Course Name	Leadership Course For Lodge Officers In The 21St Century
Series	200
Mentor	Jack Buta
Lessons	10
Availability	Open
Open To	Master Mason Members
Description	In the Leadership Course for Lodge officers, we address one of the most neglected topics in all the Lodges of English-speaking Freemasonry; how to retain our members and revitalize our Lodges.  In 1950, the average Freemason remained active in the Lodge for over 20 years. Today they stay for less than 5 years.  Despite all efforts to correct the situation, our membership numbers have continued to shrink for over 60 years with no sign of abatement in sight. There is no national effort aimed at correcting this problem despite the steady decline in numbers. We have handicapped ourselves with bureaucratic methods that prevent corrective action from taking place.  This course will give you the tools to pull your Lodge out off that death spiral but it will require the cooperation of every officer in the Lodge. Based on proven techniques, using the very latest information from five highly respected leadership courses, we have designed a simple and effective way to enable you to turn your Lodge around.  We will examine the case histories of American corporations who have all pulled their companies from the very brink of extinction within the last 15 years to rebuild themselves and regain their former positions of dominance. Companies like IBM, Continental Airlines, Howard Johnsons and Harley Davidson have all undergone a rebirth. By learning their secrets you, and  your Lodge, can duplicate their success. Reference materials for this course can be found in the following works: Focus on Leadership Servant Leadership for the 21st Century by the Greenleaf Center in 2002 From Worst to First by Gordon Bethune 1999 Hiram's Handbook by Bro. Wayne T. Adams,  Grand Lodge of Maine 2007 Journey to the East by Pulitzer Award winning author Herman Hesse 1932 Masonic Lifeline: Leadership  by Allen E Roberts 1992 My American Journey by Colin Powell 1996 Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman 2002 The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork by John C. Maxwell 2002 The Search for Leadership by Allen E Roberts. 1987 The Leadership Manual by Hilarie Owen, Vicky Hodgson 2004 “The Missing Master Mason” a paper by John Belton “Resurgam - does rejuvenation await Freemasonry?” a paper by John Belton The following is the outline for this ten session course. LESSON ONE Introduction: Looking for Leadership in all the wrong places The Law of Significance LESSON TWO Leadership and Freemasonry The Howard Johnson story Getting the Big Picture LESSON THREE Communicating the vision Learning to communicate effectively LESSON FOUR Emotional Intelligence The Law of the Niche SWOT Analysis LESSON FIVE The Golden Rule Servant/Leader The Law of Mount Everest LESSON SIX Putting Servant Leadership to Work The Law of the Price Tag The Law of the Catalyst LESSON SEVEN Building the Lodge of the Future- Part One The Law of the Compass: Freemasonry and IBM LESSON EIGHT Building the Lodge of the Future- Part Two Dumping committees for action teams Why do men join Freemasonry? Putting it all together     LESSON NINE Writing the Business Plan LESSON TEN Preparing and understanding the Lodge budget