Create a disciplined approach to staff alignment.
• Equip and inspire staff for success.
• Develop and create effective compensation, reward and recognition programs that reinforce organizational vision and goal attainment.
• Understand key regulatory issues in Christian and non-profit environments.

Board Relations

• Understand the role and responsibilities of a board in a non-profit environment.
• Understand the skills, competencies and legal requirements for board members.
• Foster effective relationships between boards and executive staff.
• Maximize meeting productivity within boards or key committees.

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Candidate Criteria

The Executive stream is designed for CEO’s and key executives of Christian non-profit organizations and large missional churches. Each class is a combination of four key groups of Christian leaders:

• Individuals in positions of executive leadership with Christian non-profit organizations. (i.e. executives in NGO’s, denominations, parachurch, education or missions organizations).
• Senior or Executive Pastors of large missional churches.
• Individuals from the business world who seek to take up leadership positions in Christian non-profit organizations.
• Emerging executives who are already engaged in senior management roles in Christian non-profit organizations and may be succession candidates.

Do you know someone who fits one of these categories who you feel could benefit from the Executive stream? If so, nominate them and we will send them an information package with more details about the program.

Download an application.

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A Typical Day

While each day at Arrow is uniquely crafted to match learning objectives, provide times of group or one-on-one interaction and reflection – here are some aspects that you could expect to be a part of a typical day at an Arrow residential:

7:45 a.m.

Worship and Devotional.

9:15 a.m.

Highly interactive training sessions designed to increase your knowledge and develop you through training. Case Studies, interactive learning, simulations and group work provide multiple opportunities to apply and test learning and skills development.

12:30 p.m.

Arrow is well known for the quality of food service that we deliver through our host facilities. Join discussion tables, hear from fellow executive leaders during meal time updates, or enjoy time with peers, mentors or trainers. Meal times matter at Arrow!

1:45 p.m.

Most early afternoons are set aside for personal reflection, leadership cluster meetings, or one on one coaching sessions with Leadership Partners. Our choice locations always provide stimulating opportunities for hiking, quiet reflection or recreation.

3:00 p.m.

Further training, a guided case study or a learning experience.

7:00 p.m.

Leadership Cluster times provide opportunities for your peer cluster to meet to discuss a case study, reflect on the day of learning, problem solve with one another through peer coaching or participate in times of prayer.

8:30 p.m.

Relax, enjoy a latte, and socialize with fellow leaders, Arrow staff, trainers and our Leadership Partners. Find a quiet corner with another leader, join a game of pool, enjoy a movie, or get away for some alone time.

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Program Costs

The 15-month Executive stream includes excellent all-inclusive accommodations over three residentials, the assessment process, instructional materials, world-class faculty, land or sea transport from airport to conference facility, and access to on-going support, advice and a worldwide leadership network. Each class consists of 24 leaders and each leader's experience is highly personalized.

Fees

The current cost for the Executive stream is $15,000. Fees are payable in five installments scheduled quarterly over the duration of the program. Automatic payments through post-dated cheques, credit cards (on file), PayPal, wire transfers, and bank drafts are all acceptable.

To see our Finance Policy, please click here.

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Time Commitment, Dates, and Locations

Time Commitment

This stream takes 15 months to complete. Leaders complete required readings, assignments, and mentoring throughout the 15 months, and experience three week long training residentials.

• Pre-residential: 3 hours for assessment inventories, plus engagement with a cohort of 5 others through 360 degree feedback.
• Residentials: 3 five-day residential training experiences
• Between residentials: 1 hour for monthly coaching, whatever time is needed to complete your personal leadership development plan (you govern the time requirements here), 4-6 hours to meet with your leadership cluster of peers
• Approximately 4 books per residential are recommended but not required reading (unless you opt for the Doctor of Ministry path).

Dates and Locations

Each of the three residentials are five days long. A Board chair, or other guest is invited to 2 days of the second residential and spouses or key supporters to 2 days of the third residential. The dates and locations for the next Arrow Leadership Program for Executive Leaders are:

31st Class of the Arrow Leadership Program for Executive Leaders
Residential 1: Tues Jun 7 – 12, 2011 in Vancouver area
Residential 2: Mon Jan 23 – 28, 2012 in Phoenix area
Residential 3: Mon Jun 4 – 9, 2012 in Vancouver area

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