Training Opportunities

UUCR's Leadership Development Team has created this pool of resources surrounding 

the nine core leadership qualities we observe. 

These are all recommendations for development, please feel free to explore more as you wish!

Getting Started

• LeaderLab Tour: UUA online leadership training resources (5 minute video)

• Search the UUA Leadership Resource Library

1. Spiritual Community Leadership

   1. UUA links and resources for Being Spiritually Grounded

   2. UUA links and resources for Embodying UU DNA

   3. Serving with Grace: Lay Leadership as a Spiritual Practice, by Erik Walker Wikstrom (book, UUA Bookstore; also in UUCR library)

   4. Washington Goes Unitarian: History of our church and others in DC area (30 minutes)

2. Purpose-driven leadership

   1. UUA links and resources for Being Mission Focused

   2. Moving from Mission to Action (55 minutes) Rev. Renee Ruchotzke

   3. Creating a Shared Vision (6 minutes) Gordon Graham

   4. Got Purpose? Mission and Your Congregation (42 minutes) Mark Bernstein

3. Emotional Intelligence

   1. UUA links and resources for Emotional Intelligence

   2. Friedman's Theory of Differentiated Leadership Made Simple (7 minutes)

4.  Compassionate Communication and Conflict Transformation

   1. UUA links and resources for Communication Skills

   2. Language as a Generative Act (12 minutes) by Rev. Nate Walker, UU minister 2010

   3. What's in a Brand? (35 minutes) Rev. Dr. Terasa Cooley 2014, Program and Strategy Officer, UUA

   4. Channeling Your Success (57 minutes) Mark Bernstein, 12 short videos. How Communication Practices and Processes Can Move Your Congregation Forward.

   5. UUA links and resources for Conflict Skills

   6. Creating a Listening Community: Introduction to Restorative Circles, a 1-hour 15-minute video workshop lead by Sarah-Elizabeth Anderson and Dr. Whitney Howarth at the 2020 General Assembly.

   7. Church Conflict: A Systems Perspective A 32-minute UU University “Practical Tools for Leadership” lecture by Alban Institute author Peter Steinke

5. Multicultural, Multi-generational Leadership - UUCR Course planned

   1. UUA links and resources for Multicultural Sensibility

   2. Jubilee training, Beloved Conversations, Coming to the Table for current information, contact racialjustice@uucr.org

   3. UUA links and resources for Generational Sensibility

   4. The Future of Faith  (36 minutes) by Carey McDonald, Dir. Youth and YA Ministry, Unitarian Universalism Across Generations

6. Understanding the congregation as an interconnected whole

   1. UUA links and resources for Systems Sensibility

   2. Centered Leadership Part 1 (course)

   3. Centered Leadership Part 2 (course)

   4. "Congregations as Emotional Systems" (37 minutes) by Peter Steinke (2006 UU University)

7.  Leadership Recruitment and Development

   1. UUA links and resources for Skills to Grow Other Leaders

   2. Stop Recruiting, Start Retaining: Creating a Culture of Volunteer Sustainability, UUA Institute workshop 215 (price: $115) with 3-minute video introduction, by Laura Beth Brow

   3. Involve People into Roles that Best Match Their Gifts and Calling. UUA Institute 5-minute video

   4. Identifying Potential Leaders in Your Congregation A checklist from the UUA Leader Lab

8. Leadership of Organizational Change

   1. UUA links and resources for Change Skills

   2. Leading Change, UU University, 19-minute YouTube video featuring Gil Rendle, Alban Institute consultant

   3. The Nature of Adaptive Leadership, 8-minute video by consultant Ronald Heifetz

   4. The Heart of Change, 5-minute video by John Kotter

9.  Group Leadership, Management and Development – UUCR Course planned

   1. UUA links and resources for Management Skills

   2. How Do I Grow Thee? (6 minutes): Five Ways of Growing Your Congregation, Mark Bernstein, UUA 2012

   3. UUCR Policies and Governing Documents