Better Learning for Better Leadership
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Dale Hutchcraft has a Ph.D. in Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship. He was a pastor for 28 years. Since 2004 he has been involved in higher education. Serving as a professor and administrator, including his last position as the VP of Academic Affairs for Global Leadership University.
He is a published author. His writings include Functional Learner Autonomy and Christ’s Leadership Development of His Followers, Self-Efficacious Autonomous Learning and Leadership Development: The Use of Similar Terms for Similar Behaviors in Leadership Discussions, Leadership and Self-Efficacious Autonomous Learning conference proceedings Association of Management, Are You Up to P.A.R.R. Foundations for Performance Appraisal, and Spiritual Maturity Inventory that contains a chapter on Lifelong Learning.
Dr. Hutchcraft has presented in many different conferences and seminars in the United States and Overseas. Example of presentations are as follows.
Foundational Concepts for Being a Christ Centered Leadership presented in Tambov Russia at the Tambov Oblast Christian Union Leadership Conference
Self-Efficacious Autonomous Learning and Leadership Development: The Use of Similar Terms for Similar Behaviors in Leadership Discussions presented at The World Caucus of Autonomous Learning held Oxford England.
Servant Leadership and Teaching in an E-learning Environment eFolio Minnesota Conference.
Foundational Concepts for Being a Christ Centered Academic Institution of Higher Learning, University of Northwestern of St. Paul Scholarship Symposium.
John F. Kennedy said, “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other”. Peter Vail wrote. “Leadership is learning”. To be able to define reality, accomplish a mission, and bring to fruition a vision leaders need to be learners. Now if learning is the key to effective leadership, then what is the key to the key to learning. I reveal that key to the key.
About Dale
Speaking Topics
The Key to the Key of Leadership Learning
According to Max De Pree , “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. " Defining reality is an act of leadership and requires learning.”
John F. Kennedy said, “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. “
Peter Vail wrote. “Leadership is learning.”
To be able to define reality, accomplish a mission, and bring to fruition a vision leaders need to be learners. Now if learning is the key to effective functional leadership, then what is the key to the key to learning.
Followers That Build Legacies
Leaders do not accomplish missions and bring to reality visions all by themselves. They must have followers. It is the followers who do the work. It is often the followers that recruit and train new followers. And it is often that the followers become the next generation of leaders. With this being true.
What should a leader look for in when selecting a follower? What should a leader look for when determining to continue to develop a follower? How do you go developing followers to become the future leaders.
Dressing Lifelong Learning in Leadership Coveralls
John F. Kennedy said, “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. “
Peter Vail wrote.
“Leadership is learning.”
But what are the life practices that a leader or emerging leader need to develop to have sustained lifelong learning to be a growing, transformational, servant leader?
Other Topics
The Backbone Of Leadership
What does the inner core of a leader look like?
Leadership is more about who a person is on the inside not just what they can accomplish that can be seen from the outside. Without a firm inner core within the soul of the leader the accomplishment of mission and the bringing to fruition mission usually just remains a pipe dream.
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Leading People Is Not Herding Cats
Interacting with individuals in the leadership context is challenging, but it’s not herding cats. In fact it’s not about herding at all. The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present. James Kouzes and Barry Posner. Interacting with people is not one-dimensional or one-size-fits-all. The leader and his interactions with people must have a great deal of wisdom and must exercise that wisdom when it comes to connecting with people and moving them forward to not just where they want to go where they ought to go.
"Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could." - Steve Jobs
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Keeping the Engine Running and the Wheels From Falling Off
It may be an art it may be science, but leaders need to know what’s involved in developing and sustaining organizational health.
What does healthy organization look like? What are the principles behind the development and the sustaining the health of an organization.
“The single greatest advantage any company can achieve is organizational health.” ― Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business
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Testimonials
Hutch painted a clear vision of my full potential as an individual and as an influential leader in my organization. The leadership skills that Hutch helped me discover through self-efficacious autonomous learning enabled me to lead positive cultural change throughout my organization.
Sharon L. Beaman Co-Director of Leadership Development Cardinal Glass Industries
A powerful message artfully delivered. Dale Hutchcraft offers, as a speaker, a rare combination—a powerful message presented with good humor. You can find speakers to entertain and speakers with a message that needs to be heard. Rarely do you find the combination in one speaker. I heartily recommend him.
Steve Downer Buffalo City Council
I have been a student of Dr. Hutchcraft in the graduate studies program at the University of Northwestern of St. Paul. I have been constantly impressed with his wisdom, energy, and quality of teaching ability that comes from his life experience and expertise.
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Dan Munson Missions Pastor Northridge Fellowship
He is also an excellent communicator both in verbal presentations and in written form. He continually helps us move forward in our projects.
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Dr, John A. Mayer, President City Vision, Minneapolis, MN
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