UPCOMING EVENT
DATE
TIME
With an optional extra hour for CEOs and Board members starting at 9.15
EVENT TYPE
WHO
LOCATION
112 Melville Parade Como WA
REGULAR COST
CMA MEMBER
STANDARDS COUNCIL MEMBERS
Table OF 8 MEMBERS
Table OF 8 NON-MEMBERS
Member means paid members of CMA and accredited partners of the CMA Standards Council.
REGISTER OVER THE PHONE
EVENT SPONSORS
SUMMARY
CMA’s Leader Care Initiative is hitting the road in late March, with breakfasts in five cities, and also helping CMA to celebrate our 25th year. We will be looking at emerging discussions about the Board’s role in caring holistically for the CEO / Senior Pastor / Principal. The morning is in two parts: the breakfast presentation, where everyone is welcome, then a one-hour round-table discussion restricted to CEOs (including Senior Pastors and Principals) and Board members. The one registration fee covers both components, but only CEOs and Board members may attend the second part
DETAIL
History, and sometimes the media, demonstrates to us that when the CEO / Senior Pastor / Principal of a Christian organisation succumbs to moral failures, or burnout, or a more subtle descent into “zombie leadership” (turning up, but without energy or motivation), the consequences can be tragic on many fronts.
Our friends at ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) in the USA in the last couple of years have been doing work on Leader Care, taking the view that Boards have a role in caring proactively for the wellbeing of their CEO. They argue that many of the public failures that have made the front pages in recent years might have been averted if the Board had more intentionally taken steps to monitor and holistically care for the CEO’s wellbeing. They also argue that even apart from ‘disaster prevention’, Leader Care is just good practice for an organisation that espouses Christian values.
In 2026, CMA celebrates 25 years of God’s faithfulness to us since our formation in 2001. To kick off this milestone year, CMA and the CMA Standards Council (CMASC) are holding breakfasts around Australia in late March, with Leader Care as the focal point. These will be two-part events. During the breakfast component, from 7.15 to 8.45, we will share some brief reflections and remarks relating to CMA’s 25th year, then spend time exploring this Leader Care Initiative which will run throughout 2026. A mix of short presentations, panel discussions and table activities will take place (varying by location). We will also report on an initial Leader Care survey that is being sent to the CEOs and Chairs of the 32 accredited partners of CMASC. A wider and more comprehensive Leader Care research project will follow, and the discussions at these events will help inform that process. Everyone who is interested in the topic of Leader Care is welcome to attend the breakfast.
Once the breakfast concludes, we’ll take a short break, and then host part two: a one-hour round-table discussion limited to CEOs and Board members. We’ll drill deeper into the Leader Care topic, looking at actual policies and strategies that might support the intention of Leader Care. We’ll be looking for feedback from CEOs and Board members, sensitive to the fact that in some cases these may not seem perfectly aligned! We welcome the involvement of the CMA CEO Network, CMA Board Chair Network, and CMA Governance Network (those currently serving on boards) as well as other CEOs, Principals, Senior Pastors, Board Chairs and Board members.
The one registration fee covers both components, but the second component is only available to those roles mentioned above.
